February 10, 2010
Reality is my arch nemesis too, Sinfest.

Reality is my arch nemesis too, Sinfest.

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February 9, 2010
Pac 10 to consider expanding

interstate:

indian:

So, who to add?  We’re going to (pretend to) care about academics and well-roundedness, which probably disqualifies Boise State.  UNLV/Nevada make the most sense logistically and within the scheme of geographical pairing the Pac has perfected.  Short term, Utah and BYU are better at both of the big sports (and are probably a shade better academically than the Nevada schools).  There’s also been talk of poaching Colorado.  I think I like something like UNLV and Utah - capture 2 big markets, can develop the football program at UNLV over time.  Sorry Omar, no Sac State.

What about Alaska and Hawaii?  Logistics and academics aside, they do have the  advantage of actually touching the Pacific Ocean.

That could be a requirement for any conference with PAC in it.  Which means we’d have to kick out the Arizona schools.  Who’d replace them? Guam?  American Samoa?

If we swapped out the ‘Zona schools for American Samoa University and the University of Alaska (assuming they exist, I didn’t check) we could give them Arizona State’s and Arizona’s logos.

Btw, the Google image search results for “ASU” look a lot like you’d expect to get for “scantily clad women.”

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(via bfizzle) I like this poster, and find it very compelling, but I want to note two things: The people opposed to health care reform right now probably would look at it and say “you mean you’re with the terrorists?”  Or something equally inane.  Despite the logic of it, I don’t think we can win over independents (to say nothing of the hard-right extremists that lead the GOP) by reinforcing the idea that we have to choose either health care spending or war/terrorism/bombs!/killing Iranians/bombs! spending. The things on the skull and crossbones - dynamite - looks kinda like a big Middle Eastern beard.  Just sayin’.

(via bfizzle)

I like this poster, and find it very compelling, but I want to note two things:

  1. The people opposed to health care reform right now probably would look at it and say “you mean you’re with the terrorists?”  Or something equally inane.  Despite the logic of it, I don’t think we can win over independents (to say nothing of the hard-right extremists that lead the GOP) by reinforcing the idea that we have to choose either health care spending or war/terrorism/bombs!/killing Iranians/bombs! spending.
  2. The things on the skull and crossbones - dynamite - looks kinda like a big Middle Eastern beard.  Just sayin’.
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February 5, 2010
Thanks, Apple - you successfully raised the price of books. Jerks.
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February 4, 2010

There are nine half-hour units of TV per week whose stories I would like to keep up with (i.e., watch regularly):

  • House (hour-long)
  • How I Met Your Mother
  • Two and a Half Men
  • The Big Bang Theory
  • Chuck (hour-long)
  • The Office
  • 30 Rock

There are two additional shows that I don’t care about as much, but would enjoy watching semi-regularly:

  • Grey’s Anatomy (hour-long)
  • Private Practice (hour-long)

How is it possible that ALL of these shows come on Mondays and Thursdays?  Or you just look at my list of greater interest, three of the seven are in the same time slot (Mondays at 8pm).  Two would be fine, but three is beyond the abilities of my DVR.  Annoying.

I’ve also recently started following Archer (Thursdays too!) and Tosh.0 (Wednesdays).

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Rajiv and Omar discuss answers to the interview question, "Why do you want to be a banker?"

  • Omar: "well, i really just want to make a lot of money. so this is one option i'm exploring." [his real answer]
  • Rajiv: "I like winning! Fuck yeah!"
  • Omar: "i'm looking for a government job, but i'll take just being paid by the government."
  • Rajiv: "I have no personal hobbies or interests, so I fill that void with work"
  • Omar: "michael milken was one of my heroes growing up."
  • Rajiv: "I hate the American people"
  • Omar: "my ideal evening is spent with an excel spreadsheet, an asian who just recently graduated from undergrad, and takeout."
  • Rajiv: "I'm already in business school, and I believe in following one bad decision with another, much like most of your industry"
  • Omar: "i'm a sell out"
  • Rajiv: "Arbitrary definitions of prestige will fill the void my absent father left in my soul"
  • Omar: "generally speaking, i think businesses that are predicated on charging exorbitant fees for doing nothing useful are excellent ideas."
  • Rajiv: "I'm a high-functioning alcoholic"
  • Omar: "for the open bar"
  • Rajiv: "I enjoy a level of conspicuous consumption that's otherwise only available to rappers and NBA players"
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Gah, I'm in the wrong city

Although it’s worth noting that I played 6 sets of tennis this evening in shorts and a t-shirt.

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February 3, 2010
I lol’d

I lol’d

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February 2, 2010
I'm waiting, ladies*

Who’s got two thumbs and a link to Amazon?  This guy right here!

* I’m well aware that virtually no ladies read my tumblr.

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And from the fray emerges Windows Mobile 7? Rudy Park.

And from the fray emerges Windows Mobile 7?

Rudy Park.

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