How to Win Friends & Influence People

A sorority girl was telling me about fraternities, sororities and their initiations. For example, in a frat in San Antonio, they would rent a U-Haul, put the newcomers in the back with a Keg of beer and make them drink the whole thing on their way to Austin. Once in Austin, they would leave them overnight locked inside the U-Haul; so these drunk kids had to puke, piss, crap and sleep in the U-Haul until someone went to pick them up in the morning.

To this I just said: "I have never met a group of people that were so cool that I would be willing to go through that to be part of their click."

Then, she proceeded to explain in a lot of detail some other, even more humiliating things. For example, in many sororities they give them condoms and make them have sex with guys from a fraternity to get the "good" jersey, as opposed to the lame one.
Finally, she explained all the evidence that she found that support the rumors that in a certain frat they make the new guys have sex with a goat. She said she called her boyfriend to see how the initiation was going; and he just made fun of the new kids. But, in the background, she heard a goat. The next day, she went to a bathroom, and found porn mags, open condoms and animal hair all over the place. That day they roasted a goat at the frat, and made only the new ones eat it.

To this I just said: "You dated a goat fucker."
I don't think she liked my remark.

The Physics Face

I have never understood the physics face. That is, the facial expression that people make when, after being asked what do I study, I reply "physics". It is pretty much like if I said "I am a Nazi". Their reaction has disbelief, fear and disgust all mixed together.

My friend, another physicist, was at a party, talking to this girl. English PhD, blah blah, whatever, talking talking she was. Then, she asks the question. "Physics", my friend says. She makes the physics face, and then says: "Physics? I'm sorry, I can't talk to you anymore." And left the party.

Doctor

My good friend defended his thesis yesterday, and got his PhD in physics. He had an impressive presentation, addressed all the questions correctly, even the ones from the dumb-ass professors asking stupid questions just because they didn't pay attention to the previous slide. I asked some professors, about half of the students that enter my program actually get a PhD.

It was very exciting to see one of my friends get one.

Political Spectrum Questionare

Here is a very interesting questionare to help you determine where do you lie in the political spectrum. Isolationist? Liberal? Realist? Neoconservative?

Owner of the Popemobile dies at age 84

Pope John Paul II, Longtime Owner Of Popemobile, Dead At 84

VATICAN CITY—Pope John Paul II, who owned the Popemobile for more than a quarter of a century, passed away last Saturday. "The Popemobile was known the world over," said Peter Egan, a writer for Road & Track. "A fine example of European craftsmanship, the hand-built, 4.3 litre, V-8 powered, pearl-gray vehicle was exceptionally well-loved, even more so after the bulletproof bubble was added in 1981 to safeguard its passengers against assassination attempts. During the time he owned the Popemobile, John Paul II visited more than 120 countries. He loved the open road." The specially altered Mercedes-Benz ML-series off-road vehicle has been maintained by papal staff since the pope fell ill in August 2004. The pope's will is expected to grant its use to either the next pope or John Paul II's young cousin Zbigniew.

As always, The Onion rocks.

Killer Instinct

I've done things that I'm ashamed of. I once kicked a stray cat. I once ate half a chocolate cake, while it was still warm out of the oven, with my hands, no utensils. My mom wasn't very happy. I once organized a fund to buy a chicken, tie a trash bag to its leg, and released it in my High School.

And I used to skip classes to go play Killer Instinct. I was so into that idiotic game, and its sequel. Cccccombo Breaker. Ultraaaa Combo. All those stupid game mechanics, what a piece of shit. I can't believe I really liked that game.

the special platinum limited extended edition remastered

The DVD industry has gone too far. I don't buy dvd's anymore for one simple reason, there will always be a better version.
I've seen this with numerous movies. Shrek , Life is Beautiful, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Saving Private Ryan and Star Wars are all movies that I love but I regret buying because there's already an "Even better version SPECIAL EDITION" of all of them. For some reason directors are never satisfied with their movies, there's always this thing they could never get right or this roll of tape that they didn't found good enough to include in the theater version.
George Lucas has made 5 different versions of the original trilogy. I wish that he finally decides when his "original vision" is met.
I also loved the first Matrix movie. It was great, an interesting concept, incredible technology and direction. And then those 2 brothers decide to kill such an incredible vision. The last thing I saw was an Ultimate Matrix Collection (The Matrix / Reloaded / Revolutions / Revisited / The Animatrix).
10 dvd's. TEN dvd's. Diez dvd's. Zehn dvd's. déka dvd's!!!
How can there be more special features than there is movie? I believe that "The making of... " of any movie must not be more complicated than the movie itself. At least VHS limited themselves to 15 extra minutes at the end of the movie.
This practice dissapoints faithful costumers that go and buy the movie as soon as it gets out because they are losing their money. Too bad that it took me 5 movies to understand this.
To avoid future dissapointments, I don't think I will ever buy more dvd's.

