This article in Rolling Stone (very long article) recounts the adventures of Master Legend, a self-styled superhero in South Florida who, along with his trusty sidekick Ace, is fighting for truth, justice and the American way. (#)
If you feel like you just cannot get your act together in the new year, maybe these motivational posters featuring the wisdom of Hunter S. Thompson will do the trick. (#)
If you are a woman and you can cook, nobody cares. However, if you are a guy and you can cook, people make a big deal out of it. Like combining ingredients properly involves a uterus. (#)
First, a confession: I love the taste of Lobster. I really do. However, after reading this article from Gourmet magazine, I am not sure if I will be eating any more of it. (#)
Dec 29th 2008 2008 Year in Cities
This year was a pretty boring year for me, at least as far as travel goes. Below is a list of cities I slept in this year. This is the first year I have documented it online, but I think in previous years the list would have been longer.
Byhalia, MS
Asheville, NC (actually, a small rest area on the outskirts of Asheville, during a snowstorm)
Interstate 75 (in a Greyhound Bus)
Cincinatti, OH
Raleigh, NC
Like I said, I went a lot more places than this, but to make the list, I had to spend the night there.
(got the idea from Kottke)
Tags: boring life, TravelNo Comments » Posted by Hugh / @me
Just sitting out, being quiet for a few days. I will be largely offline as well. A lot of thinking, planning and so on, preparing for the new year. Be patient if I do not email you back immediatly. (#)
Dec 26th 2008 The US Says Starving Kids OK
At least, it looks like that is what we are saying. The UN passed a resolution on “the right to food”. The vote passed 180 (everyone else) to 1 (that would be us).
The money quote is:
By a vote of 180 in favour to 1 against (United States) and no abstentions, the Committee also approved a resolution on the right to food, by which the Assembly would “consider it intolerable” that more than 6 million children still died every year from hunger-related illness before their fifth birthday, and that the number of undernourished people had grown to about 923 million worldwide, at the same time that the planet could produce enough food to feed 12 billion people, or twice the world’s present population.
Tags: hunger, Social issues, UN2 Comments » Posted by Hugh / @me
Dec 22nd 2008 Errors in English I Don’t Understand
The first time I saw this, I put it down to a simple typo. But I have seen it often now, and I have NO idea what this is about. Let me explain.
I was on a friend’s website, where she wrote something to the effect of “I am about to eat and apple.” [Sentence changed to keep you from Googling it. Nosy.]
AND apple? I think you mean an apple. You do, right? I mean, you went to college and everything. You graduated from a real school in a state that did not end in a vowel. How can you not know this?
I thought it was a typo the first time I saw it on this friends site. But since then, I see it everywhere. If you want to cry, look at the results on this Google search. Hell, this site maintained by the great free state of North Carolina encourages you to make an “Eat and Apple a Day” chart.
A whole generation does not know how to use the word “an”. Can this be?
Shortly before I wrote this, I saw another post, by yet another educated person, who wrote that someone wanted “to borrow are snowblower”. ARRRRGH! [Bangs head on desk].
The only thing I can think of is these people are writing the words the way they sound (said quickly, an sounds like and and our sounds like are). Maybe these people do not read and so have no idea that they are, in fact, different words?
I am sooooo going to grow old and be that guy that talks about kids these days.
Tags: english nazi, grammar police3 Comments » Posted by Hugh / @me
Dec 18th 2008 The Late Show Top Ten by Jim Carrey
Carrey is one of the funniest actors we have right now, yet he does not turn away from serious work. I think a lot of him.
Tags: David Letterman, lists, Top 10, Top Ten, Yes ManNo Comments » Posted by Hugh / @Video
Dec 15th 2008 Advice To My Son, Not Yet Born
Son,
One day, you will walk into a Dollar Tree (probably a Five Dollar Tree by then) and see a 10 pack of razors for a dollar. You will be amazed at how inexpensive this is, and, because you are my son, you will have an overwhelming, near irresistible, urge to buy and use these razors.
Because I love you, it is imperative that you listen to me as I tell you, with all of the urgency I can summon, to resist this urge with all of your power.
Trust me on this.
Dad
Tags: Bloody Face, Cheap Ass, Cheap Razor, Frugal, Idiot2 Comments » Posted by Hugh / @me