Monthly Archives: March 2007

Bacon Popcorn

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Rad:



Nosheteria cooked up this batch of Bacon Popcorn by first frying up some bacon until it was nice and crispy, then using the leftover grease to pop the corn, ensuring a bacony taste in every bite of popcorn.  Imagine having that at the movies!


The only thing I’m imagining right now is Kaiser’s cardiologists hunched over with evil grins on their faces, tapping their fingers together and saying, “Good!  Good!”

Twitter twitter’d

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Yesterday, on the recommendation of Paul Watson, I signed up at Twitter.  AFAICT, it’s a stream of consciousness communication medium, sort of like IM, but it’s geared toward the SMS crowd.


Anyway, since I signed up, I’ve had nothing but trouble accessing their site.  Apparently they have become too popular too quickly.  Hopefully they get it resolved soon, because I’d really like to test it out.  It seems like a cool idea, and I’d hate to give up on it because they can’t figure out how to scale their application.

Quote of the Day

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My friend Matt, while discussing how he categorizes wines by quality, describes the “best” category:



This is the stuff we’ll drink on special occasions.  To paraphrase my father-in-law, this is the kind of wine that results in kids.


Brilliant.

Istantinople

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Turkey, you get my Asshat of the Week award:



ISTANBUL, Turkey – A Turkish court ordered access to YouTube’s Web site blocked on Wednesday, after a prosecutor recommended the ban because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. [...]


Over the past week, Turkish media publicized what some called a “virtual war” between Greeks and Turks on YouTube, with people from both sides posting videos to belittle and berate the other.


The video prompting the ban allegedly said Ataturk and the Turkish people were homosexuals, news reports said. The CNN-Turk Web site featured a link allowing Turks to complain directly to YouTube about the “insult.” [...]


Insulting Ataturk or “Turkishness” is a crime in Turkey punishable by prison.


Turkey: Get Real.  I mean, you guys aren’t even that awesome anymore.  You’re like, so wishing you were back in the 16th century, stomping all over eastern Europe.  Now you’re just a pathetic, sniveling little whiner, crying because Big Bad Greece called you names.  Take your ball and go home, Turkey.  You throw like a girl, anyway.


Edit: TechCrunch has more information.

$370 Million

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Better stop at the Kwik-E-Mart and buy some lottery tickets on the way home tonight:

Mega Millions officials also raised the estimated payout at midday from $355 million to $370 million, if taken as annuity. The jackpot’s estimated cash option value was $221.1 million, before taxes.

The odds of winning: about 1 in 176 million.

Let’s look at some other odds*:

Getting hemorrhoids: 1 in 25
Death by shark attack: 1 in 300,000,000
Being killed on a 5-mile bus trip: 1 in 500,000,000
Having a meteor land on your house: 1 in 182,138,880,000,000
Finding Rosie O’Donnell attractive: (Really?  Do I have to go there?)

So, basically, what I’m saying is, THERE’S A CHANCE!!!**

(Actually, I guess what I’m saying is that it’s fun to dream, but one shouldn’t get caught up in the “What would I do…” fantasy world.)

* The Internets never lie.  If you feel the need to double-check these numbers and subsequently ridicule my painstaking statistical analysis, I will be forced to smite you.
** No, there’s not.

Artested

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Great:



Sacramento Kings star Ron Artest was suspended indefinitely following his Monday morning arrest on domestic violence charges at his Loomis home.


The Kings announced Monday afternoon that the star forward has been excused from play indefinitely, though the team said it would continue to monitor any updates in the case. [...]


Deputies who responded to Artest’s home found a woman who had called 911 and, after interviewing her and Artest separately, arrested the Kings player.


Artest was arrested on a charge of domestic violence and of using force or violence to prevent his victim from reporting a crime, officials said. 


I don’t even know what to say about this, except, ship him the hell out of here.  NOW.