Will it be Saturday

Posted on August 19, 2008 
Filed Under obama, politics

Here at Useless Internet, we’re all aquiver over when Obama will announce his v.p. and, I might add, we are hoping, hoping, hoping that it isn’t Joe Biden. Hopefully this article in the Chicago Sun Times is correct and we won’t have to continue surreptitiously checking CNN every hour on the hour. Apparently, Obama will announce on Saturday in Springfield, Ill.

I only hope that this comment by “Hillary C” to the news remains unreported:

How appropriate. The square in front of the Old State Capitol building is where the Donner Party started their ill-fated trip to California. Hope Obama has as much luck.

I know several people who are seriously worried about Sen. Clinton poisoning Obama, but I guess now we’ll have to worry about cannibalism as well.

And if you, like me, want to know the news asap, then go here and sign up to get a text message from the Obama campaign before the media even knows. Yeah, right.

Via The Drudge Report which I’ve also been checking every hour on the hour.

Getting Rid of Toxins - via your feet?

Posted on August 18, 2008 
Filed Under cool, weird news, weird stuff to buy

NPR investigated those foot pads all over tv these days. I hope you won’t be too disappointed to hear that they are a total rip-off. But the process by which NPR decided the pads are a total rip-off is fascinating.

Who Knew Flickr Users were so Honest?

Posted on August 18, 2008 
Filed Under bizarre, funny, people I like, weird

Mighty Girl spent a few days trolling the results of the Flickr tag “stupid”. What she found was an awesome array of people doing very stupid and very entertaining things.

The Useless Internet

Posted on August 1, 2008 
Filed Under useless internet

Loving right now:

  • GraphJam - Charting Song Lyrics and other parts of life. Why has no one thought of this before?
  • The Top 10 Band vs. Fan scuffles
  • From my mailbag:
  • From The Daily Show, so you’ve probably seen it, but so funny I can’t stand it. CNN’s John Roberts as a mulleted youth.

  • And a bonus video - We Are the World performed in Japan by Japanese people made up to look like the celebrities in the real video. Why can’t Japanese TV be shown here in America? I would watch 24 hours a day.

Where We Live

Posted on July 31, 2008 
Filed Under data, election08, politics

Backing up  my previous defense of the electoral college, Time has a great graphic that shows very clearly how the population of the country is dispersed. Hint - I bet you live east of the Mississippi.

(via 37 signals)

Is there a Lemur Lurking in Boston?

Posted on July 30, 2008 
Filed Under cryptozoology, people I like, weird news

I was a fan of Bill James of the Boston Red Sox already because he is a master at combining two great things that go great together: baseball and statistics. But now I have a reason to love him even more. It seems that Bill saw a lemur one night while walking home from a Red Sox and he doesn’t care who knows it or whether anyone believes him or not because lemur sitings must be reported! Truly a great man.

Photo Credit: David Thyberg

Join Me in Banning Words

Posted on July 29, 2008 
Filed Under grammar

This is a little late since we’re almost 8 months into 2008, but I just found Lake Superior State University’s 2008 List of Banished Words. However, I’ve got a complaint - how can a list pinpoint the phrase perfect storm, but leave off the even more awful tipping point?

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