Archive for April, 2011


BullChip-A-Tron 9000 Stunning Press Release

In a stunning press release today, computer scientists at WoodChips Central announced that the BullChip-A-Tron 9000 has cleared beta testing and is now in production.  The BullChip-A-Tron 9000 is a highly advanced heuristic artificial intelligence computer that can translate inane drivel told to customers and citizens by businesses and politicians throughout the world.  WoodChips computer scientists [...]

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What Happens When An Insurance Company Buys A Fast Food Company

Have you ever dealt with your insurance company and gotten frustrated?  Ha!  I realize this may be an understated question. I got to thinking about the whole insurance customer service thing the other night and began to wonder what the world would be like if an insurance company took over fast food giant McBurgers (not [...]

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Which Tera Watt Is Most Dangerous

Sometimes we need to recalibrate our personal danger meter.  We often react to dramatic events disproportionately to less dramatic events that are far more dangerous.  And happen more frequently. A familiar case in point is travel.  If I gave you two choices on how to travel, and told you that if you chose option 1 [...]

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Everybody Has A Crazy Uncle

You know, there are some things that just can’t be done.  Like a do-over on a bad parachute jump, for example.  Or stopping a cat from chasing a mouse.  Or not laughing yourself silly at the non-stop budgeting tragedy/comedy coming out of Washington — which provides daily proof for comedian Will Rogers’ line that “The [...]

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Uncle Sam’s Play Dough

Here’s a great web site I found that you will want to check out.  It’s the US Debt Clock.  It’s real time so as you watch it you see how much we are adding to the budget deficit every second. It’s fascinating to watch, and you will see how fast we are spending dollars into [...]

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