Talamathi

I would just like to add a few overused words to this story from NPR : ” Michigan’s Lake Superior State University offered a list of overused words and phrases. According to the list, ‘surge’ has been used more than enough. ‘Perfect storm’ should be history, along with ‘Webinar,’ or online seminar. ‘Post-9/11,’ should be banned… My words to add are: “the”, “and”, “is”, along with “horticulture”. Technorati Tags: repost , NPR

I must admit, I have not been able to understand the meaning of the “ I Can Has Cheezburger ”, instigated by this strange photo . I have spent months on this, and my conclusions are thus: The cat exists for inspirational purposes only, and serves no other purpose. A “cheezburger” is a “cheeseburger”. After that, figuring out the rest of the bizarre, encrypted message was easy. To you, strange messengers, I send a message back: Oh, and the original copy of the image is from here . Technorati Tags: ICANN , cheezburger

Beatles lyrics happen to be good for attributing to other people. Observe: I am the Walrus. Goo goo g'joob. George Washington Happiness is a warm gun. Bang bang, shoot shoot. Mother Theresa I’ve got blisters on my fingers! Louis XIV

At our local Big Bird , we can get yogurt for 60¢ per container. As it so happens, there are 60 total calories in the Light & Fit yogurts. Thus after doing the math, one comes to realize that we are getting these for 1¢ per calorie. This seems to present itself with many great ideas, where by “great”, I mean “bad”. The one I would like to posit today is the idea that all foods should at least cost as much as 1 penny per calorie. So, for example, a Triple Whopper Sandwich with Cheese and mayonnaise would cost at least $12.30 . And Burger King’s king sized chocolate milk shake would cost at least 30¢ more than that. We could therefore be using the market to force people to eat healthier, or at least fewer calories. Now, if we want this to work, and for the benefit given above, we have to make sure that providers of food don’t just use it as an excuse to bump up all their prices. So we’d want to ensure that food prices are capp...