Any idiot can drive fast in a straight line

Thursday, February 12, 2004

GROW: 11,500 so far. I'm going to figure this out, damnit.

UPDATE: Ok, 13,900. I'm close!

I've spent so much time on this site now that I cannot remember where I came from to get to it (No, I can't just hit back in my browser since I open almost all new links as a tab in Mozilla), but it was probably Slashdot.

Anyway, after having debated for a few years in high school, I learned a few terms for debate tactics, but here is an entire site with terms for each fallacy. Honestly, I must have observed all of these at one time or another. A few are extremely frustrating because it is almost as hard to explain the fallacy as it is to fight in the debate. Some examples are burden of proof, confusing cause and effect (seems easy to explain, just try with some people!), and straw man. I will admit that I have used a handful of these fallacies as well, but I usually know I am using them. They are only used when I do not have quite enough evidence to back up my clain so I attempt to hoodwink someone with a fallacy while I think of better evidence. If someone catches me in the fallacy, now I can give an offical term for the fallacy to show that I genuinely knew what I was doing.

Monday, February 09, 2004

I put almost $700 worth of food on my credit cards in December. Can you believe that? I spent about as much on food as I did on rent! Someone needs to stop eating out so much.


create your own visited states map

Starbucks Drinks Simplified (kinda): A fairly comprensive list of all the drinks and options available at Starbucks. Just reading it made me thirsty so I had to grab a Venti nonfat, no foam vanilla latte. Gotta love the fact that most Microsoft cafeterias offer a full Starbucks as well.

Sunday, February 08, 2004

AOL Presidential Match Guide: Yes, it's an AOL affiliate, but it's a fairly simple site to see which presidential candidate your beliefs most match. Here is my not terribly surprising list:

(100%) Kerry
(96%) Dean
(93%) Sharpton
(93%) Clark
(91%) Kucinich
(87%) Edwards
(28%) Bush