From the CBC:
The Canadian dollar closed above parity Friday for the first time in almost 31 years, as the U.S. greenback continued its dramatic fall against major world currencies.
According to Bank of Canada data, the loonie closed at $1.0052 US, up two-thirds of a cent from Thursday’s close.
Expressed another way, it means that a U.S. dollar is now worth a little less than 99.5 cents in Canadian money.
No more calling Canadian money “Monopoly money”, Yanks!
iTnews is running a story about a survey questioning work habits across different professions. It leads off with this paragraph:
Does your job wear you out? You’re not alone. More than half of IT workers say they’ve fallen asleep at work, according to a new online survey.
More than half, that’s pretty high. One might say that that’s more than 50%, and one would be right.
But hold on. Later on in the article they break it down between women and men:
Forty-nine percent of male techies say they’ve fallen asleep at work, while only 35 percent of women admitted doing so.
If you make the (incorrect) assumption that the gender split in IT is 50-50, that would mean that 42% of IT staff have fallen asleep at work, not “more than half” as the story’s lead-in states. Even if IT were made up of 100% men, that would mean that 49% of IT staff have fallen asleep at work, which is still not “more than half”.
At least the title is correct, which means they’ve got it right in two out of three places. Or, “about two-thirds of the time”.
Apparently professing (and crudely exclaiming) your disbelief for an invisible sky man is bleep-worthy:
“Kathy Griffin’s offensive remarks will not be part of the E! telecast on Saturday night,” the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said in a statement Monday.
In her speech, Griffin said that “a lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one had less to do with this award than Jesus.”
She went on to hold up her Emmy, make an off-color remark about Christ and proclaim, “This award is my god now!”
The off-colour remark?
“Suck it, Jesus!”
In the same story, MSN apparently doesn’t have a thesaurus that includes the words “penis” or “dick”, words that would come in handy when talking about “Dick In A Box“.
- Mon Sep 10 2007
- Formula One
Remember Monaco 2006, when Michael Schumacher parked his car at Rascasse, robbing Fernando Alonso of his speed and thus his pole? Schumacher was punished for that, but if he wasn’t, ITV are reporting that
Alonso planned to lie down in front of Michael Schumacher’s car on the starting grid at last year’s Monaco Grand Prix if the stewards did not penalise the German for intentionally stopping his Ferrari at Rascasse during qualifying.
Now that’s the way to protest! None of this appealing to the FIA International Court of Appeals garbage. Settle your disputes on the racetrack, literally!
- Mon Sep 10 2007
- Bad Baby Names
This week’s Bad Baby Names comes as a bit of a surprise. Sure, there are the usual Jaydens and Jaydans and Reighns and Jaysons and Kerilyns and Eryns and Tayzens and Rhianna-Lynns and oh god make the horrible names stop!
The top three Bad Baby Names this week are Dreana (for some reason I want to pronounce it “Drain-a”), Kadence, and taking the top prize, along with the acclaimed Is That A Tyop In Your Name Or Are You Just An Idiot Award, Pheonix.
The worst names this week actually came from the marriages column. Barry-ezra Pea got married sometime in the past month. Poor bastard. Luckily he wasn’t Maverick Burns, who got married to Marie Anntonette Ella. Here’s hoping your marriage goes better than your namesake’s, Marie!
