Water Consumption in Edmonton During Olympic Gold Medal Hockey Game. Or, When Canadians Pee.

A common work occurrence.

joberholtzer:

pilnick:

ALL THE TIME.

YES.

Reblogged 11 March 2010 from joberholtzer

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”She is looking into the cab of the bulldozer,” Mr Purssell recounted. “The bulldozer continues to move forward. Rachel turns to begin coming back down the slope … As she nears the bottom of the pile, something happened to cause her to fall forward. The bulldozer continues to move forward and Rachel disappeared from view. The bulldozer moves forward approximately another four metres before it stops.

‘I saw Israeli bulldozer kill Rachel Corrie’ - Middle East, World - The Independent

This is the saddest story I’ve read in a while.

Posted on 11 March 2010

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Thursday Hate: Drivers who disrespect cyclists

Nothing gets my adrenaline flowing fiercer than a disrespectful driver. Just last night a driver turned across oncoming traffic (i.e. me) and threw up his arms in disgust. As I had the right of way, and a collision, while probably fatal to me, would merely put a dent in his door, I can only guess his anger was due to the fact that cyclists exist.

I can manage my hormones a little better when I encounter idiot pedestrians, because if I’m honest, a collision is going to hurt them a lot more than it’ll hurt me. Pedestrians who step out in front of you without looking are probably endangering themselves more than you, the cyclist, who is in turn definitely more endangered by absentminded drivers.

This is not the first time I’ve written about inconsiderate drivers. And I’m not suggesting that cyclists are never to blame. This is my point: drivers don’t always drive defensively around cyclists even though they know they can easily kill cyclists.

Posted on 11 March 2010

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Internet 'in running' for Nobel Peace Prize

Did anyone else read this as a headline from the Onion?

techspotlight:

The internet is among a record 237 individuals and organisations nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The number of nominations surpasses last year’s record of 205 nominations. The internet’s nomination has been championed by the Italian version of Wired magazine for helping advance “dialogue, debate and consensus”. The director of the Nobel Institute, Geir Lundestad, told BBC News that the organisation had received “thousands of nominations” for the coveted prize.

Reblogged 10 March 2010 from techspotlight

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According to the Toothpaste Personality Test, I’m somewhere between life of the party and prone to depression. That’s weird.

(via ilovecharts)

Reblogged 10 March 2010 from ilovecharts

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“Nationalizing our health care system is a point of no return for government interference in the lives of its citizens. If we go down this path, there will be no turning back.” Sarah Palin on Friday, 7 August 2009

“We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada. And I think now, isn’t that ironic?” Sarah Palin on Sunday, 7 March 2010

No, it’s not ironic. It’s telling. It’s another example of how the Republican party is trying desperately to block Democrat-led legislation for the fun of it.