This Hummer-crusher had “a bite that would make T-Rex look feeble,,, 33,000 lbs (15 tonnes) per square inch bite force.” And you know that's a lot because of the double-'n' and the additional 'e'.
The ultra-brilliant Nate Silver has made his Oscar predictions. It takes all the suspense out of watching the award show unless you're math geek and really into logistic regression (yeah!) or a big fan of designer gowns (yeah!) Both do involve some overfitting (double yeah!)
To take the suspense out of reading the article here are the results in order of probability:
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best Supporting Actress: Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
I'm back at my place which has no power but it does have phones and a nearby coffee collective. Christmas was yesterday for my family. We hope to get Hanukkah in before the new year.
I'm sure I'd love your wintery mix. (See? I haven't lost my sense of humour about the #$%&er +$]^ing weather.) First I have to figure out First Night and get used to operating these electrical powered appliance machines. It seems I have an Internet addiction.
On the plus side: for the first time in several holiday seasons I was the only one in my family to not have a fever. And my mother's cinnamon sticks came out perfect!
n'winglund... but not Eustis, at least until the weather breaks.
Anybody know how to MacGyver a cell phone charger to a lawnmower? We've already figured out that gas stove + lobster pot + top half of a bleach bottle + solar camp shower = showers for everybody!
I hope I haven't delayed everyone and everything. I also hope that it's not too late.
For the second straight year the power has gone out in December. This year, instead of a full week without electricity, the power has gone out three separate times. The advantage of having every single tree karate chop all of the power lines in '07 is that it's so easy to restore power in '08.
And then Mother Nature sends ice storms. Third time's the charm and even though all of our food is still in the snowbank out back my car is now free of snow and the post off ice looms.
I am blithely unconcerned by the 6-8" forecast for today. And I highly recommend a gas stove for those people who have electric power fifty weeks out of the year.
Snotcicles are just the lord's way of telling you to stop shoveling... and I haven't taken a shower in six days.
What do you get when you take the movies War Games, Escape From New York, and The Day After along with Dr. Who villains reenacting Dr. Strangelove? Combine that with Cold War paranoia, Planet of the Apes movies (the bad ones), 2 Tone, political protest, and Bim Skala Bim with a Bizet into and you obviously get Fishbone.
CrooksAndLiars recalls the 8os and, much to my surprise, so do I... Montana, holy hell.
Just when I thought the Ghost of Christmas Future had my number I wake up to find that I can buy a turkey as big as Tiny Tim!
Thank goodness I watch Target commercials. It reminded me of the dGheist13 of Christmas Past whose string of front page posts led me to this news. It seems my evil plan is falling into place.
And I'll pay half-a-crown each for stockings full of Critico, Merlin, Rushmore, Wezzo, et. al
That's the Ghost of Wezzmas Present.
I'm hoping for the best while I remain crouched in a doorway or beneath a sturdy desk. If only the kid had said, "I'm Jimmy Kirk. Who the hell are you?" I'd feel reassured.
Don't think that I haven't noticed or don't appreciate your string of (almost) daily front page posts...
Because I have. And I do. Thank you.
I hope that in the coming transition you will keep on keepin' on.
...speaking of non sequiturs: Where is "literally" on this list? I literally had to pick myself up of the floor when I read this list... but my favourite reaction to the crash of the Mars Climate Orbiter was this headline: "It WAS rocket science."
Andy Hallett has left the building. A small part of me is saying this must be an April Fool's joke. Thirty-three years old.
I am sorry. Sea Breezes for everyone.
It's not an alternate version of London but you can now vote on whether you'd like to see an alternate version of an “Arctic 'sea monster',” the totally awesomely named Predator X.
This Hummer-crusher had “a bite that would make T-Rex look feeble,,, 33,000 lbs (15 tonnes) per square inch bite force.” And you know that's a lot because of the double-'n' and the additional 'e'.
Speaking of voting and getting crushed...
My “Caption This Photo” contest entry is losing, big time. There's never a plesiosaur around when you really need one.
