Ahead of the Curve

This is a great Onion article about the video game Little League. However, check out who else wrote about Little League in a humorous manner nearly three years ago!

Answer Bank: Me, me, it's all about me.

Google-y Eyes

Check out the zany new picture that shows up for your Google Reader friends who have no photo up yet:

Ilan, did you have something to do with this?

Choice Quotes

"My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists."

-Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher

"My rationalism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the rationalists."

-Tom Lehman, American social norm flouter

Editor's Note: Tom still tips cab drivers (sometimes), throws garbage in the trash (less often), and does NOT kill strangers except by not giving them money (his greatest regret).

While you were sleeping (or maybe eating dinner)...

I was busy winning a Geography Bee! Look at me describing why my drawing of Africa is so amazing (notice the Horn of Africa and Madagascar):

Religion CAN teach us some things

For example (courtesy of TMQ):

Scripture note: The apostle Paul's Letter to the Romans notes at 14:2, "Some believe in eating anything, while the weak eat only vegetables." Obviously Paul never played flag football with [Tony] Gonzalez, one of the NFL's few vegetarians. The translation is from the New Revised Standard Version, endorsed by most biblical scholars. The New International Version, favored by evangelicals, renders the passage as, "One man's faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables." Evangelical translators want being a vegetarian to sound wimpy!

If the above is tl;dr, the short version for most Christians is, "Weak people eat only vegetables" and for evangelicals it is, "People weak in faith eat only vegetables." Show your strength by eating meat.

Watermania X

No one is gonna trick me into drinking tap water. Not even the Wall Street Journal.

Honestly

If you don't use Gmail as your primary e-mail address, I can't take you seriously as a person. The only exception to this is if you have to use a school e-mail address (and even then, you should set that up to forward to your Gmail).

New Term for Losing Money

"A sea monster ate my ice cream!"



I think that this has "I Drink Your Milkshake!" potential...

Hat tip to Ned Vizzini for the video link.

Self-aware without a care

This is trait that I really hate. We all know that you value your time more than you value anyone else's time. Don't ask for a super-complicated wrap, pretend to be surprised about how long it takes, and then fake-apologize to everyone behind you in line while subtly blaming it on the wrap guy. It's really unbecoming of you.

Israel Photos

I know that you have ALL been waiting for these. Please hold your applause until the very end. Thanks.

Spotted on the 3 Train

I am such a sucker for any sort of defacing of ads or official MTA signs in the subway.

Back and Bigger than Ever

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