Fixing Bad Graphics

Stephen Few and his company Perceptual Edge have a nice set of examples of charts they have fixed.

Crazy

You're the only one who can hear the voices in your head, and no one else cares what they say.

- Me

GDP During the Great Depression

For future reference:

Obama Meets with Business Roundtable

Obama meets with the Business Roundtable, March 12th, 2009.

Video courtesy of C-Span.

Greenwald Quote

"The reason that Americans voted overwhelmingly in favor of Democrats in the last two elections and overwhelmingly against Republicans is because they want Democratic policies and not Republican policies. They drove Republicans out of office in massive numbers because they don't want Republicans and their policies governing the country...The political establishment has never come to terms with, and the media establishment just refuses to acknowledge, how deeply unpopular and discredited the GOP is among most Americans in the wake of the eight-year Bush disaster."

- Glen Greenwald

Paraprosdokian

Take my blog post, please. Paraprosdokian sentences make some of the best jokes.

A few of my favorites:

"I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out." — Bill Hicks

"I haven't slept for ten days, because that would be too long." — Mitch Hedberg

"I like going to the park and watching the children run and jump around, because you see, they don't know I'm using blanks." — Emo Philips

Massive Attack

Great video effects for this Massive Attack video.

You know them from their song Angel.