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I've started a Tumblr Blog, which is a quick way of sharing interesting links and videos.

You can access it at: ericj.tumblr.com

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If you're a fan of James Lilek's Gallery of Regrettable Food (and if you're not, you should be) you're sure to enjoy Candyboots' Weight Watchers recipe cards from 1974.

Mmmmm, Fish Balls.

Arena Football 2, the minor league for the Arena Football League.

Featuring my new favorite team name: The Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings. I think I used to have the G.I. Joe Battle Wing when I was a kid.

This week they battle the Florida Firecats. I know I had a Cobra Firecat.

Thanks, of course, to Deadspin.

From Ace: Survey Finds Worker Shortages Loom Large

A new survey finds shortages of qualified workers are problems in the U.S. and around the world.

The employment firm Manpower Inc. surveyed 33,000 employers in 23 countries and found that 44 percent of U.S. employers and 40 percent worldwide are having trouble filling positions because of a lack of suitable talent.

Not to cast doubt on the good economic news, but the country's largest recruiting, temp agency and job placement firm does a survey and finds that corporations are going to have trouble finding good workers.

Necessitating, I'm sure, the hiring of recruiters, temp agencies and job placement firms.

What a shock.

It's almost like they sponsored this survey just so they could use it in their marketing materials.

For the last few months we've been using Airset as a family calendar. It allows multiple group creation, has to-do lists, contacts, and even a blogging system. It'll send daily reminders as e-mail or SMS, and a daily itinerary for the next day, or you can get upcoming events by RSS.

The UI is full of AJAXy goodness, you can sync with Outlook, and it's free.

On the other hand, Google is supposedly releasing a calendar application soon, and when that happens I'll probably dump Airset.

Life's funny that way.

Flig.

The NTSA is auctioning off a number of lots of items confiscated at airports.

Somewhere in there is my keychain knife.

But what's with the Purple Sombrero?

Seriously. What's with the Purple Sombrero?

I'm tempted by the 50 Assorted Multi-tools.

Mad Magazine, clearly The Onion's great-grandpa, delivers a smack-down.

CampusJ is a new collective of Jewish blogs from University campuses around the country.

Among the initial schools covered is Duke.