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Once again, Digg makes me chuckle. The headline: 11 Very Important Benefits the Economic Crysis Has to Offer. Yes, with a "y," just like the game. No, not intentional, just stupid.
The perfect reply: Yeah, this economic Crysis brought a lot of Bioshock to Americans that didn't see it coming, but who knows when we'll see the total Fallout from this event. Some say that it's a Far Cry from the Great Depression while others are expressing great F.E.A.R. at the prospect. Despite what anyone thinks, we must answer our Call of Duty to right these economic woes in our civic power of the vote. We can be the lone voice in a World in Conflict. Command and Conquer those who are corrupt amongst our politicians, for in the future is most certainly their Day of Defeat. They are the ones that can be Left 4 Dead. It's almost Unreal the way this country is going. We are experiencing the change needed to EndWar.
The perfect reply: Yeah, this economic Crysis brought a lot of Bioshock to Americans that didn't see it coming, but who knows when we'll see the total Fallout from this event. Some say that it's a Far Cry from the Great Depression while others are expressing great F.E.A.R. at the prospect. Despite what anyone thinks, we must answer our Call of Duty to right these economic woes in our civic power of the vote. We can be the lone voice in a World in Conflict. Command and Conquer those who are corrupt amongst our politicians, for in the future is most certainly their Day of Defeat. They are the ones that can be Left 4 Dead. It's almost Unreal the way this country is going. We are experiencing the change needed to EndWar.
K-State's Ron Prince resigns. Huh. Curious timing. Still, am not seeing it anywhere else on the blogosphere or the cookie cutter media yet....
This popped into my head while watching election returns from Indiana, specifically Gary, which struck me as an awesome name for a city -- from the US Census Bureau web site:
Is there a trend to name children after cities? Just a few years ago, the name "London" was not in the top 1000 baby names, but in 2007 the rank was 284 (for girls). Similarly, the name "Paris" has become popular. These 2 examples are European cities that have become popular baby names in the United States. But what about U. S. cities?
From the list of United States cities with populations of 100,000 or more (as provided by the U. S. Census Bureau), we have drawn those names that are in the top 1000 names for births in 2007. Can you guess 5 of them?
I think even non-Americans should get at least five: hell, four of them have populations over 1,000,000. There are 20 total, and at least 12 with sizable sub-100,000 populations. Disclaimer: Brooklyn is a borough, not a city, for the purposes of this exercise. But not an awful name, methinks.
Is there a trend to name children after cities? Just a few years ago, the name "London" was not in the top 1000 baby names, but in 2007 the rank was 284 (for girls). Similarly, the name "Paris" has become popular. These 2 examples are European cities that have become popular baby names in the United States. But what about U. S. cities?
From the list of United States cities with populations of 100,000 or more (as provided by the U. S. Census Bureau), we have drawn those names that are in the top 1000 names for births in 2007. Can you guess 5 of them?
I think even non-Americans should get at least five: hell, four of them have populations over 1,000,000. There are 20 total, and at least 12 with sizable sub-100,000 populations. Disclaimer: Brooklyn is a borough, not a city, for the purposes of this exercise. But not an awful name, methinks.
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