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July 2, 2009

Is there even anything else to do in Montana and N. Dakota??

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I love my country, but damnit, I love my state even more. The other bubbles have actual related statistics. KY’s stat bubble? A law that was probably written by someone with a bottle of Woodfoord in their other hand at the time. And since the 4th of July is the drinking-est day of the year, well, you can imagine that a lot of people will be losing hold of the ground. Don’t fret; they’re doing it for freedom.

To Jersey, New York, Connecticut: Level up.
‘To Utah’: Something you’ll never hear me say.

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July 1, 2009

Be Safe This Holiday Weekend (and thankful you’re not this guy)

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June 30, 2009

How the Yankees can afford their players

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I don’t know what resolution everyone is using (which is a lie: 35% of you are using 1280×800) but I think the fact that I had to shrink this image down to an unreadable size should tell you how much Yankees fans are getting ripped off. Also, who the hell do the Nationals think they are, being among the worst team every year but 5th in ticket prices. However, the Astros will let any riffraff in for under $50.

This is only one in a series of really interesting baseball info-graphics from Flip Flop Fly Ball.  Some of my other favorites include how many baseball movies Kevin Costner has been in, actual amount of Indians in Cleveland, and how long before we run out of unretired two-digit numbers for players to wear. My personal favorite (which way batters face in each stadium) is something that makes complete sense, but I just never realized before.

This has been sitting in my ‘to blog about’ folder for too long

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Now I remember why I didn’t post it sooner. All credit goes to Holyshitwearefuckingawfulatphotoshoptaco.com.

But seriously… you didn’t notice the receding hairline, right? Maybe I should shrink my shirt another size? Leave the morning-after facial fuzz? Is being hipster/indie becoming the best non-athletic disguise for a balding man?

Is it worth it?

No.

How to tell if we can be friends, part two

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[] I laughed (remain friends)

[] I didn’t laugh (get new friends)

And a slightly less ‘too soon’ joke, but also could belong to Chack:

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June 26, 2009

Internet Leftovers: Week of 6/21

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I’m back from hiking the Appalachian Trail. Time for the links.

1) I’m not even going to link you to this. I’m just going to go ahead and embed this here because it’s that good. Folk rock cover of Jackson 5’s “I want you back.” Consider this me making up for the ‘too soon’ comment on Twitter.

2) .. and then I’ll go back to being insensitive again. Is Michael Jackson a Zombie Yet(.com)?

3) The Goldeneye image is easily the winner in CollegeHumor’s gallery of “The Effects of the Videogame Recession.” The rest are solid too.

4) It’s a good thing that Lexington doesn’t have a subway system. I don’t know how the hell to read this subway map of the top 250 movies of all time. Also, where do I petition for a “Pirates” station to be added to the system?

5) This doesn’t even look real. I bet if the cafe was painted like Windows ME, bombing it would have been considered an act of humanitarianism. It has to be fake, right? My ’shooping spotting skills have deteriorated.

June 25, 2009

I guess I should be glad it turned out this way

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I mean it’s not like I found out that I didn’t catch the Herps after all, but finding out I’m not a complete nerd is somewhat refreshing. I think the LOST question was the only one that I absolutely knew. The other points all came from complete guesses (don’t embarrass my nerd-cred any farther by asking me which ones). Beware, the quiz isn’t your sissy pansy Facebook quiz. You know, because it’s meant for actual nerds and all.

CollegeHumor’s Nerd Quiz

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