- Day 2 on a mac at the new job . . . brand new iMac. It's like my 4 year old PC, but slower. #
- What's that? It's game day? Oh, I hadn't noticed. *vibrates* #
- My current ability to concentrate is an example of the reason why 'Bama canceled classes today. #RollTide #RTR #
- RT @warrenstjohn Attn all Bama fans: adhere to most strict superstition protocol. Check and recheck karmic systems. This is not a test. #
- RT @CWest27: You know what Colt McCoy & I have in common? We're both watching the game. #alabama #rolltide (bitches!) http://myloc.me/2HOWk #
- I expected the What Ifs about McCoy. I did not expect to hear Texas fans whining about the last touchdown. #Bama #RollTide #13 #
- Don't misunderstand. The walmart jokes from Auburn fans isn't jealousy. They're just pissed they have to look at it all day at work. #bama #
- Does Texas Tech become Chop Block U right away, or do they have to actually wait until the season starts to take the title from Auburn? #
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- Backing up my tweets with http://backupify.com – Twitter backup is free! #
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- Friend billed $650 by ambulance service to ride around the parking lot of the hospital. http://bit.ly/6YiEYM #
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- Arrived at work this morning, greeted by 29,000 emails from the system because someone forgot to close an alert on Friday. #
- .@michelleberdeal Winners are allowed to cry. Losers should suck it up — nobody cares how sorry they feel for themselves. #
- Pandora just got buttons on the songs so you can buy them on amazon/itunes straight from the app. This is not good for my bank account. #
- More money stands to be made from a playoff, yet AQ schools are spending big money lobbying against playoff-mandates. Why? Distribution. #
- Yeah? Then should I expect yours? RT @RBRTodd: Sending Christmas cards is for women and drunks. #bahhumbug #
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- Heh. @INSIDEtheBCS has gone into hiding since the BCS games were announced. Even the PR firm doesn't know how to excuse it. #
- Holy crap, @oopspow. #
- Shocking. @SBNation is down again. Makes sense though, had been up for HOURS. Probably just got tired. #
- Sounds like UT is preparing to throw Orange Pride under the bus. (Unfortunately, Jerome Bettis doesn't have any eligibility left) #kiffykins #
- All due respect to the PAC-10, but Gerhart rolled up numbers marginally better than Ingram's against far, far inferior defenses. #heisman #
- Yay! Comcast dropping packets left and right again! Fun times! $5 says they say the problem is on my end when I call. #
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- Apparently the "vegan movement" now involves twitter follower spam, if @VegVine is any indication. #
- The loser of the @edsbs/@rollbamaroll sec championship game bet should have to sing and dance to Single Ladies on video for all to see. #
- I love how @INSIDEtheBCS can't respond to any criticisms without incorrectly paraphrasing them to make the response easier. #
- Love @edsbs: "blocked extra points are the warning farts announcing the approach of the unstoppable dysentery of defeat." Pure win. #
- This game is effing nerve wracking. SCORE A TOUCHDOWN. #bama #rolltide #
- Not what I had in mind #
- Lifespan reduction count for the first half: 8 years. #bama #rolltide http://myloc.me/1UtTK #
- Someone forgot to tell McElroy that he was JPW 2. #bama #rolltide #
- Tebows tears taste like candy. I checked. #
- College football's shortest verse: Tebow wept. (Stolen from Jenn) #
- Wait . . . #Bama gets to play a team for the BCS Title that gave up 8 sacks to Nebraska? CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY! #rolltide #
- Retweet? ~tacojohn: Why is the tilde not a significant character in Twitter syntax? Seems like a logical choice for something. #
- TCU and Boise picked for the Participant Ribbon Bowl. Every game matters in the regular season (unless you're non-AQ), right @INSIDEtheBCS? #
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- #hundredpushups really kicked up the difficulty this week. Week 3.1: 12/17/13/13/18 #mefitclub #
- http://twitpic.com/qmsjy – Scout is sleepy and doesn't want me to go to work. #
- Go easy on Auburn fans — It's tough spending your life trying get out of Alabama's shadow but never quite making it. #ironbowl #rolltide #
- #hundredpushups, pre-thanksgiving edition. Week 3.2. Presumably the "resistance" will be up a hair for Friday. 14/19/14/14/25 #mefitclub #
- For @Nastinchka — Hand Turkeys are SOO 1980's. Check out @dunaewa's Paw Turkeys. http://raccoonandlobster.com/2…..urkey-day/ #
- 'Bama Blog: Pics of Rachel Taylor and stuff about 'Bama. Auburn Blog: Pic of Joe Cox's penis and . . . stuff about 'Bama. #auburnsucks #bama #
- Black Friday #hundredpushups workout: complete. 16/21/16/16/26 #mefitclub #
- So much for that pro-bama officiating conspiracy theory. #ironbowl #bama #rolltide #
- Apparently 'Bama can beat the barn with its Heisman candidate tied behind its back. #bama #ironbowl #rolltide #
- I don't get the UCLA whining. USC was trying to run out the clock. Taking a timeout is asking for them to run a real play. Play defense. #
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Q4 2009 has not been good to True Believers of Anthropogenic Global Warming so far. Two big revelations have cast a shadow on, as far as I can tell, basically every piece of science1 supporting the theory that human-created greenhouse gasses are having a catastrophic impact on the planet.
