For many the Super Bowl is nothing more than an opportunity to see all the new comercials that air, and let’s face it, who wants to sit through the game just to see them? Well thanks to Google Video you don’t have to. Just head on over to the Super Bowl XL Commercials page to watch all the commercials from the big game. They even have some of the GoDaddy commercials that were not allowed to air.

Would you pay $10(USD) a gallon for gas? The answer to that is usually a resounding “No!”, but in truth we all know it is need based. If you had absolutely no other way to get some where, I am sure even I would end up paying the price. But then again, gas is a need.

But what about something that is normally free? Would you pay that much money for an item that you can easily acquire for free? If you are a normal, rational, level headed person, the smart money says you answered “No!” Well, odds are you’re a liar. How do I figure that you ask? Well let me answer your question with a question: Do you buy bottled water? Odds are you do, damn near everyone does these days; “Americans drank 26 billion liters of bottled water in 2004, or roughly one eight-ounce glass per person every day” (and for the record, no I DO NOT, read on and see why). Well maybe you should take a minute to read this article over at Yahoo! News.

According to the article:

Consumers spend a collective $100 billion every year on bottled water in the belief–often mistaken, as it happens–that this is better for us than what flows from our taps, according to environmental think tank the Earth Policy Institute (EPI).
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Worldwide, bottled water consumption surged to 154 billion liters (41 billion gallons) in 2004, up 57 percent from 98 billion liters in 1999, EPI said in a written analysis citing industry data.

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At up to $2.50 per liter ($10 per gallon), bottled water costs more than gasoline in the United States.

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”Bottled water is not guaranteed to be any healthier than tap water. In fact, roughly 40 percent of bottled water begins as tap water; often the only difference is added minerals that have no marked health benefit,” EPI said.

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sets more stringent quality standards for tap water than does the Food and Drug Administration for the bottled stuff, it added.

So what does all this mean? It means stop paying for water! What ever the reason is, you are literally wasting money! Should you really feel compelled to throw your money away however, I will be more than glad to put a link to my Pay Pal account where you are more than welcome to deposit it. I will put it to far better uses!

Oh…by the way ever purchase Evian? Ever spell it backwards? Well your fancy French water is simply making fun of you, because backwards, Evian spells…Naive.

Definition:

1. Lacking worldly experience and understanding.
2. Showing or characterized by a lack of sophistication and critical judgment, simple and credulous as a child.

If you have read Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code then you may be familiar with the Cryptex The Cryptex Security Box is modeled after the one in the book and fully functional. The artist/creator is also working on a version that will even contain vials filled with vinegar as in the book. They are really expensive due to the nature in which they are made, but man it would be sweet to own one.

What Makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life?

Here’s a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions:

If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

Then:

H-A-R-D-W-O-R- K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

and

K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

But,

A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

And,

B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T
2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%

AND, look how far ass kissing will take you.

A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G
1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%

So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that While Hard work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, it’s the Bullshit and Ass kissing that will put you over the top.

Happy New Year everyone! Hope 2006 is a good one.

I wanted to send some sort of holiday greeting to my friends, but it is so difficult in today’s world to know exactly what to say without offending someone. So I met with my attorney yesterday, and on his advice I wish to say the following:

Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, nonaddictive, gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced with the most enjoyable traditions of religious persuasion or secular practices of your choice with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.

I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2006, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great (not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country or is the only “America” in the western hemisphere) and without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee.

By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms:

1. This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal.
2. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting.
3. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or others and is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher.
4. This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.

Disclaimer: No trees were harmed in the sending of this message; however, a significant number of electrons were slightly inconvenienced.

The other day i started reading through the Penny Arcade comic archives, so that i can add it to my nightly read list while I am at work, and just now I reached this one. I don’t know exactly why, but this is the funniest one that I have read so far. No, you don’t understand, I have read it five times now and I can’t stop laughing. Maybe because it reminds of some personal experiences. I don’t know, but it is some funny shit.

Forbes has recently posted its list of the 15 richest fictional people. It gives links to each person on the list and tells a little about each. It is an interesting little read.