What did they say? Also .. there's a krav defense in Serenity, which made me laugh.

Yankees lose.

Oh thank god.

HIMYM, one of the women whosis dates goes to Krav Maga, but no one knows what it is.

oops. That was supposed to be white font.

More white font: she kicks his ass.

I just flipped over to Monday Night Football. San Diego is wearing their 1960 powder blue unis with the big yellow thunderbolts. Tres cool.

I start with wikipedia as general overview and to see what links they have.

I am like Kat, in this. I find wikipedia very useful, it not authoritative or entirely reliable. For that I go elsewhere, but it's a good source for insta-knowledge. You know, trivia and cocktail-party data.

Also .. there's a krav defense in Serenity, which made me laugh.

It's the one where Jayne flips the guy and bounces his head off the floor, isn't it? C'mon, you can tell me.

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"If you are a true bodhisattva, you will also appreciate the insights into the Three Baskets (Tripitika) presented by the monk. Be warned not to be a heretic or sell your soul to Mao, as this usually ends badly."

converts from Buddhism to atheism as:

"If you are a true science-guy, you will also appreciate the insights into the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World - Ptolemaic and Copernican presented by the scientist. Be warned not to be a religious nutter or sell your reticular formation to Pope Paul V, as this usually ends badly."

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For those of use without a dog in the fight known as the playoffs, I think this quote from a friend is kinda nice:

But enough of baseball. I thought I said I was done with it. But it'll be back. It's almost like Frazer's sacrifice, the killing of the old king to guarantee the spring.

ION, Yahoo's front page tells me people are searching on natural disasters, with the top four searches being "Pakistan Earthquake," "Kashimir," "New Orleans," and "Harriet Miers."

IOON, I had a dream last night that I was eating ice cream. It was Ben and Jerry's new flavor, chocolate with chopped walnuts, and it was called "Scientology." I wondered aloud why it was named that, and someone replied, "Because it's got nuts in it."

This is how my subconscious treats me: All I want is ice cream and it gives me vaudeville humor.

I use wikipedia for pop culture sort of knowledge, stuff that wouldn't be in Britannica and for which a general google gets you too much diffuse or contradictory information.

I also was dying for my work to use a wiki when we implemented a new computer system and were learning how to use it without any training to speak of and nobody had any documentation. I was not listened to, though, and 2 years later we still have no documentation. (We did use a bug issue tracker, which helped some).

I dreamed that my brother (who was 5) had lost his winter coat and I was in Ikea buying him warm clothes but the used shoes they had were $50. Clearly change-of-season (it is finally fall here) does-my-kid-have-fall-clothes anxiety.

Er... somebody asked why IMDB wasn't a wiki, which I hope was in jest, but just in case... IMDB predates wikis by quite a bit.

Still waking up here, not helped by an hour or so of insomnia in the middle of the night....