Complete Prediction of 2009 NFL Season
This is a continuation of the Lion's example we did the other day. Every nicety you can think of has been ignored. I won't even guarantee that I have copied…
What is the probability the Detroit Lions lose every game (again!)
I am from Detroit and I am a Lions fan; erstwhile, anyway. The Lions stink, stank, and have stunk since before I was born. They are lousy, appalling, and nausea-inducing.…
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Real Education by Charles Murray
Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality by Charles Murray Recommendation: read (buy here). The word median is statistical: it is the point at which…
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Can You Read My Mind?
Ghosts, ESP, telekinesis, astrology, and other assorted oddities are back in view. One of the "SyFy" channel's most popular series is a show about hunting apparitions. The movie Men Who…
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Poem Code Challenge Hint
In the last post, reader George suggested a challenge to see whether or not short poem codes would be easy to "break"; that is, decrypt without access to the original…
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Vegetarian Swallow Balls
I went shopping in Chinatown and found these delicacies, which match well with the vegetarian intestines I found last year. Enjoy these---hand slaughtered!---treats on one of the last weekends of…
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You were right, Ted Kennedy
One day in 1973, in his squeaky, pickled-vocal-chords baritone Ted Kennedy filled the Senate chamber with these words: "Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law? Or…
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10 Books To Read Before You Die
G.K. Chesterton was asked what book would he most like to have with him on a desert island. Slick as ever, he said, Thomas's Guide to Practical Shipbuilding. And then…
