Don't climb a light pole in Philly!

They won?

Holy crap...a major Philadelphia sports team won a championship for the first time in over 100 combined seasons. That dry spell is only slightly longer than what Brant is going through now. Zing! :)

Anyway, congratulations to all the Philly Phans. Try not to burn your city/house down in celebration.

Is this why I didn't like the Gobots?

The US Tax System Described With Beer Analogy

The US Tax System Described With Beer Analogy The US Tax System Described With Beer Analogy Friday, Feb 29, 2008 at 7:47:52 pm This is brilliant: Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this: The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing. The fifth would pay $1. The sixth would pay $3. The seventh would pay $7. The eighth would pay $12. The ninth would pay $18. The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59. So, that’s what they decided to do. The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. “Since you are all such good customers,” he said, “I’m going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20.”Drinks for the ten now cost just $80. The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men - the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his ‘fair share? They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody’s share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man’s bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay. And so the fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings). The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings). The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings). The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings). The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 ( 22% savings). The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings). Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings. “I only got a dollar out of the $20,”declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man,” but he got $10!” “Yeah, that’s right,” exclaimed the fifth man. “I only saved a dollar, too. It’s unfair that he got ten times more than I!” “That’s true!!” shouted the seventh man. “Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!” “Wait a minute,” yelled the first four men in unison. “We didn’t get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!” The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up. The next night the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn’t have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill! And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier. http://forums.techguy.org/civilized-debate/697617-us-tax-system-described-beer.html

Obama and McCain 'roasts'

So there's obviously a lot of political coverage going on now, and we're hearing a lot of the same things from the candidates, whether it be stump speeches or 90-second monologues during the debates. So I was glad to see Obama and McCain roasting each other (and the election in general) at an exclusive charity dinner in New York. They're both pretty funny in these (unsurprisingly, MSNBC showed the full Obama clip, while FOX News showed the full McCain clip):

Oh, and here's Hayden Panettiere - the cheerleader from Heroes - dropping f-bombs. Don't worry, it's about politics, so it's allowed here (the entire first part is really a ruse just so I can post this)

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Final Countdown

This? This is better than a whole orchestra doing it.

No kitty, that's a bad kitty!

This is what it's like at Adam Gluck's house, but with 3 times the cat.

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I'm One Pissed Off Ranga

Alright, so I got a little carried away on a blog post for work about a promotion for free entrance to the zoo for redheads, and some morons who complained and got the campaign pulled. Anyway, I thought I'd share it and shamelessly promote myself in the process.

Here's the link:

http://adagencyconfessional.blogspot.com/

Yeah, but his feet came apart on the landing.