The Argument for Keeping Things Tidy

By on December 3, 2008 in Uncategorized

This is very interesting study about the effect of disorderliness on people’s behavior. (H/T Andrew Sullivan).

The gist of the study outlined in the article is that a messy/trashy/disorderly environment encourages negative behaviors. Here are two examples:

His group’s first study was conducted in an alley that is frequently used to park bicycles. As in all of their experiments, the researchers created two conditions: one of order and the other of disorder. In the former, the walls of the alley were freshly painted; in the latter, they were tagged with graffiti (but not elaborately, to avoid the perception that it might be art).…


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Awesome Holiday Cards for teh Geex

By on December 2, 2008 in Bwahahahahaha

The Telegraph Newspaper in the UK has a great list of the Top 11 Holiday Cards for Geeks.

Here’s a sampling:

(That last one is the peptide sequence that spells “Peace”.)

Good times.

I’m just sayin’…

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Getting Him Elected Was Only the First Step

By on December 2, 2008 in Politics

I think Mr. Ill here speaks the truth. See if you don’t agree.


I’m just sayin’…

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Okay, This is Creepy

By on December 1, 2008 in Eclectalife, Things That Make You Go Hmmm

I was checking my insurance claim on Progressive Insurance’s website for the car bonfire I had last week. We’ve only had one other claim with them; last year my wife was run off the road by an idiot SUV driver going too fast for the snowy conditions. Here’s the claim history for our household:


Take a look at the dates.

I’m staying home on November 26th for the rest of my life. Don’t even try to argue with me about this.

I’m just sayin’…

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Giving Thanks on Thanksgiving For Being Alive

By on November 27, 2008 in Eclectalife

Last night Mrs. E and I were making our holiday 8-hour drive to St. Louis to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with my Most Awesome In-laws. About 30 miles from our destination, Mrs. E commented that she had been smelling smoke for the past couple of minutes. I agreed, saying that there was probably a fire somewhere nearby. Just then the battery light on my dashboard began to flicker then it came on and stayed on. We drove a bit more thinking it was probably the alternator. When a weird repetitive clicking noise came on, we decide to pull over even though the car was actually driving normally.…


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Mrs.E’s Obama Photo Mosaic Poster – WOW!

By on November 26, 2008 in Obama

As you may know, Mrs. E spent quite a bit of time photographing Barack Obama rallies during the General Election campaign. Now that the election is over, she has put together an amazing mosaic photo with close to 2,500 different faces from the various rallies she photographed, from the Bruce Springsteen concert held on Obama’s behalf, and of many of the volunteers, Field Officers and Campaign for Change leaders we worked with.

Here is the amazing result:


If you go to THIS PAGE, you can use your cursor to float above the image and see close-ups of any section.

Here’s her description of the photo:

I’m a photographer.…


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Blaming the Financial Disaster on the Poor? Bitch, Please.

By on November 26, 2008 in Uncategorized

In my workplace, staffed by adorable lily-white conservative people who have absolutely no clue whatsoever about what it’s like to be poor, much less a discriminated-against minority, one of the most-loved sports is what I call Poor People Bashing.

According to the Wonder Bread Crew, the melt-down of the financial markets is due almost entirely to two things:

1. Poor people taking out loans on houses they could not afford.
2. ACORN, who pushed governments and banks against their will and better judgement, to give loans to poor people to buy houses the could not afford.

It’s kind of quaint, really, their ability to distill the world down to such tiny, sanitized, bite-sized pieces – yo turn reality into a comic book with bright primary colors.…


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Mitch Albom Would Like a Few Words With Congress

By on November 24, 2008 in Uncategorized

Mitch Albom, author of Tuesdays With Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven is an unapologetic Detroit lover. That’s no big surprise, I suppose, given that he works for the Detroit Free Press.

Albom is also known for his plain talk and his editorial piece this past Sunday, “If I had the floor at the auto rescue talks“, is no exception. No matter where you stand on the whole auto company bailout/bridge loan issue, Albom makes some pretty damn good points.

The column is the speech Albom would have given if he had had five minutes on the floor of Congress to speak directly to the lawmakers when they were grilling the CEOs of Ford, Chrysler and GM last week.…


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