- What It’s Like to Work for Donald Rumsfeld. You really do expect him to close with, “And has everybody signed Debbie’s birthday card? Invade Iraq and then ice cream cake in the break room at three!”
- Why Nielsen Ratings Are Inaccurate, and Why They’ll Stay That Way. Frankly, it’s amazing any television of quality gets made, ever. [via]
- Tyranny of the Alphabet. All these years, my last name beginning with C, and I was apparently the unknowing beneficiary of reverse-alphabetism. This is sort of similar to something Malcolm Gladwell has suggested, namely that being born after the first three months of the year significantly limits your success in life. Gosh, three letters into the alphabet, only three months into the year — I should be President by now!
Though seriously, those of you with last names further along down the chain of letters than me: did it affect you in school, or your current psychological outlook? [via]
- Speaking of Malcolm Gladwell, the Malcolm Gladwell Book Generator. (Also, this xkcd comic. The rollover text is particularly amusing.) [via]
- And finally, When Should I Visit? It’s the reverse-Foursquare, finding the least busy times to visit museums, galleries, theaters, etc. By the site’s own admission, it’s only somewhat accurate, pulling data only from Foursquare users, and exclusive to London. But I am amused by the idea of “use[ing] Foursquare to learn how to avoid Foursquare users.” [
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Hmmm, birthday in the first three months but last name almost at the end of the alphabet. Main problem that I’m aware of was being picked last for everything in elementary school.
Since then? I’m not aware of anything but the conspiracy theorist in me likes to think it might answer everything! Snort.
After you become president, I’ll become leader of the universe because I’m in the first two letters and the first month.
Nobody likes a showoff. Except, maybe, I think that might be Gladwell’s newest book, Everybody Loves a Showoff.
Being a W (and even late within the W’s) and being the tallest one in class ensured I was always at the end or in the back of everything. If there’s any limit to my being successful, it’s because more people mispronounce my name than say it correctly.