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I could end my post there but maybe I shouldn’t. You should read this BEER blog entry about common beer myths since it is amusing. To be honest, I have never heard most of those myths but they are still funny. The one I have heard is about drinking dark beer being like eating a loaf of bread.

This is stupid.

A pint of Guinness Drought (the more caloric one) has 210 calories. That’s .370 calories per gram.

A bottle of Michelob Ultra has 73 calories. That’s .265 calories per gram.

A slice of Wonder Bread contains 79 calories. That’s 2.565 calories per gram.

So beer might very well be runny bread but it’s diet runny bread. Bitches.

and cancel your trips to the Congo. Apparently “penis theft” is a big deal there.

Abodes = #1 source for pirate info
this = Best pirate battle evarrrggh
(It’s not rick)

P.S. – Sorry for the boring post. The video is good though.

Economists are.

Economists can study pirates though. Peter T. Leson from George Mason University has published two papers and is working on a third legitimately studying pirates from an Austrian Economists perspective. (Actually read this link on Austrian Economists if you want a more concise explanation.)

An-arrgh-chy: The Law and Economics of Pirate Organization (which I haven’t had a chance to read yet)

Pirational Choice: The Economics of Infamous Pirate Practices. (which I am in the process of reading and which is very good)

and the work in progress:
The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates, History’s Most Notorious Criminals – Abstract (this abstract makes this paper look to be the best of the three…and it’s short for your poor attention spans)

And before you say it’s apples to oranges, that’s your work connection, this is mine

We all know how the sloth is on the bleeding edge of new technology, I’m on super bleeding, the floor is covered in my blood, edge.

I go from a 1 or 2 meg connection to 12. Booyah. My porn loads supa-fast.

My friends know that I’m always on the bleeding edge of technology (which is like the cutting edge only more so). So I just bought an Xbox 360. So far I like the following things:

a) it’s been out for so long games are cheap
b) it has a real gamepad which I prefer to the wiimote
c) theoretically I’ll be able to get free demos and games and stuff from the live thinga

I say theoretically because I have to get it on the tubes first. My wireless router is downstairs so I either have to a) shell out $100 for the xbox wireless, b) finagle a wire up there somehow or c) rig up some other wireless setup. Last night I played with the connection sharing in leopard and all it did was make my internet not work at all. I’m pondering putting my router in the living room and putting a wireless card in a pc in the basement.

The wii came with wireless. That’s one thing in its favor. That and Zack and Wiki. I mean, you shake your friggin monkey to beat monsters. And you are a pirate.

A monkey shaking pirate!

Here are the five most commented posts on abodes minus all comments already marked as spam. If we missed any these will be slightly inflated.

#1 with 14 comments
Vote Theoretical Ideal Candidate in 2008!

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#3 with 10 comments
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#4 with 10 comments
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#5 with 9 comments
Choke a wha?

I’m amused but not surprised that women loving women beat out man loving woman. I am also surprised that politics > sex.

My brother introduced me to this fantastic musician. Looking for some fun lounge music covers of your favorite tunes? Relax to such classics as…

“Rape Me”

It’s awfully tempting to buy some of his CD’s here isn’t it (wink wink nudge nudge)

(Editor’s note: We added more after the jump)

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