Daily Archives: June 3, 2010

by | June 3, 2010 · 4:46 pm

You Can’t Handle the B-E-E

The title of this photo is Spelling Monster. Thank you, Fox News.

Get ready for one of the greatest sporting events of all time that doesn’t require any physical exertion whatsoever, unless of course you win and you’re super nerdy and you do a weird half-jump, half-dance combination. That’s right! It’s the Scripps National Spelling Bee!

Oh my God, I’m so E-X-C-I-T-E-D! For years I have been tuning into the Bee solely to bask in its quirks and hilarity. I love when the kids ask for the language of origin. The concentration on their faces as they scribble with their finger on the back of those godforsaken neck nametags. The stumbling as they ask for the word to be used in a sentence. The Drama! The Intrigue! The Intensity! (There’s also a big chunk of time spent making fun of these er, spellers, because I was super nerdy, and I grew out of it – kind of, not really. So I have some license.)

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by | June 3, 2010 · 12:04 pm

The Perks of the Job

The city of Boston, from my office. Well, kind of.

My company works out of two buildings in Boston’s Back Bay – one of which has a kick-ass roof patio with the gorgeous view you see above. And I can go there whenever I want. Take that!

Since the weather’s been pretty much phenomenal in the past few weeks, I was determined to make it to the roof patio for lunch some time soon, and yesterday it finally happened. Granted, it’s windy up there, and my Baked Lays ended up all over the place, but it’s small price to pay for some sun and a view. You’re jealous, I can tell.

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by | June 3, 2010 · 8:30 am

Your Daily Oil Update: Still Leaking

Chandeleur Sound, Louisiana. Photo courtesy of AP/Eric Gay

Straight out of a scene from Lost, engineers are now proposing that the federal government “send a nuclear device 18,000 feet under water, detonate it, and hope the sudden blast of heat and pure energy is enough to melt the rock around the [leaking] well and clog it,” saving the Gulf Coast from further devastation caused by the BP oil spill.

Obviously, no one is certain that this plan will work, and the White House has already classified it as “crazy.” But, maybe it’s just crazy enough? Apparently the Soviets were successful in a similar situation back in the 60s, and everyone knows we should be doing whatever the Soviets did, since technically they don’t even exist anymore.

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