I love Sam the Cooking Guy
His show rocks and I’ll probably be getting his book soon. You can find the first season of his show “Just Eat This” on iTunes. Well worth the money.
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The Ultimate Exam
Dug this up after reading it a long time ago and I’m posting it here for my own amusement.
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CthuluCarols
Honestly, I really hate the ‘holidays’. One of the things I hate the most are the ceaseless repetitions of Christmas carols. Abominable to begin with, their unending iterations are the thing to drive men mad (and I do not mean crazy).
A few years back I came across some carols a bit more tolerable. Read on for some amusing parodies of songs I’m sure you’ll hear dozens, if not scores, of times in the upcoming months.
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Rule Of Three
Currently making its rounds through the NBES (Non-Business Email Spams) is the following story:
In ancient Greece (469 – 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom. One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance, who ran up to him excitedly and said, “Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of your students…?”
“Wait a moment,” Socrates replied. “Before you tell me, I’d like you to pass a little test. It’s called the Test of Three.”
“Test of Three?”
“That’s correct,” Socrates continued. “Before you talk to me about my student let’s take a moment to test what you’re going to say. The first test is Truth. Are absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?”
“No,” the man replied, “actually I just heard about it.”
“All right,” said Socrates. “So you don’t really know if it’s true or not. Now let’s try the second test, the test of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my student something good?”
“No, on the contrary…”
“So,” Socrates continued, “you want to tell me something bad about him even though you’re not certain it’s true?”
The man shrugged, a little embarrassed.
Socrates continued, “You may still pass though because there is a third test – the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my student going to be useful to me?”
“No, not really…”
“Well,” concluded Socrates, “if what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all?”
The man was defeated and ashamed and said no more. This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem. It also explains why Socrates never found out that Plato was banging his wife.
The crappy thing about this is that most people will read this and find it funny due to one sentence at the end instead of taking the time to reflect upon the Role Of Three outlined in the story and apply it to their own lives.
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Diesel Sweeties: Transformers vs. Politics
(Via Diesel Sweeties by R Stevens.)
I’m not a gigantic fan of Diesel Sweeties. It is enjoyable and I think it is phenomenal that Mr. Stevens was able to not only launch a version in the normal newspapers, but also has been able to keep his original version with it’s “edgier” humor going at the same time.
This comic, from the print archives, strikes me as chock full of awesome! The most amusing part is that I’m a libertarian.
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T-Shirt Idea
“If I Were Any More Of A Geek, I’d Be Biting The Heads Of Chickens”