American Immigration To Canada

From the Harper's Index:
Percentage change since 2004 in U.S. immigration to Canada: + 46

Duck Versus Cougar

Mascots duke it out here.

Chemical Brothers

For cellophane66's 200th post, here are some cool fish from a video by Chemical Brothers.



How they made the video here.

More George

If you're going to insist on making movies based on crappy, old television shows, then you have to give everyone in the Cineplex a remote so we can see what's playing on the other screens. Let's remember the reason something was a television show in the first place is that the idea wasn't good enough to be a movie. - George Carlin

The Human Quality Of 9/11

As it seems that everyone in the world summons up the memory of 9/11 to promote their own causes, often the human experience is lost. This cartoon at Cox and Forkum captures the simple reality of the day.

Left Right Brain Function

New York University political scientists have done a study to see if liberals and conservatives are "wired" differently. Interesting findings here via Physorg.

World's Fair 1965

Check these photos at Flickr from the New York World's Fair 1965

Photos

42 photos of vagabonds via Ziza.

Network Self Promotion During Sporting Events

Once every few days I see something on network television that makes me understand why cable TV is kicking network TV's ass. Here's one. Last night I watched a bit of the opening NFL game on NBC. I watched about one quarter of the game. During that time I was subjected to about seven of the same spots promoting a new show on NBC called "CHUCK"
I was in a bar and the sound was off, so all I know is that the show is about some guy who works in a Staples kind of store, and there's a girl who is a secret agent or something. But all I really need to know is that I'm glad I didn't watch the whole game because I would have been forced to watch twenty or thirty promos for this friggin' show.
That's too many.

I know they do research on this kind of stuff, and it probably works - but they also do research on how to best pull somebody's tooth.
I can tell you with certainty - when I watch a promo for the tenth time, this is what I am NOT thinking," Wow, that show didn't look so good at commercial three, but now I am compelled to mark it on my calendar!"
What I AM thinking is, "F**K! It's another commercial for CH**K!"

This "promotion fatigue" is most apparent if you are a poor soul who watches a six or seven game baseball playoff. By game seven, you've seen the same spot for the same dopey show fifty times. I don't want to see ANYTHING fifty times.
So please back off a bit, I mean ... oh, sorry, it's almost 8 o'clock, and my favorite show is about to start. It's on HBO.

Arrivederci Luciano

An unlikely duet - but a great tribute nonetheless:

Very Short Film

passenger ship to mexico (there and back)
running time: 55 seconds

Graphic

1954 Franco American advertising graphic courtesy of Plan 59

Leona Helmsley's Hostility

It's one thing to solidify your reputation as a bitch in life, but Leona Helmsley's will ensures a legacy of hostility. 12 million dollars to the "drop-kick" dog while discarding two of your grandchildren seems pretty angry to me. I don't know the details, but the perception will be forever.
The two grandchildren who did receive money are required to visit the grave of their father, or they get zilch. How awkward will that once-a-year event be? A witness/executor standing in a cemetery with two people, and then they get a check.
I only wish I could be one of the receiving grandchildren. I would go to the cemetery, take the money, and give half to the others who were left out.
Epitaph? Leona Helmsley - Angry.
Read the story. Then take a shower.

Clown News

Well-known burger clown controls Japanese minds with caffeine. Victims line up here.

Quote

"An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it." - Paul Valery

Fact

There are more chickens than people in the world.

Nippon Too Crowded

I know the subways in Japan get pretty crowded, but this Tokyo wave pool...

More George

"No more gift registries. You know, it used to be just for weddings. Now it's for babies and new homes and graduations from rehab. Picking out the stuff you want and having other people buy it for you isn't gift giving, it's the white people version of looting." - George Carlin

Photos

Here's an entertaining photo site called Square America that features snapshots found at flea markets or purchased on EBay.

Best Of CraigsList

Tool for sale.