Archive for April, 2004
FDA says that drugs are bad for children. Even the good drugs, like Prozac. May cause children to panic. Researcher says, however, “If they do panic, there are plenty of nice drugs for that too.” (seriously)
Madness!
Google give full disclousure on how they rank pages.
Three guys, a Canadian, Osama Bin Ladin and Uncle Sam are out walking
together one day. They come across a lantern and a Genie pops out of it.
“I will give each of you each one wish, that’s three wishes total,” says
the Genie.
The Canadian says, “I am a farmer, my dad was a farmer, and my son […]
ESPN used to have a good show called SportsCenter.
This man CAN cross party lines . . .
2 Comments Published by Jake Allen April 2nd, 2004 in UncategorizedKurt Cobain died ten years ago today. Do you feel old yet?
All work and no play makes Jake a dull boy.
Closed Published by Jake Allen April 3rd, 2004 in UncategorizedFun for all ages and all workers
3 Comments Published by Jake Allen April 4th, 2004 in UncategorizedModern Russian has no direct translation for “fun”.
How does one deal with those persons who have next to nothing in common with one’s self, are generally pleasant, and have infrequent but regular interaction with one’s self?
Usually I am pleasant back, and continue with the shallow charade, ie:
“How are you?”
“I have been fine.”
“That’s good. You?”
“Pretty good.”
“What’s up?”
“Not much. You?”
“Not too much.”
“Have a good […]
Google is building the Matrix, or at least Skynet!
3 Comments Published by Jake Allen April 5th, 2004 in UncategorizedBy now most of you have heard about Gmail, the new email service from Google. It is only available to invited testers right now, but will soon offer the world with the largest free email service ever. Individual users will be offered 1000 megabytes (MB) of free storage, just 24 shy of a […]
SFD has an interesting post about how European Christianity and European ethnicity is in a worldwide decline, both per capita and numerically. He does not, unfortunately, give enough commentary.
I am curious if anyone knows of a good political history of early Islam written by a western secularist. I am especially curious about 624 to […]
Hollywood News: Jews should marry other Jews
1 Comment Published by Jake Allen April 6th, 2004 in UncategorizedIn NBC’s Average Joe: Adam Returns, Jewry is a big issue. Semitic religion, or at least ethnicity, has been a television standard long before Sex and the City, Friends, The Nanny, Seinfeld, or even Rhoda and The Dick Van Dyke Show.
Yet this time, the producers self-consciously asked “will a nice Jewish guy choose a […]
As only the New York Post can report, there is a direct relationship with how much sexuality/nudity and how poorly a movie does at the US box office. (Luckily, violence is still ok.)
Ha ha. People with families have jobs and money.