I have the Oscar results right here... and you are absolutely right.
The ultra-brilliant Nate Silver has made his Oscar predictions. It takes all the suspense out of watching the award show unless you're math geek and really into logistic regression (yeah!) or a big fan of designer gowns (yeah!) Both do involve some overfitting (double yeah!)
To take the suspense out of reading the article here are the results in order of probability:
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best Supporting Actress: Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
For the actual probabilities: read the article, you geeks.
You'll be pleased with the probability of Ms. Henson winning and the fact that Mr. Silver is convinced that one of your predictions is wrong.
I'd love that...
But I have to go punch someone who's trying to decide what kind of caffè latte to order.
sugar...
I'm back at my place which has no power but it does have phones and a nearby coffee collective. Christmas was yesterday for my family. We hope to get Hanukkah in before the new year.
I'm sure I'd love your wintery mix. (See? I haven't lost my sense of humour about the #$%&er +$]^ing weather.) First I have to figure out First Night and get used to operating these electrical powered appliance machines. It seems I have an Internet addiction.
On the plus side: for the first time in several holiday seasons I was the only one in my family to not have a fever. And my mother's cinnamon sticks came out perfect!
n'winglund... but not Eustis, at least until the weather breaks.
Anybody know how to MacGyver a cell phone charger to a lawnmower? We've already figured out that gas stove + lobster pot + top half of a bleach bottle + solar camp shower = showers for everybody!
I hope I haven't delayed everyone and everything. I also hope that it's not too late.
For the second straight year the power has gone out in December. This year, instead of a full week without electricity, the power has gone out three separate times. The advantage of having every single tree karate chop all of the power lines in '07 is that it's so easy to restore power in '08.
And then Mother Nature sends ice storms. Third time's the charm and even though all of our food is still in the snowbank out back my car is now free of snow and the post off ice looms.
I am blithely unconcerned by the 6-8" forecast for today. And I highly recommend a gas stove for those people who have electric power fifty weeks out of the year.
Snotcicles are just the lord's way of telling you to stop shoveling... and I haven't taken a shower in six days.
So... C&L recalls the 80s and I forget my HTML. And much of the 90s.
What do you get when you take the movies War Games, Escape From New York, and The Day After along with Dr. Who villains reenacting Dr. Strangelove? Combine that with Cold War paranoia, Planet of the Apes movies (the bad ones), 2 Tone, political protest, and Bim Skala Bim with a Bizet into and you obviously get Fishbone.
CrooksAndLiars recalls the 8os and, much to my surprise, so do I... Montana, holy hell.
Just when I thought the Ghost of Christmas Future had my number I wake up to find that I can buy a turkey as big as Tiny Tim!
Thank goodness I watch Target commercials. It reminded me of the dGheist13 of Christmas Past whose string of front page posts led me to this news. It seems my evil plan is falling into place.
And I'll pay half-a-crown each for stockings full of Critico, Merlin, Rushmore, Wezzo, et. al
That's the Ghost of Wezzmas Present.
ahhhh... Cynicism: The final frontier.
I'm hoping for the best while I remain crouched in a doorway or beneath a sturdy desk. If only the kid had said, "I'm Jimmy Kirk. Who the hell are you?" I'd feel reassured.
"Winona Ryder" What thuh?
"Something" would be absolutely correct...
I once saw Rippopotamus open for Mighty, Mighty Bosstones...
followed by fIREHOSE, Phish, Fishbone and then Beastie Boys.
It was so fantawesomific that, two songs into the Beasties set, I would have given any amount of money for a hot bath.
Duckman was excellent. It will, like, totally change your opinion of Dweezil Zappa.
Don't think that I haven't noticed or don't appreciate your string of (almost) daily front page posts...
Because I have. And I do. Thank you.
I hope that in the coming transition you will keep on keepin' on.
...speaking of non sequiturs: Where is "literally" on this list? I literally had to pick myself up of the floor when I read this list... but my favourite reaction to the crash of the Mars Climate Orbiter was this headline: "It WAS rocket science."
Well, leave there.