Saw a commercial a few days ago on CNN advertising tourism in Colombia. 

Colombia is a place that I’d love to visit, but Colombia’s got a ways to go in sprucing up their reputation for prospective tourists.  Every time I mention to one of my friends that I want to visit Colombia, I always get the “look”.  The “are you crazy, aren’t you afraid to be kidnapped” look.  Well, Colombia’s aware of the fear, playing off of it with the tag line on their website reading “Colombia, the only risk is wanting to stay.”

visitcolombia.com

From thefreedictionary.com

Maverick-
1. An unbranded range animal, especially a calf that has become separated from its mother, traditionally considered the property of the first person who brands it.

2. One that refuses to abide by the dictates of or resists adherence to a group; dissenter.

So, I guess Sarah Palin isn’t wrong when she’s claiming to be a maverick.

The first single “Human” off of The Killers next album Day and Age is available on iTunes.   It’s more “synthpop” than their latest albums making it more reminiscent of the songs off of their first album Hot Fuss.  I like the song, but the lyrics are a little nonsensical.
 
Day and Age will be released November 25.

The Killers “Human” MP3 Download from Amazon

UPDATE: Regarding the lyrics of The Killers song “Human”- from Wikipedia

Lyrical confusion

There has been much confusion and debate over a lyric in the chorus of the song. This is regarding whether or not Brandon Flowers is saying “denser” or “dancer”, when posing the question “Are we human or are we denser/dancer?” Though “denser” seemingly makes more sense in the context of the lyrics, Flowers’ pronunciation of the word clearly sounds like “dancer” (IPA: [dænsəɹ]) over “denser” ([dÉ›nsəɹ]). This has lead several critics to believe that Flowers is in fact saying dancer, and therefore questioning what the meaning of the lyric is. Entertainment Weekly’s Pop Watch section, called the lyrics the “silliest lyrics of the week” under the assumption that Flowers was saying “dancer” in the chorus. They were puzzled by this, stating “most dancers are generally human.” [2] The Killers have yet to make any official statement regarding what the correct lyric is.

It seems quite clear in the context of they song, the word is “denser.” If he had meant to use dancer in conjunction with “are we human” it would be dancer(s) plural.

UPDATE 11/30/2008

“For me it makes perfect sense, but everybody’s gonna have their own version of what ‘dancer’ is. There’s been occasions when other people’s interpretations have been better than mine. I would love to write a song like John Lennon’s Imagine, to have something as cut and dried as that, you wouldn’t want to change a word, but that’s another gift, it is all to be celebrated.”

From The Christian Science Monitor: Sarah Palin: Barracuda or Bambi?

Halcro calls her a “master of the non-answer” which allows her to avoid policy specifics in favor of connecting with the people.

“She can turn a 60-second response to a query about her specific solutions to healthcare challenges into a folksy story about how she’s met people on the campaign trail who face healthcare challenges,” he writes. “All without uttering a word about her public-policy solutions to healthcare challenges.”

This is the first time I’ve seen “Bullshitting” or in Sarah Palin’s case “Mooseshitting” as a strength.  

Does Sarah Palin ever answer a question where she doesn’t seem totally idiotic?

It’s the darn liberal media asking all the tough questions.  Here’s Katie Couric asking Sarah Palin what newspapers or magazines she reads.

The guy is a full breed idiot.

From NYTimes.com: The Steamy Way to Dinner

A story about the versatility of the rice cooker.

Word of the day- Okoge

“People love that toasted-rice taste,” he said. “It’s even a flavor of ice cream in Seoul.” (Japanese cooks, however, consider toasted rice overcooked and highly undesirable. The unwanted crust left stuck to the bottom of the rice cooker is called okoge — the same word used as slang for a single woman who spends a lot of time with gay men.)

From CNN.com: Phoenix lander spots falling snow on Mars

NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft has discovered evidence of past water at its Martian landing site and spotted falling snow for the first time, scientists reported Monday.

The snow was detected by a laser instrument 4km of the ground.  Unfortunately, the snow is vaporizing before it gets near the ground, so you won’t be seeing any snowstorms on Mars any time soon.  Still, it’s interesting.

More info from NASA.

This is hilarious!