BlogBites

December 20th, 2006

My coworkers immediately confirmed that Airborne was the greatest thing since drilling a hole in your skull to let the demons out. Memoirs of a Skepchick » Oh dear god, it has begun.  

December 19th, 2006

What they can do is own up to the fact that they are bought and paid for by the oil industry. UDreamOfJanie: The NSTA Is Feeding Us A Line  

December 10th, 2006

Science is interesting and if you don’t agree, you can fuck off. Lunchtimemama: The Word of Dog  

December 9th, 2006

Not only is that shorter than “sexist, racist, homophobic retrofuck jackholes,” but it sounds a lot nicer, too. Shakespeare’s Sister  

December 6th, 2006

If real life were like film I’d be able to port wordpress to my toaster using a cat5 cable and a bag of glitter. Drivl.com | What code DOESN’T do in real life (that it does in the movies)  

December 5th, 2006

Unfortunately, of course, this desire is a job requirement. You have to be Catholic to be Pope, and you have to be dangerous and sick to be president. A Tiny Revolution: A Funny Little Story About The Media  

He too is a big believer in the Classical Shitstopping school of foreign policy. Hullabaloo  

“Oh, I see,” she said, brightly. “Now, did you learn to do that in prison?” The Panopticon: Yes, And I Also Took Lessons in Sodomy  

November 28th, 2006

Note: This is one long-ass post, with most of the words living in the vast cognitive wasteland known as the middle. Creating Passionate Users: How to get users to RTFM  

So let me get this straight: the filling in a pie is so hazardous, so potentially deadly, that it can never be allowed in the cabin of a commercial airliner. Something must clearly be done with this potentially toxic substance. I know! Let’s feed it to a traveling soldier! The Disgruntled Chemist: It is entirely possible that we live in the stupidest goddamn country in the world  

November 26th, 2006

Okay, weirdo Gen X-ers, here’s a stupid bar with a crappy mural of jazz musicians on the wall and some fancy martinis on the menu. Hang out here and get laid if that’s what it’ll take to get you to program the computers for us. But you’re still going to burn in hell. Potemkin thriving downtown scenes at Pandagon  

November 20th, 2006

As for me, this morning I was forced to sit on the patio and stare at the distant mountain range when I could have been on Google Earth examining the mountain from all angles in 3-D. Oh, yeah, I’m looking at the mountain in 3-D but only from one side. What’s the fun in that? Twelve Two Two Fondue: Wireless World  

November 14th, 2006

In the age of the search engine, the ability to think critically about media sources, their credibility and truth claims are vital for all of us. Participatory Media And The Pedagogy Of Civic Participation - Robin Good’s Latest News  

I think any life lived along those lines could be pretty meaningful. with our without a Spaghetti Monster to keep me in check. Villa Nandes: Make your own “Why”  

November 13th, 2006

Can’t we just put a fence around Iraq and hope they turn into Australians over time? The Dilbert Blog: Fences