September 2009
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Govt: Nearly 6,000 deaths from driver distraction →
Were is the War against Distraction? Don’t you miss the ridiculousness of the previous administration just a little bit? Maybe not.
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Alice In Chains - All Secrets Known
Not a bad way...
I’m going to be hard all day, FYI. So if you see me, don’t look down. Black Gives Way to Blue - http://bit.ly/1z2Hix #iTunes
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“As tweets on Twitter, they’re pretty innocuous.
“We can incur all sorts of...”
– Ombudsman Blog - Post Editor Ends Tweets as New Guidelines Are Issued
A prerequisite for reporting “hard” news is fact. If what you get paid for contains the facts, then you have done your job. Far be it from me to tell someone that they have to forgo having an opinion on matters that...
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OMG GOP WTF?! http://bit.ly/yz8wE
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I need a day off and away from this place. O’wait. That’s tomorow.
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Worldometers - real time world statistics →
My favorite part: The number of overweight people (not obese) outnumbers the number of undernourished people.
get this:
ragbag:
my next door neighbor refers to the usb port on his laptop as his laptop’s cornhole.
This is officially the preferred nomenclature for USB ports at work. This will catch on.
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Hi. I'm ReRun. →
Just tried out Hi, I’m. I like the idea of a social network landing page. I suppose that is something that Facebook is trying to do on their own, but the reality is that many people use more and more social networking sites every day. If you are going to keep them all together, it is going to take some work.
I think of this site as a social network business card. I like the interface. Very...
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Why virtualize one OS you don’t fully understand when you can virtualize two? http://twitpic.com/iwqzi
Just picked up The Hunt for Ringed Planets. Exciting night right? Don’t knock it. I love this shit. http://bit.ly/bhY8q #iTunes
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WatchWhat is it about flooded public spaces that I find so fascinating. A friend from work shared this with me today.
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“The theocons are obsessed with keeping gays marginalized and making abortion...”
– Green Catholicism
I know the quote hasn’t made mention about the primary topic of the article, which is why I included the link. Read it.
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FCC to propose 'Net neutrality' rules →
Because we all know BankOfAmerica.com isn’t more important than the latest download of Butt Banger Bonanza.
Sake, sushi, wine, black angus burger, peanut butter pie….topped off with a great beer. Stuffed. http://twitpic.com/idvhm
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Quick, Die.
In a short Atlantic piece, Death by Uninsurance, Daniel Akst hints that in addition to reducing waste in the current healthcare system, we may find a gold mine in reduced healthcare costs by educating people further on the dangers of smoking and unhealthy diets.
While he might have a point, it isn’t well backed up and the article takes a beating in the comments section:
…the idea that...
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“When I’m in writing mode for a novel, I get up at 4:00 am and work for five to...”
– Daily Routines: Haruki Murakami
I apparently bookmarked a lot of stuff to read on my day off. I think I might need more coffee.
Just registered http://sharpiecak.es. I have no idea what I am going to do with it yet. Just decided that I want a domain.
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Drake Equation →
bestofwikipedia:
The Drake equation was devised by Dr. Frank Drake in 1960, in an attempt to estimate the number of extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way (our galaxy) with which we might come into contact. Best current estimates for the parameters of the Drake equation result in a value of 2.31 civilizations. (via @revgeorge)
If at all possible, could we please come in contact with the...
Just spent ten minutes looking for toilet paper,...
canttouchthis:
Which is why I prefer to be disorganized.
Logic suggests that having taken ten minutes to find toilet paper meant you spent 10 minutes needing to wipe and having not yet wiped.
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The Public Doesn't Understand the Public Plan →
Well there you have it. The issue with health care reform can be narrowed down a bit.
What I am taking from this is that either the general public doesn’t care enough to understand health care reform, and just wants to scream the party line, or the current administration has done a very poor job explaining what the plan is.
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Cutting back on the soda and liquid bread at lunch time. Still can’t stand water though. http://twitpic.com/hhbuc
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“Jonathan Berger, a professor of music at Stanford University, recently completed...”
– The Good Enough Revolution: When Cheap and Simple Is Just Fine
I love this. And I can’t agree more with the article. Good enough is definitely the new just right.
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Slavoj Zizek: On 9/11, New Yorkers faced the fire... →
I don’t have much in the way of remembering 9/11 beyond the usual ‘this is what I was doing’ memories.
The advice is to ‘never forget.’ Never forget what? That it happened? Ok, check. Something is missing though.
And so I will leave it to someone else to say something more profound about what all happened that day.
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159/88… Uh oh.
It’s not bad at all. http://twitpic.com/h1m7m
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Is It Over?
Obama’s school speech extravaganza is coming to a close today. The text is freely available to all. I think some people are upset that it doesn’t call for death panels and the immediate destruction of all unborn children.
Many conservatives have expressed a fear that the address would be used to push a partisan political agenda. In the text of the speech, however, Obama avoids any...