Cool little video:

Here is a video from my mom, of rovingpelicans fame. She is an artist/art lover and this video is pretty cool and tripped out. It's a little long but worth watching it from beginning to end.





Enjoy and have a good weekend!

Nothing says I love you like stuff on a cat

This is a site that's been around for a few years now, I think, and I figured it was time to revisit it after finding the coffee table book version in my apartment. It's always good for a laugh or to kill a few (read: 12) hours on the weekend. Why is putting stuff on animals soooo funny? Well, the people at stuffonmycat.com probably don't have any idea either. But Mittens always looks better in mittens.

Also, be sure to check out their new sister site, stuffonmymutt, for even cuter pictures of even better, superior and smarter animals (in my humble opinion).

Update: Jon and I had our first Korea interview yesterday and we have another one coming up today or tomorrow. During the interview I was asked twice what I knew about Korea and the World Cup in 2002. I still don't know anything but may start studying up for my next interview.

Why Older Children Are Awesomer

It turns out that a new study has shown that first-born children tend to have higher IQs than younger siblings. Researchers have attributed this to social and environmental factors, not biological factors. Which is too bad, I thought it was more of a "Twins" scenario in which I'm Arnold Schwarzenegger and my sister is Danny Devito.

Anyway, the study is pretty asinine (differences of 3 points were observed... oooh! three points). As the NYTimes puts it so gravely:

Three points on an I.Q. test may not sound like much. But experts say it can be a tipping point for some people — the difference between a high B average and a low A, for instance. That, in turn, can have a cumulative effect that could mean the difference between admission to an elite private liberal-arts college and a less exclusive public one.

Heaven forbid. The NYTimes is obsessed with "elite private liberal-arts college[s]" because whenever they print an article about one, it becomes the most emailed article, thanks to countless parents emailing articles to their liberal arts student children. Anyway, I digress. The study has a number of problems that go along with it, but I thought it was of interest at least. Happy weekend! I'll try to keep up with the posting as I've been a bit lax with it recently

Romney's Great Grandfather Had 5 wives, I Just Want 1

It was a happy and gay day yesterday at the State House in Boston when the Massachusetts State Legislature preserved same-gender marriage, turning down a proposed ballot amendment 45-151. They were short 5 votes to bring the issue to ballot. Support for 'gay marriage' in the state has increased over time; nine lawmakers switched sides at the vote yesterday.

Apparently the vote came down to the wire. As the Senate President put it:

"I can tell you right now that we did not know at 5 minutes to 1, when I went into the chamber, what the vote would be," she said later.

"But I was committed to taking the vote, and I figured we'd know the vote when we took it. We had no comfort level."

This decision should have far reaching consequences. There cannot be another amendment against gay marriage until at least 2012. That should be enough time for the Mass public to realize that God is not going to smite their beloved state. The decision also marks the beginning of an ongoing and uphill push for all sorts of gay rights throughout the country (and the world). As Arline Isaacson, a lobbyist for the Mass. Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus said:

"This was the battleground; our opponents considered this to be ground zero"

Red Bean Fish & Paris Hilton Have Illicit Love Child!

This actually has nothing to do with Paris Hilton... Something to look forward to in Korea: I just found out about Chambungau Samanco, an red bean ice cream sandwich that is shaped like a fish! The casing is made of ice cream cone, and inside is red bean smear and vanilla ice cream.

Here glyphjockey breaks it down in minute detail for the edification of ALL ice cream eaters around the world. You can also check out the full line of binggrae (?) products here.

As an FYI: Jon and I continue to look at South Korea teaching opportunities, which get posted to craigslist and dave's esl cafe by the dozens (grosses?) every day.

Update: Wikipedia has a bit to say about the Japanese and Korean versions of this treat... I'm getting really hungry now.

How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb

So in 2004, it seems, the Pentagon briefly considered, then rejected, a proposal to develop a "gay bomb." This bomb would basically turn enemy soldiers into 'the gays' so they would become "irresistibly attracted to each other" and their units would break down. An Air Force Lab in Ohio requested $7.5 million for the project, and while it was rejected, the proposal was first sent for review by the "highest scientific review body in the country."

This little gem got a bit of press when the Sunshine Project, a watchdog group opposed to biological warfare, uncovered the government proposal in late 2004. Huffington Post resurrected the tale and it was picked up by CBS and about a thousand blogs, including this one.

I can't publish too many articles about the U.S. military or I'll be nauseous.

Surgeon General's Warning:

Gay sex may soon be bad for your health. That is, if Bush's nominee for the post of Surgeon General is approved. Turns out that in 1991 James Holsinger, the nominee, wrote a paper on "the dangers of anal eroticism." One reason he cites that the dirty deed is 'intuitively' unnatural is that straight sex is culturally universal. I mean, we even have "various pipe fittings... the male fitting or the female fitting depending upon which one interlocks within the other." See the full paper here.

According to Towleroad, the good doctor even helped to establish the Hope Springs Community Church, which advocates the "curing" of the queers. With Obama, Clinton and Kennedy heading up part of the hearing committee, it should be quite an interesting proceeding.

A note...

For all my millions of readers out there, just want to apologize for the lack of posting-- I just moved into a new house on Benefit St. and I haven't set up internet yet. More to come soon!

Bush vs. TB

In a poll that may not come as a surprise to most, it has been revealed that President Bush is less popular to the American public than "the TB guy," Andrew Speaker, who exposed a plane full of passengers to a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis.

Our buddy Tony Snow had some thoughts (from Huffington Post):

"If President Bush had been quarantined for spreading tuberculosis around the world, his numbers would be right up there with the TB Guy's," Mr. Snow claimed.

Perhaps in an attempt to change the subject, President Bush participated in a ceremony today in which he declared victory over peace activist Cindy Sheehan.

According to the Huffington Post, this poll marks the first time that "a sitting president has been deemed less popular than a quarantined disease carrier." Props to George...