Google speaks “Elmer Fudd” April 16, 2008
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There once was a graphic designer, let’s call him Ian, that went to work one day. That day started out like any other, except that day happened to be April Fools’ Day.
One of Ian’s fellow graphic designers, let’s call her Yvette, thoroughly enjoys good fun at Ian’s expense. On this day she changed his language preference in Google from English to Elmer Fudd. Ian was so amused by Yvette’s gag that he has yet to revert his preferred language back to English.
Short story even shorter, I have a theory that life in general would be improved with a little Dr. Seuss injected into everyday life. While Elmer Fudd’s speech impediment speech sound disorder is no substitute for the Doctor himself, it’s close enough for me.
Football & PED’s March 12, 2008
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If you follow sports at all and keep an ear in the air anytime PED’s are brought up, (if merely to talk about how the government should spend their time and our money on more important issues like education, healthcare, the war in Iraq, and so forth–and I can’t really argue with you there) you should read this article by Chuck Klosterman.
WHY WE LOOK THE OTHER WAY
With every new drug relevation, our faith in football is shaken. Yet, we still believe. Why? That’s entertainment.
by Chuck Klosterman
People may give a certain amount of slack to football players because there’s this unspoken sense that in order to play the game well, you need an edge,” USC critical studies professor Todd Boyd told the Los Angeles Times last month. Boyd has written several books about sports, race and culture. “That’s what people want in a football player-someone who’s crazy and mean.” It’s a subtle paradox: People choose to ignore the relationship between performance enhancers and the NFL because it’s unquestionably the league where performance enhancers would have the biggest upside. But what will happen when such deliberate naïveté becomes impossible? Revelatory drug scandals tend to escalate exponentially (look at Major League Baseball and U.S. track and field). Merriman, Sauerbrun and the other 33 players suspended by the NFL since 2002 could be exceptions; it seems far more plausible they are not. We are likely on the precipice of a bubble that is going to burst. But if it does, how are we supposed to feel about it? Does this invalidate the entire sport, or does it barely matter at all?
This is where things become complicated.
Click here to read the full article.
