Thankful for: in-oven digital probe thermometers, Alton Brown's turkey brine recipe, Beaujolais Nouveau (even though its kind of strange this year - it's fun to have a reason to buy more wine), Saranac 12 Beers (though I think the Caramel Porter tastes like a Brachs caramel - vile), Paid Time Off, Advair (cause I didn't know my lung capacity was as low as it was until I began inhaling the magic steroids twice a day. Now when I run, my legs can't keep up with my lungs - a nice switch), and of course Mrs Cleek (cause she makes it fun to be me).

What's the difference between prostitution (sex for money) and shooting a porn movie (sex for money in front of a camera) ? Not much, it turns out: a state of mind, mostly. defective yeti did some research, and tells us all about it.

Be sure to read the comments, where his mother makes an appearance.

This is pretty cool: the World City Photo Archive is a collection of pictures of cities. For example:

Reykjavik, Iceland.

Via, electrolite

Americans' ability to fast forward through commercials is safe! for now.

Sadly, atrocities like these pop up all the time. SlashDot is nearly always clamouring for its readers to write letters to their representatives telling them to vote 'No' on the latest power-grab from the entertainment industry.

Apparently, today is Global "Sober.I" Virus day. I'm getting sober-virus-laden emails at a rate of about 1 every five minutes right now. Sweet.

"`Please,' Bush whimpers, his lips pursed in mock desperation, `don't kill me.'"

Picture via skb

Slashdot reports:

In newly published study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, heavy computer users were 74% more likely to develop visual field problems as compared baseline in a group of 10,202 randomly selected workers. Furthermore, heavy computer users were found to be 81% more likely to develop glaucoma.

Uh. Crap.