2008

The Church & Politics Quiz

“Holoselves are, for all intents and purposes, artificial...”
— Stephen Downes (via azspot) I...

MAKE: Blog: Urban Sustainability Q&A With...

“Jesus, in short, abhors both passivity and violence. He...”
— Walter Wink (via azspot) The...

Carrot Soup with Goat Cheese and Basil « My...

Bathroom Art - Niemann Opinion Art Blog –...

Omnivore's Hundred

likeasif: frannyandzooey: Here’s what I want you to do: 1) Copy this list into your blog or...

McCain unsure how many houses he owns -...

bunkercomplex: “In the Finnish Navy, spats are part of the...

South Central Farm to Forever 21?

(via mollylambert) possible entrant for Friends Friday?

“How would we have reacted if Moscow had brought Western...”
— Patrick J. Buchanan (via...

Nils Olav inspecting The King’s Guard of...

A Margaret Cho, Samantha Ronson, Lindsay...

Thursday's There. I said it.

fightwithknives: I have yet to hear a decent reason for protesting at the Republican National...

Thursday's There. I Said It.

Despite my New York parochialism and apparent derision for Los Angeles, I usually think...

“Google is the perfect real-world memory aid for students. It...”
— Made to Stick (via azspot) 1 -...

As if on cue to today’s debate in my...

“Tompkins Square Park is hip and expensive today. Resistance...”
— pulled from a NYTimes article...

Maybe this is why I can't seem to get an...

Bunde: your resume has prompted gmail to send me this link -- "Run a great D&D campaign? - www.ObsidianPortal.com - Then get a campaign website! Show off why you're the top DM."
me: shit
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Of course, If this leads to some sort of Pulp Magazine/Comicbook Archive to hire me.... that would be pretty damn rad.

n+1 versus the dark knight

I’ve completely given up trying to understand media as...

“Reality, meanwhile, strives to take us in another direction....”
— — Jim Kunstler’s...

They Will Rock You (more HERE! moustache twirl Newsarama)

fightwithknives: I had a dream about the apocalypse wherein a building exploded from the top with...

“A fascinating book which makes you see the world in a...”
— Fortune magazine’s blurb...

dear nikography, despite how much news I read and how much...

Thursday's There. I said it.

fightwithknives: I enjoy living in the Midwest. I don’t think I will ever be Midwestern, but I like...

“maybe we want to avoid balancing our body weight on our toes...”
— Comment of the day on Claudia...

Balk via Kottke mentioned The Ampersand...

Lonesome_George: i kinda wanted to reblog it and comment on it
but then i realized i dont give a crap about symbols
me: haha... funny thing, I've been subscribing to the Ampersand blog for a while now
L_G: haha really?
me: yeh, i've got a thing for typography
and the ampersand is a pretty fun thing to play with in typography
L_G: i hate it because i cant draw it
me: it's very easy to draw a handwritten one... it's like a line with a backwards rounded E laying on it
L_G: whaat? its like a figure eight and a capital cursive s fucked and had a crack baby

mumblemumblr:adamo:shoes and shoemakers,le scarpe di...

“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said...”
— Buddha (via bluenemesis) Along...

One of my possible futures. moustache twirl energyface (via...

Other stuff I think my T9 should know...

noredshoes: ‘Me’ instead of ‘of’ (duh) ‘Bar’ instead of ‘car’ ‘Fucking’ instead of...

And just imagine... McCain is even MORE...

old guy at library: EXCUSE ME how do you get internet explorer on this thing?
man: that is internet explorer
old guy: no, this is google.
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via The Dooze

“As a former connoisseur of very tall buildings and an...”
—  Tim Kreider is tearing shit...

And I JUST watched Jurassic Park last...

Little Sister: oh, also, you need to watch jurassic fight club
it's this new awesome show on the history channel
me: yeh?
L_S: it just depicts different dinosaur fights that paleontologists think happened
yesterday it was about Majungaltholus (or something like that) being a cannibal
and fighting/eating other majungalos. next week is t-rex vs. nanotyrannus (strength vs. speed)
L_S: the warning before the show is great, it's something like.... Warning: The following is a graphic description of a violent prehistoric battle
me: YES they might as well just say - Warning: The following is COMPLETELY FUCKING AWESOME
L_S: exactly

I have never found Elmo cute at all… until just...

