January 2009
203 posts
really sad photo-hunt
getthatlook:
sacharmathias:
it’s like erotic photo hunt, but for crying.
round 1-
1. he brought his doll/friend/doll to the restaurant
2. no one is sitting on the other side of that table
3. wallet chain
3. that glass is half-empty, not half-full
4. they brought him the check before he ate his ice cream
5. it’s his birthday
6.
we all lost this round, guys.
[thanks to edith for...
Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Dining Guide →
I’ve mentioned Mr Cowen before, he writes at Marginal Revolution and is an Economist whose work I enjoy. This dining guide is…breathtakingly comprehensive. If you’re in the DC area, you’re lucky, you could enjoy this forever. Everywhere else, join me in feeling jealous that there isn’t someone doing this in your town.
“Writer Christopher Bunting is currently working on a sequel called–and again, I...”
– Chris Sims, who always makes me laugh and I find myself in complete agreement with him here.
WatchThe esteemed Mr Brooks passed this along, some indie film makers took the AOL search data released in 2006 and made a series of short films. Its all based off one single person, user 711391. Here’s their description:
The “I Love Alaska” videos are short and stark. Each shows a barren landscape while a narrator reads through the actual list of search queries. It doesn’t...
WatchI’ve been trying to get into Ze Frank lately, but its one of those sites where there is a lot going on. Sure, you can jump in and read his stuff, but he’s got so many things that I feel like I’m missing a lot of the experience. Apparently there’s some forums that I haven’t even checked out. I’ve seen a few episodes of the show, came away with an impression of...
WatchI already mentioned how I feel about Merlin here (but how how how did I miss on saying “Mann-Crush”? I was way off my game that day, clearly.). If you’ve got a mac and are interested in juicing it up a little bit, you might wanna check this out. I’ve always wanted to customize my shit to my needs, but have never really gotten on it- FlaWa’s always been much more of...
War on Drugs cont.
Reading Balko’s piece, I was immediately reminded of David Simon and the points he made about The War on Drugs when I saw him speak at Goucher. Well, what do you know, there’s a link to a piece by him and the rest of The Wire writing crew in the comments. This was a key message that he drove home during the talk, and one I happen to agree with:
If asked to serve on a jury...
The War On Drugs
I’ve had this article tabbed in firefox for a few days, but keep getting distracted when I try to get around to really digesting it. Finally, the day is here! Wooo! This is Richard Balko, making a very convincing argument against the war on drugs. He outlines the damage that America’s worldwide crusade against drugs is causing. A run down of his points (but read the whole thing,...
Novack? More like No...vack. Nothin. Dammit.
So over at National Review, Michael Novak is taking a look at Obama’s accomplishments, a week deep:
On January 20, President Obama called for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act. He also declared his intention to give multiple rights and privileges to homosexual couples. On January 22, he issued an order announcing his intention to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay...
“If I have to call him up and say, ‘Get on set right now, young man,’ he’ll be...”
– Jeffrey Tambor droppin knowledge about The Arrested Development movie. Color me a shade somewhere between skeptical and excited. Skepticited? Exceptical? Exceptical.
FILM: The Wrestler
Saw The Wrestler last night and, y’know, it was pretty good. Although I try to avoid reading reviews before I see a movie, it was impossible to miss the hype swirling around this picture. As such, I went into the movie with very high expectations, which I hate doing. It leads to situations like this, where I really liked the movie but wasn’t blown away by it because I expected to really like...
Hater Mail →
I love me some David Attenborough (although I prefer Weaver’s Planet Earth a bit more, sorry). Apparently he gets hate mail from Creationist crazies for not crediting god in his documentaries. Insane.
Can't keep Polaroid Down
I already linked to The Impossible Project and their quest to bring back the Polaroid. There was only so much concrete info to get off their website, but here’s an article about it that explains a lot more. Thank you eccentric Austrian businessman! They’re shooting (ha!) for the project to be ready in December, which is when all the old film is supposed to run out.
Also, this guy...
'Cello scrotum' exposed as a hoax →
Digga turned me onto the genius that is CNN’s front page a while ago. I missed this one, but ze frank didn’t.
“Wahzgoanawn?”
– How James Carville has been opening his daily conference call with Rahm Emanuel, George Stephanopoulos, and Paul Begala. They’ve been doing it for the last seventeen years. How much more important did those phone calls just get as of eight days ago?
Gleen Greenwald, on two-tiered justice →
tdigga:
An excellent and infuriating posting. Some highlights:
There are countries in the world which actually embrace those premises for all of their citizens, and whose justice system consequently reflects a lenient approach to crime and punishment. The United States is not one of those countries. In fact, for ordinary citizens (the ones invisible and irrelevant to Ruth Marcus,...
“God dammit, where is my ice scraper?”
– Me. This Morning. I used an old McDonald’s cup and one of those styrofoam things that holds four coffee cups.
The Onion Atlas →
(via tdigga)
"How Marvelous"
A great slide show with audio (and that’s the crucial part, so make sure your speakers are on) of a photographer who just stayed on the street down at inauguration. Check it out.
h/t kottke
The High Price of Football
Pictures of a healthy brain (L) and one afflicted with CET (R).
From CNN, by way of BB:
I remember reading a little while ago that a number of ex-NFL players were donating their brains to science, to study the effects that all that joltin’n’jarrin. I think I remember because Frank Wycheck is participating, and of course, I love him*. The findings are pretty sobering though:
But...
Gotta spend money to save money
I’ve taken advantage of this deal a few times before, and its pretty good:
Restaurant.com is offering 70% off their already reduced restaurant certificates + get a Free Dale & Thomas $15 GC with each order when you enter code SUPER at checkout through 1/31/09. $25 certificates which normally sell for $10, are now $3.
Just be sure to read the fine print. Pretty much all of them...
eyeonspringfield:
Flaming Moe’s theme song
GYWO
Two shots. Today’s and then a lollerskates about Friedman.
notenote: saw Friedman speak at GC. i get his hypocrisy ‘n’all, but the man makes some points. thats still pretty funny though.
“what’s the deal with Chris Dane Owens?”
– -my dad
so true
Terrorists
Of course, an economist can make the sticky situation of releasing potential terrorists from Guantanimo seem, well, pretty simple. Tyler Cowen keeps it reasonable:
The total population of terrorists ebbs and flows all the time. When the number goes up by one hundred, no one much notices. If the number goes up by one hundred because we release some previously identified terrorists, there is or...
