July 2009
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“Oh, I don’t think she quit. I think she changed her priorities.”
– Sen. John McCain, commenting on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s decision to resign
Jul 13th
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Jul 4th
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“The great paradox of the age is that Barack Obama, the most riveting of recent...”
– David Brooks, New York Times
Jul 1st
June 2009
13 posts
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Hidden House, Hidden Story →
Jun 29th
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“Indeed, if there was a defining moment in Friday’s debate, it was the...”
– “Betraying the Planet,” Paul Krugman, New York Times.
Jun 29th
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Jun 19th
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What Facism Looks Like →
Be disturbed, very disturbed.
Jun 16th
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“There’s nothing more repugnant than seeing women being hit by big men armed with...”
– New York Times’ Roger Cohen from Tehran
Jun 15th
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Bloviators
I love the word, especially the way NYT columnist Frank Rich deploys it against right-wing hate mongers.
Jun 14th
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Degradation of the American Dialogue →
Jun 13th
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This scares the hell out of me →
And I can’t believe I’m linking to something that links to Fox News.
Jun 11th
Jun 10th
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Picture Behind the Picture →
Jun 7th
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Jun 2nd
5 notes
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“Read books are far less valuable than unread ones.”
– The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (via Jason Kottke)
Jun 2nd
May 2009
32 posts
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Distraction of Social Media →
May 27th
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Handy news
The New York Times’ two most-emailed stories: Texting May Be Taking a Toll The Case for Working With Your Hands
May 27th
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Seriously brighten your day →
Children singing — the antidote to downer thoughts. (via anyways.us)
May 25th
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“If you’re really concerned about cognitive abilities, look after your...”
– Mind Hacks disses Information Alarmageddon publicity
May 25th
Inexpert Experts →
My fascination needle just swung all the way to the right.
May 19th
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Harbinger of Death slumming in the city →
May 19th
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May 19th
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“Zeal is one of those qualities that either osmoses straight into you or bounces...”
– Magic Molly
May 19th
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In My Dreams
“In My Dreams” from the CD A Roller Coast of Emotions by Australia’s Youth Group: Happy again for the precious time I steal. For a minute there I thought my dream was real. Sometimes you come to me as a flock of birds. Sometimes you come dressed as Allen Ginsberg. Until the morning light, the same dream every night. In my dreams you are alive and breathing. Standing at my...
May 15th
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May 14th
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Fossils of the Future →
May 14th
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“…I was waterboarded [in training] so I know… It is torture…...”
– Jesse Ventura, former Navy S.E.A.L., on Larry King Live (via Andrew Sullivan)
May 13th
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May 9th
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May 8th
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Drink up
Portland and its scenic mini-me town 2,654 miles away, Asheville, N.C., both named Beer City USA.
May 8th
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May 8th
May 8th
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Fiscal folly
Is there a more definitive word than chagrined or embarrassed or mortified or dumbass for someone who writes a check to a firm retained to help get his — and spouse’s — financial house in order and fails to ensure enough money is available to cover the check? Do financial planners have a special term they use at financial planner conferences when trading stories about such...
May 8th
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May 7th
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Blood Puddle Pillow
When my wife and I were dating, I went to her apartment. She greeted me with an enigmatic smile. Smelling faintly of perfume, she led me upstairs to the bedroom. On the floor was a chalk outline, like those drawn around a dead body at a crime scene. It was me, she said. Read more
May 7th
3 tags
Need a hug? →
“An edition in the ongoing series METHODS & APPARATI for Social Facilitation and Mood Elevation.”
May 7th
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Not psychotic yet →
But this study makes me wonder: how would my world look without so much coffee?
May 7th
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Understanding the past →
What’s the context of these quotes from the epigraph page of a book I bought today? Not the unfolding torture scandal, though it could be.
May 7th
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Product placement
MSNBC.com publishes before and after photos of first U.S. resident to receive a face transplant. Ad inset in the story promotes anti-wrinkle cream. I refresh the page, and the ad changes to one for whitening teeth. Clever product placement or bad taste?
May 6th
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Jobs and names
I had a question about a neighborhood cleanup. Phoned contact person. Name is Clutter. I had a question about a seed library. Phoned contact person. Name is Lavender.
May 6th
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“If today’s “conservatives” spent one tenth of the time saying...”
– Daily Dish’s Andrew Sullivan
May 5th
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May 5th
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Need to live here →
May 5th
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How do you know when you've swilled too much wine?
When you start telling the French woman who’s pouring at a crowded tasting about French movies you’ve seen recently.
May 5th
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May 3rd
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May 2nd
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“White evangelical Protestants were the religious group most likely to say...”
– CNN report
May 1st
April 2009
50 posts
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“And the banks — hard to believe in a time when we’re facing a...”
– U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois (via MetaFilter)
Apr 30th
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Apr 29th
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Apr 29th