Don’t worry, this isn’t another Midwest weather rant. Or is it?
It is. Sorry. I’ll keep it short and sweet.
I went back to the Midwest (voluntarily) again over New Years Eve.
Once in A Blue Moon
The Good Badger’s first podcast -
They will get better. There’s really no other direction for it to go.
MySplice 2009
Each year Mashup guru, team9, releases an album combining the year’s top indie tracks mixed against older classics. Today, Stereogum (finally) released this year’s version. Below, you can stream any of the songs or go to Stereogum’s website to download the album for free.
Merry Xmas to all.
Top Three Posts of 2009
Every website on earth has some sort of year end retrospection. Since zrdavis.com isn’t scheduled to be hosted from Neptune until 2014, I will join the self congratulatory parade. Here are the top 3 posts (determined by number of visits) for 2009.
#1) The Top 4 Reasons Why People Like Lists (how appropriate)
Sweet Old Ladies Will Soon Be Dead
That’s not a threat. I’m not in the business of euthanasia, assassination, or fortune telling. Nor is this even a literal statement. Figuratively, this is the prediction of the impending extinction of sweet, caring, warm, grandmotherly, old ladies.
Spit is So 20th Century – New Years Resolution 2010 pt. 1
What’s both the easiest and most common way to spit in someone’s face (aside from actually spitting)? You could ask someone if they’ve put on weight. Sure, you’ll drive the female population into some form of eating disorder, but then again most guys will probably thank you for the compliment. You could try insulting their mother, but families are so dysfunctional today you’re either inviting an unintended therapy session or rousing a point of agreement.
The Sports Division
Today, while sitting on the airplane, I noticed a guy sitting across the aisle from me, who I hated. It was a decision that I made in the blink (shout out to M. Gladwell) of an eye, without him ever talking, looking, or really even acknowledging me in any way. I knew I hated him before I consciously could describe anything about him. After two seconds of trying to make sense of this seemingly baseless hatred, it came to me. He was wearing an Ohio State University hat.
Consider the Alternative
Human beings are irrational. I believe I’ve touched on this point once or twice before. Good thing for me, there’s enough material on this topic to write an entirely separate blog which could be actively updated for as long as the pro-life/pro-choice debate has been ongoing (which is scheduled to conclude on 2012 when everyone, minus John Cusack, will be dead. Whatever his personal belief is will be the answer.)
The particular example of irrationality that I’m referring to has to do with decision making. More specifically, the lack of analysis prior to making a decision. Thoughtful analysis when making a decision with any degree of importance seems like an obvious step, but you’d be surprised how often it’s bypassed. Let’s dig a bit deeper…
Start Bending the News
The Sinatra lyric…? Anyone?
Anyways.
This will be a quick post – I’ll let the videos do the talking. But this is just a reminder of how dangerous it is when we instill our faith in the media as an objective source of information. By far and away the most influential television news source, Fox News, continually bends reality to fit their ideals. Want proof? Jon Stewart reports…
And Fox News’ response…
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Sean Hannity Apologizes to Jon | ||||
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