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Key and Peele East/West College Bowl, list of names

I don't watch much television, but some friends keep sending me URLs to Key and Peele videos, including the recent East/West College Bowl skit.

As we sent emails back and forth, laughing about the names they came up with and which one we'd want to be, I decided to jot down the names they used in the video, and without any further ado, here's a list of the names.

Scala REPL - java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space error

I just got a “java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space error” when trying to use the Scala REPL to analyze a large XML dataset:

Hawaii Five-O

Oh yeah, the big 5-0 ...

Zucchero - Bacco Perbacco

In one alternate universe, I'm Steve Jobs. In another one I'm Zucchero. What a fun song:

Romeo and Juliet, the dyslexic version

“Romeo and Juliet, the dyslexic version.” From the underrated movie, Beautiful Girls.

Yahoo Mail quality

I have this feeling that one day Yahoo Mail is finally just going to fail, and I'll never see my old email messages again. Man, their quality of service has been horrible.

Nice bear ...

Nice bear ... sit boy ... lay down ...

The Dalai Lama: Speaking engagements and money

Question: Should this event make money, what happens to that money?

Answer: His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama does not charge a speaking engagement fee and no aspect of His Holiness’ visit is being used to profit financially. Any funds raised through sponsorships and tickets sales will be used only to cover expenses for these two events. Should there be any surplus funds from His Holiness’ events, that surplus will be disbursed to charitable organizations under the advisement of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

From http://www.dalailamalouisville.org/Sponsors.aspx

The Ballmer Peak

From Urban Dictionary: The theory that computer programmers obtain quasi-magical, superhuman coding ability when they have a blood alcohol concentration percentage between 0.129% and 0.138%.

Life - You want in on this?

If you're at all interested in Zen, the tv series Life is very good. This scene has little to do with Zen, other than perhaps a little lovingkindness, but it is funny.

Dalai Lama - Open your arms to change, but never let go your loving kindness

“Open your arms to change, but never let go your Loving Kindness.” ~ Dalai Lama

From https://www.facebook.com/DalaiLamaLouisville?hc_location=stream

Our true nature is beyond our conscious experience - Shunryu Suzuki

“Our true nature is beyond our conscious experience.”

~ Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki

Alaska - When do you have to remove studded snow tires?

If you live in Alaska, when do you have to remove studded snow tires? Information from alaska.gov.

Dick Van Dyke Show - Stacey sleepwalking

Coming from a family of sleepwalkers, this is funny.

Paraprosdokians

From an email today:

Hello Peter, this is me ...

Hello Peter, this is me ... your father ... Walter Bishop. (From the tv series, Fringe.)

Happy Earth Day, 2013

Happy Earth Day, 2013. To celebrate, it's snowing here in Boulder, Colorado.

Bobby Darin - Simple Song of Freedom

I was deeply saddened this past week when our politicians couldn't come to any sort of agreement regarding background checks on people who buy guns, presumably because of the influence of the NRA. As I thought about this again today, I thought about this great song from Bobby Darin: