• Your vote counts, but it doesn’t matter.  Election irregularities aside, the probability of your vote being the deciding vote is essentially 0.  Thus, voting has no affect on the outcome of an election.  Of course, the classic counterargument is: “Well, if everyone thought that way…”, but most people don’t, so as an individual decision, voting is a waste of time.
• Not voting doesn’t cause any harm.  What negative externalities are caused by my not voting?  People claim low voter turnout rates are bad, because the elections don’t reflect the will of the people, but why do I want the apathetic to vote?  Moreover, my not voting actually empowers the people who do decide to go to the ballot boxes – their votes are worth slightly more now.

Are there any set of circumstances that would lead me to actually vote?  Well, based on the above, if almost everybody decided they weren’t going to vote this year, I’d vote, because then my vote would actually matter.

So I experimented with different strategies for getting rid of the pain: doing crazy ergonomic stretches during the day, using different kinds of mice and mouse pads, taking frequent breaks, sitting up straighter…nothing really worked.

Until I got the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000.  I had tried an earlier Microsoft Natural keyboard before at Amazon, but it didn’t help, so I was skeptical.  But the good news is, after using it for a couple of weeks, I feel fine again.

The two best features of the keyboard are the tilt and the cushioned palm rests.  The front of the keyboard has an optional platform which tilts the keyboard, giving it a slight reverse slope.  The wristpads have a comfortable faux leather padding, which is nice when you code 12 hours a day.  Then there are a bunch of other features I don’t use, such as the Zoom Slider or the My Favorites keys.  Overall, it’s a great product and has made my life much more comfortable.

First, you’re not in the picture because your friends care about you the least (otherwise, they would actually want you in the shot). Then, to make matters worse, everybody in the group wants a photo of *the same damn shot* with their own camera. The end result: you have to take the same picture 10 times.

Sometimes you have a intelligent friend.  He says, “Hey, just let me take it with my camera, and I’ll send you the pictures later.” However, sometimes said “friend” always forgets to e-mail the photos. For instance, I have a friend who constantly steals away part of our souls when we’re out, and always “promises” to send the pictures to us later. Without fail, it never happens.

Well, why not just have cameras that can send pictures to each other via a wireless connection? Then there’ll be no excuse for your friend not to give you the pictures right then and there.

I never actually thought I would ever be able to read the following sentence in less than 30 seconds:

快讯: 叙利亚总统说希望与以色列和平共处

Syria’s president says he hopes for peaceful coexistence with Israel. (Or something like that.)

YouTube: Stanford vs. Arizona 2004: ESPN Highlights 

We camped out for an entire week for this game, just so we could stand front and center, right behind Dick Vitale. There were probably 50 tents outside of Maples the night before the game. Sure, for a basketball-crazed school like Duke, that’s nothing, but for Stanford, that was really amazing…

Danny often dated beautiful models despite the fact that he was a dork and very skinny.

I guess there’s hope for me after all.

Edit:  Apparently Dave Coulier (Uncle Joey) is rumored to be Alanis Morrisette’s first lover, and the subject of the song “You Oughta Know.”  Link

The best one is still this one, however.