BlogBites

May 6th, 2005

Also, heroin and vaginas can only mean one thing my friend…and thats one helluva good time in China Town. Tof Reknin Day!!!  

It’s frighteningly like sitting in on a start-up meeting. Czeltic Girl  

May 5th, 2005

Just when you thought the world couldn’t get any whiter, along comes this un-holy duo of caucasian milk-toast as they search for their “roots”. My $.02  

A picture is worth a thousand blog entries. 106 Miles to Chicago  

May 4th, 2005

If we have naive expectations, you might expect that humans have undergone selection for genes for wisdom and meat-eating, while chimps have been selected for poop-flinging genes and banana-loving, and we might look for genes for all of those functions appearing near the top of the list. Pharyngula  

There’s a war in Iraq, the current peace between Israel and Palestine seems ready to fall apart, China is in a pissing contest with Japan and Taiwan, an Australian is being held hostage by insurgents in Iraq, North Korea is about to test a nuclear weapon, there’s concern that France will not be able to ratify the EU Constitution, and the founder of Greenpeace died today. Yet, the fact that Jennifer Wilbanks is foregoing a $250 ice bucket is what CNN chooses to discuss? Capitalist Pig vs. Socialist Swine  

In other words: when distracted, people do worse on IQ tests. Hardly ground-breaking research. Mind Hacks  

May 3rd, 2005

This book is so intolerable that I can only assume that it’s being made into a Hallmark TV movie with Rosie O’Donnell. Izzle! Izzle pfaff!  

Alan Mutter has a good take on it all, complete with a scary-looking graph. Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media  

They haven’t yet invented a standardized measure of passion and enthusiasm. Have they? Bud The Teacher  

But fuck you, Zoboomafoo. The Sneeze - Half zine. Half blog. Half not good with fractions.  

A coin with your head on it would make a very impressive business card, too, especially if your job title is “king” or “queen” instead of the plain boring CEO. MIT Advertising Lab  

It’s just like every wingnut who jumps at each instance of a cold snap to argue that global warming isn’t a problem. Pharyngula  

May 2nd, 2005

…so by holding true to the legacy left me by a family of engineers, handymen and contractors, I will be handling the finishing touches of our bathroom project a little at a time for the rest of my life. Tommy’s Boring Blog  

Should I be worried that Alex’s current favorite toy is my birth control package? A Tale of Two Kiddies