In the middle of the work day, I got to thinking about the question that will one day be asked:
"How did Matt die?"
I have tried to think of what would be good responses to this question when the time comes. So far I've come up with two.
"A whale ate him."
"A house fell on him."
I'm still trying to come up with some more. I'll post them as I think of them.
Friday, April 21, 2006
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Hilarious!
Last night, I was watching some TV and I saw the funniest commercial ever. Interestingly enough, it wasn't trying to be funny. Maybe those of you who watch TV more than I do may have already seen this commercial, but this was my first- so bear with me. The commercial was for the new 5-blade Gillette Fusion.
Is this a joke? I just about died laughing. I remembered (on SNL or MAD-TV) a parody commercial of a razor with lots of blades. There was an animation of a hair and each of the blades individually swooped down for an even closer shave, except the hair wasn't getting any shorter with each cut. It was pretty funny.
I really couldn't believe that they are selling this. What I also won't be able to believe is that people will buy this. A lot of people will buy this and Gillette will make a lot of money.
I'm starting to notice more and more about all the crap I'm presented with in a day. Yesterday, I went to Best Buy to buy a portable DVD player for playing in the long drives to KY or the plane rides to and from. When checking out, the cashier asked me if I had my Best Buy credit card. "No." She asked me if I had some kind of awards card. "No." Would you like one? "No." Along with your DVD player, I can add a 2 year replacement warranty for $30. "No.'" Okay. I'll ring this up for you. "Ohh, gee, thanks. I was wondering when you were going to get doing YOUR JOB." Okay, sir. Could I have your telephone number? "AHHHHH! LEAVE ME ALONE!" I walked out of there really thanking God for the internet where I can shop in peace.
In addition, I went to my bank to order checks and set up direct deposit. During the process, she pulled up my records and said "You haven't gotten a loan through us." I told her that I don't have any debts and I'd like to keep it that way. "Ohh, and you don't have a credit card through us either." Sigh. Will it ever stop? I got done ordering the checks and the direct deposit and was ready to leave. "Sir, are you interested in a new car? We have some great rates on car loans." I give up.
If you have cable, flip through the channels sometime. Maybe you'll stop upon the home shopping network- a channel dedicated to selling you crap. What's amazing is that people sit and actually watch that channel! So many companies tell us what we need, it's getting ridiculous. I'm starting to get sick of all the commercialism. Will the world really be better with five blades instead of three?
For your entertainment, here are some links to some articles relating to this fiasco.
Press Release of Fusion
Razor Wars
Moore's Law
The Onion's 5-blade Prediction 2 years ago (very funny, but uses the F-bomb...a lot)
Is this a joke? I just about died laughing. I remembered (on SNL or MAD-TV) a parody commercial of a razor with lots of blades. There was an animation of a hair and each of the blades individually swooped down for an even closer shave, except the hair wasn't getting any shorter with each cut. It was pretty funny.
I really couldn't believe that they are selling this. What I also won't be able to believe is that people will buy this. A lot of people will buy this and Gillette will make a lot of money.
I'm starting to notice more and more about all the crap I'm presented with in a day. Yesterday, I went to Best Buy to buy a portable DVD player for playing in the long drives to KY or the plane rides to and from. When checking out, the cashier asked me if I had my Best Buy credit card. "No." She asked me if I had some kind of awards card. "No." Would you like one? "No." Along with your DVD player, I can add a 2 year replacement warranty for $30. "No.'" Okay. I'll ring this up for you. "Ohh, gee, thanks. I was wondering when you were going to get doing YOUR JOB." Okay, sir. Could I have your telephone number? "AHHHHH! LEAVE ME ALONE!" I walked out of there really thanking God for the internet where I can shop in peace.
In addition, I went to my bank to order checks and set up direct deposit. During the process, she pulled up my records and said "You haven't gotten a loan through us." I told her that I don't have any debts and I'd like to keep it that way. "Ohh, and you don't have a credit card through us either." Sigh. Will it ever stop? I got done ordering the checks and the direct deposit and was ready to leave. "Sir, are you interested in a new car? We have some great rates on car loans." I give up.
If you have cable, flip through the channels sometime. Maybe you'll stop upon the home shopping network- a channel dedicated to selling you crap. What's amazing is that people sit and actually watch that channel! So many companies tell us what we need, it's getting ridiculous. I'm starting to get sick of all the commercialism. Will the world really be better with five blades instead of three?
For your entertainment, here are some links to some articles relating to this fiasco.
Press Release of Fusion
Razor Wars
Moore's Law
The Onion's 5-blade Prediction 2 years ago (very funny, but uses the F-bomb...a lot)
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Water Elsewhere
Don't know if you heard, but about a month ago, liquid water was discovered on a moon of Saturn. This seems rare and almost impossible for water to be in liquid form out in the far reaches of the solar system where the sun's heat barely touches planets, but the water appears to be coming from within the moon and shooting up like a geyser. Somehow, there's heat there to keep it from freezing. Cool!
This got me thinking: where else is there water in the solar system? There appears to be ice on the moon inside of perpetually dark craters. There is also a large ice cap at the southern pole of Mars and recently, a small pool of ice was discovered inside of a crater on Mars. So since there's water on Mars and the Moon, life could also be there.
Now with liquid water being discovered elsewhere, is there truly life outside of the Earth? I think there could be.
It seems that history has taught us that us humans have always perceived the Earth to be the center of the universe, but time and time again, we have discovered that there's more to the universe than just Earth. We travel around a sun with other planets. Our galaxy spins relative to other galaxies in a large cosmic dance. The universe really is a grand stage that the imagination cannot even perceive.
To help you get an idea of how big our universe really is, download Celestia. It's a free space simulator that lets you fly around space looking at all the planets and zooming out far enough to rotate the whole Milky Way galaxy like it's in the palm of your hand. Then you can click on a neighboring galaxy and watch it zoom away from "home" to millions of other stars. Then use the hotkey "h" to select our sun and press "g" to swirl around and watch it zoom in from afar, right onto our sun among billions of stars. It's nothing less than breathtaking.
This makes me think that life could be out there. It's exciting to think that there are other organisms out there, simple or advanced. Imagine the day when we do discover other life forms.
This got me thinking: where else is there water in the solar system? There appears to be ice on the moon inside of perpetually dark craters. There is also a large ice cap at the southern pole of Mars and recently, a small pool of ice was discovered inside of a crater on Mars. So since there's water on Mars and the Moon, life could also be there.
Now with liquid water being discovered elsewhere, is there truly life outside of the Earth? I think there could be.
It seems that history has taught us that us humans have always perceived the Earth to be the center of the universe, but time and time again, we have discovered that there's more to the universe than just Earth. We travel around a sun with other planets. Our galaxy spins relative to other galaxies in a large cosmic dance. The universe really is a grand stage that the imagination cannot even perceive.
To help you get an idea of how big our universe really is, download Celestia. It's a free space simulator that lets you fly around space looking at all the planets and zooming out far enough to rotate the whole Milky Way galaxy like it's in the palm of your hand. Then you can click on a neighboring galaxy and watch it zoom away from "home" to millions of other stars. Then use the hotkey "h" to select our sun and press "g" to swirl around and watch it zoom in from afar, right onto our sun among billions of stars. It's nothing less than breathtaking.
This makes me think that life could be out there. It's exciting to think that there are other organisms out there, simple or advanced. Imagine the day when we do discover other life forms.
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