50 dirtiest cities

Based on a whole lot of boring data, Readers Digest rated the 50 large cities from cleanest to dirtiest. Dallas came in at # 30.

NAME	Air	Water	Toxics	Hazardous Waste	Sanitation	Total
Portland (OR)	49	50	35	32	43	44.00
San Jose	41	50	50	21	32	40.71
Buffalo	34	50	27	26	47	38.29
Columbus	24	50	31	45	NA	37.33
San Francisco	47	50	34	16	12	36.57
Denver	27	50	44	19	NA	36.17
Rochester (NY)	46	32	32	43	19	35.71
Austin	44	9	48	50	NA	34.00
Orlando	48	23	9	38	48	33.86
San Diego	13	50	46	42	14	32.57
Hartford	32	29	47	9	44	31.71
Sacramento	4	50	49	40	24	31.57
Las Vegas	12	50	40	49	7	31.43
San Antonio	42	18	42	47	8	31.00
Oklahoma City	43	1	45	41	40	30.57
Minneapolis	33	30	21	35	31	30.43
Indianapolis	23	31	33	44	27	30.29
Salt Lake City	26	50	2	14	42	30.00
Jacksonville	45	24	19	20	NA	29.50
Charlotte	28	34	22	27	28	28.71
Virginia Beach	35	17	29	33	30	28.00
Cincinnati	19	35	11	38	34	27.29
Nashville	30	14	18	46	38	27.14
Riverside (CA)	1	50	43	25	15	26.43
New Orleans	39	13	10	48	21	26.14
Milwaukee	37	10	38	38	10	25.71
Seattle	36	21	37	15	13	25.57
Baltimore	16	33	14	24	41	25.29
Miami	50	11	36	8	9	25.00
Dallas	20	28	30	31	16	24.71
Tampa	40	3	17	17	50	24.29
Memphis	22	12	24	29	46	23.86
Providence	39	8	41	7	22	23.43
Louisville	21	15	15	39	35	23.00
Washington (DC)	25	19	12	13	45	22.57
Phoenix	17	37	1	22	23	22.00
Detroit	10	27	20	10	49	21.86
Richmond	31	4	13	34	36	21.86
Cleveland	9	25	26	31	26	21.57
Atlanta	15	26	4	11	39	19.43
Houston	7	39	3	19	20	19.14
Los Angeles	2	38	28	3	17	18.29
Boston	29	7	39	5	11	18.14
Philadelphia	14	22	16	2	37	18.14
Kansas City	19	16	25	13	NA	18.00
Birmingham	8	20	8	28	33	17.86
St. Louis	5	36	6	6	25	17.00
Pittsburgh	6	5	5	23	29	11.29
New York	11	2	23	1	NA	8.33
Chicago	3	6	7	4	18	6.71

To figure out what data they used to score the cities, go here, but the main point is the lower the number, the cleaner it is.

And I was looking for a list of the Worlds worst cities, but could not find it. Instead I found a bunch of stuff bashing Mumbai, India and Shanghai China, So I guess consider those dirty as hell.

Sitescore - website ratings

Sitescore allows you to input a web address and it will perform a list of tests on the site and rate your site. Its a great tool for people like me so I can figure out what my site needs changed or added. It gives a detailed summary of what needs to be done and also ranks your website. My rating was:
This website is exceptionally popular (approx #15 in the world)

As much as I want to believe that, I have the data to prove that statement wrong, but it at least means my readers are enjoying what they see.

I also found out that there is some British Disability Discrimination Act that I am not complying to. More on that here. And if you actually click that link and read that stuff, please let me know what it means. I got a headache after five minutes. Also I don't want to deny the handicapped there blogger goodness.

So go to Sitescore and enter a web site you go to and see how it ranks and how easy it is to navigate.

My results

Daily commute

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The IRS requires you pay taxes on stolen goods

Taken from page 90 of publication 17 of the IRS tax filing guidelines, it states:

Stolen property. If you steal property, you must report its fair market value in your income in the year you steal it unless in the same year, you return it to its rightful owner.

