…but the whole point of an onside kick is to get the ball back, isn't it? This is an epic football fail:
I, For One, Welcome Our New Robot Chauffeur Overlords
The New York Times informs us that cars that drive themselves are here, and they work. Google has been perfecting several self-driving cars for a while now. The cars have already driven 1,000 miles without human intervention and over 140,000 miles with “only occasional human control.” Yes, engineers have been in the cars the whole time, and paying attention, but it’s … Read More
The Recession Is Over….
… on Wall Street, that is: Pay on Wall Street is on pace to break a record high for a second consecutive year, according to a study conducted by The Wall Street Journal. About three dozen of the top publicly held securities and investment-services firms — which include banks, investment banks, hedge funds, money-management firms and securities exchanges — are set … Read More
The Ugly Interpretation
Kevin McCollugh over at Townhall.com is particularly vile when discussing the Tyler Clementi suicide: The assumptions made on many of these broadcast, print, and web based reports follow the idea that Tyler felt so bullied by the roommate and girlfriend who evilly and immorally taped him, that he had no option but to turn to suicide. This has been quickly … Read More
Glee Breaks Beatles Record
The show Glee has six new songs on the Billboard Top 100 this week, songs that were all part of last week's show. That makes a total of 75 "singles" on the Top 100 for the show. That's more singles than the Beatles*, who had 71. Of course, it's not the same. If the Beatles released all their songs as … Read More
Victory For NC ACLU In Body Piercing Case
Honestly, I think the North Carolina chapter of the ACLU has only one attorney, Kathleen Lewis Parker (who I crossed paths with last year when a friend's daughter was barred from creating a gay student organization at a local high school). The NC chapter of the ACLU is a good organization, but woefully underfunded. So it can't do all the … Read More
Happy Birthday, John
John Lennon would be 70 today. Google's logo is appropriate. It's also clickable movie, so go here and click the Google logo.
Judge Jails Lawyer When Lawyer Refuses To Say The Pledge Of Allegiance
Danny Lampley was jailed by Chancery Court Judge Littlejohn in Tupelo for failing to recite the pledge of allegiance in open court earlier this week. Danny was one of the local lawyers who represented the plaintiff in the Pontotoc school prayer case years ago, working with the ACLU and People for the American Way. The order incarcerating him provides: BE … Read More
ObamaCare Is Constitutional
There are court challenges all over the country, but this is the first actual decision to come down. And it rules that Obamacare is constitutional. Which, of course, we already knew, but that doesn't stop wingnuts from making the argument.
Captain Jack Sparrow Shows Up For School Mutiny
Not long ago, a nine-year-old girl attending Meridien Primary School outside London, wrote the following letter: It reads: Captain Jack Sparrow, At Meridian Primary School, we are a bunch of budding young pirates and we were having a bit of trouble mutiny-ing against the teachers, and we'd love if you could come and help. Beatrice Delap, aged nine, a budding … Read More
World Premiere
The movie I'm in (or perhaps "of which I am on the cutting floor") premieres next month. Blurb: When people start dying in a small southern town, it’s up to the deputysheriff, her ex-fiancée, and her current boyfriend to figure out what ishappening. Little do they suspect that a vengeful spirit has possessed acell phone and is the cause of … Read More
Not Real
I think we're coming to the point where computer generated graphics are so realistic, they are indistinguishable from the real thing: More here and here
Maybe He’ll Stay Down There
Remember those 33 trapped Chilean miners? Yes, they're still down there, but it looks like they'll finally be rescued early next week, perhaps even this weekend. Miner Jonny Barrios, 50, may not be eager to come out. Apparently, there is a virtual encampment of relatives and friends near the mine site, and his wife is dutifully there. Unfortunately, she ran a woman … Read More
It Could Have Been A Love Story
Maybe there is some value to drunk texting, because the alternative gets little results….