May 09, 2008
"Straight Outta Compton" reverse edit! Every single word absolutely NSFW, but damn funny! At least, I thought so--then again, I'm pretty punchy after a long work week.
Great tits cope well with warming Seems obvious but this is indeed a good news story.
Hazel Court passes away , having previously shared her famous scream of stark terror many times without actually suffering heart failure... [more inside]
Instant Rimshot - incredibly useful.
May 08, 2008
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band tattoos.
So, you want to be a franchisor? You have a proud history. A reputation for extensive community involvement. And all it takes is one boneheaded decision by one franchisee to blow it all up, and create one massive controversy.
The Chaitén volcano in Chile Forces of Nature at their photographic best! (via the blue)
'NASA has scheduled a media teleconference Wednesday, May 14, at 1 p.m. EDT, to announce the discovery of an object in our Galaxy astronomers have been hunting for more than 50 years.' [more inside]
May 07, 2008
"Ask Genghis was first published in January of 2008 as a legal means of paying off the large gambling debts incured by the Khan due to his love of "betting the ponys."" It has potential, especially if we send Genghis requests for relationship advice.
May 06, 2008
Two Lawyers - the Yale Commencement Speech (pdf)
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"This was my last chance to teach you some law, Yale style. These were my final two slides: one bad lawyer, one good. What made the bad one bad wasn’t that he knew “less law.” It was that he, unlike the good lawyer, refused to take moral responsibility when he found himself in a position where his individual actions as a lawyer were likely to have a decisive role in shaping our profession’s situation sense, and thus in shaping the law itself."
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Zeppelin imagery [more inside]
Curious Tax Man: Very exciting tax question [more inside]
It's pudding. Shaped like breasts. Only in Japan would you be able to buy milk-flavored pudding in the shape of a jiggly breast, topped with a cherry or vanilla "nipple". Oh, and did I mention the packaging is designed to look like a topless woman?
A model for self-denial built in mid 18th century Pennsylvania, the upper stories of the Ephrata Cloister were so rife with mold that my sinusitis has flared up again, but it was worth seeing how The White Brotherhood and The Sisters of the Wilderness subsisted under austere conditions that would blanch a modern hedonist. [more inside]
Brother, can you spare me a dime nickel?
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How about a nickel for your thoughts?
Betcha a nickel you haven't seen these.
This link's only worth five cents
This makes five
May 05, 2008
The Great Pavement of Westminster Abbey, one of the Abbey's two Cosmati pavements, is to be restored to public gaze after being under carpet (except for one day a year) since the nineteenth century. [more inside]
Phallic bomb shelters of Nazi Germany. First appearing in 1936, they were quickly dubbed "cigarette stubbs" or "sugar beet heads". Officially they were called Winkeltürme (Winkel Towers)- after their architect Leo Winkel of Duisburg. Winkel patented his design in 1934, and in the following years Germany built 98 Winkeltürme of five different types.
When I Was 17, It Was a Very Good Toon
Webcomickers draw themselves, as they are today, and when they were 17... contributing so far: Meredith Gran of Octopus Pie, Paul Southworth of Ugly Hill, Jeph Jacques of Questionable Content, Rene Engstrom of Anders Loves Maria and Jeff Zugale of some webcomic I'd never heard of before*.
If you have a favorite webcomic, go bug the artist to draw "Me At 17/Me Today".
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The Personal Journal of Doogie Howser [more inside]
May 04, 2008
Incredibly cool house ...that cost less than $1,000 to build, will last 500+ years, and even before you click, I'm telling you this: [more inside]
May 03, 2008
Happy Thirtieth, Spam!
30 years ago today, someone at DEC (the now defunct Digital Equipment Corp.) sent out an unsolicited email to everyone on the Arpanet, advertising their new machine, and everyone's least favorite in box clogger was born.
Any particular favorites you've gotten (recently or not) that you'd like to share?
May 02, 2008
A Scottish ensemble [more inside]
Why Things Cost $19.95.* Think you're immune to that kind of pricing manipulation? Maybe not. [more inside]
A professor at Dartmouth attempted to sue the university and several freshman students ostensibly because her students didn't respect her, but also because, she claims, her coworkers and supervisor harassed her. She also seems to be claiming discrimination, but comments on various blogs from students who attended her classes (including students who were not graded by her - scroll down to comments) say that she was just a very bad lecturer. She has been very busy though: as of two days ago she was suing, the next day she publicly announced that she would no longer sue but would seek national press coverage. Also? She's going to write a book. [more inside]
Anatomical Theatre: Depictions of the Body, Disease, and Death in Medical Museums of the Western World. A photographic exhibition by Joanna Ebenstein of Morbid Anatomy.
Gazing too deeply into the abyss
- caution: may induce queasiness or damage to furniture from white-knuckled gripping.
Stolen from Ample Sanity.
May 01, 2008
*Dreamlikeliness* happens when a personal interiorscape gets interpreted for everyone's delectation - or so I would say. [more inside]
Memristors Coming soon: PCs that start up instantly, laptops that retain sessions after the battery dies, or mobile phones that can last for weeks without needing a charge? [more inside]
