December 2009
166 posts
Ten Words You Need To Stop Misspelling →
I blame the stupid effing iPod touch for replacing “its” with “it’s” in my last post. leave me alone, spellchecker.
The 'Big Lebowski' and its Dude Get the Academic... →
the dude abides
China shopping centre builds 'car park for women' →
A shopping centre in China’s Hebei province has built a car park with wider spaces that it says is designed especially to suit women drivers.
i’m just the messenger here.
US Economy Crippled by Churches →
Did you know that a church does not contribute a god damn thing economically, and, to the contrary, pays no taxes at all while still consuming city services such as firefighter responses when heathens burst into flames? It is true. Churches contribute less to the public coffers than more civic-minded businesses like strip clubs and sex shops and Satanic apparel outlet stores.
Blood: The Middle East →
Great tune played by John in the morning on KEXP… Happy Tuesday!
The Rolex
I was really surprised when Rachel and Jennifer asked me what I would like for Christmas. They’re the two gorgeous gals next door. They’re lesbians, and frequently wake me up with their high-passion love-making. I was even more surprised when on Christmas morning, they gave me a Rolex. Really, it’s a lovely gesture, and I don’t want to complain. But I think they misunderstood me. When they asked...
Nicholas Kristof: How to Save the World →
What would happen if aid organizations and other philanthropists embraced the dark arts of marketing spin and psychological persuasion used on Madison Avenue? We’d save millions more lives.
The Plastic Bag That Dissolves In Water →
“reactionary #jetblue #tsa brilliance compliments of the #testicleterrorist...”
– Operations Update Last Updated: 12/27/2009 [10:00 pm EST] Customers on flights originating outside of the United States are asked to allow at least one additional hour for check in due to U.S. government mandated security procedures. Please note: JetBlue’s LiveTV programming will be...
Feds probe banker Allen Stanford's ties to... →
The Justice Department is investigating millions of dollars Stanford and his staff contributed to lawmakers over the past decade to determine if the banker received special favors from politicians while building his spectacular offshore bank in Antigua, The Miami Herald has learned.
shocking
deep thought of the day
joe leiberman wants to attack yemen because of sparklers on a plane. i say send him there with a pair of army boots, MREs, and a little toy gun so’s the natives are ascared. oh, and a video camera so i can enjoy watching the results, preferably in HD.
WatchRedneck Mudhole Water Skiing in S. Carolina
Dave Barry's year in review: 2009 →
It was a year of Hope — at first in the sense of “I feel hopeful!” and later in the sense of “I hope this year ends soon!”
It was also a year of Change, especially in Washington, where the tired old hacks of yesteryear finally yielded the reins of power to a group of fresh, young, idealistic, new-idea outsiders such as Nancy Pelosi. As a result Washington, rejecting...
29% of Americans say religion 'out of date'
Hang tight, sheeple! We’ve been busy in our labs inventing the new, upgraded version 2.0 (WWJD v2.0*). Easier to digest, more invented truths than you can shake a stick at, and a BIGGER, BETTER jesus!
*soon available as an iPhone app
People who look young for their age 'live longer' →
Furor Erupts Over Athiest Display at State Capitol →
how’z it feel, clowny?
Introducing: DJ Shadow’s classic 'Endtroducing' LP... →
DJ Shadow’s seminal ‘Endtroducing’ album is considered by most to be uncoverable – but ‘Introducing’ are not your average ‘covers’ band. The 1996 album inspired a generation. It made the Guiness Book of Records’ as the world’s first completely sampled album. Introducing take the whole thing full circle, and return those samples into live...
I *think* this was my brother leaving me a voice...
Tequila Saves Lives →
Eileen adheres to this well-known health care benefit.
“If there is an earthly heaven for secular folk, contemporary Denmark and Sweden...”
– Phil Zuckerman, “Society Without God”
Silicone Based Chemical in Pizza Huts Cheese is... →
mmm… faux cheese…
Every Day the Same Dream →
Every Day The Same Dream is a short existential game about alienation and refusal of labour.
Yahoo! Yodelizer →
Michelle Bachman: Welfare Queen →
Bachmann’s family farm received $251,973 in federal subsidies between 1995 and 2006. The farm had been managed by Bachmann’s recently deceased father-in-law and took in roughly $20,000 in 2006 and $28,000 in 2005, with the bulk of the subsidies going to dairy and corn.
Facebook fuelling divorce, research claims →
The social networking site, which connects old friends and allows users to make new ones online, is being blamed for an increasing number of marital breakdowns.
Divorce lawyers claim the explosion in the popularity of websites such as Facebook and Bebo is tempting to people to cheat on their partners.
Shenandoah remains clouded with racial tension →
Eileen Burke still lives by the epicenter of an outburst of hate. On a summer night in 2008, just outside her door, she heard shouts of things like “you bleeping Mexican.” She saw some young men — two of whom she knew by name — run past. She knelt over a motionless person she saw laying in the street, heard a liquid gurgle in his throat, and realized the man was dying.
But, in the hours and days...
Gourmet's Favorite Cookies: 1941-2008 →
drool
Bacon or Beer Can →
Inversion in Valley Causes Grimy Skies →
Grimy? You practically need a canary just to walk the streets. Makes me long for Denver’s “crystal clean purified winter air”
“$10bn a year is a joke. The military expenditure of the US is $700bn per year....”
– Venezuela President Hugo Chavez
DAVID SIMON: INTERVIEW BY JESSE PEARSON →
David Simon is responsible for one of the greatest feats of storytelling of the past century, and that’s the entire five-season run of the television series The Wire. If that sounds like hyperbole to you, then you haven’t watched the show yet. It is the most intricate web of character, motivation, insight, action, repercussion, and emotion that’s ever been on TV, and it rivals the grand novels of...
Foodista.com - The Cooking Encyclopedia Everyone... →
WatchTDS: Obama’s Socialist Christmas Ornament Program
