Washington extortion

Good article from Cato today on Apple not playing the DC game and how it is going to come back to bite. Best ROI on the planet - lobbying. Sad but true.

How not to start a sacrament meeting talk

Funny because it's true.

Please watch Community

Before it gets cancelled. So tired of the smart shows getting the boot.

Obama, meet Orwell

I just checked out this microsite Pres Obama published to show why one should prefer him over Romney. Holy schnikies. A vision of a warm, snuggly federal government taking care of me and Julie and her son and all the rest of us? This logic walks one step down the road to the sign that says, "Wouldn't it be nice if some rich Uncle Sam would just take care of all the cost, uncertainty and pain in life?" Unfortunately, it never makes it to the bend in the road that says, "Uncle Sam actually doesn't have a job. Everything he gives you, he has to either take from you or your children or your grandchildren." I'm actually not a Romney fan, but there are few candidates you could put up at this point that would not make me feel better about his or her vision for America.

The Chosen

"You are no longer a child, Reuven, . . .It is almost possible to see the way your mind is growing. And your heart, too. . . .So listen to what I am going to tell you. . . .Human beings do not live forever, Reuven. We live less than the time it takes to blink an eye, if we measure our lives against eternity. So it may be asked what value is there to a human life. There is so much pain in the world. What does it mean to have to suffer so much if our lives are nothing more than the blink of an eye? . . .I learned a long time ago, Reuven, that a blink of an eye in itself is nothing. But the eye that blinks, that is something. A span of life is nothing. But the man who lives the span, he is something. He can fill that tiny span with meaning, so its quality is immeasurable though its quantity may be insignificant. Do you understand what I am saying? A man must fill his life with meaning, meaning is not automatically given to life. It is hard work to fill one's life with meaning. That I do not think you understand yet. A life filled with meaning is worthy of rest. I want to be worthy of rest when I am no longer here.

Good advice to students

Here.

Best viral ads from 2011 according to Ad Age

Love this one:



Not so much:



iPhone as cultural phenomenon:



Meh:



Hilarious, but probably too scary for you, Katie:



There's always room for Isaiah Mustafa:



Lionel, king of the world:


Chrome taking over the world (but Lionel won't let it):



Best Super Bowl ad:



Keep Isaiah: