2008

Aug

Marc Ambinder - Reader E-Mails: Dayton And...

gymnastics subjective scoring confounds. can’t wait to return to objectively scored...

Tell me about it! (PHD Comics: Vicious Cycle)

NY Times: Response to 9/11 Offers Outline of...

The hottest new dance club in town… original is here (via craplinks & idolator)

Hold Steady's "Stay Positive" for $2

Tapes N Tapes are laying it all out for a tiny crowd, half of whom would rather be at Dress Barn....

OMG this band is like someone took the worst Red Hot Chili Peppers song ever recorded and raped it...

Local opener for Tapes N’ Tapes sounds like B-52s covering Prince.

Me: “We had a bat in the house.” Neighbor: “If you see one, it means you probably...

All the Russian & Georgian gold medals are in wrestling & judo. Suddenly, all this business...

WSJ: Now Diving: Sir Isaac Newton Quick little...

Seumas Milne: This is a tale of US expansion...

“The Greek tragedy aspect of this election could turn out to...”
— Former McCain strategist John...

Marc Ambinder - Clinton's Name Likely To Be...

2 local hookers were picked up pulling tricks 85 miles away. This seems like an unecessarily long...

Japan’s gymnasts have totally collapsed in the men’s all around use of hair gel.

uh, no wonder nobody wanted to get too close to her: http://is.gd/1qqP

A barrel of light sweet crude oil for every legal American...

Discovered sneaking through sorority despite invisibility cloak: apparently it doesn’t conceal...

“It would have been better to put this language in the...”
— Maureen Dowd: Yes, She Can - I...

Glad no female US gymnasts yelled “That is how we roll!” To the camera after falling...

Can’t tell from coverage: did the US men’s gymnastics team win bronze? Or invent...

Another One Bites The Dust: Former Q-C...

am i the only one rooting for the fire? http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/fireproof/

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

The Belgravia Dispatch: McCain: Let's...

So when that dude called me a specksynder, he meant that I was a fat-cutter. Thanks, Herman...

Just heard “rick rolled” explained on NPR, replete with song clip. Sound sample for...

From 0:31 to 0:41 of “Fuck Armageddon… This Is Hell” are among my favorite 10...

Me: “Neighbors, noone loves you like he loves you…” Kid in Bad Religion shirt:...

MarketWatch: Why McCain would be a mediocre...

You look in the mirror and wonder: R.J. MacReady or Snake Plissken? Others look at you and...

Did McCain Plagiarize His Speech on the...

Jonathan Hoefler points to two really cool data...

McCain Bus Caught Supporting Obama (Bumper Stickers...

The 100 Most Common English Words

MY PEE IS RAW UMBER! I HAVE BEEN IN THIS CAFE FOR OVER 8 HOURS AND I THINK MAYBE I HAVE HAD TOO MUCH...

It took me 37 hours this week to reach decent productivity at 2pm today. Week equaled 7.5% work,...

08.08.08 A New Mux

Swift-Boat Watch: Hillary Trojans

How Obama prepped world for the Antichrist

Mad Men = Deadwood: wild west ruled by rich sexy smart-talkers unhappily brooding despite incessant...

Greyhound pulls ad campaign extolling the...

ZOMBIE ZOMBIE “Driving this road until death sets you free” by Simon Gesrel and Xavier...

WaPo: SWAT team raids house & shoots family...

2 hr teleconference w/ FDA re food safety budgets is a painful way to pop one’s...

Everyone’s talking about Paris’s energy plan, but Britney’s health care plan is...

Courthouse Confessions

Happy Birthday Sub Pop: Two Hundred Sixty One...

Cockpunch of the day: After rape victim used...

Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying...

I agree with these sentiments. And it makes me miss DC....

OMG it’s the Captain Lou Albano of hip hoppers! Is that a fucking dreamcatcher hanging from...

Nickel only meter? Happy it’s only 5 cents per 30 min, but who has a pocket of Jeffersons?...

READ IT NOW AND READ IT ALL: Ivins,...

Glenn Greenwald has a series of posts up on his Salon blog about the anthrax case, and these posts...

“Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is mobilizing its store managers and...”
— WSJ.com (Is there really a...

Michelangelo in Cross Stitch (Neatorama)

WSJ: Too Fit to Be President? WTFF? What the fucking fuck?...

dear swarm of flies, please stop manically circling my laptop. this place may smell like a...

Dude: your mohawk is pretty tough, but effect offset by dollop of whipped cream from your iced mocha...

“the architecture” (from a photostream of...

“The minds behind the subversive 1999–2000 cult TV favorite...”
— EW.com (via mollygood (via...

The Week That Was Not Was

What an exhausting week. Sunday M & I meet in O’Hare, me from Florida, she from Venice....

Moving is stuffing your junk into boxes, pulling your junk out, sweating a lot, and falling asleep....

Jul

slow lurching movement, insatiable hunger hindered by armed guards, leaving important parts behind:...

Jay Reatard - All Wasted Yes. Jay Reatard sings about zombies, as per my earlier tweet. Awesome....

“they look this way, they walk this way, with hands held out, and heads held low… all...

Aaron Draplin: Here is Why America’s F*cked,...

