Because The Night

Sick song

College Days Part 3

On the West Campus Bus

College Days Part 2

College Days

My first (and only) attempt at writing a children's comic strip

Shen vs. Pacquiao

Tale of the Tape
Pacquiao	vs.	Shen
December 17, 1978	Birthdate	June 9, 1982
Kibawe, Philippines	Birthplace	Houston, Texas
General Santos City, Philippines	Residence	Brooklyn, New York
51-3-2 (38 KO)	Record	0-0-0 (0 KO)
TBA*	Weight	TBA*
5'6½"	Height	5'6½"
66½"	Reach	65"
16"	Neck	12"
38"	Chest (Normal)	33½"
41"	Chest (Expanded)	33½"
13"	Biceps	11"
12"	Forearms	9½"
8"	Wrist	6"
10"	Fist	9½"
28"	Waist	27½"
20"	Thigh	17½"
13"	Calf	13½"
*Exact weights to be announced at Friday's official weigh-in (6 p.m. ET, The 101 Network/TopRank.com)

NYC - Not the Real America

But, despite the chain's gracious offerings and encouragement of "current and former members of our armed forces to let loose and have some much deserved fun," he, and all of his fellow veterans, should steer clear of TGI Friday's in Union Square.

The TGI Friday's at Union Square (a 646 number, natch) told me that it was not participating in the Veterans Day promotion. This appears to be the norm in New York.

I called a random selection of "respectable" Big Apple eateries including the Gramercy Tavern, Le Bernadin, One if by Land, Two if by Sea, Mercer Kitchen, and Brooklyn's The Grocery. All told me the same thing; there are no specials for veterans, currently serving or otherwise, on Veterans Day. This included TGI Friday's Union Square-mate Blue Water Grill. The receptionist at Per Se asked me, "What day?"

Family Fued - I Love You!

ESPN giving Texas $12 million a year?

Watch out Mew Edition

Death of an Acting Giraffe Raises Science Question

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A giraffe named Hamley, who regularly appeared on the British TV series Wild at Heart (which inspired the short-lived CW show Life Is Wild), was killed in a South African reserve on Monday by lightning strike. Lightning strike. Does this happen all the time?! How does an animal avoid lightning strikes when its neck is as tall as a tree? [BBC]

Andy Reid, Current Philadelphia Eagles Coach

There is one 14 year old in this video that seems just a bit bigger than the other 14 year olds...

Somebody Set Us Up The Bomb

"In one segment of about 500 hours of discussions released by the National Archives, Nixon is heard discussing an extension of bombing raids over North Vietnam with Henry Kissinger, the national security adviser. Then, rather abruptly, he says: "I'd rather use the nuclear bomb." Whether Nixon was serious or trying to provoke Mr Kissinger is not clear. In his baritone voice, his adviser replies: "That, I think, would just be too much." But Nixon then goes on: "The nuclear bomb. Does that bother you? I just want you to think big."

A True American Hedge Fund Hero

Seth Klarman's Baupost Group will return 5% of its capital to investors at the end of the year, says a source who has viewed a November 8th letter from Klarman to Baupost's investors.

Baupost has generated an monstrous $6.5 billion in net investment profits from January 1, 2009 to September 2010 ("net" of an estimated $2 billion of performance and management fees).

This growth has propelled the firm to an enormous $23 billion in assets. Klarman considers this size too large for the current market environment, in which he finds opportunities scarce.

"Today, Baupost's opportunity set is smaller than it has been in some years," Klarman wrote, "while our cash balances have grown..."

So Baupost's happy investors are getting 5% of their money back at the end of the year, whether they like it or not.

And other investors, who are just now getting bullish, might want to ask themselves what they're seeing that Klarman isn't.

Dodson

Looking like Legolas from Lord of the Rings

Ebert, still awesome

Negative Roger Ebert Quote Used On Asian DVD of The Perfect Man



Roger Ebert posted a picture on his blog of an Asian DVD cover for Hilary Duff's movie The Perfect Man in which they used a very negative quote on the front cover of the DVD. It reads:

"The Perfect Man takes its idiotic plot and uses it as the excuse for scenes of awesome stupidity"

Ebert, who posted the image on his blog, simply remarked with "I love it when I'm quoted correctly."

Mint.com NYC Data

http://data.mint.com/region/us/new-york/new-york

Kind of neat, but could be better!

