I saw this in the middle of a page I was browsing recently. It’s one of those things that you’re supposed to think is a window and click to close even if you don’t want to click a link on it.

Why are there so many skits on rap albums, but only rap albums? No other genre of music has a bunch of skits between songs.

Sometimes I think about what I would do if I knew I was going to die soon, like in a week or a month. I pretty much just focus on one aspect of the question though: How I could get a lot of money for my family so that they are taken care of after I’m dead.

For some reason, I have the idea that there must be a way to make/get a lot of money if life preservation is no object since you know you’re going to die anyway. I’m not sure why I’m convinced of that since I haven’t been able to come up with any good ways yet.

There are some ideas, like robbing a bank, that have a big payoff potential, but aren’t sure things. There is also the problem that even if you manage to get away with it and stash the cash before you die, the authorities wouldn’t let your family use it.

Maybe we need some ranking criteria…

1. A sure payoff is best. Risk of dying in the process doesn’t matter, but if there is a risk of not getting the money, that’s not so good.
2. Your family must be able to spend the money. Illegally gotten money could work, but there might need to be some laundering involved. It’s no good if people know you stole something because they’ll take it from your family after you’re gone. Above-board acquisition is best because it would be easier to invest, put it in the bank, etc.
3. More money is better

Also, a huge life insurance policy would obviously be the best thing, so let’s assume that you wouldn’t pass the physical or something to get one.

Does anyone have any good ideas?

This guy got a job at Wal-Mart and he thinks so.

I came across this in the paper:

Dear Miss Manners: My husband and I stay at hotels a few times a year — the sort frequented by those on corporate or government business. More often, we see other guests checking in carrying their clothes on hangers, minus a suitcase or any other covering except the occasional plastic bag from the dry cleaner.

When my husband said that he planned to “pack” this way on our next car trip, I asked him not to. He agreed not to because it would bother me, but when he asked why, I found it hard to put my objection into words.

My husband feels that a short trip from the car to the hotel room with his clothing on hangers is a small price to pay for not having to iron his shirts again after unpacking. I find the practice distasteful. Am I being prudish or excessively finicky?

Gentle Reader: Although this is not the household hints department, another good plan might be to buy him a garment bag.

This is an issue to put so much though into that you need to write a letter to someone asking for advice? This one of about three times I’ve ever read it, but if it’s always like this… how lame.

Brokencyde - Freaxxx (Music Video) from Eat Cake Films on Vimeo.

I like the guy screaming in the girl’s face.

I found that I can watch live CNN on a mac without installing any stupid browser plugins by opening a this link in VLC (awesome cross-platform media player that plays everything).

Please don’t watch it if you don’t like cussing or “adult themes”.

I went dirtbiking at Jim Creek then I had dinner at a very exclusive restaurant where a fountain soda costs $200!

First I went for a Colonel Sanders look.

Then I made the chin part strangely small.

Then a cowboy style mustache.

Now a more trim version.

Mustache hard at work.

I bet everyone does this in the process of shaving off a mustache.