Friday, February 5, 2010
Caught on Google Maps
In this Web 2.0 world, the cameras are always rolling and the net is always capturing moments worthy of fancy living club viewing.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
No, Africa is not a country.
Need to brush up on your geography?
Entertain yourself for hours with these map games and redeem America's not-so-great reputation with map skills.
Where would I be today if I didn't learn the locations of Balarus and the United Arab Emirates?
http://www.maps.com/FunFacts.aspx
Entertain yourself for hours with these map games and redeem America's not-so-great reputation with map skills.
Where would I be today if I didn't learn the locations of Balarus and the United Arab Emirates?
http://www.maps.com/FunFacts.aspx
Run to Canada while you can!
Douglas Elmendorf, director of the Congressional Budget Office, speaks about the economic and budget outlook in Washington, D.C.
The latest dose of reality from Elmendorf's CBO: a forecast that the federal deficit will reach $1.35 trillion this year — $4,400 for every American. All that red ink means the overall debt will rise to $8.8 trillion by the end of 2010, or about 60% of gross domestic product — the highest level of public debt since 1952. "There's a fundamental disconnect between the level of benefits that people want the government to provide, particularly for older Americans, and the amount of resources that people want to send to Washington to pay for those benefits," Elmendorf says. "To make the fiscal policies sustainable will require some resolution of that fundamental disconnect."
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1958671,00.html#ixzz0eVU0e8Fv
The latest dose of reality from Elmendorf's CBO: a forecast that the federal deficit will reach $1.35 trillion this year — $4,400 for every American. All that red ink means the overall debt will rise to $8.8 trillion by the end of 2010, or about 60% of gross domestic product — the highest level of public debt since 1952. "There's a fundamental disconnect between the level of benefits that people want the government to provide, particularly for older Americans, and the amount of resources that people want to send to Washington to pay for those benefits," Elmendorf says. "To make the fiscal policies sustainable will require some resolution of that fundamental disconnect."
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1958671,00.html#ixzz0eVU0e8Fv
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
This is why you're fat.
If there is one thing Americans know how to do right, it's eating. Take a lesson from the pros at thisiswhyyourefat.com
BACON STONEHENGE: classic elegance
BIG BURGER: eating 3 meals at once never tasted so nutritious
CHOCO DOGHNUT: because nothings says morning pick-me-up like cheese and eggs sandwhiched between fried dough
BACON STONEHENGE: classic eleganceBIG BURGER: eating 3 meals at once never tasted so nutritiousCHOCO DOGHNUT: because nothings says morning pick-me-up like cheese and eggs sandwhiched between fried dough
Monday, February 1, 2010
The Happy Groundhog
Tomorrow is Groundhog's Day--the moment of truth--answering the question of the persistence of winter.
And we wonder why he tends to go back inside his hole? I know that being manhandled by a fat guy in a tux with leather gloves is just how I want to be woken up from a five-month-long nap.Happy February!
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