After all these decades, I was surprised to learn a couple of years ago in an eye exam that I’m somewhat color blind. It’s never affected my life, as far as I know — I see red lights on a green Christmas tree, and I’ve never had trouble distinguishing between red and green traffic signals. But apparently others must see the colors more vividly than I do. Or perhaps it was a late onset kind of thing. Anyway, though I can see many red spots, I can’t quite make out the message on this shirt. Which is probably a good thing.
The Business Suit
Via Geek Press, who also brings us this: who gets to grope you?
[Afternoon update]
Here’s more info on the Venn diagram at BoingBoing.
Thoughts On Eskimos
From the strange mind of James Lileks:
As we were all taught in grade school, the Eskimos came across the land bridge from Russia, which broke once they were across, and then they settled down and built igloos, invented 37 words for snow, made parkas with fur around the face, and fished. the teacher would note that some continued to go south, and eventually populated the rest of the Americas, where they spent their time raising Maize and not inventing the wheel, hanging around wearing loincloths, and playing a game that involved putting a rubber ball through a stone circle. They also invented chocolate. Then the Spanish came, and –
Hold on, Teacher, why didn’t the Eskimos keep moving south?
We don’t know.
But why would anyone stay there? Especially when the rest of the guys are moving on?
We don’t know.
So the Eskimos are sitting in snow up to their eyebrows, and some guys say “hey, we’re going to keep moving, because this sucks,” and the Eskimos stay because they think it can’t possibly get any better?
We don’t know.
Also, some technological prognostication: videopaint.
It Would Be An Honor Just To Be Nominated
Sort of…
Go check out the Iowahawk man and woman of the year. In one case, it’s hard to tell whether it’s a man or a woman, though.
Telling The Good Guys From The Bad Guys
It’s a distinction that many on the Left seem to have trouble making.
Mixed Marriage
What a headline. Natalie Portman is getting hitched to a millipede?
And she’s already preggers?
Well, she’s rich, I suppose she can afford all of the baby shoes.
[whisper]
What?
[whisper]
Oh.
Never mind.
Out Of The Frying Pan…
Bill Richardson is going to replace Hillary Clinton as SecState? I hope that the Senate won’t confirm him. Does this mean she’s going to make a run against Obama?
Another Good Place To Cut The Budget
Defund the UN. It really has outlived whatever purpose it ever had, and does far more evil than good.
Questions For “Progressives”
A little gentle Socratic method.
What Happened Near Nogales?
I wish that I couldn’t believe that this might very well be true:
I can’t relate details for the safety of some agents and supervisors. However the word is that when Terry and the illegal alien bandit were both wounded, the BORSTAR helo came down on the scene and they opted to airlift the alien first to the hospital. Terry was loaded onto a vehicle and driven out to where another helo was parked, thereby the alien was given first priority for medical service. At this point we can’t confirm this but it sounds like it is coming from people who know.
Now if this really happened, I can imagine that there might have been some legitimate triage reasons for this, made without regard for who was who. Unfortunately, I can also imagine that it was done for ideological reasons. Either way, the optics on it will be terrible, and I expect this administration to continue to attempt to cover it up.