March 2011
1 post
February 2011
4 posts
How NFL Players memorize their huge playbooks →
NFL players are often cited as impressive physical specimens, but it’s not their tree trunk-like legs or bulging biceps that are most impressive. It’s their brains. That much is made clear by learning about the most mundane of tasks required of every NFL player: memorizing the playbook. It’s an act which often goes unrecognized because it is so fundamental. Players are given...
5 complaints about modern life that are... →
January 2011
6 posts
December 2010
9 posts
“Be my best self.”
– my only resolution for the new year.
Mapping America: every city, every block →
Type in your zip code or city and you’ll see the racial breakdown of every city in the US.
The best of INVISIBLE cat →
November 2010
11 posts
25 Hilarious Lost Pet Flyers →
“Sometimes you got to do the right thing even when the wrong thing would be a...”
– Tracy Jordan, 30 Rock
Large Hadron Collider at it again...trying to... →
WatchElvis Costello improvises a song on Jimmy Fallon
Google Maps blamed for Nicaragua's accidental... →
10 questions about Grand Jury service
Yesterday was my last day on the jury. One month. 300 or so cases processed. 1. How come you got picked? When it came time for me to be interviewed, I was asked three questions. Where do you work? Do you have any vacations coming up? Have you ever served on a jury? And that was it. I didn’t think I’d get picked but I did. I have two theories. First theory: I didn’t have any...
Woman's 10-year-old daughter gives birth...doesn't... →
October 2010
21 posts
A crocodile, that was smuggled onto a plane in a... →
The case sounded familiar to the juror and not... →
Microlender Forecloses On Goat →
How many hipsters does it take to screw in a light...
Answer: Umm… it’s a really obscure number. You probably never heard of it.
A little trivia about the Titanic
http://tinyurl.com/26hd2tc
“While the cause of death for the vast majority of victims of the sinking was hypothermia due to the freezing cold North Atlantic waters, one man amazingly survived for hours in the water until help arrived; the man was Titanic’s Chief Baker Charles Joughin, who consumed enough brandy during the sinking that the alcohol served as an antifreeze in his ...
Utah Jazz tell the Bulls, "I told you so!" →