It's International Talk Like A Pirate Day!

My pirate name is:

Dirty Roger Rackham

You're the pirate everyone else wants to throw in the ocean -- not to get rid of you, you understand; just to get rid of the smell. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
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Edited to add that The Pirate Guys have created a video to assist you in your pirate endeavours.

Media Bias in Politics?

Forget what you think about politics, who you like in the election, or who's right and who's wrong. There is bias in the media, on both sides. Check out what struck me as a particularly egregious example from CNN. Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin may be a lot of things, but she's not ugly. Not unless it's CNN doing their best to pick the least flattering photo possible. She looks like freakin' Ms. Doubtfire!

For posterity, here's a screenshot of the source page at CNN:


Would it be too much to ask to use a photo that, if not specifically flattering, is a somewhat more realistic representation of what Governor Palin looks like?


I'm sure you can find similarly unflattering photos of the Obamas and Joe Biden elsewhere. This one just happened to catch my eye... I mean, I see a headline about Palin, I click, and I get Euphegenia instead. Eww!

Cruisin' with Barry O. and Jammin' Joe

This picture just made me bust out laughing at my desk, so I just had to post it:



Who knew that Jammin' Joe Biden could boogie?