http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4357855
http://www.smh.com.au/world/only-7-swine-flu-deaths-not-152-says-who-20090429-aml1.html
8.
In Mexico.
Plus one more in Houston, who was visiting from Mexico.
That's it.
But it's much more fun to start a panic campaign. The two confirmed cases in Massachusetts are of significant importance to us. Who knows what those two have touched!
EDIT: "The chances of dying from this pandemic are smaller then being killed by lightning, a shark attack, moose attack, hippopotamus attack, an earthquake, tornado, hurricane, or something as mundane as taking a bath or shower." Joe Sheehy
So I don't want to hear anymore about the Crazy Pig Sniffles.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Odd points to walk into a conversation about LOST if you haven't the foggiest....
"So it had to be dislodged from the space-time continuum. Which is what they did. Only they couldn't relodge it back into the space-time continuum, so they kept time traveling."
"So that's what the donkey wheel is for."
----
"It's kind of like a cloud, but it lives in a tomb and can pick people up."
"I'm not sure I understand."
"Get used to that feeling."
----
"So the Scottish guy's house crashed their plane?"
"No, the pocket of magnetic energy his house was built on top of and was designed to contain crashed their plane. It only crashed because he wasn't able to enter in the numbers on time."
----
"So wait; the brother and sister SLEPT TOGETHER?"
"They're only step-siblings."
"So that's what the donkey wheel is for."
----
"It's kind of like a cloud, but it lives in a tomb and can pick people up."
"I'm not sure I understand."
"Get used to that feeling."
----
"So the Scottish guy's house crashed their plane?"
"No, the pocket of magnetic energy his house was built on top of and was designed to contain crashed their plane. It only crashed because he wasn't able to enter in the numbers on time."
----
"So wait; the brother and sister SLEPT TOGETHER?"
"They're only step-siblings."
Thursday, April 23, 2009
LaHood Snubs Plan to Keep Data on Bird Strikes Secret
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/22/AR2009042202057.html?nav=igoogle
Anybody? Who wants this?
This could actually be useful data, as the January incident demonstrates that the terrorists have a new tool: flocks of geese.
"I mean, here they just released all of these CIA files regarding interrogation, and . . . the optic of us trying to tell people they can't have information about birds flying around airports, I don't think that really quite comports with the policies of the administration,"
Right, now that we have important useful information, why not release unimportant useless information?
It's not so much that it's being released that bothers me, it's that they were COLLECTING THIS DATA IN THE FIRST PLACE. And to top it all off, it was secret!
"Shh, we can't let the people know about the kamikaze geese!"
Well, all in all, I think this will be an important step in making sure that everybody knows where the birds are flying into airplanes. Hopefully, years from now we'll look back on this and say "I am so glad we new about the flocks of pigeons divebombing 727s." A new era is born, as we enter the Birds-flying-into-passenger-aircraft-awareness age.
Godspeed, avian creatures.
"LaHood, whose agency oversees the FAA, said that public comments ran '99.9 percent' in favor of making such information accessible.
'I think all of this information ought to be made public. . . . We're going to, you know, make this information as public as anybody wants it,'"Anybody? Who wants this?
This could actually be useful data, as the January incident demonstrates that the terrorists have a new tool: flocks of geese.
"I mean, here they just released all of these CIA files regarding interrogation, and . . . the optic of us trying to tell people they can't have information about birds flying around airports, I don't think that really quite comports with the policies of the administration,"
Right, now that we have important useful information, why not release unimportant useless information?
It's not so much that it's being released that bothers me, it's that they were COLLECTING THIS DATA IN THE FIRST PLACE. And to top it all off, it was secret!
"Shh, we can't let the people know about the kamikaze geese!"
Well, all in all, I think this will be an important step in making sure that everybody knows where the birds are flying into airplanes. Hopefully, years from now we'll look back on this and say "I am so glad we new about the flocks of pigeons divebombing 727s." A new era is born, as we enter the Birds-flying-into-passenger-aircraft-awareness age.
Godspeed, avian creatures.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Suki Switchblade presents (under pain of being eaten by a lolcat) Look-alike Tuesday!
Alright, this one is Greta, Michelle's only remotely normal-looking pet, and the Guy from A Clockwork Orange.
She also sent me another zombie one, but two zombies in a row spells trouble.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Typos, and their effect on visitors to my blog,
The URL to my site is justintheawesome.blogspot.com in that form only. Its purest form.
However, if the p and s in blogspot are switched, you have just been doomed to reading "an easy to navigate MEGA-SITE of Bible, Christian, church & religious information, sermons & studies."
