Archive for December, 2006

December 7th, 2006

the 2 inch difference

Esquire:Feature Story:The Better Man ‘06 (page 10)
Europeans have nine-inch plates. Americans have eleven-inch plates. And it’s pi r^2: American plates have 30 percent more space. That’s 30 percent more food, 30 percent more calories. It adds up fast. And at many nice restaurants, it’s thirteen-inch plates.
the title is totally misleading

December 6th, 2006

Speed golf

Speed golf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Players run between shots and generally carry as few as one or as many as six clubs. A player’s score is calculated by adding minutes plus strokes, so a round of 90 completed in 50 minutes and 30 seconds would compute to a score of 140.30. The lowest score [...]

December 6th, 2006

give you cancer

The complete list of things that give you cancer
… night lighting, night shifts, nitrates, not breast feeding, not having a twin, nuclear power plants, Nutrasweet, obesity, oestrogen, olestra, olive oil, orange juice, …
it looks like basically everything
read the whole list, there are some pretty good ones like
celery and or winter

December 5th, 2006

Stupid Drivers

Pass the time at work…..: Stupid Drivers
Drivers trying to pass through barrier-pillars in Manchester with disastrous results.
hilarious
but probably not if u were stupid enough to try
its especially funny with how fast they fly into them, thinking they will sneak past

December 3rd, 2006

Pi

Keith Schofield / Pi
Hard ‘n Phirm
“Pi”
Director: Keith Schofield
I want the robot singing the digits of pi to be my ringtone

December 1st, 2006

happy december

Tin Foil Soldier

Temp: 43°F
Wind Chill: 36°F
Humidity: 100%
Wind: E at 15 mph
Clouds: overcast
Conditions: light rain
It is December in Rochester, isn’t it supposed to be snowing?
it finally got cold last night, but this rain has got to go