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(thanks, Aaron)
bobblehead
First! Half a dozen systems, set to run on auto — limbic, pulmonary, reproductive, digestive, et al. — then . . . a subconscious bank for memory, a neural map for no. Make certain the systems overlap in contradiction. A billion years of stimuli that default to the softest form of code. (Recognize environment as mold.) Finally, plop adaptive, certain I atop it all, and watch it go.
this post is about football statistics
The first thing Romer did was analyze every fourth down during the first quarter of every NFL game between 1998 and 2000. (He had help from a computer program.) Then, he figured out the fluctuating value of a first down at each point on the football field. After all, a first down was more valuable for a team if it occurred on an opponents two yard line than on their own twenty yard line. The next thing Romer calculated was the statistical likelihood of going for it on fourth down under various circumstances and actually getting a first down. He also calculated the probability of kicking a successful field goal from various spots on the field.
of Twitter trends, my interests, Tony Romo, and Stephen Hawking
This is probably a little too ‘things I’m interested in’, but The Dallas Cowboys lost Sunday night after being up 17 points in the fourth quarter. Something that hasn’t happened in like 240 games. Since the meltdown, there has been a #quarterbacksbetterthanromo Twitter trend. A few of the best I’ve seen: Stephen Hawking, Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite, and the guy who threw his shoes at Bush.
(thanks, Aaron)
headline of the day
Florida woman bites elderly man in “vampire” attack
headline of the day, II
Shopper arrested with live lobsters in shorts
headline of the day
Shmeat: It’s What’s for Dinner
headline of the day, 2
Man arrested for chomping on snake
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(via @joshtpm)
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(thanks, Lex)
Narrate that, emmer effer
The head of a woman murdered by her housekeeper in 1879 has been found in David Attenborough’s garden.
Julia Martha Thomas, a wealthy widow aged 55, was killed by her 29-year-old housekeeper Kate Webster very close to Park Road in well-to-do Richmond, but her head was never found.
The case became known as the ‘Barnes Mystery’, which gripped London at the time.
Webster, a convicted thief and fraudster, chopped up Thomas with an axe, boiled the remains and gave the dripping to local children to eat.
A box containing human flesh was found in the nearby River Thames days after the killing and one of the victim’s feet was found on an allotment.
1956 Bentley S1 pickup
Yeah, that’s a 1956 Bentley that’s been customized into a delivery truck.
“a deep remorse that you ever doubted him, and a profound appreciation for his contribution to the continued awesomeness of the world”
To prove to you that you love him, Michael Bay knows that he must turn everything up to 11,000 this time around. He has to blaze a pure, bright after-image of his Bay-ness in your mind, so that you walk out of the theater blinking and spitting up lung pieces and knowing what the fuck Michael Bay is all about. Your eyeballs will be twice as bludgeoned. Your adult diaper will be twice as heavily laden! This time, it’ll be in 3D! All of the excesses from the previous two films will be doubly in excess — except for the hip hop Autobots, who are gone.
tweet of the day
You know, for kids!
Still looking for somewhere to send the kids this summer? Try Tea Party summer camp.
The organization, which falls under the tea party umbrella, hopes to introduce kids ages 8 to 12 to principles that include “America is good,” “I believe in God,” and “I work hard for what I have and I will share it with who I want to. Government cannot force me to be charitable.”
(via TPM)
medical meta
A British based businesswoman is preparing to make history by becoming the first person in the world to have her womb transplanted into her daughter.
quote out of context
The phrase “chest toupee” has appeared in the New York Times exactly twice, first in a 1966 Russell Baker column classing that hairpiece as a London fad to rank with the miniskirt. (The other occurred, seven itchy years later, in a humorous travel article about how to impersonate an Italian.)
(via @mattyglesias)
headline of the day
Palin Fans Trying to Edit Wikipedia Paul Revere Page
The Life Zone
Three women have been kidnapped from abortion clinics and are being held for seven months–until they all give birth. The film, which appears to cut right down the middle, examining the topic from both sides, offers a powerful, anti-abortion climactic twist.
And no, this isn’t satire.
the british aren’t coming
He who warned the British that they weren’t going to be taking away our arms by ringing those bells and, um, making sure as he’s riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that, uh, we were going to be secure and we were going to be free.
Update: Roger Ebert posts this response from a voter who listened to Sarah Palin’s recap of Paul Revere’s history:
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Rev. Ted Haggard will make a cameo as himself in a Christian sex comedy promoting abstinence, with the tagline “abstinence never felt so good.”
the civic duty of leaving a data trail
There is something about this I find very appealing:
Instead of arguing about ownership and the right to privacy, they say, we should be imagining data as a public resource: a bountiful trove of information about our society which, if properly managed and cared for, can help us set better policy, more effectively run our institutions, promote public health, and generally give us a more accurate understanding of who we are. This growing pool of data should be public and anonymous, they say — and each of us should feel a civic responsibility to contribute to it.
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going into sleep
Culturally, holiness is a phallometric.