View the PDF by clicking here. Warning: it is 295 pages and quite a large file.

Words to live by

Worst tattoo's ever

I don't really have anything against tattoos, I just don't know of anything I would want drawn on my body that I would enjoy for the rest of my life. When I was five I had a my buddy doll that I loved, but yet today, 17 years later, I could care less about him. Thats basically the point I am trying to make. But lets just go to the pictures to further illustrate my point.

This is the famous story of the lady who sold the space on her forehead for $10,000. Even the tattoo artist begged her not to do it. It's not known if she still has it but what a great deal for Golden Palace. Much better investment than a blogad on PerezHilton for one week. She said she needed it for her child's education. He's probably going to grow up to be an addicted gambler because of all the reminders.

A man goes 132-1 at 135 lb weight class in High School. Man decides to get a tattoo to remind him of his feat. Man ends up a gay rape scene on his arm instead.




I can just imagine this guy at 75 years of age trying to explain to his grandchildren what the bunny is snorting.






No way in hell am I going to make fun of this guy. He is a wonderful man and would love to not be killed by him.







And last but not least, an indian humping a corndog:


Also be sure to check out:
Eggs on the brain
Just got my ass kicked
Hulk maniac
Hug life
Mr. Ice



Via But they also stole pics from College Humor so I feel the need to list them as a source as well.

Amazon UK

Now that we've made it through the holidays and into the new year we get to look back on the chaos that was the holiday season. Below is a shot of Amazon UK during its busiest time of the year. Hell of a lot of boxes. Click the picture for a nice panoramic shot.

Bad marketing

Would you buy this for you child? If you answered yes then you are obviously not paying attention to the picture. Lets examine some of the finer details of this childrens toy.

First I want you to look at the kids on the box. Does something seem a little off? Thats because these kids aren't even playing with the toy because they were photoshopped in!! So I guess kids were so bored playing with this thing they couldn't appear to have fun so they just digitally added some happy kids.

Next, I really want to know why this childrens toy has a logo that features dripping blood. It doesn't seem necessary to put gore on a childrens toy box but apparently thats the direction these marketers wanted to go. And I am not even going to bring up the demon in the corner. ????????



This set also features "blocks!"



Wait a minute. Those "blocks" are cars. OK.

What is railway 1? And why did it need a sequel that doesn't have rails. I can imagine it now:

EXECUTIVE. We need to get the sequel to "Railway I" out right away.
MANAGER. But... all we have ready is a car set.
EXECUTIVE. No time, no time, just change the logo. And Henderson?
MANAGER. Yes sir?
EXECUTIVE. Don't forget the demon.




Flashing Enter?

All right. I'm done making fun of this product. At least it has instructions

Happy New Year!

Sorry I haven't been posting today. I have been trying to get back into the swing of work and it just hasn't been working out. I promise I will post at least two or three more times before the days up but in the meantime just wanted to wish you a good 2007.

New Layout

I'm sure you have already noticed but I changed the layout of this blog. I think it is an impovement over what I had but I am still not satisfied. I don't like the posts staying centered and cannot understand why this page does not have a side scrolling bar. I will be working towards fixing these little problems but just wanted to let you know that you will have to put up with a little remodeling over the next week.

Have a great New year!

I will not be posting again until the New year so everyone have a great weekend/holiday and I will talk to you again Tuesday.

Dreams

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Just Me and You

Smile

New Blog

After spending so much time hating Myspace I have now finally created a blog on a much better site. Of course, you will all have to bare with me at first since I don't have much time in my day to start with and I also need to familiarize myself with all the features of this kind of blog. Of course once everything is familiar to me we should be up and running extremely well. Unfortunately I figure that will be around next Monday. If you have any suggestions on how to fix my blog or would like to offer any help with this project feel free to send me a message. I just have Myspace right now and don't want to give out my email so you will have to contact me through Myspace for the time being. Of course, once I get everything set up here you should be able to send me a message no problem through this blog.

Myspace:
http://myspace.com/some_guy_from_carrollton