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by | May 6, 2010 · 8:58 am

Classic, Random Laughter

Three years ago I was stuck in a graduate school newsroom with some of the craziest people I have ever met in my entire life. And if they’re reading this right now, they know I mean that as a compliment. Our days were spent either furiously writing in order to make deadline, or furiously searching Google and YouTube for the most awesome things ever. Rap lyrics represented in statistical charts and graphs is one of them (thank you Audrey for the blast from the past).

If I haven’t said it enough to you former BUDC-ers, I love you like a fat kid loves cake. Real talk, and there’s a bar graph to prove it.

I hear Zoo Bar is awaiting our glorious return.

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by | May 5, 2010 · 8:20 am

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Photo courtesy of yumsugar.

Ok, this is one of my favorite holidays, mostly because my two favorite things in the world are margaritas and chips. But I did a little research this morning, and as it turns out, the origins of Cinco de Mayo as a holiday are not just an excuse to drink and have fun (like they are for the 4th of July and Christmas).

According to Wikipedia, “Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for “fifth of May”) is a voluntarily observed holiday that commemorates the Mexican army’s unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.” Interesting. What’s even more interesting? Cinco de Mayo is only really celebrated in the Mexican state of Puebla and the United States. WTF? Either we Americans really hate the French, or we’ll really use any excuse to drink and eat chips (seriously, two of my favorite things.)
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by | April 28, 2010 · 11:22 am

The Most Awesome Thing Ever?

So the boys over at Big Spaceship have taken it upon themselves to find the Most Awesomest Thing Ever.

Quite a quest, but it seems they’ve actually put the power in YOUR hands by letting users of their new site (www.mostawesomestthingever.com – how was this domain name not already taken?) choose the more awesome thing between two randomly selected…well, things.

So far, I’ve been able to choose Microsoft over muscle contraction and the Blacked-Eyed Peas over jalapenos. A thing receives a higher rank every time it’s chosen. The site looks a little bit like a scene from The Neverending Story and there’s really not much else to it other than clicking on a thing, but it’s nonsensical and I love it.

I would also like it noted in the above picture that the Internet is today’s Most Awesomest Thing. Over Life.

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