February 2010
49 posts
RT @gtdguy: Just finished current Wired UK and Atlantic on planes. My idea of luxurious culture savviness.
Morning Coffee
Another reason my morning coffee tastes so good is that it is awash in the radiant glory of the sun. Posted via email from rerun’s posterous | Comment »
“There’s a difference between the statements ‘America has the best health-care...”
– Ezra Klein (via savingpaper) (via brooklynmutt) (via newsweek)
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What Night Is Complete
Without Co-Workers And Booze? Posted via email from rerun’s posterous | Comment »
Wed Night @Rooney’s http://post.ly/PSxC
Wed Night @Rooney's
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Posterous?
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Tillikum the Killer Whale Had Violent Past Before... →
Did it really? What, like drugs and car robberies? Or was it a fucking killer whale??
Killer whales that don’t have violent pasts do a poor job at being killer whales. Why are we still blowing whistles at one of the few animals on Earth that kill for sport?
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WatchIt’s that time of year again, TED 2010 videos are popping up. This might be one of my favorites so far.
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We pay for free services like Gmail and Facebook with our privacy http://bit.ly/99vJmU Good Deal! (via @Atlantic_Online) Agreed!
Tron Legacy Theme by Daft Punk on @Grooveshark: http://tinysong.com/hIU3 #nowplaying. Liking this. If it’s true, the soundtrack should rock.
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24 Hours at the Golden Apple →
This is, by far, my favorite episode of This American Life. If it weren’t for the toll I know eating at a diner every day would take on my body, you could bet your ass I’d be at one for breakfast. Not that we have a good one here in Jupiter anyway…
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“The yearly Conservative Political Action Conference—a who’s who of...”
– Rubio Opens Up CPAC, To Crowd’s Delight
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“Our debt crisis is complicated. But the solution can be stated simply: raise...”
– Partisanship Is Not To Blame For the Debt Crisis
It’s depressing because it is true. No one wants to tell you how it really is, or attempt to convince you that you need to do something to make it better.
How is it that America can be on the decline but you still somehow deserve more stuff?
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Hey, know what sounds like fun? Starting a 8 day work week today. Who’s with me? Alright, let’s get to it. On three…two…one…go.
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“Which is more condescending,” asks Kinsley, “to tell citizens they...”
– Liberal condescension - Clive Crook
I second this. I am often disdainful of people I share air with. Don’t worry, having been raised a Catholic, I feel guilty for my feelings of disdain.
As for praising someone for their “bedrock common sense,” it sounds like a cheap way of...
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WHY DOES EVERYONE FORGET THAT ST. VALENTINE WAS...
schwenk:
Enjoy your day.
Someone didn’t get V-Day morning lovin’…
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“Many people in the U.S.—perhaps 20 million to 40 million—believe there will be a...”
– BusinessWeek
So, the pets are taken care of. Who is going to take care of the cheating spouse?
“The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped...”
– Sir Richard Francis Burton (via robot-heart-politics)
I think this is the first time I actually like a Facebook site update right out of the gate.
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“Herb London, president of the Hudson Institute, a think tank based in...”
– FOXNews.com - Tea Party Jab to Be Zapped From Captain America Comic, Writer Says
The guy is part of a “think tank” that studies a systematic effort (Why is that in quotes? Because Fox has to give credit to a phrase they couldn’t come up with?) to subvert a Right Wing movement and...
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“Unquestionable competence and readily apparent potential for moments of...”
– This is one of the desired characteristics of a future employee at Pixar.
Don’t you wish you only worked with people that exhibited this trait?
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“As part of its budget for the next year, Darpa is investing $6 million into a...”
– Pentagon Looks to Breed Immortal ‘Synthetic Organisms,’ Molecular Kill-Switch Included
This is the most science fiction like story I have seen recently. While it sounds scary, if you click the link provided in the article to all of the DARPA programs listed, it fits right in with the other heavily...
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Run, don’t walk, to http://bit.ly/aSXUC0 and listen to Gently, Johnny. I can’t possibly get enough.
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Settling Redifined: What Every Girl Should...
tabithalaine:
I was browsing through Marie Claire one day, mainly looking at the pictures because I like to collage, when I can across the title of an article: Girls, Stop Being So Picky. Immediately I was curious because this article was in the Love/Sex section. The title of the interviewee’s book didn’t taste very appetizing as my tongue fed the words and my brain tried to digest them. Marry...
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“This week’s National Tea Party Convention in Nashville may have captured...”
– Can the Tea Party Have a Lasting Political Impact? - Newsweek.com
I am sorry, you can’t be a relevant grassroots political movement that is anti-establishment if you charge $550 to go to church. That’s not how these things work.
I am convinced that the “tea party” movement...
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“In the end, chairman Michael Steele persuaded the Republican National Committee...”
– No Room for Reagan - The Atlantic (February 1, 2010)
Great short read even if you have no idea what Tea Party Republicans are.
Wouldn’t have thought the day would come so soon that Reagan would have been considered less conservative than the most vocal currently representing his party.
Budget Forecasts, Compared With Reality - http://nyti.ms/dtYQEU There is your depressing post of the day… Make money people! And save it..
I am becoming more of a morning person. A scary realization for me. Why couldn’t I have been this awake when I had 8am class in college?
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WatchThis is how I take a relaxing break from work. I could watch stuff like this all day.
I usually need a beer after work. That’s par for the course. I need 6 of them today, and I’m not going to get them.