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Entries Tagged as 'Cerebrate’s Contemplations'

If they have time for this perhaps they can fix that pesky DH problem next

March 30th, 2009

A test on how serious you think this congress really is about the problems the country faces–
The Senate Judiciary’s subcommittee on antitrust, competition policy and consumer rights will hold hearings on:
A. Where all of Madoff’s money “disappeared” to
B. How the car industry came to be infested with leaders who couldn’t manage a McDonalds
C. How to [...]

Are you contemplating a Second Life?

March 13th, 2009

Let Cerebrate take your hand, virtually of course, and guide you into the world of Second Life. This is the first of five sessions.

Windows and minds

January 16th, 2009

Minds are like windows; stuck open they can’t protect you, stuck closed they can’t refresh you. Cerebrate has his own thoughts, but that doesn’t keep his mind shuttered.

The Lone Ranger’s mom

January 8th, 2009

Everything a mother says during the day, compressed to just under three minutes and set to the William Tell Overture.

Big holiday demand

December 12th, 2008

An insult generator. Free. You’re welcome.

1633, hillbilly style

December 10th, 2008

What if a small West Virginia coal mining town was transported back to 1632 in the middle of Germany? Yeah, like we all haven’t wondered that at some time or another.
1633 would be the sequel to those events. Cerebrate reviews the mayhem.

An immigrant’s eye

December 8th, 2008

A Patriot’s Handbook, by Caroline Kennedy, gets a thumbs up from Cerebrate.

Boredom brings rainbows

December 8th, 2008

Cerebrate is not all that impressed with most internet meme polls, but he liked this one.

How to improve the elections

November 10th, 2008

British Isle style.

Joke at your own peril

October 29th, 2008

Cerebrate will not let your food hating comments spoil a good British meal.

So tell us how you really feel

October 6th, 2008

Cerebrate has an interesting link and extended quote that details the serendipity that oozes from the bailout bill. StarKist is safe as well as wooden arrows and Puerto Rican Rum producers. The careful crafting of the bill made sure our economy is saved AND lots of other wonderful things will result as well. All this [...]

New craze will soon sweep internet

September 30th, 2008

Dog LOLdog. Cerebrate puts the weeulz in motion with this picture.

“Two Mighty Quangos of fail”

September 16th, 2008

Cerebrate would like for you to step back and think before you begin to place blame on the origins of the latest financial crisis.

Graphic humor

September 14th, 2008

Cerebrate extols the virtues of Jessica Hagy’s Indexed. He has a link to her blog as well as a recommendation of her book.
Douglas and Main are both big fans of her snarky, on target, Venn diagrams and graphs.

Extending your online culturz

September 12th, 2008

Web comics; they are more than Calvin and Hobbes reprints.
Behold!
Your introduction to the Order of the Stick. Be sure and say thank you to Cerebrate.

Was your last flight enjoyable?

September 5th, 2008

If it was you are in the minority. The rest of us may now contemplate three alternative approaches to air service that employ less traditional methods.

How to make information a high-end luxury item

August 29th, 2008

Cerebrate has a link to an idea to limit information because we can’t handle it and our democracy can’t survive it. he also supplies his own rant with the link.

Graphing politics

August 25th, 2008

Cerebrate dumps the usual right-left identification and lets the “perceived personality defects of their adherents” guide him in his visualization of political alignment.
His middle ground is not a place you want to choose.

The Stuff of Thought

August 24th, 2008

That is the name of a book on what language structure and useage reveals about our thinking processes. Cerebrate contemplates and reviews.
He finds it satisfying yet meaty. He also disses zombies.

Book blogging

August 20th, 2008

Two posts. Two books. Both supplied by The Cerebrate.
The Swarm War
Dust