January 2012
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Piss Off, 2011.
I’m at work right now. While most of you are either on your way out the door to a party/bar/Twister tournament, I’m holding down my board operator duties until 11:00 rolls around. Even then, I’m just headed to a house party to meet up with friends and my darling wife, who, as I write this, are already celebrating the end of 2011. And a good riddance it is, too.
2011 was a...
December 2011
South African wildlife - Wait, that's not a... →
So, apparently male elephants can use their penises as a fifth leg.
So…yeah. Now you have that knowledge. Do with it what you will.
You are a bad driver and I hate you →
My new favorite blog.
Online Sales of Louis C. K. Special Cross $1... →
What he’s doing with that million is the really cool part. Click on the link to find out how awesome Louis CK really is. (hint- it’s pretty damn awesome)
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Have A Bizzaro Holidays!
The next week and a half of my life is going to be very strange. Instead of working during the day, I’ll be off. Instead of being at home or out with friends in the evening, I’ll be working. Instead of sleeping until a reasonable hour and then getting up, I’ll be up before dawn and coherent. Yes, I’ll be having a bizzarp holidays.
I’m acting as the holiday fill-in...
MythBuster Adam Savage: SOPA Could Destroy the... →
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My Top Ten Albums for 2011
(Youtube playlist with vids from each band on my list, again in no particular order)
I have been putting off my end of the year Top Albums list for weeks now. Not because I can’t decide which records were my favorite, but I’m having a hell of a time writing up blurbs about each record to justify their selection. Coming up with effusive praise for music that I spend hours...
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Writer Christopher Hitchens Dies : NPR →
Well shit…
Secretaries name new Conservation Corps Committee... →
I’m all for this.
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American Crystal union workers are not Berg’s... →
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Louis CK: Live at the Beacon Theater Statement →
I bought this special, though for reasons beyond my control, I haven’t watched it yet. (just not in the mood/busy/wife hates Louie CK) So I’m not going to sit here and tell you all to go pick it up because it’s awesome, even thought I have no reason to think that it’s not. Dude’s got a very solid track record of being very, very funny.
What I would like to say is...
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Past Forward Podcast, Episode 10 - Erin Schneider →
Erin and I started at KMSC together all the way back in 1998. She works in radio and has her own show on KXSW 89.9 down in Sisseton, South Dakota, and keeps busy with a couple of other jobs, as well. We chat about working in radio, college days, growing up in small towns and our lukewarm attitudes towards the Holidays.
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Remains of 274 US troops dumped in landfill:... →
What the ever fucking fuck?
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Good year means big bucks for Crystal executives -... →
So, the exec’s pay goes up with no caveats, but they offer a 17% increase to the workers who actually perform the work, but with the caveat of doubling their health care costs. And people wonder why they’re at odds…
I don’t see why a more reasonable solution is so difficult for the executives to understand. It doesn’t sound like the workers are asking for a lot and...
Rick Perry Says Human Rights for Gays ‘Not in... →
Rick Perry and Christians like him who think that treating gay people like normal human beings is “not in America’s interests” and “war on traditional American values” makes me really question where the hell people who believe this horrible bullshit get their values from.
Love thy neighbor, anyone? Apparently not.
Any Christian (or anyone at all, for that matter)...
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Winter Break for Adults
Remember when you were a kid and school between Thanksgiving and Christmas break was filled with, well, not too much at all. I remember watching educational films, being assigned mildly fun busy-work projects that barely affected my grades and briefly having to study for midterms that were barely worth the effort. It was a dead period, as far as productivity was concerned. Teachers didn’t...
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Well, That Happened 2011 - BCS Edition
fourthandblog:
So it’s a rematch.
Never mind that Alabama already lost to LSU.
Never mind that Alabama didn’t win their division.
Never mind that Alabama didn’t play in their conference title game.
Never mind that only three of Alabama’s wins came against teams that ended the season with a winning record.
Never mind that Oklahoma State beat seven teams who ended the season with a...
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My Best Guesses 2011: Championship Week
fourthandblog:
I know I’m late on this again. I also know that I didn’t get a chance to pick the Pac-12 championship game. Oh well. UCLA made it a little more interesting than people thought it would be, but I chalk that up to Oregon completely overlooking them.
Let’s go to the conference title games as well as two Big 12 games that really matter; Bedlam- which has BCS title game implications...
Oil Boom Puts Strain On North Dakota Towns : NPR →
North Dakota is going to get sucked dry and left to deal with the long-term effects of all the fracking. It’s a damn shame. I wonder how much farmland is going to be ruined for future generations after such a brazen rush for money.
