December 2009
88 posts
Top 10 Everything of 2009 →
Top Ten Astronomy Pictures of 2009 →
These are seriously mind-blowing.
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Why Halladay is a Beast:
gojaysgo:
What a remarkably consistent force Roy Halladay has been. Look, just look, at his last two years: • He made 33 starts in 2008, 32 starts in 2009. • His ERA was 2.78 in 2008, 2.79 in 2009. • He threw nine complete games each year — twice leading the league. • He led the league both years in strikeout-to-walk ratio. • His walk rates, strikeout rates and home run rates were almost...
15 things you didn't know about coffee. →
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Thanks, Roy →
gojaysgo:
Have you said thank you to Roy Halladay yet?
Top 10 Foodgasms of 2009 →
courtesy of the Food Network.
Never memorize something that you can look up.
– Albert Einstein (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
I wish universities adopted this ideology.
Pet peeve of the day
When a girl refers to her male friends as “the boys” or “my boys”. Seriously, you don’t own them. Stop being insecure and possessive and just relax. They can associate with whoever they want, not just you. You don’t have a right to them more than other people do, so stop acting like it. Makes me want to kick you in the face.
The end.
Nickelback: 'Band of the decade', according to... →
Clearly, someone was slacking and didn’t bother listening to any music before making this choice.
Also, no Canadians could possibly be involved in this choice. We hate Nickelback more than anyone else.
Webadvisor Sucks.
I’m probably going to punch a baby soon.
It is seriously fucking over my last semester of university.
How did the letters “xo” come to be used as a...
ohyeahfacts:
The first mention in literature of XXX for kisses at the bottom of a letter was in 1901, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. The X itself is very old.
The custom goes back to the early Christian era, when a cross mark or “X” was the same as a sworn oath. The cross referred to the cross of Calvary and the first letter of the Greek word for Christ, Xristos.
Even as little as...
BEST SUMMER EVER
In other awesome news, my boss from last year offered me an internship at MORGAN STANLEY this summer. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Watch out Wall Street, I’m comin’ for ya.
My transformation into Scott Boras/Ari Gold has begun.
I completely dummied that history of punishment...
Write three booklets of info-dummied. Put in info that wasn’t required, just because I could-dummied. Felt so good.