Doom and gloom

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Aloha,

Rough news days we've been having lately. And it doesn't seem to be getting any better...

Recession Blocker
Tired of reading all the doom and gloom of the credit crisis and US economy meltdown? Keep your consumer confidence high with this handy site, which acts as a filter to block crash-related words. Ignorance is bliss, I once read.
http://www.recessionblocker.com/


Weatherman blooper
It's the sudden off-on-off outburst that makes this. It's like, "Hello and welcome to the Tourette news."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=965dWZuSsVo


Talking, er, head
Perfect comic timing as the reporter remains blissfully unaware of the enormous wobbling "apparatus" being carried out of the house behind his back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0po1WRIIMg


QuOteD
"No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up." -- Lily Tomlin


Cow runs wild
Drunken woman terrorizes her neighborhood dressed as a cow. I'll let you fill in your own joke here: ______________________.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0930082cow1.html


Burning mercury
Burning some mercury compound could possibly be the most disgusting thing ever. And another reason to be glad we don't have Internet smell-o-vision.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIIcovOOqAE


Quick pic: Nature makes a funny
http://scienceblogs.com/scientificactivist/2008/09/nature_makes_a_funny.php


Game on: Z-Rox
This hurts parts of the brain you didn't know you had.
http://www.kongregate.com/games/EvilDog/z-rox


Good advice
And finally, in these trying times we all could use a good investment strategy. (Thanks Wendell)

• If you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49 left.
• With Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000.
• With AIG, you would have less than $15 left.
• But, if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago, drunk all of the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling refund, you would have $214 cash.
• Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle. It's called the 401-(k)eg plan.

Famous last words
"My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition." -- Indira Gandhi


Over and out,
vW