Aiming at Nothing

Woot-off in progress…
Woot!
UPDATE: Still wooting…

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…in addition to censoring “indecent” content, the FCC may soon start censoring “violent” and “graphic” programming, however the Commission might define those extremely subjective terms. Should Congress enact the necessary legislation, which will no doubt be signed by the President, the result will be an exponential and unprecedented increase in the power of [...]

A friend pointed me to this hilarious Onion article about a Roomba vacuum cleaner gone rogue. Bonus points are awarded the reader if he or she is already familiar with Isaac Asimov’s many robot stories — one of which “inspired” the motion picture iRobot. (The books are better.)
According to Graney, the cleaning frenzy had intensified [...]

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Critical thinking is an important skill.
In a letter to the editor of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Connie M. Meskimen writes to complain about the consequences of early Daylight Savings Time:
This should come as no surprise to any reasonable person. As you know, Daylight Savings Time started almost a month early this year. [...]

If I wore a watch (I don’t; there’s a clock on my cell phone), I’d wear this Tag Heuer Monaco V4. I’d wear it proudly until the authorities made me give it back. There were only 20 made and they’re not for sale. …at least not for sale to anyone I know.
Seen on Gizmodo.

“What’s he do? Nibble yer bum?!”
Oh, he’s a killer alright. See the big, nasty, pointy teeth? When Hunter says, “Jump,” Chuck Norris asks, “How high?”
I managed to escape to the dining room with all of my limbs but you can see for yourself here what manner of terror lurks within Kitchenlandia. Beware.

I’m not going to pontificate on the tragedy at Virginia Tech; Zeus knows there’s plenty of that (and much, much worse) available elsewhere on the web and on the 24/7 cable scream shows. I do want to offer (for what it might be worth) my condolences to the families and loved ones of the slain.
I [...]

Good morning, everyone. Coffee is on.

I enjoyed this suggestion from Ryan Singal over at Threat Level:
…why won’t some Senator introduce a “Cleaning Up After the Kids on the Internet” bill that would require social networking sites to ban unicorn wallpapers, midi files, widgets, online polls, animated gifs and any person who believes in the existence of “MySpace Codes.” There [...]

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Hey gang (all twelve of you)! I’ve been fighting a nasty head and chest cold for several days (the battle continues) so I haven’t had enough energy to post any of my content-free yet mindless rants for a while. Don’t worry, I’ll think of something else to blather on about soon. The anonymous comments [...]