JABbering Stooge

Say, do you think they can be persuaded to make a version for Exalted, Scion, Serenity or GURPS?

Oh, and did I mention that this comes from the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon (my alma mater)?

Via JJ, I ran my blog through something called “The Typealyzer,” and, well…this was the result:

ISTJ — The Duty Fulfillers

The responsible and hardworking type. They are especially attuned to the details of life and are careful about getting the facts right. Conservative by nature they are often reluctant to take any risks whatsoever.

The Duty Fulfillers are happy to be let alone and to be able to work in their own pace. They know what they have to do and how to do it.

I blame this post…

Comedian Rob Paravonian ranting about Pachelbel’s Canon and Gigue in D Major at Penn State (circa 2006):

In case you were wondering, the songs referenced are as follows:

• Graduation (Friends Forever) by Vitamin C

• Cryin’ by Aerosmith

• the folk song One Tin Soldier

• Hook by Blues Traveler

• Basket Case by Green Day

• Push by Matchbox 20

• Good by Better than Ezra

• Machinehead by Bush (No, not that Bush!)

• With or Without You by U2

• Torn by Natalie Imbruglia

• Sk8er Boi by Avril Lavigne

• We’re Not Gonna Take It by Twisted Sister (used as top-of-the-hour bumper music on The Stephanie Miller Show before Obama was elected President)

• Making Our Dreams Come True (Opening Theme for Laverne & Shirley)

• No Woman, No Cry by Bob Marley

• Let It Be by The Beatles

Or you could check Ye Olde Wikipedia.

If you’re wondering why I’ve been taking part in a flame war against Andrew “Combs are a Commie plot to sap my precious bodily fluids” Breitbart, let me point you to this tweet of his:

How I calculated WHEN to attack TK: Multiplied time he spent trying 2 save MJKs life & to be safe multiplied it by billion. But still got 0.

So I went to the Ratscrews Division of JABbering Stooge LLC, and put them to work developing a corresponding mathematical formula. Here’s what they came up with.

Formula for Determining When to Respond to Andrew Breitbart’s Tweets About Ted Kennedy:

t_C = t_BHDQ x k

Where t_C = time until counterattacking Breitbart and
t_BHDQ = total length of time Breitbart’s Basic Human Decency Quotient rose above a threshold value of 6.626 x 10^-34 in the first 24 hours after Sen. Kennedy’s death was announced
(k is a constant value)

Studying this formula for about a day, I discovered an interesting corollary:

Given:

t_C = t_BHDQ x k

Then:

∀ k ∈ ℜ s.t. k > 0, t_C = 0

Trust me, I tried — even with k = 6.02 x 10²³.

* Cf.

Reacting to some strange Weirdpress errors, John Cole asks:

Are you all getting a bunch of wp errors?

The first comment is priceless for those who know SQL:

Select answerID
From ResponseToJohnColeQuestions
Where Question = “Are you all getting a bunch of wp errors?” and answers = “yes”

Neil Armstrong’s famous words turn 40 today.

Shorter Sen. Chuck Grassley (R — IA) via Twitter:

Pres Obama you got nerve while u sightseeing in Paris to tell us”time to deliver” on health care. We still on skedul/even workinWKEND.
4:34 AM Jun 7th from txt

Pres Obama while u sightseeing in Paris u said ‘time to delivr on healthcare’ When you are a “hammer” u think evrything is NAIL I’m no NAIL
4:41 AM Jun 7th from txt

“Shorter” concept created by Daniel Davies, perfected by Elton Beard and given a beneficial mutation by the fine folks at Sadly, No!
I am aware of all Internet tradtions.™

65 years ago today:

25 years ago today:

“We’re living in momentous times, Garion. The events of a thousand years and more have all focused on these very days. The world, I’m told, is like that. Centuries pass when nothing happens, and then in a few short years events of such tremendous importance take place that the world is never the same again.”

“I think that if I had my choice, I’d prefer one of those quiet centuries,” Garion said glumly.

“Oh, no,” Silk said, his lips drawing back in a ferretlike grin. “Now’s the time to be alive — to see it all happen, to be a part of it. That makes the blood race, and each breath is an adventure.”

David Eddings (07/07/1931—06/02/2009)

I’m suddenly getting the urge to play the three Fallout games I have…

* Cf.