when i think about [jon stewart and stephen colbert] i touch myself (video)

instead of reporting someone else's writing and making some serious commentary on it i've decided to post a video made with clips of jon stewart and stephen colbert. it's from youtube and it's set to the song "i touch myself." here is a little silliness to start off the weekend:

soo...holly isn't an asian name? well, damn...

twenty of the "whitest" and "blackest" names? from abcnews.com:

Sept. 21, 2006 — Studies of resumes have found that people with black-sounding names are less likely to get callbacks.

"20/20" put 22 pairs of names to the test, posting identical resumes except for the names at the top.

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The resumes with the white-sounding names were actually downloaded 17 percent more often by job recruiters than the resumes with black-sounding names.

What are some of those names? Here's a list from the book "Freakonomics," by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, showing the top 20 whitest- and blackest-sounding girl and boy names.

20 "Whitest" Girl Names

Molly
Amy
Claire
Emily
Katie
Madeline
Katelyn
Emma
Abigail
Carly
Jenna
Heather
Katherine
Caitlin
Kaitlin
Holly
Allison
Kaitlyn
Hannah
Kathryn

20 "Blackest" Girl Names

Imani
Ebony
Shanice
Aaliyah
Precious
Nia
Deja
Diamond
Asia
Aliyah
Jada
Tierra
Tiara
Kiara
Jazmine
Jasmin
Jazmin
Jasmine
Alexus
Raven

20 "Whitest" Boy Names

Jake
Connor
Tanner
Wyatt
Cody
Dustin
Luke
Jack
Scott
Logan
Cole
Lucas
Bradley
Jacob
Garrett
Dylan
Maxwell
Hunter
Brett
Colin

20 "Blackest" Boy Names

DeShawn
DeAndre
Marquis
Darnell
Terrell
Malik
Trevon
Tyrone
Willie
Dominique
Demetrius
Reginald
Jamal
Maurice
Jalen
Darius
Xavier
Terrance
Andre
Darryl

ok, so i love the book freakonomics, but my question is: what about the asian names, huh? what about the "phuc yu's" and the "tu luong's"?

on a serious note, this is a sad sad statement of today's society. i mean, really? is this still happening? shame on us. i dont usually do this because i think it is a bit stupid, but this deserves a big frown-y face --> :-(

attn: tom brady--good looks don't translate into good football playing

the broncos won yesterday over the patriots 17-7. javon walker actually seems to be doing some good down in denver. this makes me really happy after maurice clarett was a total bomb and walker was a disgruntled ex-packer that was injured at the beginning of the season...shanahan may actually know what he's doing...although, i'm not quite sure about plummer yet, however, denver's seems to do well with qb's with "j" names so we'll see.

i know i's funny that i should have this little rambling about the broncos because i think it is halarious when people talk about their football team as if it was a part of their family. i love sports and have grown up playing/watching sports. i'd watch paint dry if it was considered a sport and nothing else was on. and alas, since moving out of the state i have found that i have a very keen interest in the happenings of my former life.

as an fyi, in colorado three things make people happy: the broncos, chipotle, and beer (preferable beer brewed in colorado). no joke.

you're on notice! yeah, you...

thanks to this nice little "on notice board" generator i can put whomever i want on notice...unfortunantely i can't put who ever i want on it since some people may read this and be offended.

anyway, who does uranus think it is strutting around like it's cooler than pluto with it's "planet" status?







ps. i love stephen colbert.

w.e.i.r.d.

there was an explosion at the salt lake city public library (main branch). i don't think anyone was hurt, which is good. people do crazy things at the library. today a guy tried to steal a small paperback book from our library that was probably less than $3.

on a sillier note, i saw this on a local new station's website. it's called "a tribute to utah" and it pokes fun at the names of the state. i don't know if it's cute funny or just plain crazy. mostly it's just utahns perpetuating the stereotype that utah is weird. yeah....judge for yourself..

a child for every day of the week

today i was working and talked with a lady and her children. nothing new working in the library, right? unless you counted the children (seven to be exact). my mind couldn't fatham the thought of having seven children because...well...just because. it reminds me of the nursey rhyme "there was an old lady who lived in a shoe..." i wouldn't know what to do with seven kids besides start my own basketball team (my plan would fail miserably because i am 5'0).

anyway, i know people would say, "well, don't you work in utah? itsn't that what they do? procreate?" well, not to my knowledge i don't think procreating is high on their "to do" lists in life, but who knows? anyway, that was the highlight of my day.

oh, and i got to read for four hours today it was fantastic.

you always remember your first...blog posting

it's 5:30-ish and i'm posting my first blog. very exciting. kind of like a baby taking it's first steps...only the baby is 24 years old and instead of walking it's posting a blog...ok, well maybe my analogy is a little off, but you get the picture...right? ehhh...

ok, well, that's it. i bet tomorrow will be quite thrilling because i actually have to do something productive (aka work) so stay tuned...