You're a Slacker, McFly!

This little science article in the Times caught my eye...about societal and generational differences on the Big Five personality traits...especially among men in America...where we might have a breed of slackers.

Now pardon me while I get back to my Wii.

(Truth in advertising, I have never purchased a video game system.)

One of the Funniest Culinary Sentences I Have Ever Read

This comes from the Wiki-entry for Hotdish...something that the rest of the country outside of Minnesota just calls "casserole."

You don't get much better than this...

Cream of mushroom soup is so ubiquitous in hotdish that it is often referred to in such recipes as "Lutheran Binder."

This is Why America is Doomed

This dimwitted Star Jones replacement, Sherri Shepherd, believes that the Bible is the literal word of God.

Okay, fine. I don't have a categorical problem with people of faith and other fairy tale believers.

Whoopie Goldberg, who I find myself in the unfamiliar position of defending, asked her if the world was flat. Shepherd said that she didn't know, that she'd never really thought about it, and that if her child ever asked her, they would have to make a trip to the library to investigate this cutting-edge scientific dilemma.

The issue comes in when I realize that her fat bottom is on that show for a reason...she appeals to a wide swath of the American public.

This sort of vapid approach to life, where the, "well, Whoopie, what I have thought about is how to feed my family" excuse is accepted as a catch-all rationale for not having taken the time in your life to think of any thoughts beyond how to put food in your belly is pretty disturbing.

I suppose it's nothing new, but when this sort of person is presented up there not as an entertainer to make us laugh, but as someone espousing a legitimate Viewpoint, I get scared to walk the streets...