Monthly Archives: October 2006
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Naenara, your panting-dog-wearing-a-tie superstore
Does anybody else find it ironic that these North Korean propaganda wallpapers are available for sale priced in US dollars? I’d buy the one of The Decider as a panting dog wearing a tie — because come on: panting dog, wearing a tie — if I wasn’t pretty sure that the money would somehow go [...]
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Pretend that there’s a poll widget here
Lately I’ve been getting more cold calls at work, via the company switchboard, from recruiters who found my name on LinkedIn. This really puts me out, and I usually give the GFY to the offending recruiter. So what’s with these people? Are they a vital part of the employment ecosystem, or does the fact that [...]
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The Plantation at Cracker View Junction
This snarkalicious guide to suburban Denver subdivision names is hilarious and then some. It’s not just Denver either. Suburban Kansas City is lousy with these places. I’m guessing the redonkulous names are there to put in some differentiation, as all of these damn places are exactly alike. If I had to pick a favorite combination [...]
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GoogTube
With three zillion trillion dollars burning a hole it its pocket, Google decided to purchase YouTube, the popular internet lawsuit magnet. Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc., the most-used Internet search engine, agreed to buy YouTube Inc. for $1.65 billion, adding the largest video-sharing site on the Web and an audience that watches more than [...]
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More fun with North Korea
Arms Control Wonk has some analysis of the recent nuclear test in North Korea. Estimating the yield is tricky business, because it depends on the geology of the test site. The South Koreans called the yield half a kiloton (550 tons), which is more or less—a factor of two—consistent with the relationship for tests in [...]
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Awesometown!
I don’t want to be the guy to look at a reportedly man-made magnitude 4.2 earthquake in North Korea and say “holy shit, this is bad,” but I guess I just did. Here’s to hoping that cooler heads prevail in the region despite rather obvious lunacy.
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Clearing up some misconceptions
Recently a good friend commented in her del.icio.us feed and made the following bold statement regarding an article about breastfeeding: Man, you can’t trust ANY study you read nowadays! Eggs are bad, eggs are good, wine is bad, wine is good. I just don’t know anymore. I think it’s important for the public to know [...]
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Monrovia, Represent
I couldn’t make it because of work, (and I probably would have been too busy had I stayed home anyway), but there was a great car show in Monrovia this has Saturday. LA-area artist Coop covers the event amazingly.
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Thinking ahead
If they need help figuring out who to name the Ministry of Love building after, this list would be a good place to start. Assholes. Alexander (R-TN), Yea Allard (R-CO), Yea Allen (R-VA), Yea Bennett (R-UT), Yea Bond (R-MO), Yea Brownback (R-KS), Yea Bunning (R-KY), Yea Burns (R-MT), Yea Burr (R-NC), Yea Carper (D-DE), Yea [...]
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