June 2008
45 posts
Hiatus, Redux
It’s funny how most of my “blogging” comes from the relatively boring times in my life, rather than the significant ones. I’ve never been much of a journal guy (at least not a public one), so what tends to get posted here is the random crap I come across, whiling away the time I spend in front of the computer, not exactly the most heady material (with the occasional photo...
Sweet Saul Bass Inspired Tumblr Theme →
I never get tired of Bass.
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Summer Time
“Solstices occur twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is most oriented toward or away from the Sun, causing the Sun to reach its northernmost and southernmost extremes. The name is derived from the Latin sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still), because at the solstices, the Sun stands still in declination; that is, its apparent movement north or south comes to a standstill.
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“The salmonella was in the marijuana. When a marijuana smoker rolled a cigarette,...”
– New Yorker article about a 1981 salmonella outbreak spread by manure-laced pot.
Scurvy
I’m sick of pirates. There, I said it. Thanks world, for ruining pirates for me.
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Watch“Only six of these cameras were ever made, only five of them ever worked, we have four of those.”
From one of my favorite Albert Brooks movies; Real Life (1979).
WatchAt a little league game in Chicago, this guy provides the commentary.
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Eat a dick Mr Radio DJ. Playing Cat’s in the Cradle on Father’s Day is just a big funny joke to you isn’t it?
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“An upcoming wave of new workers in our society will never work for an...”
– TaxingTennessee: Did we miss the entrepreneurial revolution? NO (via jakoblodwick)
“Hey, fellas! How about this for a headline for tomorrow’s paper?...”
– The last words of James French, convicted murderer, before he was electrocuted. Awesome.
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Who says the faces in the dirt and rust are Jesus? I’m gonna be pissed when I come back as an oil slick and no one recognizes me.
“As committed as we are to reporting on American foreign policy, we’re also...”
– USA Today publisher Ken Paulson
“Last year, by one estimate, the video site YouTube, owned by Google, consumed as...”
– New York Times
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