Scott Adams has given up some gold for anybody dealing with dodgy datasets (and they’re all dodgy):
8 May 2008:
7 May 2008:
That’s the new Indian Premier League (of cricket, for any heathens in the audience). The quote comes from Jenny Zaleski, 28, who is one of these girls:
According to the SMH article, they are “a professional cheer squad from the Washington Redskins, an American football team, [flown in] to spice up the pre-match entertainment.”
This is pretty cool. I got the count right, but failed the second part altogether.
I’m betting that Katherine Zoepf has been chuckling non-stop since convincing her editors to approve this introductory sentence:
RIYADH: This time of year, when the weather is still cool and comfortable and the desert is strewn with flowering plants and shrubs, a man’s thoughts often turn to his camels.
More here.
This is simply wonderful.
Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolor [sic] disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against lonliness [sic] in a quiet American suburb.
Thanks to Adam B for pointing me towards it.
Thanks to Megan McArdle, I was reminded of the wonderful magazine of Dr. Boli. This entry jumped out at me right away:
Today’s prize for amusing me goes to Megan McArdle for this beauty of a post:
Some freelance socialist not only stole my bike from in front of my house, but left the lock. The deliberate taunting seems highly unnecessary.
Megan, if you read this, I feel your pain.
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