Opinions straight up, turtles all the way down
As I'm sure you know, when Mr. Turtle travels, he likes to do so with nothing more than what's on his back. In addition to a shell, that's a backpack. Travelling is so much nicer with only a single, easy-to-carry bag. It seems obvious, but I never thought about it until I read One Bag. I didn't really believe it at first, but I was curious enough to try it on my last trip (our turtlemoon), and I wouldn't go back. So I encourage you to check out One Bag, and give it a try.
I just got Mrs. Turtle the soundtrack to "Welcome to Woop Woop", a very strange movie. It's about a guy who's kind of kidnapped by a bunch of eccentric weirdos in the Australian Outback. It was kind of a comedy, but it's probably a lot funnier if you're Australian. I saw it a few years ago and I don't remember it all that well, but I remember it being more strangely transfixing than good.
Check this out. This guy draws pictures on sidewalks that look 3D when viewed from the correct position.
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The Labor Department recently released a packet of materials to a newspaper. Many of the documents in the packet had words blacked out. One of those documents was an article from that same newspaper, complete with many blacked out words.
AP: "Bush often lies in his speeches." Seriously, that's the article.
I read that in emergencies, firefighters and policemen will search cell phones for "ICE" numbers. ICE stands for "In Case of Emergency". For example, if they find a man unconscious on the ground, they will call "ICE wife" on his cell phone. I have "ICE wife", "ICE mom", and "ICE dad" in my cell phone.
Grand Celestial Do : The Fighting Art of the Cosmos:
Like I've been telling everyone for years, us turtles are the superior species and you'd all better be nice to us in preparation for our inevitable world conquest. Exhibit 1: cyborg turtles!
Plexist asks, "You know, the partially hydrogenated oils in those brand name peanutt butters aren't good for you. Have you tried the "natural" peannutt butters?"
| Smucker’s Natural Size 2 Tbsp. (32 g) Calories 210 Calories from Fat 150 Total Fat 16g Saturated Fat 2.5g Cholesterol 0mg Sodium 120mg Total Carbohydrate 6g Dietary Fiber 2g Sugars 1g Protein 8g | Jif Creamy Size 2 Tbsp. (32g) Calories 190 Calories from Fat 130 Total Fat 16g Saturated Fat 3g Cholesterol 0mg Sodium 150mg Total Carbohydrate 7g Dietary Fiber 2g Sugars 3g Protein 8g |
This guy tore a credit card application into small pieces, then taped them together, changed the address and phone number, and mailed it in. A couple weeks later he got a shiny, new credit card. The lesson here is: you must completely shred any credit card applications you don't use. And then burn them. And then eat the ashes. You don't have to do anything to your poop.
Have you ever tossed and turned all night wondering which politicians your favorite sports personalities donated to? Well we have your ticket to a restful night's sleep. Be careful, though. There are a lot of disappointments on that list. They may not be your favorite after you read it.
A very cool way to peel a potato. Including a video! Just score the equator of the potato, boil it, then put it in cold water. After a few seconds you can pull the skin off in two halves where you scored it.
The following link could be disturbing, so don't click it unless you're sure you want to see it. People are customizing themselves by having shapes inserted under their skin. Horns, hearts, stars, etc. In the abstract I don't have any problem with it, but I have a lot of trouble looking at the pictures. I think it's because I couldn't handle doing that sort of thing myself. I have enough trouble getting shots... Remind me to tell you about the time the nurse was trying to give me a shot and I kicked her in the face... Ah, good times.
Wherein Mr. Turtle responds to comments on his post about peanut butter.
A furry crustacean has been discovered 900 miles off of Easter Island. It is also completely blind.
Kevin Drum discusses executive pay, a subject that really chaps my hide. As Kevin mentions, there's no evidence that insanely-compensated CEOs produce better results for their companies than extremely-well-compensated CEOs. As he says,
the compensation of the top five executives at public companies totaled roughly 10 percent of corporate profits, and it's almost a dead certainty that those companies would do better on average to hire competent executives at half the pay and then bank that additional 5%.
For anyone who hasn't seen it yet, here's a link to a live-action version of the Simpsons introduction. It's pretty well done.
We're a Jif family, but it wasn't always that way. We used to be a Skippy family. I think I remember how it happened...
Total Eclipse of the Heart, possibly the best music video ever. Played on a guitar and a kitchen.
