Category Archives: Completely Different

I got 40% on this quiz: Star Trek Character or Erectile Dysfunction Pill?. I could have done better flipping a coin. But then again, it does test on two subjects I'm ignorant about.

(Spotted via Bartow in one of her many online incarnations.)

I've recently been heavily involved in web design for a project I hope to be able to unveil fairly soon. We hired a professional, and I think the final result will be both functional and elegant.

But, alas, I made all the crucial decisions before reading this essay on 10 things a web designer would never tell you. It's amazing how few of these things I figured out myself. I'll be better prepared next time.

Thanks to SG, a link to Nine Proofs Google is G*d.

The frightening thing is — this is far from nuttiest thing I've been emailed today. And that other one was sent in all seriousness…

Orin Kerr nails it in The Significance of the Flubbed Oath:

To my mind, the flubbed oath at today's inaugural teaches one important lesson: The answer to the question, “How many former editors of the Harvard Law Review does it take to administer the Presidential oath properly?” is “More than two.”

Bingo!

kast_sko is a Norwegian website dedicated to letting you throw a flash shoe at George W. Bush.

I gather some folks are thinking of organizing a real-life event to throw shoes onto the White House lawn. Arguably in bad taste, like the website, if it seems to somehow endorse the act of throwing shoes at people. I'm fine with shoes on lawns, but not for hard objects thrown at people.

But here's my question: If that shoes-on-the-White-House-lawn idea takes off, would that be the first major cultural import from Iraq since the war began?

America's Finest News Source, American Bar Association Recalls 230,000 Defective Lawyers

Keep calm, it's only 1 out 5 or so….plenty left to go around….