I've been working on some anatomical illustrations for a urology text book due out next year, and this is my drawing of a testicle. You like my nut, yeah?
You know, I’ve been thinking about this whole financial crash for a few weeks now. Dusting out the rusty files of my brain, I vaguely recall learning in high school social studies that the original depression was caused by banks giving out loans to people who were playing the stock market, and once the people lost all their money in the stock markets, not being able to pay the loans back, so all these loans defaulted. Today’s mortgage and loan default crisis is highly reminiscent of all them loans given out back in the day that people defaulted on.
Yes, I understand that the Federal Reserve is a PRIVATELY OWNED BANK AND NOT ACTUALLY RUN BY THE GOVERNMENT, and I understand that to run his war, W had the Fed print up a whole butt load of cash without any actual financial backing, and that caused the value of the dollar to decrease, and that this situation is hugely influential on America’s current financial standing. Let’s take that as a given, k?
Anyhoo, all these investment banks which have gone under are asking congress for a 700 billion dollar bailout, right? And the secretary of the treasury is heading this request. The Huffington Post published an article with a very interesting statement that comes from the secretary’s bailout request: Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.
Excuse me? Doesn’t that mean the secretary can basically do whatever the hell he wants with that money, and no one can look into his actions? Am I wrong here? ‘Cause if I am, I would LURVE it if someone would explain why to me.
From the New York Post:
Microsoft admitted yesterday that its high-profile new ad campaign to keep users from switching to Macs was made using its competitor's computers and software.
Red-faced execs said in a statement, "A wide variety of software and hardware was used to create, edit and distribute content, including both Macs and PCs."
The TV spots parody the popular Mac campaign where a nerdy guy represents the PC.
when your co-workers bail on you leaving you to answer the shrieking phone ALL MORNING, so that you can't even go to lunch, even though your stomach is growling so loud patients in the front waiting room are wondering why you have wild dogs caged in the back.
I am a picky eater. But while shopping at Walmart this weekend, I came across some interesting Pringles flavors, and, well, my curiosity got the best of me.
The first one I tried was the Pringles Restaurant Cravers Onion Blossom. The first chip didn't taste much like onion blossom, the next one, a little bit, and the one after that, a little bit more. By the fifth chip, if I closed my eyes, except for the shape of the chip, I would have thought I was eating the real thing. You could taste the onion, the breading, and most especially, the sauce. They were delicious.
A bit more rebelliously, I picked up a tube of Screamin' Dill Pickle. I got it home, opened the tube, and sniffed. Yep, smelled like dill pickle. I tasted. Yep, tasted like dill pickle. For reals. And while it sounds disgusting, they were surprisingly addictive.
Next weekend, I'm gonna get a can, pulverize them in the food processor, mix them with some ground beef and make burgers. I bet they'll be EXTREME to the max, yo.
