MyATMPinIs1234

According to this site, my neighborhood is chock full of 19 year old girls.

From the "we already knew the answer before we conducted the experiment" department at UCSD...

SKIMPING on sleep does awful things to your brain. Planning, problem-solving, learning, concentration,working memory and alertness all take a hit. IQ scores tumble. "If you have been awake for 21 hours straight, your abilities are equivalent to someone who is legally drunk," says Sean Drummond from the University of California, San Diego.

I don't know if they adjusted for this in their experiment, but usually when I've been up for 21 hours I AM legally drunk. Like I'm up at 6am playing bingo. I've noticed this causes poor decision making and impairment of the visual faculties, a malady that is usually rectified by several hours of sleep. An excellent lyrical description of the phenomenon can be found here.

You guys would tell me if this blog got a little too "Cliff Claviny," right?

For those younger readers who haven't heard of Cliff Clavin, he was a character in an 80's TV show about a city that later went on to have mild success in professional sports.

[Placeholder for rant about Tom Cruise to be named later]

My new favorite song is "Private Eyes" by Daryl Hall and John Oates.

Phenylketonurics: This blog contains Phenylalanine.

The marketing strategy of jewelry purveyor Tiffany & Co is for women to see the blue box and think, my man loves me so much he is no longer a rational economic agent.

-my marketing professor

Former Dallas Cowboy Nate Newton, on his prison sentence for drug dealing...

"I got on my knees and said, 'God, I want to make a deal. ... You protect me in here, and when I come out, I'll do everything I can to make it right,"' he said.

If a 6'3", 320 lb, NFL lineman needs God's protection while in jail, I'd really better never do anything illegal. Nate Newton has probably had deuces bigger than me.

How stupid do you feel when you get in the shower with your glasses still on?

No really, someone please tell me. It's not like I've ever done it.

Being blind is bad, but having eyes and not seeing is worse.
- Helen Keller

No it's not.
- Me

Things I learned this weekend:

1) Northwest Airlines can't make money if they bump me twice in 2 hours and give me $600 on a frequent flyer miles flight.

2) Memphis is a great city for people who can't handle New Orleans. Or those who really like pork.

3) When a bible thumper comes up to you and asks if you know where you're going when you die, the answer they don't expect to hear is "I'm sure Allah will take care of me."

4) You are not allowed to bring your beer into the Martin L. King Jr. museum.

5) In the south, it is highly encouraged to wear clothing emblazoned with the name of a college.