Archive for January, 2009

Fallacy

Alex Baseball

The Minnesota Twins have signed FA/OF Manny Ramirez to a 2 year, 50 million dollar contract today.

It doesn’t have to be Manny. It could be Adam Dunn, or Bobby Abreu. It could have been Pat Burrell. But it’ll never happen, and the reason you’ll hear being thrown around is “because the Twins already have too many outfielders”. I don’t buy it, and let me tell you why.
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Laughing at Failure

Alex Internet Skunch

I’m piping up with a small entry. I would like to submit for your consideration the following two websites, as a way to pass the time, and have a good laugh at someone else’s mistake(s).

Site #1:
http://photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com/

Site #2:
http://failblog.org/

Enjoy!

And, in non-fail-related news, apparently wadE’s last post about the Vikings’ season was our 500th under the new publishing regime. Go us!

2008 Vikings Season Wrap Up

Football wadE

Researches say that the secret to beauty lies in symmetry. People who have symmetrical features are found to be rated more beautiful in studies. Architecture that is symmetrical tends to be more aesthetically pleasing. So there must be some beauty in the Vikings season as it ended the way it began.
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