December 2008
26 posts
Brant Charles's Commencement Speech To MIT
aedison:
I’m Brant Charles, and 14 years ago I was just like you. Now I’m a meta-physicist.
Being a meta-physicist is awesome and it isn’t even hard. Newton discovered gravity whilst lounging under a tree. Einstein came up with most of his theories by daydreaming. Stephen Hawking just sits in a chair all day.
And the stuff we do is fun, too. Galileo? Dropping the feather and the cannonball?...
“I never understood this particular platitude… and for those of you who...”
– Michael Ian Black, “College”
Bleed The World →
Do they know it’s Christmastime at all?
“…our bailout of Detroit will be remembered as the equivalent of pouring billions...”
– Thomas Friedman
Area Man Holding Out Until Next Exit For Better... →
Turnbee was unable to recall the last time he had eaten at Wendy’s, saying that the one closest to him is “kind of far away,” since it is located pretty much where the old Rax used to be.
Oh shit, a Rax reference!
Leave a Message at the Beep, Y’all!
Kleberg County, Texas - Wikipedia, the free... →
livejamie:
In 1997, Kleberg County Commissioners unanimously voted to adopt “heaven-o” as the official greeting of the county instead of “hello”. Kleberg County residents are now encouraged to use “heaven-o” to acknowledge one another. The reason cited for the change was the fact that hello contains the word hell, even though it is not etymologically related.
Wow, this is heaven-a genius! Just...
The ultimate personality test
It’s not strange to disagree about movies that are wildly different, and there are surely a few random movies that are very polarizing. What I find most interesting is which movie people consider the best movie from a particular director, as it is usually very telling and polarizing in a different way, so to this point I will propose a new personality test where you reblog your favorite...