Breaking the Hockey Stick
First came a must-read article by Ross McKitrick: Defects in key climate data are uncovered. In it, he describes a number of problems surrounding the [in]famous “hockey stick” graph which is often used to demonstrate that the temperature on earth has sky-rocketed in response to the dramatic increase in greenhouse gasses produced by people. Among the claims presented in the article are:
- The original hockey stick was based on flawed mathematical procedures. To wit, those procedures would produce a hockey-stick-looking graph from any data fed into it, even data with no trend whatsoever.
- The original graph having been discredited, proponents of it fell back on other studies which demonstrated the same marked increase in temperature.
- Those other studies all made use of data that was long held secret, even when the studies were submitted to peer-reviewed journals.
- The spike in the “secret” data came from an incredibly small, and not statistically significant, number of core samples.
- Those core samples were used despite the availability of more data points (to which the study’s authors had access) and that the inclusion of the additional core samples essentially removed any uptick.
- Most of the studies making use of this bad data were published by a close-knit group of colleagues “only the names are in different orders”.
The reason that this is relevant, at least to me, is that many, many sites try to rehabilitate the hockey stick graph by pointing to these other studies, but those other studies are plagued by the exact same problem: data that appears to be hand-picked to produce a desired result.
and “science”.
Tags: Global Warming, Science!
Somehow my email address ends up on all sorts of “SEND ME PRESS RELEASES” list. Most of the press releases are stupid and poorly targeted, so I click the “Mark as Spam” button. Sometimes, though, a gem slips through. Like this one:
Paul Hurley, A local Irish bar and tavern owner in Manhattan is bringing a new twist for the Thanksgiving Holiday by unveiling the nation’s first 100 proof turkey which is infused with fruit flavored and 100 proof Georgi vodka. The Turkey takes three days to prepare for the Holiday. 100 proof vodka is infused in the bird for three days before the final cooking. Peach, Raspberry, Cherry and Apple flavored vodka’s are also part of the turkeys base. 100 proof vodka is also lightly placed in the gravy as well. No one under 21 is allowed to join the feast.
The bar is also including a free taxi ride in the city for those who order the holiday specialty. The turkey will unveiled at a Media Conference with 100 proof vodka being infused on Monday, November 23, 2009 at 11:45am at O’Casey’s Tavern on 22 East 41st Street between Fifth and Madison Avenue. 212-685-6807 The day before thanksgiving is known as one of the busiest drinking days of the years and the partying does not stop for everyone. Mothers Against Drunk Driving had concerns about this delight during it’s concept. Dozens of bar patrons have already pre-ordered the turkey. The Turkey will be available for the first time for consumption and eating at the same time. Georgi Vodka plans on placing the recipe at every liquor store in the nation.
They didn’t include any links, which is a shame, nor did they include any samples of this “100 Proof” turkey, which is also a shame.
Something tells me that the Turkey will not actually be 50% alcohol by volume like the term “100 Proof” suggests, but if I can get drunk from eating turkey . . . that just goes to show you how far we’ve come as a society. Thanks, Science!
Tags: Alcohol, Cooking & Food, Science!, Thanksgiving, Things That Are Awesome
- #hundredpushups enters week 2: 6/9/11/8/8/20 – added reps to the "to failure" set despite having an extra set this week. Awesome! #mefitclub #
- RT @FakeAPStylebook: Always remember the six Ws- Who, What, Where, Why, When, Whow. #
- Apparently UMich and RichRod are going to try the "We aren't cheating . . . TRUST US!" defense. http://bit.ly/42RPMf #
- Feeling a little silly after seeing I did an extra set of push ups on Mon because I forgot how to read a table. #hundredpushups #mefitclub #
- #hundredpushups w2.2, with the correct number of sets: 10/12/9/9/21. #mefitclub #
- Well, there goes MY afternoon. RT @jdwilson2: this site is hilarious http://dontevenreply.com/ thanks to @mallorysimon for passing it along #
- RIP Uga VII
# - Feeling the burn today for sure 13/12/10/10/18 #mefitclub #hundredpushups w2.3 #
- Much better to leave out four, right? RT @INSIDEtheBCS: @rudyjuly2 But a four team playoff this year might leave out two undefeateds, no? #
- .@INSIDEtheBCS just has to be a joke. They're trotting out every poorly-reasoned, BS anti-playoffs excuse 140 characters at a time. #
- It's a short week but there will be no less hate, ensuring a greater hate-per-day average. Go to hell, Auburn. #bama #rolltide #
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