January 2009
46 posts
Aceyalone - Makebalillia
Reupholstering this...
This will be interesting to several people....
Reasons I like Corey:
1) Has excellent taste in music.
2) Hysterically funny.
3) Let me sleep on his couch once.
Reasons I hate Corey:
1) Is hardly ever on the internet anymore.
2) Sometimes knows about music I don’t know about.
3) Gets to make fun of Cassie in person.
“We should have been more selfish, not selfless,” he said. “It sounds probably...”
– Blagojevich Makes a Day of It on Way Out
Not only is he a shitbag for the comments about the lieutenant governor, but he re-opened a question I thought Sarah Palin had settled last fall: who is the least self-aware person who ever lived?
“A party that takes your party’s positions in that world, Ann, will die....”
– Boy, it’s fun to kick these people while they’re down!
“But Appenzell Innerrhoden is not keen to encourage its spread.”
– Naked ramblers face Swiss fines
Love the use of the word ‘spread’ in an article about nudity. Well done.
“In the court, Lubanga, sitting behind the defense team in dark suit and tie, and...”
– Global court starts with a fumble.
Dilated Peoples - Back Again
In honor of me being...
Why Is Russia's Leadership So Annoyed With Obama? →
Law and order Bangkok: The midwife unit →
In gridlocked Bangkok, a special team of cops helps women who can’t quite make it to the hospital on time.
This will be interesting to only one other person.
Reasons I like Stephen:
1) He uses words like ‘meta’ and ‘elite.’
2) He is Mexican, so he counts as an ethnic friend.
3) He shares interesting things via Google Reader.
Reasons I hate Stephen:
1) He no longer lives in Chicago.
2) He’s Mexican and stole my job.
3) His Google Reader comments are funnier than mine.
Comment by Bryan Fischer, Executive Director,... →
The least insightful comment I’ve seen on this lovely Google feature.
“Normal, vice-ridden, vaguely lazy workers must use this example to fight the...”
– Work: Why you no longer have to be the first person in the office
“That’s why governments have historically failed to “pick...”
– An Apollo program for US energy?
This will only be interesting to two other people.
Reasons Cassie likes me:
1. you are funny the majority of the time
2. you don’t eat Ranch so there’s more for me and Jason
3. You like babies
Reasons Cassie hates me:
1. You are skinny and I am fat
2. You got rid of your old cellphone without offering it to me first
3. You like [redacted] Reasons I like Cassie:
1) Fatter than me.
2) Less employed than me.
3) Has never met Jason.
Reasons...
Bolivia sets new global high mark for indigenous... →
A new constitution approved handily Sunday also risks dividing the nation.
“Milk bars (bar mleczny), bare-bones cafes set up by the communist authorities in...”
– Poles find solidarity in milk bars
“Obama has made it clear that smart is the new cool,” said Michael Hayden,...”
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As U.S. emerges from dark age, Canada’s scientific edge fades
It’ll be interesting to see how immigration plays into this as well. Sigh. I miss my old job.
“Since the Tigers wear vials of cyanide around their necks in case of capture,...”
– Is Sri Lanka about to finish the Tamil Tigers?
Americans will be surprised to learn the Tamil Tigers are not a baseball team.
Atmosphere - Mattress
Everybody talk about their...
'Daily Show' clip ruled out of Fayette church... →
'Virgin Mary' Underpass Stain Defaced With Devil... →
a) Can you really deface a stain?
2) Why is this news?
d) “We have faith, and we can see her face.” lulz.
“Disdain for empirical reality”
– Phrases From The Financial Times’ Final Editorial About President Bush
China voices: 'This is justice' →
A Chinese court handed two men the death penalty and gave life imprisonment to a former dairy boss for their involvement in China’s contaminated milk scandal.
The addition of melamine to raw milk led to the deaths of six babies and made 300,000 ill.
Here, people across China give their reaction to the sentences.
“University of Pittsburgh archivists are using humidifiers, muslin fabric and...”
– Pitt archivists uncover the past with old mining maps
Séance being held to reach Edgar Allan Poe's... →
The quality of this article is surpassed only by the comments.
Ain’t No Fun, the official anthem of the...
Happy anniversary.
Jim: Have we peaked?
Stephanie: Maybe we should break up now and go out on top.
Jim: Maybe we could take it to another level.
Stephanie: I'm not ready for children.
Jim: ...
Stephanie: Or anal.
Atmosphere - RFTC
Your Friday night dance party.
“Here is Bulgaria, represented as a series of crude, hole-in-the-floor toilets....”
– Hilarious.
An art hoax unites Europe in displeasure
“Teams of six had 2 1/2 hours to shear a sheep, spin its fleece and weave a...”
– Sheep to Shawl Contest
Neat!
Ex-director of Ohio's Office of Faith-Based and... →
SHOCKING.
Seven Things
I’m really into talking about myself, so here are seven things about me to add to my internet shrine to myself.
1) I’ve been running for longer than some of you have been alive, and I’m only 28.
2) I am so terrified of failure, I’d rather not try at all.
3) I hate pretty much everyone I meet at first. The people who grow on me over time are the ones worth keeping around....
“Kimberly Bloom’s attorney said the case turned on a cruel question: Should...”
– Jury backs Aldi over Sunday work
SUCK IT, KIMBERLY BLOOM.