Amazon seems to be have a culture of freakish self-promotion. Every time I visit the site, they scream at you "NEW PONY!!!" I guess it's neat that they are continuing to develop stuff, but it seems to lack the modesty and self-restraint that characterizes other sites that are more welcoming.
Here's some facts I just made up about celebrities - facts that you probably were not aware of:
St. Louis Cardinals Manager Tony LaRussa doesn't drink liquid unless it comes through a beer bong type device.
Naomi Watts, the unfamous daughter of the very famous sound engineer Peter Watts, rally races in Europe (she races Saabs) and I swear she never stops talking about it.
Scott Baio has lived in a symbolic igloo since the mid 80s and is a leader of the radical domestic terrorist group Eskimo Liberation Front.
Steve McQueen invented buffalo wings.
Ron Popeil is the world's richest functional illiterate. He funds charities that fight literacy. He's on a United Nations list of possible supervillains for his work fighting literacy in developing nations.
Wilford Brimley is violently allergic to oatmeal and will often throw up between takes of Quaker commercials.
