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Box Office Poison

Norm MacDonald kills on Conan.

Epic

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Rand

It is random URL time. (Thanks Shawn Elliott)

Band

I believe I am done with the band. With mathematics consuming most of my time the last few months, I have not been able to dedicate the amount of time that I believe is necessary to produce good material. In general, music has not been interesting to me lately. Listening has even become a boorish event. Granted there are a few artists that I enjoy, mostly while learning math, but listening just for pleasure is something that I have not done for some time.

Weep for America

We are doomed.

Wow

I think I would have a hard time eating most of these.

Random URL

I weep for America.


Via Shawn Elliott.

Wednesday's XKCD

Here is today's XKCD comic.

Outsourcing Life

This article by A.J. Jacobs is a few years old and is a very good read.

As on every morning at 8:30, I get a call from Honey. "Good morning, Jacobs." Her accent is noticeable but not too thick, Americanized by years of voice training. She's the single most upbeat person I've ever encountered. Whatever soul-deadening chore I give her, she says, "That would indeed be interesting" or "Thank you for bestowing this important task." I have a feeling that if I asked her to count the number of semicolons in the Senate energy bill, she would be grateful for such a fascinating project.

Every call ends the same way: I thank her, and she replies, "You are always welcome, Jacobs." I'm starting to like her a lot.

One task for which Honey is thankful is e-mailing my colleagues. I've begun to refuse to communicate with them directly. Why should I? Honey can be my buffer from the unpleasant world of office politics. I'll be aloof and mysterious, like the pope or Mark Burnett. This morning, I ask Honey to pester my boss about an idea I sent him a few days ago: an article on modern gold prospectors.

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XKCD Monday

Here is today's XKCD Comic.