What The Heck Is Wrong With This Photo?

I'm afraid that I don't understand the controversy over this photo of Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn.


The article speaks for itself.

See, I think the controversy is all misplaced.  It isn't the tuck that is the problem.  It's that her hair refuses to obey gravity.  I think this photo should be banned because Lindsey Vonn is clearly using too much product.

I Know What You Are Watching

You're watching Fox News.

Do you know how I know?

Because Fox had the TOP 13 cable news programs in January.

Because it's getting to be embarrassing - a Zogby poll indicates that Fox is the most trusted  broadcast news source.  It should be noted that the poll interviewed more democrats than republicans, in case you were wondering.

I WANT THAT JOB

Dear Rest-Of-The-World

Give me your hopeless, impossible, thankless tasks.  Give me guaranteed failure.  Give me the job nobody else wants.


I watch what is going on in Haiti and I say "I want that job"

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100203/D9DKMD8G0.html

It's too big.  Relief agencies don't know how to handle dense urban jungles strewn with debris.  The logistics are a nightmare.  Security is non-existent.

I'll take that job.

Study Suggests Cell Phone Bans Don't Reduce Accidents

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123084040


The thing in this article that I find interesting isn't the discussion of the statistics and the like it's the response by the NTSB.  They call this study "irresponsible".  WHAT?  How the heck is a STUDY "irresponsible"?  It's just data!  They looked at data and published the results and you think THAT is irresponsible?

And then the questions begin - is the bias on the part of the folks conducting the study, or the NTSB, which apparently doesn't like the fact that someone is calling into question the efficacy of the ban (whether that questioning is valid or not).

Climategate anyone?

Sen. Specter - ARE YOU KIDDING?

Please, please please tell me that this audio was faked.  That's U. S. Senator Arlan Specter (RD, PA), telling Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R, MN) to "Act like a lady"?

WHAT?

Please tell me this is the end of this guy's career in PA.

Take A Lesson - It Has To Be A Priority

If we are going to learn anything from Haiti, it should be a snapshot of this very moment. We are 72+ hours from the event and there is complete and utter chaos and lack of coordination.  There is no plan.  The USA is essentially in charge, and we're just starting to get there.

Here's the point - you have less than 72 hours in any calamity to execute an effective plan and save the people you are going to save.  After that, the survival rates are going to get to the point that every rescue will be newsworthy.

It's essentially over.  Everyone, now is the time for the collective "We failed".  This is what Managing Failure is all about.

I'm not saying that it is the job of the USA to be the world's cop, firefighter, food bank, and conscience.  Well, maybe I am.  But that's beside the point.

The point I really want to make is this - there are going to be calamities here, too, and some closer to home.  Ask yourself this - does your emergency services agency have what it takes to respond to it?  What if your city was hit by some dramatic disaster?  Your fire chief, police chief, mayor, their deputies, and most of their equipment is destroyed.  NOW deal with it.  Are they ready?

Did you know that the first Chinese rescue teams arrived in Haiti hours before the first US teams did?  Did anybody look at a map to see the difference in distance?

Of course they aren't.  The question you should be asking yourself is "Why the hell not?".

Now go back to Haiti. They need the following:  Bulldozers.  Earth movers.  Cranes.  Food.  Water.  Shelter.  The ability to safely handle tens to hundreds-of-thousands of bodies.  Communication.  Logistics.

Control.

We like to point out that disasters are exacerbated by all sorts of retarded decisions made by the individuals and leaders in an area.  Really?  How many programs on the flooding of New Orleans ran on The Weather Channel for years before Katrina?  How many?  Are those sections that flooded - those that we knew ahead of time were going to flood now off-limits to future development?  Is there an area near you that is especially flood-prone?  Is there real estate on that land?  Why?  Doesn't that response strain your local resources?

It's time that we stop screwing around and pretending that we've got it under control, or that we can't prepare for mass disasters.  Of course we can. Of course we should.  It would be nice if we actually DID it instead of just shaking our heads.

Look at Haiti on the news tonight.  How's it going there?  It's been FOUR DAYS.  Every problem that they've encountered getting this operation up and running could be predicted.  EVERY SINGLE ONE.  Every single problem in the next disaster in your neighborhood can be predicted as well.  Great!  Let's start writing the preplan.

I Guess I Don't Completely Sux0rz

So last night I made Level 70 in Modern Warfare 2.  My rank?  2,000,000.

Wow!  I suck!  2 MILLIONTH ranked player?

Then I saw that MWII has just cracked $1 BILLION in sales.  That's about 17 MILLION copies.  WHAT?  Can that possibly be correct?

Is it true?  I'm in the top 12% of MWII players worldwide?  Really? That means I only have to leapfrog another 300,000 gamers to get into the top 10%.

BRING IT, N00BZ!