My blog has now passed the 1,000 posts mark.‚ That was the goal I set for myself when I started writing the blog.
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Wonder What My Company Does?
Below is a video created by my company describing what we do:
joelx.com Passes 200,000 Unique Visitors!
I have now had more than 200,000 unique visitors since my blog launched last year (most of these visitors coming in the last 6 months). Woohoo!
Doorway to Hell
In Darvaz, Turkmenistan, geologists were drilling for gas 35 years ago. While drilling, they hit an underground cavern filled with gas and their drilling rig and camp collapsed into the cave and ignited the gas. For the last 35 years the burning gas in the cavern has burned so intensely that the locals have taken to calling it the “Door to Hell”.… read more “Doorway to Hell”
Black Monday, 2008: 777 Point Drop In Markets Today… Worse Will Come
Welcome to Black Monday, 2008.
Today the Dow dropped 7% and the S&P 500 dropped 9%.‚ Those are the biggest drops in the market in almost two decades since the last Black Monday, 1987.‚ On that day in 1987 the Down dropped 20%, but fewer total points than it dropped today.
Want the really bad news?… read more “Black Monday, 2008: 777 Point Drop In Markets Today… Worse Will Come”
Jon Stewart Rips Hypocrites
Watch the hilariously funny video of Jon Stewart ripping on a bunch of hypocritical idiots who contradict themselves in multiple places on television talk shows. Great stuff.
Sarah Palin and John McCain’s advisors are the primary targets of Jon Stewart’s cutting wit. I’d like to see him go after some of Barack Obama’s people sometime too, but i’ll take what I can get.… read more “Jon Stewart Rips Hypocrites”
Seattle Improv Comedy Show
Plato and I went and watched our friend Scott Baxter perform with the Jety City Improv troupe last night.‚ Scott was kind enough to get us on the list for both the 1030 and the 1230 showings.‚ I really enjoyed both shows and had a lot of laughs.‚ If you want to have a good time (and super cheap drinks at the bar!)… read more “Seattle Improv Comedy Show”
Sexy Old Man
I’d be all over this guy if I hadn’t dedicated myself to a life of celibacy in honor of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Classic Jim Carrey Sketch: Womans Workout Video
I love this old SNL sketch by Jim Carrey where he plays a crazy woman trying to “workout those bazongs”
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Fat Man In Lamborghini
Sometimes my sense of humor dips to the less classy end of the funny scale. Check out this video of a huge dude trying to get out of a tiny Lamborghini.
It will probably be me one day. Karma.… read more “Fat Man In Lamborghini”