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Well, my job search may not be going awesomely, but suddenly I do feel a little better.  Or maybe more depressed actually, since apparently the competition isn’t that fierce.

After some intense research (math shown below), a team at Leeds University has come up with the procedure for a ‘perfect’ bacon butty. Key parameters include broiling the bacon for seven minutes at 475 F, and using bread that is 1 to 2 cm thick.

The formula is: N = C + {fb (cm) . fb (tc)} + fb (Ts) + fc . ta, where N=force in Newtons required to break the cooked bacon, fb=function of the bacon type, fc=function of the condiment/filling effect, Ts=serving temperature, tc=cooking time, ta=time or duration of application of condiment/filling, cm=cooking method, C=Newtons required to break uncooked bacon.

Direct copy from Paul’s email, posted by me since he’s lazy:

From: Paul.D.Nation@Dartmouth.EDU
Subject: How Dirty Are We?
Date: April 2, 2007 10:12:14 AM EDT
Take The Quiz!
I have no idea why this ranks your dirtiness but I can’t say no to an internet quiz. So far the top score is held by me with a dirty dirty ranking of 350.60, followed closely by Dan with 340. These can easily be out done by you overachievers out there.

S. Colbert: vicious liar… Nothing really new here, but I love comment number 3370. makes me cringe.

Manny Ramirez + Grill + Ebay = Funny (to Big Papi, at least )

Hah!

Here’s the awesome-est abstract I’ve seen in a while: Electricity from Gravity by Roy Masters.

bonus points: you get $5,000 if you can prove his paper wrong.

I was sent this ad with a title of “why you shouldn’t put stuffed animals in the back of your car.” However, if I could get them to do this, I’d go for it.

Blaupunkt Ad.