Unsweeted Sweet Tea?

Popeye's has "Cane Sweeeet" Iced Tea. But it comes in sweet and unsweet. It's not "Cane Sweeeet" then, is it?

Corrosion of Conformity - Blind

I saw Corrosion of Conformity (Blind) at the Ottobar, June 19, 2010. They played pretty much every song from the best CoC album (Blind, obviously). They are not to be confused with the Animosity lineup of CoC, which is the lineup from when the band was a hardcore punk/thrash crossover band. Reed Mullin (drums) plays in both, so I guess he gets two paychecks.

The performance was amazing. The band is incredibly tight, especially the rhythm section. This was more than worth missing the Scorpions for. And it was nice to not have Pepper Keenan stealing everyone's spotlight. And best of all, I got one of Reed Mullin's drumsticks.

And I just discovered they made a video for "Dance of the Dead":

Outlook's Spellcheck

My Outlook suggested "spa" as the correct spelling of "μPa" -- micro Pascals, a unit of pressure. Did it think I accidentally hit the μ key?

For "1pm" it suggested "Pam." This one baffles me even more. Am I just hitting keys that look vaguely like the letters I want?

I can't tell what's stupider: Outlook's spell check, or how stupid my Outlook thinks I am.

Northwest Angle

The Northwest Angle is the small chunk of Minnesota that is north of the 49th parallel. It's the only part of the continental 48 north of the 49th that isn't an island.

At the end of the Revolutionary War, the Treaty of Paris states the the boundary between the US and future Canada would run "...through the Lake of the Woods to the northwestern most point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi...." However, the Mississippi starts south of the northwestern most point of the Lake of the Woods, so you can't draw a line west to it.

In 1818, another treaty was signed stating the northern boundary of the US would be the 49th parallel, so a line was drawn from the northwest point down to the 49th.

To get to this thriving metropolis (pop: 152 in 2000), you can fly or take a boat. But if you insist on driving, be sure you use a telephone at Jim's Corner, Youngs Bay Marina or Carlsons Landing to contact Customs and make your declarations, since the border crossing is unmanned.

West Florida

Western Florida is fuckin' weird. It's essentially southern Alabama. Pensacola is actually closer (by car) to Evansville, IN than it is to Miami. Shouldn't it be separated from the rest of Florida?

Well, at one point, they tried.

For 90 days in 1810, West Florida was its own country when its British settlers rebelled against the Spanish. It included Baton Rouge (LA), Mobile (AL), and Jackson (MS) among its cities. The US basically took over starting with the Louisiana Purchase.

Today, Pensacola calls itself the City of Five Flags, based on the 4 countries and 1 failed country that have controlled the city: Spain, Great Britain, France, USA, and the Confederate States of America.

In my opinion, this area probably shouldn't exist. Nature keeps attempting to take it out, what with Katrina and the oil spill and such. Just a thought....

Girls = Evil?

Have you ever seen this?

It's as wrong as it is stupid.

"Girls require time and money."

So where the hell did "Girls = time x money" come from?!

What would be more accurate would be:

where a, b, and c are constants with units that will make the units check out, $ is money, and x is whatever else girls require.

If "time = money" (I'll ignore the fact that $ and seconds are not the same dimension for now) and assigning a + b = d:

Now, "money is the root of ALL evil" so:

where E is evil. This assumes "evil" necessitates a volume integral ("evil to the core").

Leading us to:

So, basically, by my math, girls are fucking complicated and impossible to figure out.