Today is the 20th anniversary of Dr. Antonia Novello's swearing in as the first female Surgeon General of the United States, and as always, Google found a subtle way of working it into their logo:
We try to run a fair points competition here at 2log. And by fair, I mean grossly dishonest, corrupt, and prone to bribery.
But while conducting my routine audit of last week's points competition, I came across something weird. The winner of last week was one Ms. Florence the Diva Horse, a.k.a. Flo Sparkles Divine, a commenter who appeared once about a year ago and never commented since.
But you see, the particular algorithm that calculates the winner of the 2log points competition is something like the Goblet of Fire from Harry Potter. It seems to work by magic, and its word is gospel. In Harry Potter's fourth year, all of Hogwarts was atwitter when the goblet of fire chose Harry Potter as a fourth competitor for the Triwizard Tournament, in clear violation of the rules of the tournament guidelines. In his infinite wisdom, Dumbledore assumed the goblet knew best and allowed the contest to continue with all four, and was ultimately vindicated when the Triwizard Tournament ended with the death of the much-maligned Cedric Diggory (SPOILER ALERT).
Similarly, we may think it odd that the 2log has chosen "Flo Sparkles Divine" to win last week's competition, but we have to accept its wisdom. Thanks to all the 2loggers for your hard work writing entertaining articles for our readership, but roll out the red carpet for this week's reigning champion... that horse.
Today is International Women's Day, and as always, Google found a subtle way of working it into their logo:
The Academy Awards were handed out yesterday, but one film was overlooked, though it dealt with the Iraq war, featured a well-known leading man testing his acting skills by playing a villain, and was only slightly less racist than Precious:
And finally, we have definitive proof that the internet will never replace the newspaper:
Dudes--one of my dearest, oldest friends recently interviewed JAMES EFFING CAMERON at the offices of the Wall Street Journal, and in addition to that being just insanely cool, it's also a really insightful, smart interview. I think he does an amazing job of talking to James Cameron as an artist rather than a commodity, and you can hear the actual curiosity in his voice, which is something that I find lacking in most interiews. Check it out if you dig Avatar, James Cameron, or movie culture in general. Congrats, Mr. Crook!
In which the origin of the show is (mostly) explained in decidedly new-agey terms, our Panel of Distinguished Experts waxes nostalgic about their favorite all-time pairs of shoes, and Texas Cowboy Poetry Week is heartily celebrated.
