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2008-10-13T08:10:00.000-07:00

Why do people vote for who they do?

Sexiest:
Sarah Palin, hands down. Joe/ Chuck Baldwin for the ladies. (Though Bob Barr is a close second for the gays)

Blackest:
Alan Keys (sorry Barack)

Oldest:
Ralph Nader (...) (you know, I said that as a joke, but he's got 2 years on McCain.)

Youngest:
Matt Gonzalez (who is ironically Nader's running mate) (...)

All-woman ticket:
Green party

I'm bad at this

2008-10-11T06:58:00.000-07:00

Here's a list of Thomas Edison's Patents that I've had open in my browser for two days now. Apparently he has some 1500 worldwide. Wowzers. Oh my! Zippity doo.

did you catch the VP debates?

2008-10-03T04:35:00.001-07:00

Last night, Joe Biden and Sarah Palin went head to head. They talked about energy, the war in Iraq, Sarah's mantra of "drill baby drill" (and how we wouldnt see any of the oil for another 10 years), their kids (Joe -almost- shed a tear!), the economic crisis, what they would do as prez if "the unthinkable happened" (oh, we've all thought about that), and a little bit about gay marrige (which sarah agreed with joe COMPLETELY on.)

one thing to note: she DID screw up!
"During the debate Sarah Palin made the point of talking about a potential surge strategy in Afghanistan and mentioned the commanding general in Afghanistan as being "General McClellan." Pundits criticized Biden's omission of the General's name until it was discovered the General's name is in fact McKiernan." (wikipedia)

Mexico City's emission restrictions

2008-10-02T06:16:00.000-07:00

This has actually been around since 1989/90, but I think its a good method for limiting emissions, and encourages carpooling. The exact workings of the schedule is a bit confusing. I think if we tried it here, too many people would complain.

Japan is so wierd

2008-10-01T14:36:00.000-07:00

Japanese style toilets are crazy. isnt everything in japan crazy? theyve got jet streams that clean your butt for you.

John McCain is one of the "Keating Five"

2008-09-30T10:17:00.001-07:00

John McCain has already contributed to a recession a couple decades ago. He accepted bribes to keep authorities off the back of a corrupt banker, which cost taxpayers $124.6 billion. This was also one of the factors leading to his foxy second wife's addiction to painkillers.

Obama however, is an honest family man who loves and respects his wife.

Sharks

2008-09-30T08:12:00.001-07:00

Wes and I were having a discussion about sharks, and we wanted to know whether they lay eggs or not. Apparently some do, some have the egg inside for a while till it hatches, and they carry to term from there, and others live birth, sometimes spewing out over a hundred babies.

Intro

2008-09-30T08:03:00.000-07:00

This is my new Wiki-a-Day blog, where every day I post something I learn on Wikipedia. Ideally this will not be a featured article, but may still be a news item I find interesting.