Jim Cramer, the investment guru host of CNBC’s Mad Money, is characterized by his loud, animated, sometimes annoying style. He usually keeps things within the realm of good advice and sound principles, but this clip seems to indicate that he might be teetering on the brink of insanity. Judge for yourself…

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I was watching the Colbert Report last night (might have been a rerun in which case this is stale news) where Colbert mentioned a web app some dude wrote called Wikiscanner that cross-references Wikipedia edit IP-addresses with known IP-address owners to see exactly who is editing the entries. This gets interesting when you see edits [...]

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We’ve got a good group gathering in Carrboro tonight to see the Wolf Parade show at Cat’s Cradle. It was my birthday 2 days ago, Kath’s 5 days ago, and Lucas’s 18th birthday today (!). The Cheechmeister will be in town, as will J Bizzel. And let’s not forget Baker, Grant, Brian, the [...]

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peripatetic - adj 1. of, relating to, or given to walking2. moving or traveling from place to place : itinerantI don’t think I’ve ever heard this word uttered in speech. It doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue for one thing. For another, it has enough synonyms to banish it to the nether realms of esoteric [...]

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Banana + Nutella = Bananutella.Bananutella = not as good as you might anticipate.

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