[Update: This title without a post was written at about 11:49pm, after I'd had a few beers. I typed the title, then before I typed anything realized I was too sleepy to really write anything so I went to bed. The genesis of the title was that while I was on the way home on [...]

Don’t watch this if you can’t handle some raw language, but this is awesome:

[UPDATE: (1) I didn't know Carl Sagan died in 1996. (2) I didn't know Carl Sagan was a big stoner: http://www.marijuana-uses.com/essays/002.html. But, knowing that, I like the video below even more.] I actually kind of like this:

This is truly amazing:

http://tipstrategies.com/archive/geography-of-jobs/ The flash animation at the above link depicts U.S. job gains and losses from 2004 through July 2009. It sounds boring but it’s actually pretty compelling. Perhaps even more compelling than a six-year-old hiding in his attic. Although I doubt it.

One of the benefits of living in Vietnam is that a lot of news in America plays out while I am asleep. Thankfully, I did not have to endure the incredibly important and heartrending saga of a six-year-old hiding in a box in his attic in Colorado while our tax dollars were spent mobilizing resources [...]

Just when I thought I was out – they keep pulling me back in. Sitting here monitoring the makeup exam for ComLaw. Only one student taking it (one other didn’t show up). I’m swapping out with another teacher in 45 minutes. This is mind-numbing.

I’ve now lost a solid 10 pounds. Gotta. Keep. It. Going. Someone was eating pecan pie at lunch today and I almost couldn’t resist. I didn’t even know they even had pecan pie in Vietnam. I wish they didn’t.

A warm welcome to our new robot overlords.