April 2008
31 posts
Give Us Health Care Or Give Us Death →
lindsaycampbell:
Yep, it’s true. The candidates are lying to us. Not exactly lying. They’re telling us what they would want in a perfect world and what they might push Congress to pass. But that’s a lot of nothing…
These guys are great. I saw them open for Head...
A re-united Tribe Called Quest are headlining the...
Job Opening
Currently scouring around furiously for Ricky’s e-mail address.
rickyv: Are you smart and motivated and good at keeping your shit together? Are you pretty good with numbers? Are you fun? I might have a job for you at CV. E-mail me your resume and a photo of you doing something you enjoy doing.
Matt & Kim - It’s a Fact (Printed...
I still smell like the bonfire from last night. That was fun.
M83 - Graveyard Girl
I really like this...
Facebook Chat is kind of neat.. there’s nothing really that differentiates it from GTalk, except that I would assume most people have way more contacts on Facebook than on Gmail. Unfortunately, I only really want to chat with my real “friends” - not my buddy from 3rd grade that friended me.
“With your performance tonight — your focus on issues that were at best trivial...”
– spot-on.
An open letter to Charlie Gibson and George Stephanapoulos (via azspot) (via marco)
April 16th Democratic Debates on ABC
who else watched the debates tonight? is it just me or was it shockingly obvious how biased this debate was? i would expect this from fox news, not abc. i think this was seriously a new low for american politics.
rach: Aesop Rock - Daylight
Grand Theft Patent
this is too asburd for me not to re-blog.
rickyv:
Just saw the above photo of Rock Star’s new swag box to promote Grand Theft Auto IV and did a double take. Believe it or not, I invented the giant foam shocker hand in 2004 and actually got a legit US Patent for the stupid thing. Really. So, it looks like Rock Star Games is in violation of United States Patent #D495749S! Lucky for them,...
Mailed my taxes in today on the deadline
Phew. Why on earth did I wait until last night to fill out those forms?
Murdering Plants for Fun and Profit
something i’ve never considered. the slow death of a venus fly trap is a particularly interesting image, as its the most animal-like plant.
mills:
I have an idea for a short film, but the making of the movie is problematized by the subject matter itself. The idea: explore whether people care about violence committed against plants. Determine if that’s even a meaningful phrase. On its...
“Here in New York City, there’s almost a stigma attached to people who actually...”
– BOINKOLOGY | 5 Reasons New York City Is The Neverland Of Dating (via) (via ronen)
Really clever fundraising tumblr →
peterwknox:
Challenge this guy to almost any task and donate to his Leukemia profits, he’ll shamelessly film and post the task as public embarassment and proof.
need more sleep..
Random Play is Broken, Long Live Intelligent Play
ragdoll:
Have you ever met someone whose claim to fame is that they’re completely random? You know, someone who can’t take a serious photo, is prone to shouting bizarre phrases in the hallways, and writing even stranger things in their Facebook status updates? Someone who relies a little too heavily on the caps lock: “Marsha Crandall is FLYING A BURRITO PLANE though your hairpiece!” Probably...
Handsome Furs - Dead + Rural
The Handsome Furs...
10 things you should know about John McCain (but...
topherchris:
(This is from a MoveOn.org email. Sorry, no URL yet. The email has sources for all this stuff, which is just as important as what’s here, but I didn’t want to clog your dashboard up. Sign up here if you’re interested in this kind of thing.)
John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has “evolved,”...
“In today’s uncertain economy, it is understandable that people may turn to...”
– Nouriel Roubini, a professor of economics and international business at New York University, in an e-mail message. While Alluring, Foreign Currencies Can Be Elusive - New York Times (via fred-wilson)
Texting Roulette
i think this is hilarious…
jakehurwitz:
Last night some of my friends and I invented a new game. Texting Roulette is where a group of people pass their phones counterclockwise and each person gets to text someone from another person’s phone. There are a few rules. - The text can’t be insanely vulgar. - You can veto family and business relationships. - All texts are read aloud before...
continuing my tradition of jacking songs from...
i love pavement and i love this song. speaking of...
update on the job front: i got a 4% raise today. does that even account for US inflation right now?