Monthly Archives: June 2009
Dead Babeler Walking
The Babelers have committed the most horrible of crimes. As we are read our last rights by a religion of our choosing, we must decide on our last meal. Anything is on the menu.
Mel Gibson’s Magnum Opus, Braveheart
The Babelers review the epic film Braveheart, starring and directed by Mel Gibson, to see what elements make this movie so great to many and so terrible to some.
(Ir)regardless of the Dictionary, Irregardless is NOT a Word
Despite its appearance in the dictionary as a nonstandard word, irregardless is not a word. Sadly, its use in everyday speech has become all too common.
Posted in Humor Tagged bad grammar, dictionary, double negatives, irregardless is not a word, nonstandard word, pet peeve 9 Comments
Our Favorite Music Albums
The founding fathers of Babeled weigh in on which music albums they consider to be the best of the best.
Posted in Babeled On Series, Music Tagged 311, appetite for destruction, blackpool lights, CD, coheed and cambria, dark side of the moon, deftones, guns n roses, hot rod circuit, incubus, junta, jurassic 5, mix tape, phish, pink floyd, sony walkman, the beatles, the gaslight anthem, the roots, thrice, thursday, toasters, weezer, wizard of oz 3 Comments
Comedian: Bill Hicks
Dead by 32, Bill Hicks was a comic genius who died young. This clip shows him talking about the difference between smokers and non-smokers.
Posted in Entertainment, Humor Tagged bill hicks, cigarette, non smokers, pancreas cancer, smokers, smoking, stand up comedy 1 Comment
Transformers: Baa Weep Grahna Weep Ninny Bong
Before the debut of Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, the Babelers take a moment to reflect on 20 years of Autobot awesomeness.
Power Over Life and Death
What would you do if you suddenly found you had the ability to heal the dead but at the cost of taking another life?
Regulation Philosophies Differ For Banking & Financial Markets
The divergent directions of regulation in banking vs. financial markets: while banking is deregulated financial markets face even tighter rules - to what end?
Posted in Business, Economics Tagged bank, deregulation, FASB, fdic, financial, market, mortgage-backed securities, Sarbanes-Oxley, sec 3 Comments
The Fool : Tarot