Steve Irwin 1962-2006

I'm sure everybody's seen the news already one place or another. Steve Irwin died today, stung through the heart by a stingray.

Man. I never saw much of his show, without cable, but the guy was endlessly cheerful and enthusiastic about everything he did. And he spent most of his life doing awesome stuff. And y'know, barring dying in bed at like a hundred and surrounded by family, this is probably how he'd have wanted to go.

Man. Here's somebody's memorial drawing I saw in one of the comments on ursulav's.

Math is Cheating

Higher math really just doesn't feel fair. It feels like I just take the different numbers and then just mess around with them until they come up how I want. There's rules and things, but most of it just feels like I'm tossing stuff together however I want.

1,020 words.

Median income by states in the US, changes from 1999-2006. Blue denotes positive growth, red negative.

(via Kevin Drum)