R. Nick Kuszyk. Dunno if I prefer this or the black &...

Best. Crest. Ever. (also, I guess now would be a good time...

Swoon’s got colors and colors and colors and...

Friday's Sign of the Apocalypse

Start off the end of the week with a brutal sign of the end of the world! This week’s...

Listen

Perhaps the ONLY thing The Dark Knight was...

“I stopped watching soap operas when I realized I was praying...”
— woman in the Honda dealership...

Thursday's "There. I Said It."

I am a sap, more than I’m comfortable to admit. Certain things will even make me cry at my...

“In times of war, our leaders always speak of their prayers....”
— Wendell Berry (via...

And for those of you scared of my support of labor unions,...

For those of you scared of my “I’m getting more...

Here’s hoping this little girl grew up as badass as...

Iraq Is Ireland

In Dublin, on August 1, 1915, Padraic Pearse, poet, schoolmaster and, later, leader of the Easter...

“Chocolate is a magic product. It used to be the food of the...”
— Jacques Torres (moustache...

“…a commercial flight pays $2,014 in taxes to fly from New...”
— The Good Life (via...

“I’m only forty-one, but I’ve already seen two war propaganda...”
— Tim Kreider of The Pain, When...

File under: How could I not have thought of this?...

This is where I’m at. moustache twirl catastrofe

“He has been apparently pursuing a self-alliterating course...”
— from the wiki on Roberto...

Listen

ALAN MOORE FTW

Thank you for finding/curating this, mollylambert: EW: Don’t you have the slightest curiosity...

"A leading cyber-security expert and former...

I <3 Tank Girl (This Recording just re-published their...

This HAD to be part of the inspiration for Five Fists of...

This answers SO MANY QUESTIONS i’ve had about...

The first person to complain about...

Is gonna get punched in the throat. Much like the burst of the housing bubble, if you didn’t...

“Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States had an...”
— Bruce Springsteen (via...

Somethin tells me Fred is going to be ok… (best parts...

Buy Me This Useless Piece of Plastic (this could probably...

I watched the shitty new Wargames movie so you don’t...

“Certainly there is a hellish ingenuity to the cluster bomb,...”
— Stigmatizing War (via...

Thursday's "There. I Said It."

Grandma may have been right… I think I’m getting more religious as I get older. Fuck....

“The toughest case for the economic mind is addiction. The...”
— Our Phony Economy (via...

!!! Zoo Welcomes Seven White Lion Babies. Deadly. Cute. And...

Will I Ever Stop Being Fascinated By Mars?

Cute, but I have a better idea than buying this. BUILD YOUR...

One issue McCain has problems with

Reporter: Health insurance companies cover Viagra but not birth control. Do you have an opinion on this issue?
[Monstrously long, eight-second pause]
McCain: I don't know enough about it to give you a[n] informed answer.
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Was this ever followed up on? This was days ago, does he have an answer yet? Or is he still playing the "Well, I'm sorry, but i'm just a confused moron like the current President" card?

“I know it was the New Yorker’s attempt at satire. I...”
— Senator Obama finally...

Help Name My Fist!

DJ Fruitjuicyred: last night I named my fists
Flannery O'Connor
and Edith Wharton
me: NICE
i was gonna name one of my fists Entropy
DJ Fruitjuicyred: what about the other one?
me: still up for debate

“NASCAR is a sport like jerking off is parenting”
— R. Stevens (via the...

OMFG public dissection of giant squid will be...

Ze French

Cat: the french president just gave the legion of honor
to the guy who pronounced his divorce from his wife
and to the guy who introduced him to his mistress
Lonesome_George: hahaha
french people
they know whats important
Cat: hahaha
its an award for service to the nation
like the highest honor possible
LG: wow
so basically once you help the president do it you win
Cat: basically
he's not exactly
like a super great president
LG: "zank you for helping me do it"
Cat: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
...
Cat: thats exactly what french people say after sex
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And Cat would certainly know what the French people say after sex. Ohhhh ZING!!! well... not really. That just means she's having a damn fine vacation.
Also, helping set someone up w/ Carla Bruni (that IS who she's referring to, right?) is TOTALLY Legion of Honor-worthy.

Me and my first boss out of college bonded over our mutual...

Pretty helpful and on the spot, especially considering what...

If you thought the cover to The New...

