I Can Has Cheezburger (very popular lolcats site) is hiring:

"I got a stack of resumes that I can't even go through," Huh said. "You know how they say, 'Spell everything correctly because the people reading your resume will toss it out otherwise?' Well, we can't even do that. We won't knock you out for spelling.... The traditional resume screening methods don't apply here."

The Banksy Paradox: 7 Sides of the World's Most Infamous Street Artist

I really enjoyed reading this article and wanted to share. It documents the work of Banksy, possibly the most famous street artist ever.

Banksy has been an internationally notorious figure since covertly adding his own works onto the walls of major museums in both the UK and the US. He managed to sneak in and install a fake prehistoric cave painting into the British Museum. This piece went unnoticed for days, and was later added to the museum's permanent collection!

I saw part of this interview with rapper DMX on kottke and had to repost (don't read if you are offended by swearing):

Q: Barack Obama, yeah.
A: Barack?!

Q: Barack.
A: What the fuck is a Barack?! Barack Obama. Where he from, Africa?

Q: Yeah, his dad is from Kenya.
A: Barack Obama?

Q: Yeah.
A: What the fuck?! That ain't no fuckin' name, yo. That ain't that nigga's name. You can't be serious. Barack Obama. Get the fuck outta here.

Q: You're telling me you haven't heard about him before.
A: I ain't really paying much attention.

Q: I mean, it's pretty big if a Black...
A: Wow, Barack! The nigga's name is Barack. Barack? Nigga named Barack Obama. What the fuck, man?! Is he serious? That ain't his fuckin' name. Ima tell this nigga when I see him, "Stop that bullshit. Stop that bullshit" [laughs] "That ain't your fuckin' name." Your momma ain't name you no damn Barack.

Q: So you're not following the race. You can't vote right?
A: Nope.

Q: Is that why you're not following it?
A: No, because it's just--it doesn't matter. They're gonna do what they're gonna do. It doesn't really make a difference. These are the last years.

Q: But it would be pretty big if we had a first Black president. That would be huge.
A: I mean, I guess.... What, they gon' give a dog a bone? There you go. Ooh, we have a Black president now. They should've done that shit a long time ago, we wouldn't be in the fuckin' position we in now. With world war coming up right now. They done fucked this shit up then give it to the Black people, "Here you take it. Take my mess."

Q: Right, exactly.
A: It's all a fuckin' setup. It's all a setup. All fuckin' bullshit. All bullshit. I don't give a fuck about none of that.

Q: We could have a female president also, Hillary Clinton.
A: I mean, either way it doesn't matter. I don't care. No one person is directly affected by which president, you know, so what does it matter.

Q: Yeah, but the country is.
A: I guess. The president is a puppet anyway. The president don't make no damn decisions.

Q: The president...they don't have that much authority basically?
A: Nah, never.

Q: But Bush pretty much...
A: You think Bush is making fuckin' decisions?

Q: He did, yeah, he fucked up the country.
A: He act like he making decisions. He could barely speak!

See, kids, this is your brain on rap culture. Not only has DMX never heard of Barack Obama, he goes on to criticize President Bush's speaking abilities. Granted, Bush has made several humorous slip-of-the-tongues, but DMX is one of the few people who are unqualified to comment on them. If I were DMX's publicist, I would advise him not to speak to the press. Ever.

I saw this ad while reading an article on MSNBC:


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Thursday nights have been my TV night for some time. Survivor followed by Grey's Anatomy. Well a couple weeks ago, Survivor hadn't started and Grey's Anatomy wasn't taping due to the writers strike, so Matt suggested that I start watching Lost. I have heard it had something to do with a plane crash, boars, polar bears, aliens and hieroglyphics so I sounded super stupid, but whatever, nothing else was on.

Now, I am a total Lostie. This show is completely addictive. I barely even knew who the characters were and I was blown away by all of the plot twists. So, I'm currently playing catch up and watching all of the episodes on abc's sweet high-def streaming site. Also, I listen to the Jay and Jack podcast so I can hear people call in with their theories... LOL. But, watching all of this crazyness right before I go to sleep is messing with my mind. Apparently I was mumbling, "Sayid! No!" the other night in my sleep.

So tonight I watched my nightly episode, and then thought I'd check some blogs before going to bed... And then I saw this:


This is possibly the most disturbed photoshop file I've ever seen. I am not going to get any sleep tonight!

I should probably be embarrassed that my new favorite song is an American Idol preformance...

I was reading my daily dose of celebrity trash when I came across this post on the Superficial:

Unlike her current imitators such as Paris Hilton, the now-dyed Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears, Marilyn Monroe the original blonde bombshell made a sex tape that ended up being classified by the FBI. I doubt copies of "A Night in Paris" are locked away next to the Ark of the Covenant. The vintage tape was declassified and was sold to a collector for a whopping $1.5 million.

Apparently some people tried to prove that the man in the tape is JFK. That isn't the case because it was supposedly made before she became famous, but still interesting that she's still making tabloid headlines 45 years after her death.

I was reading this article about military funeral processions. It includes a photo comparison of funeral processions of British and Canadian soldiers. Unfortunately, the local police in Britiain do not feel that escorts are a valuable use of police force time.

They serve the same Queen, fight the same foe and lay down their lives with equal valour and sacrifice. But when the fallen heroes of Canada and Britain come home, the welcome is very different.

[In Britain] Assistant Chief Constable Brian Langston claimed that "most of the time" escorts were not required or requested.

"I've spoken to my counterpart at Wiltshire Police and I understand they provide escorts because of the people involved at the Wootton Bassett events. "We try to provide what people say are their priorities, and so far that's been to focus on community safety rather than ceremonial roles."

My doctor recently suggested that I get the Gardasil vaccine, which prevents cervical cancer. It is a series of 3 shots and today I went for my final one. They do hurt like hell but its obviously worth not getting cancer! Today they gave me this:

37 Signals is conducting a series of "workplace experiments" to see what they can do to make their employees as satisfied and happy as possible. I get excited when I read about companies doing great things like this for their employees. At least for me personally, being happy at work is a huge factor in the quality of work I produce. I like to think that most people will live up to the amount of responsibility they are given. If management encourages an employee and gives them a chance to gain responsibility, I would predict that the overwhelming majority would do an excellent job.

I also love when companies acknowledge that employees have lives outside of the workplace. For example, see this quote from the article about the experiments:

We decided that 37signals would help people pay for their passions, interests, or other curiosities. We want our people to experience new things, discover new hobbies, and generally be interesting people.

For example, Mark has recently taken up flight lessons. 37signals is helping him pay for those. If someone wants to take cooking lessons, we'll help pay for those. If someone wants to take a woodworking class, we'll help pay for that.

Part of the deal is that if 37signals helps you pay, you have to share what you've learned with everyone. Not just everyone at 37signals, but everyone who reads our blog. So expect to see some blog posts about these experiences.

Any employee should be proud to work for a company that makes such an effort to accommodate them. One of my favorite things about a company I interned at was the fact that people were allowed to bring their dogs to work. It sounds simple but it is so nice to bring your pet in to keep you company. Its an instant way to make friends. One woman offered to let Wiley use her dog's workplace dog bed, and several other people produced Milkbones from their desk drawers! And its so fun meeting other employee's pets and catching a small glimpse of their home life. Happy workers are hard workers, and hard work creates amazing companies. Congrats, 37Signals. I hope you start a trend! :)

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