January 2009
24 posts
“Boomer, the Pacers mascot, walked behind the Bucks bench with a large, fake cell...”
– Basketbawful, talking about Boomer stickin’ it to Kelvin Sampson. Awesome.
Bouncer Moved To Tears By Tale Of Friends Already... →
The Onion wins again
“[T]orture is the tool of the lazy, the stupid, and the pseudo-tough. It’s...”
– Major General Paul Eaton (ret.)
This song hit the spot this morning. Reeeaaaal...
Now that's an inauguration party →
The details of Andrew Jackson’s inauguration are pretty hilarious.
The media myth about the cost of Obama's... →
Op-ed crunching some of the numbers being bandied about. Pundits being intellectually dishonest about figures? Well I’ll be. Most of the difference in cost (which won’t be known for months) is due to the giant crowd showing up, not the lavish partying.
War on Drugs: The Price Tag | Culture11 →
An article on the monetary cost of the war on drugs and how that’s relevant now
“I’m convinced that most people only spend 1-2 hours a day actually working. Of...”
– Nathan Bowers (via lindsaycampbell) (via marco)
“The conventional economic wisdom these days seems to be that tax cuts or tax...”
– Michael Mandel in Business Week via the Dish
An interesting argument.
“The funny thing, though, is when television came along, it became, to a degree...”
– Clay Shirky (via azspot)
I don’t necessarily agree with this viewpoint because the barriers to publishing writing are astronomically lower than they have ever been thanks to the internet, but it’s interesting to think about.
Matthew Good Band - Man of Action
Mr. Good...
25 strange throw pillows →
The horse head one is my favorite
Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos - Broad Ripple...
“There are many scary things about today’s world. But one that is truly thrilling...”
– Chris Anderson (via azspot)
And I will hang my head, hang my head low.
The...