My buddy Q! sent me a link this morning to a Craig’s List post that is, well, pretty much an open letter from a New Yorker to the girl who lives in the apartment across the street from him.  It’s funny and kind of creepy too…

You must go to this site right now and watch this wonderful tribute to Rednecks.  It’s just a series of pictures set to the "Dueling Banjos" song from the movie Deliverance that, quite simply, kicks ass.

Via the good people at Boing Boing.

SEOUL (Reuters) -

North Korea‘s Dear Leader Kim Jong-il
never forgets a phone number, a cadre’s career or a line of
computer code.

According to an article posted Tuesday on a Web site run by
North Korea, Kim wakes up early every day for intensive memory
training where he sits down and commits to his keen mind items
such as the phone numbers of workers in his Stalinist state.

"I remember all computer codes and telephones that workers
are using now," Kim was quoted as saying on the Web Site
"Uri-Min-jok-kiri" (www.uriminzokkiri.dprkorea.com), or "Among
our People."

Kim surprised a group of North Korean officials attending a
meeting in 2002 by recalling all their phone numbers "with
lightning speed," the site said.

On a day Kim visited a cemetery, he looked around at the
tombs and he remembered the achievements, characteristics,
tastes and bereaved family members for hundreds of the dead by
a quick glance at the names on tombstones, it said.

"All the attendants were surprised at his incredible
memory," the site says.

North Korean propaganda is ripe with the amazing
achievements of its Dear Leader. The highly controlled state
also closely monitors its citizens to make sure they do not
speak out against Kim or challenge his rule.

Kim pilots jet fighters, pens operas, produces movies and
accomplished a feat unmatched in the annals of professional
golf by shooting 11 holes-in-one on the first round he ever
played.

The Web Site said Kim told all workers they should develop
their ability to memorize. "The memory of a person gets better
when a person uses their brain often," he was quoted as saying.

Wow, what a guy, huh?  He could maybe take a little time to get a haircut, new glasses and maybe wear something other than pantsuits.  Ya think?

According to Engadget, Avis Rent-A-Car is now renting out Hummer H3′s with DirecTV receivers built-into them.  Yep, you can now be big pimpin’ in your rented H3 if you pick it up at Phoenix AZ’s Sky Harbor airport (which is a pretty nice airport if I do say so myself).  It ain’t cheap though, it’ll cost you a whopping $120/day to rent.