I Say Yes to This Dress

Colt McCoy

Found behind the University Co-op

Kind of looks like my version of Colt on Rock Band 3 (not good)

pulp fiction

obviously i was going for the wayne's world reference, but pulp fiction is even better!

asphinctersayshwhat

For Ehmer

What's a long-running, critically acclaimed indie-rock act to do when the prospect of yet another round of politely received tour dates just isn't cutting it? If you're Yo La Tengo, you get a little crazy. On their next tour, the band will lug around a Wheel of Fortune–type contraption, one plastered with various performance options; the first half of every evening, then, will be dedicated to whatever fate has in store. Possible awesome sounding options: "The Freewheeling Yo La Tengo: You ask a question; we answer the question, and maybe follow up with a song"; "

 

The Name Game:
 

Have you ever noticed how many Yo La Tengo songs include someone’s name? More than 45 minutes’ worth, that’s for sure, so who knows which ones we’ll do on any given night"; "Sitcom Theater: The lucky audience in attendance the night the wheel lands on this space will get to see band and crew act out a classic sitcom." (Pitchfork confirms: This is real). Will it be inspiration for a rash of indie-rock performance art, or a one-off curio? Either way: Vulture salutes you, Yo La Tengo. [Official site]

My cousin's boy as Boba Fett

My girlfriend thought it was "Bubble Fat"

Internet Explorer

Another reason NOT to use IE

What's in your wallet? Less if you use Firefox or IE and more if you use Chrome. Here from J-Walk Blog are interest rates for a car loan from Capital One if you use IE.


and here are the rates if you use Chrome:

I found something similar and the Consumerist also reports similar results.

Uncanny

Much has been made of Tim Lincecum's outfit, but I have yet to hear the most obvious comparison

SCOTUS

Watching the movie Ali right now.

Random thought: if his case went to the supreme court today, Thomas, Scalia, Alito and Roberts probably would have voted against him and sent him to jail for dodging the draft.

Kanye + Turkey

= Awesome!

"Finish up all your candy, because it's time to make room for turkey! Thanksgiving is coming up, and with it, the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. This year the Daily News-sponsored Big Apple float has some super-sized bookings, including Kanye West, who will perform while rolling down... one of the streets. Parade producer Amy Kule told the paper, "The 84th Macy's Parade will dazzle and entertain the entire nation with a fantastic pageant filled with the most popular giant character helium balloons, awe-inspiring floats, the nation's best marching bands and an amazing lineup of performers."

George W. Bush

Lots of crappy things happened in those eight years, but George W. Bush has finally identified the single worst moment of his entire presidency. In his upcoming memoir Decision Points, he says the "all-time low" point was when Kanye West went off prompter at that Katrina telethon and declared, "George Bush doesn't care about black people." Yes, this was even worse than 9/11, Katrina itself, and that time Bright Eyes sang a mean song on The Tonight Show.

Washington Post Op-Ed

"Simply put, these realities make it necessary for Washington to resist two years of gridlock and policy paralysis. Democrats and Republicans must meet in the middle to implement policies to deal with debt overhangs and structural rigidities. The economy needs political courage that transcends expediency in favor of long-term solutions on issues including housing reform, medium-term budget rules, pro-growth tax reforms, investments in physical and technological infrastructure, job retraining, greater support for education and scientific research, and better nets to protect the most vulnerable segments of society.

Success requires an element of policy experimentation as well as confidence that mid-course policy corrections will be identified and undertaken on a timely basis. And such efforts must be wrapped in an encompassing economic vision that acts as a magnet of conversion nationally, counters growing international frictions and facilitates much-needed global economic coordination.

This is not an easy list. It will be difficult to translate today's political extremes into a common vision, analysis and narrative. Yet the longer it takes to do this, the greater the effort needed to restore our tradition of unmatched economic dynamism, buoyant job creation and global leadership."
 
Mohamed A. El-Erian is chief executive and co-chief investment officer of the investment management firm Pimco and author of the 2008 book "When Markets Collide."

2010 Oregon Offense

Even better than 2005 Texas?

New Toys

Texas

"The REAL Reason We Are Struggling" (from OrangeBloods)

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38 out of 84 or 45% of scholarship players are true or redshirt freshmen. By definition these are guys that have never played a college football game until this year.

Compare that to...
2009 - 29 out of 83 or 35%
2008 - 31 out of 78 or 40%
2007 - 37 out of 79 or 47%
2006 - 32 out of 78 or 41%
2005 - 25 out of 79 or 32%

Note the similarities between this year and 2007 as well as the similarities of 2009 and 2005.