December 2008
73 posts
“Maybe we live life at too high a pitch, those of us who absorb emotional things...”
– Rob
Kevin Garnett Proves He Can Touch Rim →
This was probably my favorite onion sports article over the last year.
“The Internet was originally designed to network messages around areas of...”
– David Brin (via azspot)
“It turned out I turned out
the way that they warned me
I’d turn out if...”
– Chris Otepka aka The Heligoats in Been a Drill. “The End of All-purpose” is still blowing my mind. Three of the six songs are absolutely fantastic.
“…let’s face it, they’re not the smartest pickles in the...”
– T-Rex
Confusing Politics With The Lifetime Channel →
Sullivan continues comment on the Caroline Kennedy circus, with the best possible headline.
In Blagojevich Case, Is it a Crime, or Just Talk? →
NYT analyzes the strength of the juiciest allegation pointed at Blago. It’s an interesting point, but I don’t think Fitzgerald would have gone about that press conference the way he did unless he knew he could prosecute it. He’s not one for grandstanding. I hope the gov gets nailed to the wall, and I also hope more people like Fitzgerald are appointed to be US Attorneys.
“You can always remember Stylez White. Greg White, nobody knows Greg White.”
– Greg White, Buccaneers defensive end, on changing his name to Stylez G. White, inspired by the character from Teen Wolf.
EPIC BOX (sound incoming) →
In need of a pick me up to help me finish out the monday work day, I found the original flash file for the epic box, and mirrored it for my personal use. Take THAT, Monday!
Cute animals, you are on notice →
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
I recently bought the...
“We’ve had one of these before, when the dot-com bubble burst. What I told our...”
– Steve Jobs (via danw, mikehudack) (via marco)
I’m not an apple fanboy, but this is the right attitude, and all tech companies that are smart will follow this type of plan. Everybody is hurting right now, it’s the companies that are in position to succeed when the money comes back that...
“…she started a new enterprise, Mom’s friendly robots- to build robot...”
Do auto workers really make more than $70 per... →
No.
Factcheck.org and its cousins are still cranking people, let’s not fly off the handle on claims that would not pass muster during election season for more than a hot minute.
On nepotism
This is sort of a belated post because I was fuming about this earlier this week, not today. But I saw a nugget about the news story and it reminded me of being infuriated on the treadmill on Tuesday.
The entire idea of Caroline Kennedy being appointed senator of NY to replace Hillary is completely asinine. She may be a great lady, and I applaud her if she wishes to participate in public life. ...
“…I think she had something of a polarizing effect when she talked about...”
– Colin Powell on Sarah Palin
The Heligoats - Movieguns
This is not my favorite...
Bopaboo Claims to Let You "Legally" Sell MP3s... →
New MP3 market site Bopaboo says it has a legal means of letting owners of non-restricted MP3s sell them, for prices starting at 25 cents a track, to other users. The site’s founder says…
Bla-lego-vich →
By Patrick Appel Blagojevich: “the human lego”:
Not Rocket Science →
Shared by Craig This is good info to have, and holy hell am I happy to have somebody like him in charge of energy policy. It also reminds me of the time when the professor in one of my CS classes…
“[He] can’t put the ball on the floor and explore other options. It’s...”
– NBA Blog Ball Don’t Lie on Jason Richardson, traded to the Suns yesterday
Not The Pay Gap →
By Patrick Appel David Leonhardt, sharp as ever, debunks the claim that the average Big Three autoworker makes $73 an hour. He writes that the “real problem is that many people don’t want to…
i realized after writing it that you can read this... →
Shared by Craig
Dinosaur comics is great for the second straight day
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that fruit stand / car chase thing is pretty... →
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dinosaur comics stuff for your sweetie: PERHAPS the…
Hidden Travels of the Atomic Bomb →
http://www.thingsbearslove.com →
Bizarre. Cutesy and gruesome at the same time.
“The campaigners are feeling pretty stupid. There’s nothing more natural...”
– Polish police spokesman
Most Likely to Succeed →
Gladwell’s newest New Yorker article- the main focus is evaluating teaching but also a healthy dose of how NFL scouting works and even evaluating prospects for financial advising. A good read.
Paging Kanye →
Shared by Craig
Not sharing this to take a shot at W, but to register my shock that such a thing was possible “in the year 2000”
by Chris Bodenner Bush just can’t catch a break:
But the…
“Children are our future. Unless we stop them now.”
– Homer Simpson