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Ignoramus – watch these.

Have you ever thought “I’m a buffoon – somebody please give me a free college-level lecture on Western Civilization”?

Well, since I did, I’m sure you have too.  Check out Lerner.org’s compilation of Eugen Weber’s The Western Tradition.  If you watch them straight through, its just 24 hours of video (reg/login free, but required).

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Also very worth watching are Jacob Bronowski‘s The Ascent of Man.  I was able to find a bunch (not all) of the videos on guba.  This is less straight history, with more humanism and philosophy.

Here’s a little sneak clip – the very end of the very excellent series:

I know this is a deeper than usual foray into nerd-dom, but both these series are awesome and worth your time.

This guy must smuggle meth up his ass

Although 81% of Americans think we’re on the wrong track, this proves them all wrong

So, I was looking at public U.S. Federal actions because I am bored, and want to see how much a used cop Interceptor costs if you buy it straight from the government.  Instead I found this lovely charm:

JAIL CELL: $20

JAIL CELL (1 EACH),SIZE:6 FFET X 8 FEET, (CONDITION USED,REPAIRS MAY BE NEEDED) USED (1481058004GLCA6) bodytype(“160″); usmswarn(“N”); showExpWarn(“81QSCI08032″,”073″);
THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY IS NOT WARRANTED.

So I figure once I buy this for $20, I’ll be able to make some really messed up B-Horror film without much trouble?  I got a chainsaw down by the farm and some axes.  I’ll be good to go!

Other applications?  I imagine it could go towards a lovely S&M dungeon, or teachers may want to bring it to school for those troublesome students.

Not exactly “Mother of the Year”