Perverse Incentives
“Under the federal bailout plan, the same people who stole your underpants and brewed tea through them are demanding economic assistance because no one is thirsty.”
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Regression to the Mean
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It’s time for the return of the Demotivational Devotional.
(made with the Despair.com Do-It-Yourself De-Motivator)
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Mount Everest is in Alaska
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(Another classic from the mcarp archives… the prophetic genius and brilliance are his;
the ones/zeros, pixels, pictures and subheads and pull-quotes are mine.)
“You mean it’s not in Wisconsin?”
The phone rang, and an intern picked it up. She listened for a moment, then put her hand over the receiver and looked at me.
“Where is Mount Everest?” she More >
Stay on Message
about 3 weeks ago - 1 comment
On of the communication challenges for any business or organization is sticking with your core competency and staying on message.
Below, you’ll find an example of how to fail.
…unless there is something in tainted Krispy Kreme doughnuts that spurs follicle growth.
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Failure by the Numbers
about 1 month ago - 2 comments
Sudoku.
It’s a logic puzzle that involves placing numbers or letters in a grid such that you get no repeating characters within a given row, column, or highlighted grid.
I got a book of puzzles for Christmas, and things finally slowed down enough I could check it out.
You’d think a publication so prestigious to be designated as More >
Hair-raising Legal Issues
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Legal disclaimers are often annoying, and sometimes hilarious.
The Bumpit is a toothed, plastic arc that is embedded near the scalp to provide the illusion of more voluminous hair.
Just remember, each disclaimer is there for a reason. Because someone did.
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Eleven Words Guaranteed To Generate Killer Search Engine Traffic and Clicks
about 3 months ago - 11 comments
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Inner Nerd
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“I embraced my inner nerd – the jury called it ‘choking,’ but that is just semantics.”
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Different Strings
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I am a bit of a music snob, but I am grateful for the opportunities I had when I was in elementary school and junior high. In fifth grade, we learned to play the recorder, which provided a way to get a bunch of kids to learn note duration and simple sheet music while still More >
One thing leads to another
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Remember the Association Game? Say the first word that comes to mind when you hear a certain word?
Well, the web is ten times better than you are, and it has the advantage of collecting our aggregate wisdom in ways wed never expect. In fact, if we did a remake of Family Feud, we could do More >
B.S. Degree
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“Thanks to Social Media, we’re all now qualified to grant ourselves honorary doctorates from the University of Me.”
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about 1 year ago
If I can find a brain like yours somewhere — then please let me know.
I wish I had this facility with the vernacular, dear Isaac.
I am floored and picking up dust bunnies, all the while.
–ADM
about 1 year ago
Hahaha…that’s great.