Mr. T and your mother

Thinking ahead, I decided to post this to help you get ready for mother's day, with time to spare. Just memorize the following:

M is for the moan, and the miserable groan
from the pain that She felt when I was born
O is for the oven with it's burnin' heat
where She stood makin' sure I had something to eat
T is for the time that She stayed up at night
and took my temperature when I wasn't feelin' right
H is for the hard earned money She spent
to keep clothes on my back and try to pay da' rent
E is every wrinkle I put on Her face
and every worry that I caused when I stayed out late
The last letter R is that She taught me Respect
and for the room up in Heaven that I know She'll get

Mr T's full video of Treat your Mother Right song is here!

So, remember, when you put down one mother, you put down mothers all over the world!
-Mr T

update I added the google video for your viewing pleasure.

Le Salaire de la peur

Le Salaire de la peur, also known as Wages of Fear, is a 1953 french thriller. European immigrants in Latin America are trapped, due to economic reasons, in a small town were an American company enslaves people to its oil drilling jobs. Work for them, or die of hunger. A fire in an oil field provides them with the much desired chance to escape: deliver nitroglycerin needed to create an explotion that will kill the fire, and in the process, make a lot of money. The catch is that the trucks have to go through the jungle, and don't have the proper equipment to protect the liquid explosive from going off due to road bumps. It starts slow, but once the trucks hit the road, it will keep you tense, on the edge of your seat, as if you would explode too if shaken.

How to pet a chicken remotely

A problem that has troubled mankind since the dawn of domestication of animals has been resolved! How to pet your chicken from a remote location. The incredible video is here!
With a combination of a mock-up chicken with sensors, a jacket for the poultry with vibrators and the magic of Poultry Internet, you can play with your chicken in the backyard system from your office system.

Epileptic Iguana

One of the iguanas my brother killed did not die of hunger, it died of lack of sun.
It looked almost dead, then mom put it under cold water, to try to wake it up. The iguana started shaking violently, convulsing, and then died. A friend of mine, who is a vet, explained to me that this happens when the iguanas don't have enough calcium, and it is related to not getting enought sun light.

why did the iguana crossed the road?

I am MASTER OF THE IGUANAS. When I was younger I said that I loved iguanas. My first iguana escaped when we changed it from its cage. I was a really sad kid for some days. My second one died because she refused to eat the one and a half week old cabbage I had left in its food plate. The other 2 also died in similar situations.
I believe that its due to the hot temperatures we are having these days, but the iguanas are crazy. You can see them trying to cross the streets (and not making it). That's really dangerous since I have seen people nearly crash to avoid killing them. Sometimes they just go running under the wheels of the vehicles. So, you should add 1 iguana to my list.
I don't do it on purpose, I really like those green reptiles. It's just that I found out that it's better to keep a respectful distance between them and I. Maybe this is the popular "Curse of the Magueyan Iguanas" that you get when an iguana bites your brother between the fingers.

y&j: character creation basics: final part.

9. SELECT EQUIPMENT
If you don’t use the equipment selected in the starting package you have to buy equipment. However, at start your character is considered to be pelao. You will have to take fiao from a nearby store. Inability to pay could get your character in problems, therefore taking fiao shouldn’t be considered as a first option.

10. RECORD COMBAT NUMBERS
Your saving throws and other stats are calculated based on character race, class, ability modifiers, feats, capacities and equipment. Fill in the character sheet as specified. Fill in the capacities with the required modifiers and be sure that you understand completely what each of these mean. Game time is not the time to understand how your character behaves.
Your Atangana Counter (AC) means how difficult it is to hurt your character in combat. This is calculated based on your armor, shield and pepa.
Each character has hit points (hp), representing how difficult he or she is to kill. Hit points are determined depending on your character class and Tosco.

11. FURTHER DETAILS
Now add whatever you want to add to your character. Determine his or her sex, alignment and other aspects you consider important. You don’t have to completely detail your character. With your YM’s permission you may change details as you play and get a better hang of your character.

Remote-controlled headless flies

This paper reports that the neurons of a fly are light sensitive. What would any mad scientist do with such a discovery? Chop the fly's head off, and use lasers to make it fly! Don't believe me? Check out this video. Or, for the bandwidth impaired, check out this sequence of still pictures.

The perfect weather to take a nap

The weather in Austin is perfect. So perfect, it makes me happy all the time, and not very productive. For any given reason, I end up leaving school, skipping classes, to go nap in the hammock. Life is good.

Today, a bird crapped on me while I was taking a nap in the hammock.