Why they chose their url after mine is unknowable. However I do know that these people are an odd bunch. 43 sections explaining the antichrist? Is it that expansive of a subject that it necessitates 43 sections to explain it? Consolidation is next to Godliness, Fundies.
Another great section is the section explaining that the bible prophecied the telephone:
"Could this be the telephone?
Job 38:35-CANST THOU SEND LIGHTNINGS (or we might say, electrical currents), THAT THEY MAY GO, AND SAY UNTO THEE, HERE WE ARE?"
Touche, Abundantbible.com, well played.
However, if the p and s in blogspot are switched, you have just been doomed to reading "an easy to navigate MEGA-SITE of Bible, Christian, church & religious information, sermons & studies."
Why they chose their url after mine is unknowable. However I do know that these people are an odd bunch. 43 sections explaining the antichrist? Is it that expansive of a subject that it necessitates 43 sections to explain it? Consolidation is next to Godliness, Fundies.
Another great section is the section explaining that the bible prophecied the telephone:
"Could this be the telephone?
Job 38:35-CANST THOU SEND LIGHTNINGS (or we might say, electrical currents), THAT THEY MAY GO, AND SAY UNTO THEE, HERE WE ARE?"
Touche, Abundantbible.com, well played.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Taupe: Harmless color, or ESTROGEN FUELED CONSPIRACY.
I must admit I don't know what taupe is.
And that's because taupe is everything.
I've heard the term "taupe" used to describe everything from a deep reddish-purple house to a summer squash to a slightly green banana. From my own research, taupe apparently describes a color. However, when I ask people what taupe is (generally women, because they kinda know that stuff), I get a different answer every time, and none of it makes sense:
"Um, it's kind of like, a tan-ish green, but with, like, some red, or, well, you know. Hey, who wants coffee?"
"It's a beige-ish purple, but, like, kind of different."
"Kind of reddish-orangy with some brown, but deeper."
What do those even mean?
I'll tell you what it means.
IT'S A TEST! There is no record of taupe before 2007. It was created by women to try to see whether we're paying attention. "Oh, I like that taupe-colored house" is really "he's drifting. Better check to make sure he's awake." As with all women, there is really no right answer. Just different degrees of wrong. "Oh yeah, taupe rocks!" means you don't know or care about what she's saying, you just want her to stop pointing at houses. "Huh, I don't really like taupe" means you think she has bad taste in non-existent colors. Asking "what is taupe?" throws them, and they get frustrated because they have to think of an answer without giving the plot away.
If you don't believe what I'm saying about taupe not being a real thing, Google Image search taupe. Seriously, do it. Yeah. Thought so. I count 13 different taupes on the first page alone.
EDIT: In the comments, my aunt gave me the link to the wikipedia page on Taupe. Take a look, it only proves my point, there being 8 TAUPES MENTIONED ON THE PAGE ALONE! The Google Image search brings up even more.
Rage Against The Taupe! This is now a war on imaginary colors! Look out, Burnt Sienna, You're next.
And that's because taupe is everything.
I've heard the term "taupe" used to describe everything from a deep reddish-purple house to a summer squash to a slightly green banana. From my own research, taupe apparently describes a color. However, when I ask people what taupe is (generally women, because they kinda know that stuff), I get a different answer every time, and none of it makes sense:
"Um, it's kind of like, a tan-ish green, but with, like, some red, or, well, you know. Hey, who wants coffee?"
"It's a beige-ish purple, but, like, kind of different."
"Kind of reddish-orangy with some brown, but deeper."
What do those even mean?
I'll tell you what it means.
IT'S A TEST! There is no record of taupe before 2007. It was created by women to try to see whether we're paying attention. "Oh, I like that taupe-colored house" is really "he's drifting. Better check to make sure he's awake." As with all women, there is really no right answer. Just different degrees of wrong. "Oh yeah, taupe rocks!" means you don't know or care about what she's saying, you just want her to stop pointing at houses. "Huh, I don't really like taupe" means you think she has bad taste in non-existent colors. Asking "what is taupe?" throws them, and they get frustrated because they have to think of an answer without giving the plot away.
If you don't believe what I'm saying about taupe not being a real thing, Google Image search taupe. Seriously, do it. Yeah. Thought so. I count 13 different taupes on the first page alone.
EDIT: In the comments, my aunt gave me the link to the wikipedia page on Taupe. Take a look, it only proves my point, there being 8 TAUPES MENTIONED ON THE PAGE ALONE! The Google Image search brings up even more.
Rage Against The Taupe! This is now a war on imaginary colors! Look out, Burnt Sienna, You're next.
Suki Switchblade Presents look-alike Tuesdays!
Today we have what can only be described as a zombie paired with the poster for Castle Freak. Enjoy.
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