Richard posted a great picture detailing vacation time in different countries.

Maybe it isn’t that GDP/worker is higher in the USA, it’s just that they work more hours?

I just threw up a post on my Rotman blog about some great quotes. I had to post my favorite here:

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Wile E. Coyote… Genius. I am not selling anything, nor am I working my way through college, so let’s get down to cases. You are a rabbit, and I am going to eat you for supper. Now don’t try to get away! I am more muscular, more cunning, faster, and larger than you are… and I’m a genius. Why, you could hardly pass the entrance examinations to kindergarten. So, I’ll give you the customary two minutes to say your prayers.

 - The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)

I’ve got a post over at my Rotman blog that has a “we’re all going to die” type of feel to it. I thought I’d promote the kill joy post.

Enjoy!

Kanye West’s new album is going to sell like hot cakes. No, not because it has great music on it (it could be 74 minutes of wind blowing for all I know). No, it’s not because they are giving it away. It’s because it would be great to see “Fitty Cent” end his career because of his big mouth:

“Let’s raise the stakes,” the 31-year-old rapper told hip-hop Web site SOHH.com in an interview posted Friday. “If Kanye West sells more records than 50 Cent on September 11, I’ll no longer write music. I’ll write music and work with my other artists, but I won’t put out anymore solo albums.”

I don’ t have anything against Fitty (although referring to himself in the third person isn’t helping); I don’t particularly like Kanye (although Stronger is boss even though it’s mostly ripped off); I just think it would be really funny if Kanye’s sales forced Fitty to eat his words.

It’s funny that they still make Arnold jokes. For example, this article which talks about how Arnold’s law got “terminated” as unconstitutional:

Anyone else find it funny that he’s trying to ban the sale of violent video games to kids? He’s the Terminator gosh-darn-alrighty!

For geeky people, this should make you laugh. For the rest, you’re probably thinking WTF?

Guys (stereotypically) like three things: Girls, cars, and food/beer. On Hotmail they apparently don’t know the difference between the three when targeting ads:

Nice looking “Auto.” Totally one of the “World’s fastest cars.”

I bet that title got your attention… you sad, sad person. I’ve come across two things:

Science confirms what every Scientist already knew:

Half Sigma also showed that the smartest men in the GSS (approx. IQ >120) were also more likely to visit a prostitute. (Hardly indicative of cautiousness). This may suggest intelligent men are less able to find willing sex partners. Are smart men less attractive to women? Perhaps in some ways. For instance HS found that smart men were less likely to be athletic, and this paper shows, unathletic men and women have fewer sex partners. Athletic men, with more willing sexual partners are also less likely to visit a prostitute. Athletic activity gives men more masculine bodies, which are more attractive to women. A more masculine physique correlates with (PDF) an increased number of sex partners.

And I’m a fan of this picture: