Lack of updates here can be explained by the following: I've been entertaining a couple buddies of mine from my Alaska who are visiting me from out of state. I am also working on an exciting side project that I hope to share with you all soon.
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Founded by Charles Dow on May 26, 1896 the following 12 companies were part of the original DJIA.
- American Cotton Oil Company, distant ancestor of Bestfoods, now part of Unilever
- American Sugar Company, now Domino Foods, Inc.
- American Tobacco Company, broken up in 1911 antitrust action
- Chicago Gas Company, bought by Peoples Gas Light in 1897 (now an operating subsidiary of Integrys Energy Group, Inc.)
- Distilling & Cattle Feeding Company, now Millennium Chemicals, a division of LyondellBasell
- Laclede Gas Light Company, still in operation as The Laclede Group, removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1899
- National Lead Company, now NL Industries, removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1916
- North American Company, (Edison) electric company broken up in the 1940s
- Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company in Birmingham, Alabama, bought by U.S. Steel in 1907
- U.S. Leather Company, dissolved 1952
- United States Rubber Company, changed its name to Uniroyal in 1961, merged private with B.F. Goodrich in 1986, bought by Michelin in 1990.
So much for blue chip. Apple, Google, and Visa are rumored to be the next candidates for the Dow.
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Not playing to its state stereotype at all, popular bar Chilkoot Charlie's in Anchorage, Alaska held the 2009 Fur Rondy Fur Bikini contest featuring Alaskan ladies wearing homemade fur bikinis. In these sort of matters, I think we're all winners and this makes me especially proud of my home state. Better this than Sarah Palin.
[Thanks Kate!]
The complete and entire ever illuminating Harper's Index is now available online in a searchable format.
- Number of MySpace.com users featured by Playboy in its June “Girls of MySpace” photo spread: 9
- Minimum number who sent pictures to try out: 2,000
- Minimum number of Texas death-row inmates who have MySpace pages: 36
A judge "batted" down two misdemeanors against Walsh Ian Nichols who was arrested on October 21 in Ybor City after refusing to remove the mask he was wearing in public. The law was originally created in 1951 to combat the Ku Klux Klan.
Following the judge's ruling, Nichols' attorney crowed, "The streets of Tampa are safe again...Ybor is a better place to have Batman in it."
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Michael J. Nelson (former head writer for Mystery Science Theater 3000) is eating nothing but bacon for the entire month of February.
Why? Because bacon is nature’s finest and most nourishing food. Also, because several doubters on the RiffTrax staff had the unmitigated gall to insult bacon by making the outrageous claim that, as good as it is, no one could eat very much of it and live. I can and will. Therefore I will spend the month proving it.
God speed.
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@ Sundance Film Festival
I had one of the more bizarre last night's party moments yesterday evening. First I went to a coworker's birthday party where we pushed out all the suits with our aggressive dancing style during which MRod [censored]. When I got back to my apartment neighborhood I decided to jump into a nearby restaurant to grab a late night dinner. Soon after I sat down at the bar, ordered my food and drink, I noticed a drunk couple stumble inside. The girl sat down on the stool next to me and heavily leaned against me.
"Hey, you alright?" I asked.
She stared at me with vacant eyes. And then she uttered, "You are a beautiful Asian boy." Then she grabbed my head and forcefully kissed me.
"WOAH! Isn't that your boyfriend?" I asked, and then waved the bartender over to order her some water.
"No, he isn't."
While waiting for the bartender, I suddenly felt this wet sensation on my arm. I looked down and this girl was...licking and sucking on my arm!
Her friend, a bartender on the Upper West Side, and I ended up making sure she didn't fall off her seat while feeding her our food.
And of course, I made sure to get some photo documentation. Here's the cool bartender (who took the photo with his iPhone) and the girl who molested me at the bar.
I know everyone loves the darker recent iteration of Batman but I still really enjoy the campy Batman.
Alright, this commentary is really just an excuse to post this awesome thick photo.
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Yay! Starting off the new year with a fresh start.
Happy New Year!
Photo from Nnamdi's very low key birthday party (although it's messed up that they put the birthday boy on the bottom right corner of the group photo).
