BlogBites

March 22nd, 2005

Imagine going to the sink, shower or toilet in your hotel room and being told water will cost you $14.95 per day. The Doc Searls Weblog  

Nature doesn’t give a damn what your fucking OPINION is. Random Fate  

March 17th, 2005

“We ARE our leaders,” says me on the alien spaceship. “Klaatu barada nikto!” Fafblog!  

It’s not just that blogging conferences have no street cred - it’s more like The First National Bank of The Street has referred their case to a collection agency, has repossessed all of their tatoos, piercings, and Doc Martins, and has started forclosure procedings on their rep. The Poor Man  

Now, that just isn’t polite, and encourages deviant behavior with dead cats. Happy Furry Puppy Story Time with Norbizness  

Greg, there’s only one thing more boring than watching a presidential press conference: reading about it second-hand from a shitty writer who thinks he’s funny. My Foot. Your Ass.  

Why don?t I see panels featuring AMERICAblog, Wolcott, Steve Gilliard, Digby, the Rude Pundit, and Atrios taking on the ambiguously phallic trio at Powerline, Instapundit, Little Green Footballs and some other right wing nut? DC Media Girl  

March 15th, 2005

Made a mistake and got arrested for pot? Well, we’ll take away your financial aid so you can’t go to college and then you can.. well, sell drugs, I guess. Drug WarRant  

March 13th, 2005

This man knows Bjork, people, and now he loves my cat. The Amateur Gourmet  

We really, really hope all those stories of Austin being “cool” and “hip” and, mostly, “liberal” are true — we get scared of potential conflicts with Red Staters once we pass Pinole on 80. SFist  

I’m not recommending that you eat a plateful of this for lunch everyday - but if you are going to take a stroll down the cheese + starch sidewalk, this is the direction you want to head. 101 Cookbooks  

March 11th, 2005

Only the knowledge that you have the fortitude to prevent this crime against God prevents me from pounding my head violently against a brick wall until all cares are obliterated by unconsciousness. Jesus’ General  

The best I can tell, I’m lost in Malcolm Gladwell’s hair. Yankee Pot Roast (via Nick Douglas)  

March 10th, 2005

“Mags, are you telling me that guys equate links with their dicks?” Burningbird  

I started reading Kevin Drum, Digby, Jay Rosen, Daniel Radosh, Ruy Teixiera and others because so many other bloggers said they were good (and good every day) not because of the big, branded marketing apparatus connected to them. PressThink