U.N. writes a letter threatening to write more letters if Iran does not stop its nuke program. I'm amazed Iran has not yet crumbled under the pressure.

just in case you weren't convinced that muslims are crazy

i heart natalie portman

looks like the muslims aren't the only crazy religious people

i just made a delicious discovery. on the myspace profile of a ridiculously religious person i know, the results of an iq test are posted. while this person scored "genius" on math and verbal intelligence and "exceptional" on general knowledge, the score for logical intelligence was "below average." surprised? me neither.

there are few songs i loathe more than "what if god was one of us." it lures you in with its catchy tune, only to assault you with religious nonsense. if this weren't bad enough, it has to do it in grammatically incorrect fashion. it ought to be "what if god were one of us." this question calls for the subjunctive tense, which the artist (if you can call her that) carelessly disregards, unaware of the outrageous error she has made. the only thing good to come out of this song is the parody, "What if god smoked cannabis?" Note the lack of grammatical errors.

just one more reason to drink coke

pepsi demonstrates its idiocy (and its low opinion of consumer intelligence), filing suit because showing an amish horse-cart with 10 bales of hay outrunning one with 50 bales of hay obviously means powerade makes you fast.

"In other words, Coca-Cola is telling consumers that Powerade Option's fewer calories literally make you go faster."

yeah, anyone stupid enough to think that deserves to be shot in the head.

next thing you know, someone will be suing red bull saying "In other words, Red Bull is telling consumers that Red Bull energy drinks literally give you wings."

in case anyone was wondering, i plan to name my first son tristan and my first daughter london. just fyi

Somehow, I can't help but think that these two articles are related.

someone finally figures out the proper way to protect the environment

only in america do people not only sue other people for their own mistakes, but they sue themselves!


hehe, all that barn-raising comes in handy.

"The Lord was in (the tornado)."

another brilliant googlefight, thanks to Kathleen

150 most popular children's books of all time.

I have read at least 99 of them.

take that, creationists.

silly nonsense

This article says that soda is a major cause of obesity, and if it gets proven then politicians will be able to tax soda like they tax cigarettes. I think this is a fabulous idea, but it doesn't go far enough. You know what else is a major cause of obesity? Food. Why stop at soda? Why not tax all food? And the more food you eat, the more taxes you have to pay, like income. Thanks for the great idea, soda-hater guys! *end sarcasm*

Today, from the world of useless statistics:

"One-third said they were failing in school, but more than six out of 10 were maintaining C averages or better when they quit. "

For the less-than-quick, 1/3 = 3.33/10. 10-3.33 = 6.67. 6.67/10 = 2/3 > 6/10.

read: "one third said they were failing in school, but two-thirds were not."

As opposed to some third alternative.

Thank you, Reuters.

i've decided to compile a list of all the anime i've seen. why? because i am cool.

completed:
sailor moon
love hina
shaman king
witch hunter robin
fruits basket
ah! my goddess
read or die
serial experiments lain
ai yori aoshi
chobits
evangelion
magic knight rayearth
x-tv
onegai sensei
onegai twins
ghost in the shell
azumanga daioh
spiral
elfen lied
escaflowne
dn angel
someday's dreamers
chrono crusade (REALLy awful, don't watch it)
stellvia

partially completed:
naruto
FLCL
rurouni kenshin
outlaw star
wedding peach


only a few eps:
slayers
read or die tv
happy lesson

movies:
naussica and the valley of wind
my neighbor totoro
princess mononoke
grave of the fireflies
spirited away
howl's moving castle
...hehe, notice how all the movies are miyazaki films ^.^...

hehe, chad showed me www.googlefight.com.

some of my results:

reason: 899,000,000
faith: 402,000,000

life:
death: 3,620,000,000

anime: 164,000,000
not anime: 25,100,000

selfishness: 7,110,000
altruism: 6,760,000

capitalism: 49,100,000
communism: 32,000,000
socialism: 27,000,000

free trade: 516,000,000
tariffs: 28,400,000

freedom: 432,000,000
islam: 153,000,000

denmark: 549,000,000
islam: 153,000,000