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Archives
Those Troubling “Leap Seconds”
The US, having evidently solved all the other problems addressing the international community, now focuses its efforts on ridding the world of leap seconds (since a day isn’t technically exactly 24 hours) by adding a “leap hour” every 500-600 years.
The Futility of Customer Service Email
Sometimes I wonder why some companies even give you the option of contacting customer service via email if all they’re going to do is ask you to call their 800 number. How about just getting rid of the email option if it’s just going to be a useless step? Case in point, we signed up [...]
I Passed My Prelim!!!
Last week, I cleared one of the final obstacles before graduation, my prelim exam. I’m a little late posting this news since I had to wait until that was finished before setting up this blog. For those of you unfamiliar with the weird world of academia, the prelim (in our department, at least), is where [...]
The Joke That is Credit Card Signatures
Every wonder whether anyone pays attention to your signature on receipts when you use a credit card? As the guy has humorously proved in two parts, the answer is a resounding NO (unless you try to buy like three plasma screen TVs). Also, check out his further investigations into tollbooth payments and the sense of [...]
PostSecret
What would you reveal to the world if you knew you would remain anonymous? Find out the answer for others on PostSecret, where people send in anonymous postcards that artistically reveal their secret. Some are funny, some disturbing, but it keeps your interest as you just keep on scrolling to read more. Check back every [...]
What’s So Great About America
From Arrested Development, George Michael tells it like it is: Say what you want about America – thirteen bucks can still get you a heck of a lot of mice! In what has to be one of the funniest random lines I can remember!
Thank you Benjamin Franklin…
Or whomever invented the concept of libraries that allow me to watch the entire first season of Arrested Development on DVD free of charge. This show is the funniest sitcom on TV by like two orders of magnitude. Dare I say it’s the only one of which I’m aware that actually makes me laugh out [...]