Archive for May, 2007
"The Joy of Drinking"
Thus spake Evil OverloadMay 29, 2007 at 7:37 am
“Barbara Holland says she wrote “The Joy of Drinking” to counter the rise of broccoli, exercise and Starbucks”
“I was getting sick and tired of being lectured by dear friends with their little bottles of water and their regular visits to the gym,” she says. “All of a sudden, we’ve got this voluntary prohibition that has to do with health and fitness.” She pauses. “I’m not really in favor of health and fitness.”
But isn’t it good to be healthy?
“I suppose so,” she says, “but it’s largely a crapshoot. The ghost of my sainted mother hovers around, talking about how self-centered it all is. They’re always thinking about themselves — how far I ran, how much I can bench-press, how I ate three servings of broccoli. For heaven’s sake, get over yourself.”
(Thanks, Erika!)
Soft Drinks "Switch Off" DNA
Thus spake Evil Overloadat 6:26 am
90’s Retro Humor
Thus spake Evil OverloadMay 27, 2007 at 12:51 pm
(from here)
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Thus spake Evil OverloadMay 11, 2007 at 1:51 pm
Brown Jones ‘07
Thus spake EnnuiMay 10, 2007 at 2:54 pm
Gordon Brown and Terry Jones: the perfect PM candidate.VLoggin’ It
Thus spake Ennuiat 10:37 am
Happy Birthday Evil: The Sequel
Thus spake Ennuiat 9:46 am
Happy Birthday Evil!
Thus spake Sheniat 6:47 am
Is Nothing Safe?
Thus spake Sheniat 5:47 am
As it turns out, oral sex might give you throat cancer. Seriously. See for yourself:
Here’s the conclusion from their report in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine: Oral HPV infection is strongly associated with oropharyngeal cancer among subjects with or without the established risk factors of tobacco and alcohol use.
Oral sex, both fellatio and cunnilingus, is thought to be the primary mode of transmission, but the study doesn’t rule out the possibility that the virus can be passed through mouth-to-mouth contact, according to a press release from Johns Hopkins University.
The CDC estimaes that 50% of sexually active people will be infected with HPV at some point in their lives. Great. I suppose next week they’re going to come out with research indicating that masturbation really will make you go blind.
Also, doesn’t this report seem kind of like the opposite of this.
"Strawberry Quik"
Thus spake Evil OverloadMay 9, 2007 at 5:50 am
Parents and caretakers beware: meth dealers are now apparently producing crystal meth in a variety of fun flavors:
“The colored crystals have since spread across the nation. According to intelligence gathered by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents from informants, users, local police, and drug counselors, flavored meth is available in California, Nevada, Washington, Idaho, Texas, New Mexico, Missouri, and Minnesota. Says DEA spokesman Steve Robertson, “Drug traffickers are trying to lure in new customers, no matter what their age, by making the meth seem less dangerous.”The e-mailed alert might lead you to believe you need only look out for “Strawberry quick” to keep your family safe. (The name is reminiscent of strawberry Quik, a powder used to make flavored milk drinks.) Yet that form of the drug is but one of many flavors in circulation: In addition to strawberry, crystal meth also comes in chocolate, peanut butter, cola, cherry, and orange versions. One DEA agent reported a red methamphetamine that had been marketed as a powdered form of an energy drink.”
Zoinks! Link
Atlanta: Clark Howard for Mayor!
Thus spake Evil Overloadat 5:25 am
This could be the greatest thing ever to happen to the city of Atlanta:
“Clark Howard, the popular penny-pinching pundit, said Tuesday he’ll decide next summer whether to run for mayor of Atlanta.Howard’s name is among a half-dozen or so floating around conversations about who may succeed Mayor Shirley Franklin, whose term expires in 2009. He’s widely viewed as an instant front-runner if he were to enter the campaign.
Howard said he considered running for mayor in 1997 for one reason — to oust then-Mayor and candidate Bill Campbell. The Atlanta native said he has always wanted to serve as mayor and thinks he could improve city government. But jumping in just to beat Campbell would have been wrong, he said.”
For those who haven’t heard of him, Clark Howard is a radio personality based in Atlanta, who has a talk show based on consumer advocacy and financial planning. His monetary wisdom has become legendary throughout the southeast, as has his zeal for exposing frauds, scams, and other raw deals. I expect he would make a great mayor. Link!
(via The Wife)
Things Like This Don’t Happen in New York
Thus spake Ennuiat 12:30 am
"I wanna come in first once."
Thus spake EnnuiMay 7, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Babies Bad for Planet?
Thus spake Evil Overloadat 7:34 am
Genetic Discrimination to be Outlawed
Thus spake Evil Overloadat 5:26 am
Whither the Housing Market?
Thus spake Evil OverloadMay 4, 2007 at 6:24 am
As you may know, the housing market continues to slowly deflate, as temporarily-fixed Adjustable Rate Mortgages are going variable, forcing numerous homeowners into foreclosure. This is happening with such frequency because, about five years ago, lenders began making these initially low-payment mortgages available to consumers who were considered high-risk and otherwise would not have been able to afford houses. Now, both the lenders and the buyers are losing out as a result.
So you may be asking yourself, if everyone’s losing, who’s winning? When these high-risk adjustable rate mortgages were clearly such a bad idea, why were they offered in the first place? Ask the man in the photo to your left:
“The consumer has to be an idiot to take on those loans,” he says. “But it has been one of our best-performing investments.”Devaney’s not out to get people into bad loans - or into good ones. He just makes bets on how many people will repay and when. Still, the $5.7 trillion mortgage-backed-securities market had a key role in today’s housing mess.
“The broker and the lender and everybody else in between is part of a factory that’s producing bond securities for Wall Street,” said attorney and consumer advocate Irv Acklesberg in testimony before a Senate committee recently.”
Mystery solved, I guess. The trouble with making money out of pure financial wizardry is that, at best, it typically doesn’t add value to the system. Ah well. Link
Upcoming: Robin Hood From Bad Guy’s Perspective
Thus spake Evil OverloadMay 2, 2007 at 5:33 am
The Kurt’s Pajamas
Thus spake Ennuiat 1:28 am
“I still wear his pajamas to bed.
How am I ever going to go form
another relationship in my lifetime
wearing Kurt’s pajamas?”
I’ll be damned.
The woman has a point.
Post-Poston
Thus spake Ennuiat 1:22 am