Then you’re either a fool or a jerk. That goes for you, too, Senator Obama.

“I’m suspicious of this theory that thirteen-year-old...”
— Sounds about right to me. And...

Morning muesli pick-me-up

“This process is really out of control now. The bottom line...”
— Jim Kunstler’s got his...

This is how the Facebook generation is being advertised to...

BAKED EGGS AND MUSHROOMS IN HAM CRISPS

a man of many dimensions (this arch of Achewood is amazing...

Dr. McNinja, in a spacesuit, surfs a rocketboot powered,...

Science Centric | News | Dye-coated glass to...

“I usually just flip past these stories but this one almost...”
— commenter JenChungsBra on...

An image of “fail” that is full of win. Also,...

McCain in 2007

Q: So no contraception, no counseling on contraception. Just abstinence. Do you think contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV?
Mr. McCain: (Long pause) You’ve stumped me.
Q: I mean, I think you’d probably agree it probably does help stop it?
Mr. McCain: (Laughs) Are we on the Straight Talk express? I’m not informed enough on it. Let me find out. You know, I’m sure I’ve taken a position on it on the past. I have to find out what my position was. Brian, would you find out what my position is on contraception – I’m sure I’m opposed to government spending on it, I’m sure I support the president’s policies on it.
Q: But you would agree that condoms do stop the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. Would you say: ‘No, we’re not going to distribute them,’ knowing that?
Mr. McCain: (Twelve-second pause) Get me Coburn’s thing, ask Weaver to get me Coburn’s paper that he just gave me in the last couple of days. I’ve never gotten into these issues before.
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With Bush it was "Evil or just plain stupid?" With McCain it seems to be "Senile or just plain stupid?"
It's time to start drafting my "Dear family, if you vote for McCain I will never forgive your abject stupidity." letter.

“Chris Isaak driving a fairly heavy American car on a large...”
— Chris Onstad on what his ideal...

Thursday's "There. I Said It."

Not really a big one this week, but i feel like it’s worth reminding…. Atheists, JUST AS...

“The protest has served this nation well, but there can be no...”
— Blogger georgia10 offers a...

They're taking away the best reason I...

Brothers and sisters in the city of angels, I feel your pain. Onceuponatime I had a wonderful little...

Dude, you just got totally mocked by...

Wanna get fed up with New Yorkers and...

Then I would recommend reading this bullshit recap of a whole heaping helping of bullshit between...

I guess i lied

She REALLY loves elephants

Little Sister: oh man, now i want a ps3 - "Elefunk is all about building bridges so you can move a group of elephants from one floating land mass to the next. The catch is, as we all know, elephants are heavy. These bridges need to be sturdy enough for the massive mammal to cross one side to the next."
except i'd probably get depressed if my bridge wasn't strong enough and my elephants died... plus i bet that's bad luck
me: hahahahahaha
me: well, along those lines http://lunaticadesnuda.blogspot.com/2008/07/amazing-pepsi-ad-indian-elephant-tower.html
LS: woahhhhh
me: it's a very elephant day today http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/07/09/oh-no-elephantine-emergency/
LS: hmmm, dog vs. elephant
me: not just a dog
REX THE MUTHAFUCKIN WONDER DOG
LS: wonder elephant > wonder dog > elephant
me: hahahaha
LS: MOAR ELEPHANTS: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/35939.html
you can play as a TEAM of them!
me: wow
LS: It's elephant day! (in my mind)
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P.S. Tumblr crew, you should find a way to make stuff linkable within these chat posts.

Isn't it weird when you have a super...

and then somebody goes and answers it for you?

Wu-Shroom. Hell Yes. dtybywl: gkojaxlabo: babyface

I wish i could declare a moratorium or fatwa on pictures...

Real Life is more important than Web...

I’m taking the week off from this blogging thing cuz I got apartment and job hunting...

“I survive the gradual, and I now fear inevitable,...”
— Chris Hedges (via azspot)

“but come on, Japan has much more useless crap than us....”
— Little Sister’s response...

Please Don't Kill Me In The Astral...

mollylambert: Here’s the first two verses of the song I wrote about Manson: Charlie Manson never...

“The US economy is crumbling because the way we conduct the...”
— a Monday morning nut-punch via...

Beautifully Nostalgic (Rob Sheridan - Strangers in a Strange...

Captain America fighting alongside Communists. (belated...