BlogBites

August 30th, 2005

We’re not sure what’s weirder — getting flashed by a perv in a subway car, or being able to snap said perv with your cell phone. Barista of Bloomfield Ave.  

It is an insane time.. where it feels like every decision they made was the only one they could make and where you hope and pray that everyone got it wrong and the doomstay scenarios are all wrong… and the city you love will be there tomorrow… and you will be alive to enjoy it. Hurricane Harbor  

It’s pointless to dismantle something this stupid, but heck, I’m just sitting in a bar with wireless access. Why not? Pharyngula  

August 29th, 2005

The Red Cross has left New Orleans Pitch & Green  

August 28th, 2005

I don’t know what’s more absurd; douching with Lysol or the idea that the husband (obviously on the other side of the “ignorant” door) is acting like the wife has a bad case of cooties. A Small Victory  

“Give a man a link and he can waste an afternoon. Teach a man to Google and he can waste a lifetime.” What It’s Like on the Inside  

August 27th, 2005

Clear Channel, however, is reputed to axe certain programming if it doesn’t meet their programming guidelines, an editorial policy that should theoretically leave them directly liable for the accuracy of the content they disseminate into the public airwaves. The Intuitive Life Business Blog  

August 26th, 2005

I tried, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” and got back (after translation back and forth between French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish): “It was better periods, he was to falschsten of the periods.” www.petebevin.com  

IS IT JUST ME? Or does anyone else sometimes feel as if the blogosphere is made up of 40% philosophy students/teachers, 20% lawyers, 15% economists, 10% journalists, 5% geeks/programmers, 3% scientists, 3% professional writers, 2% “other,” 2% unemployed people, and 2% people bad at math? Amygdala  

Oh sure, so Chavez wants to sell you gas now. But what he won’t tell you is that it’s commie gas. Fafblog! the whole worlds only source for Fafblog.  

August 25th, 2005

The Pentagon immediately denied that Mr. Robertson’s name had previously appeared on any Defense Department “watch list,” but a spokesman discouraged news networks from airing video of the Robertson fatwa announcement, fearing his remarks might contain coded instructions for Christian cell groups around the world. ScrappleFace  

August 24th, 2005

In brief: scientific illiteracy in the U.S. is a model for the world! Leiter Reports  

Man, I love duck fat. MeatHenge  

But while broadcast media operated on a tacit agreement between the producer and audience that the content would be free in exchange for the audience being exposed to ads, it looks like a new tacit agreement is emerging online, the content is free in exchange for the data to mine. Abstract Dynamics  

And, as always, the least valuable assets are being discarded first, meaning women’s rights in the Iraq are bound for the bottom of the scrap heap. Sic transit gloria Shrub. Whiskey Bar