Nerd Central...

... and in response, can I say, *ahem*, "Word"! :)

Follow thy Fount of Knowlewdge to the truth, or rather, thy font of knowledge

[Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan]

Internet or Bust...

This is Greg Rutter's Definitive List of the 99 Things You Should have Already Experienced on the Internet unless You're A Loser or Old or Something

Principles of economics, translated

Yoram Bauman's take on Greg Mankiw's Principles of Economics..... hilarious!

Harry Shearer

Harry Shearer is a funny guy. Even before he was well known as the voice of Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Ned Flanders, Reverend Timothy Lovejoy, Kent Brockman, Dr. Julius Hibbert, Dr. Marvin Monroe, Lenny Leonard, Principal Seymour Skinner, Otto Mann and Rainier Wolfcastle among others, on the Simpsons show, he was involved in creating , writing and starring in "This is Spinal Tap", a classic rock mockumentary (one of my favourites). He is also extremely smart. He won last night's (August 3rd '07) face-off on Celebrity Jeopardy (yes, yes, I am a nerd, I do pretty well, even though some of the categories are way out of my field) against Soledad O'Brien and Isaac Mizrahi.
Here's Harry playing a familiar character....





If you are a link-person, you can follow it at No Cooler for the Scooter
From the site:
"No Cooler for the Scooter
Description: Dick sings one for his Libby, and one for the road."

Interesting ... and a message

Following sound advice from Big Brother, I started using Google Reader as my choice of an RSS Aggregator. I follow Foreign Policy analysis, Development Economics, US Food Policy, Medicine, News , NewYorker, blogs from family, friends, friends of friends, people I haven't met (but would love to meet), people I have met and would love to meet again, and also a random funny comic strip to balance things out.
My morning does not begin unless I have read through these, even at the cost of less sleep. I was looking at some of the time saving tips that the Reader offers, as time is limited with me, notwithstanding that I will live to be 86 years.

I came across this:



Curiosity killed this Cat! So, I added Next to my bookmark, opened my reader, read all the unread posts, and then clicked the Next on the bookmark to see what would happen. I got this message:


hahahahaha.... alright, I am a sucker. I am going to click on the End of the Internet. What will happen if I reach the edge of the world? Will I fall off?

Nope, I now know that at the End of the Internet, I will come head to head with another funny person! I love it. Okay, Harry Potter, my time is yours now! :)