MTV's 22 greatest CDs (best albums in the past 2 decades) includes the following artists, which are approximately in order:

-Garbage
-Live
-Bruce Springsteen
-Janet Jackson
-Foo Fighters
-The Beastie Boys
-No Doubt
-TLC
-Radiohead
-Dr. Dre
-Linkin Park
-Eminem
-Nine Inch Nails
-Rage Against The Machine
-Lauryn Hill
7) Pearl Jam's Ten
6) Red Hot Chili Peppers' BloodSugarSexMagic
5) U2's The Joshua Tree
4) Metallica's Black Album
3) Guns N Roses' Appetite For Destruction
2) Nirvana's Nevermind
1) Alanis Morrisette's Jagged Little Pill

I wasn't particularly surprised by anything (OK, maybe Garbage making the list) until #1.

Maybe I don't understand because I'm not a woman, but I don't get how Jagged Little Pill was bigger than Nevermind or The Joshua Tree.

3 tips of advice about your credit score:

1) Pay your bills on time.
Most people pay their bills on time, so if you don't then you'll be considered much riskier than the normal person.

2) Keep your credit card balances low.
Almost half the population has a credit card balance of less than $1000.

3) Don't have too many or too few accounts.
What's too little or too much? Basically you should only open accounts as needed. There's no reason to have more than 4 credit cards, but you should have at least one. People with no credit cards are considered as higher risks than those who manage credit responsibly.

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After putting on my contacts today, my eyes were kinda irritating me. This happens to me from time to time, so I didn't think much of it. But my eyes kept bugging me on the way to work today, so when I got into the office I checked the bathroom mirror.

Turns out that I wasn't even wearing my left contact at all! So I'll be at work today with only one contact on.

I've worn contacts for about 10 years now, but I think this might be the first time that I thought I was wearing both contacts when I actually wasn't.

My co-workers reference the movie Office Space all the time.
I need to watch it just so that I know what they're talking about.

I recently watched Seinfeld's Soup Nazi episode. Here are some of the soups mentioned in the episode:

-Mulligatawny
-Crab Bisque
-Turkey Chili
-Jambalaya
-Black Bean
-Chicken Broccoli
-Clam Bisque
-Split Pea
-French Onion
-Mushroom Barley
-Tomato Rice
-Lima Bean
-Gazpacho
-Wild Mushroom
-Cold Cucumber
-Corn and Crab Chowder

I used to think that I have bad luck and always pick the slow lane when I'm stuck in traffic. But I realized that's true mainly because it's painfully obvious when I'm stuck in a slow lane. On the other hand, it's very forgettable when I pick the best lane and whiz past traffic.

So because of this, I'm sure there are more people who claim to have bad luck in traffic than there should be.

I'm surprised by the number of people who brush their teeth at work after lunch. Especially since I work with a bunch of engineers who don't need to meet with clients.

Last week, Sports Illustrated had an issue about all 2,548 covers it has had in its 50 year history.

Here are some topics that have been featured on the cover:
-Autumn walks
-Ballooning
-Bird-watching
-Bridge
-Chess
-Cruising
-Dog shows
-Gold diving
-Island hopping
-Night driving
-Vacations

You can e-mail your friends if you see an ESPN.com article worth sending to them.

Today's most sent story on ESPN is their metrosexual quiz!

For further reference, see also the Page 2 article on metrosexuals, a photo gallery of metrosexual athletes, and a photo gallery of non-metrosexual athletes.

Great advice from Personal Finance for Dummies by Eric Tyson, who teaches at Berkeley:

-Don't go into debt for things that lose their value over time. Using loans for educational expenses is fine, but avoid paying interest on things like cars and clothes.

-Pay off your credit card bill in full. It's simple really-- if you can't pay it off, then you're using your credit card too much.

-Invest mostly in stocks when you're young, because in the long run you'll earn more money with stocks. But make sure to diversify! A no-load (commission-free) mutual fund is a great way to invest.

And one from me:

-Consolidate your loans if you just graduated! Our class's grace period is up this month, and you can lock in a 2.8% interest rate on most loans if you consolidate before the grace period ends. If you wait until after the grace period ends, the interest rate jumps to 3.4%

Yesterday I was talking with one of my co-workers about why Baltimore's football team is called the Ravens. I said I'd give him $10 if he knew, but he didn't.

Then one of my female co-workers walked into the room and I said I'd give her $20 if she knew why. But I forgot that she went to school at Johns Hopkins, which is in Baltimore!

She knew right away that Edgar Allan Poe lived in Baltimore when he wrote his famous poem, "The Raven." Fortunately, though, she didn't want the $20...

Congratulations Reverend Eugene!

It was great seeing everyone come and see his ordination yesterday.

And of course it was good to hang out with my class people this weekend. Even if all we did was sit around and eat... haha...

I just got an Xbox! Our place is now truly a bachelor pad...

-Xbox (with Madden 2004, of course)
-DVD player (only because the Xbox plays DVDs)
-cable
-high-speed internet
-putting green

70 women in the US die of anorexia each year, so the correct answer to the question in my previous post is A).

In order to have guessed at this question correctly, you probably would've had to approach this as an interview question and break it down in the following way:

1) How many women live in the US?
About 140 million.

2) What percent of women in the US have anorexia?
About .1%. Remember, this is not just teenage women; this includes babies, adults, and the elderly.

3) What percent of women who have anorexia die from it?
About .05%

Of course, if you're off on any of those calculations, you're still gonna get it wrong.

This is lesson 21B about statistics--
People generally have a hard time with population totals and subsets.

So when a journal accidentally wrote that 150,000 women die from anorexia each year, did anyone give it a second thought?

No, it seemed pretty reasonable. But actually, there are only 150,000 women who have anorexia each year.

How many women in the US die of anorexia each year?

A) 70
B) 700
C) 7000
D) 70,000

Take a stab at this question... I'll explain why I asked this in a future post.

Highlights from Hallelujah Night:

1) Seeing everyone help out and make it a fun night. I'm pretty sure the college students and EM had more fun than the kids.

2) Seeing everyone's costumes, and trying to figure out what people were supposed to be. Fred and Frank won awards for widest costume, while Eileen confused everyone by wearing her yellow jacket even though she was supposed to be a regular ant.

3) Of course, how could I forget Chongo swallowing a live goldfish and then throwing it back up...