Still going....

You heard it here first: Spirit is now the nerdiest rover ever, having survived 1337 sols wandering around Mars.

Hey there, Plain White Tees,

Heed this bit of career advice.

Tell radio stations to stop playing your hit single, "Hey there Delilah," so frequently. The song is not bad, but I hear it while scanning through my radio stations at least once per commute, and sometimes up to four times per day. Any song, no matter how good, becomes infuriatingly irritating when heard that frequently. I'm afraid I'm already a lost cause, but you have many more listeners out there who have not fallen victim yet. Don't let them.

Sincerely,
Thrillho

Number of people that were alive during the last two comings of Halley's comet: millions

Number of people who were alive the last time this happened: at least 76. Including this woman. It's probably safe to say that none of them remember.

Edit: As soon as I published this post, I noticed a freaky coincidence: 76 is the length in years of Halley's comet! Okay, it's only a coincidence because I chose that as the comparison, but nevertheless, it freaked my mind (it doesn't help that Criss Angel is my office-mate).

Follow-up to the Beatles post

I just wanted to comment that, not surprisingly, after I made that post, I googled the band names and there were numerous instances of people coming up with the same idea. Almost. The typical text went something like, "John, Paul, George and Gringo. I think he's probably Gringo, he's so f-ing mexican." Or, "A new beat combo by the name of the Beetles attended the party. John, Paul, George and Gringo. Most talented and intelligent was definitely Gringo, who oddly enough didn't look Mexican."

Okay, "something like" turned into "exactly like." The point is, I think it's sadly hilarious that Mexico has an ethnic slur for Americans, and we're too dumb to realize it, and what's more, we think it's our ethnic slur for them. I must admit I thought the same thing until just a few years ago, when I was appalled that a commercial product (of which you probably have heard) could get away with the name "Green Mountain Gringo." I was like, "what, they think that because Vermont is so far away from Mexico that nobody would notice?" Then I looked it up.

New Product Idea

I was struck quite amusedly by this quote from the Red Sox's manager regarding last night's game: "When you get something from 1 through 9 [hitters], it enhances your chances to win." You can probably guess the key phrase here is "enhances your chances."

I think that he has stumbled across an ingenious slogan, and he should use it to market a new male fragrance.

Terry Francona's Mysterry:
Enhance Your Chance

I think that

There should be a Mexican Beatles cover band.
But one of them should be American.
They would be named





...wait for it.....






John,
Paul,
George,
and
Gringo.

This is why the phrase "bat-shit insane" was coined:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/offbeat/2007/08/10/vo.russia.cat.lady.reut

(Sorry, I don't know how to embed cnn clips, if it's possible.)

A short one to get back in the game

Phoenix launch: