Fantastic

Jul
2nd

Wed

If it gets to the point where professional athletes are taxed 90% of their salaries, guess what’s going to happen? I’ll tell you: they will stop playing professional sports. Why would they give away 90% of their income?

And who loses here? Everyone. You no longer get to watch them play, you lose that value there. Cities lose that tourism draw ; there are no more games.

When you overtax, you take away any incentive to do anything; without incentives, no one WILL do anything. Athletes aren’t doing this stuff for their health, they’re making a living to the best of their ability, just like you and me.

OTHER NEWS: Going to see the Sox-Rays game tonight. Dice-K and Scott Kazmir. Should be sick.

Jun
26th

Thu

Okay so that’s interesting. I don’t think that the Iraq thing was the smartest move ever, and things could have been handled much better, but that’s certainly a look at a somewhat silver lining.

OTHER NEWS: Get my last INVISALIGN thing today. So pumped!

Jun
24th

Tue

I’m really into this video. Best part is, no doubt, the part in India where we dances with the Indian women. So ace!

Jun
22nd

Sun

Mad decent article speakin’ ‘bout economics and how our presidential nominees don’t understand it.

OTHER NEWS: At approximately 11:00 am everyday, it begins a thunderstorm. Highly recc’d music to listen to during a thunderstorm: Mount Eerie Pts. 6 & 7 by Mount Eerie.

Lots of good stuff in that article—read it. I’m not so into global warming.

OTHER NEWS: Just got a macbook. So sick!

Jun
16th

Mon

Video Use Seen Hitting Eight Hours a Day by 2013

catbird:

Shocking Revelation of the Day #2: I watch almost zero web video. It annoys the piss out of me to have to stop whatever it is I’m doing, pause my currently-playing music / unmuting my volume, and then waiting to passively absorb whatever it is the video is about. Yes, of course, I DO watch SOME web video from time-to-time, but the notion that a person would consume EIGHT HOURS OF IT A DAY absolutely boggles my mind.

You’re familiar with “tl:dr;” my attitude 99% of the time is “v:dw.”

I don’t watch web videos. Too much hassel.

Jun
6th

Fri

At this point you will think: trees. It’s a reasonable thought. The concept of “breaking the fall” is powerful, as is the hopeful message implicit in the nursery song “Rock-a-bye, Baby,” which one must assume from the affect of the average singer tells the story not of a baby’s death but of its survival. You will want a tall tree with an excurrent growth pattern—a single, undivided trunk with lateral branches, delicate on top and thicker as you cascade downward. A conifer is best. The redwood is attractive for the way it rises to shorten your fall, but a word of caution here: the redwood’s lowest branches grow dangerously high from the ground; having gone 35,000 feet, you don’t want the last 50 feet to ruin everything. The perfectly tiered Norfolk Island pine is a natural safety net, so if you’re near New Zealand, you’re in luck, pilgrim. When crunch time comes, elongate your body and hit the tree limbs at a perfectly flat angle as close to the trunk as possible. Think! Snow is good—soft, deep, drifted snow. Snow is lovely. Remember that you are the pilot and your body is the aircraft. By tilting forward and putting your hands at your side, you can modify your pitch and make progress not just vertically but horizontally as well. As you go down 15,000 feet, you can also go sideways two-thirds of that distance—that’s two miles! Choose your landing zone. You be the boss.

— The Free Fall Research Page: Unplanned Freefall? Some Survival Tips by David Carkeet

Jun
5th

Thu

abteen:

Bird surf.

May
23rd

Fri

straightcashhomey:

Gabe Kapler, Texas Rangers: “Dear Diary: Day 7 of Hanukkah, and the gifts are getting a little ridiculous. I’m starting to worry about what tomorrow will bring.” (Found by Raymond in Midland, TX.)

May
18th

Sun

azizisbored:

Latarian Milton Beats Up His Grandmother Over Chicken Wings

Latarian is the seven year old kid that stole his Grandma’s SUV a few weeks ago and went joyriding with his friend. Is Latarian on his way to becoming a real life Ronnie Dobbs?

Saw the joyriding video last night, and now this? Kid just wants to do hoodrat shit is all.