PAgent’s Progress

APM stands for “Actions Per Minute” when playing championship-level Starcraft or Warcraft. These Korean gamers are in an entirely different class.

I know the pictures of oil-soaked wildlife are heart-breaking, but what really frightens me about the BP spill is the average American’s capacity for complacency.

via Ticklebooth

Rush Limbaugh is at it again. This time he’s making fun of schoolchildren that may go hungry now that school, the source of the only nutritious meal they may get, is closing for the summer. It’s bad enough that he encourages such children to start “dumpster-diving”, but far far worse than that is his apparently sincere belief that there are simply no parents that can’t provide for their kids, or that there are no homes where the cupboards are simply bare:

“Where to find food. And, of course, the first will be: “Try your house.” It’s a thing called the refrigerator. You probably already know about it. Try looking there. There are also things in what’s called the kitchen of your house called cupboards. And in those cupboards, most likely you’re going to find Ding-Dongs, Twinkies, Lays ridgy potato chips, all kinds of dips and maybe a can of corn that you don’t want, but it will be there. If that doesn’t work, try a Happy Meal at McDonald’s. You know where McDonald’s is. There’s the Dollar Menu at McDonald’s and if they don’t have Chicken McNuggets, dial 911 and ask for Obama.”

And the worst part? All the Rush-loving drones that believe every loathsome vitriolic hate-filled word he utters.

via Media Matters

If you want to see some truly moving moments, go to YouTube and search for “cochlear implant activation”. Great stuff.

Some of my favorites:

Jonathan

Nikki

Leah

A friend of mine sent this to me, and I agree that it’s important enough to share as widely as possible. For those of us (like me) that learned the old 1-2-3-breathe type of CPR, this is a very different technique.

Please watch. This information might help you save the life of a loved one.

Damn it, if videos like this keep getting made, we’ll NEVER stop people from moving here.