ZombieHarmony …because the apocalypse doesn’t...

Riding my bike to work is fun, even if it is like 91 deg at 8am. I am not quite sure what to make of...

Just watched “The Thin Blue Line.” Reason #4653 why Texas sucks. Reason #1 why Errol...

Avett Brothers - The Greatest Sum (acoustic) This is from a new EP from everyone’s favorite...

HOLY CRAP I KNOW THAT GUY

So I’m sitting there reading the archives of Design*Sponge, a blog about nesting and interior...

Obama Far More Popular Among Jews Than...

WaPo: White House Rushes to Change Workplace...

Had the same phone call with different people over and over again yesterday. It was like Groundhog...

Bon Iver - Flume Daytrotter just posted a STELLAR set from acoustic fave Bon Iver. It’s hushed...

Gizmodo: Inside the Lego Factory

Beijing 2008 Preparations - Three Weeks to Go 24 stunning...

What Happens When I Leave Town

The “derecho” comes to town The wind howls at 94mph Trees fall down and kill children in...

ATL is the Abu Ghraib of layover delays. No naked pyramids yet, but I’m pretty sure I’m...

kittykittybangbang: This is making me laugh a lot. Out...

Doodlebook frame Sometimes, it’s the little things. I...

Bert & Ernie “Ante Up”

Google Moon (Part II of “The Googling”) Also see:Google Maps (Part I)Google My Maps...

Daruma-otoshi skyscraper demolition Miss Cellania via Presurfer: This is so weird. Japanese...

Walmart Outbreak Map

Faceball: your face, our balls (via craplinks)

Las Vegas new tag 2: What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for the herpes, they follow you...

Las Vegas new tagline: “It’s like Disneyland, but with hookers.”

Mags is in Venice. I’m at The Venetian. They’re pretty much the same, except there they...

last night, i had a dream that my wife and i had a dog named “food.” this is what...

Stupido Shop

It was a little delight to see Finnish music pop up on my internets last night: 17 dots: Stupido...

Beautiful Losers

www.wecanbelievein.com (via madthoughts)

A brilliant behind-the-scenes tracking shot homage to The Shining as an ad for British Channel...

swanksigns (via CP)

GraphJam: Things Bono Has Found (via craplinks)

indexed: Somehow, the Miata occupied 4 spots.

July 4 Fireworks @ Modern Woodmen Park

July 4: Explosions in the Sky

The iPhone is a piece of shit, and so is your...

I FRICKING LOVE THIS FRICKING WATCH: Michael Young’s...

It truly is a wonder that there aren’t more songs played on the rape whistle — Jessica...

“Hancock! Now!” - 1776, from the makers of 300

Love Is All - I Ran Recently, a friend of mine was describing his a t-shirt for his friend’s...

for the 4th of july, we ate grilled ginger salmon, couscous w/ lentils, & asparagus. is this the...

Helms obit: Tobacco-lovin contra-fundin AIDS-denyin soft-money-inventin extreme bigot slumlord died...

Come for the shiny pants and the out-of-sync disco dancing, stay for the frightening animal people...

The Sound of Young Albinia

There’s a lovely post over at Textism, where most posts are lovely, about the convergence of...

Wikipedia Entry: Michigan Left

i can't decide!

After 2938 miles, we are home. We left under low dark clouds & they welcome us back with a light...

Jun

Rotalic: gotta love that wikipedia-based typography humour

when it is 90 degrees & the humidity is around 99%, which is a better outdoor activity:...

P22 type foundry: Playing card deck 2008 (for...

flycatchers

arrived at my mom’s place in west virginia yesterday. tom showed us the nest of the great...

McCain ignored request to cancel Iowa visit

17 dots: new girl talk album available in a radiohead-esque...

the plan, partially completed

2:30 get in ocean 2:45 get out of ocean 2:50 walk to house 2:55 gather materials 3:00 call into...

While I party like it’s 2009 in the sunny outer banks...

f this, f that, f you, ya unoriginal band...

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2,002 Honest Fonts via H&FJ, who say: Hey where can I...

The 19 hour drive to North Carolina has begun. Welcome, vacation, welcome. Goodbye, tornados,...

Tornado Alley

So this is some bullshit: TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 949 PM CDT ...

Adam: “It’s easier to get out of Iraq than it is to choose Chinese food.”

Now we’re upstairs deciding what kind of Chinese to order. So bizarro. I think I’ll take...

So six of us are currently in our basement listening to emergency radios in a tornado warning…...

Salon: Fox News calls Michelle Obama "Obama's...

The Sun: Baby born with penis on back

Narsty single-dreadlock world’s longest turd hair disgusting wonderment (via craplinks)

Being an airline means never having to say you’re sorry. Being a customer of an airline means...

The Armando Iannucci Shows - Suicide Note Formatting

It’s not every day that the QC makes the Fail Blog....

Migrating Stingrays (via Fresh Signals)

I used to hate golf until I realized I could pee in my golf...

Photos of the new house are live. See the full set here.

Inspections, Mortgages, Insurance

We had our “whole house inspection” this morning. It took about 3 hours and the...

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

We’ve done it. The ink is dry. Hands have been shaken. The contract is finalized and we are...

Change Is Beautiful