August 2009
135 posts
“Goin’ off half-cocked, not shot
full of arrows from the cherubim.
Oh, the...”
– The Decemberists - “Raincoat Song”
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The future looks bright (dark)!
Scientific American: Depression as Evolutionary Advantage?
The basic idea: depression equals rumination, equals close analysis of data equals better critical thinking.
There might be something to that. I have lots of experience with depression and I’ve probably spent 20% of my life going over and over a million problems that eventually turned out to be nothing, so I’m not sure...
Fine, I’ll Say It: Snow Leopard Is Ultimately a... →
Medical Malpractice: How Suing His Doctor Brought... →
Sit Awkwardly Through Kurt Cobain's Guitar Hero 5... →
picture... a molecule. →
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Another Reason Why Hugh Laurie is Prolly My Soul...
Chat Question: What modern blues / jazz artists do you like?
Hugh Laurie: Dr John. Begins and ends.
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Beatles covers from the Muppet Show →
Hobbyist Launches Camera Into Space and Takes... →
How the Other Half Lives →
Health Care Reform: "Better, cheaper, and a right.... →
"I've come to be increasingly baffled by the high... →
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The sticky tyranny of the squashed grape is...
I detest housework so much that I have to pretend it’s for a higher purpose than just a cleaner living space.
Tonight, I mopped the kitchen floor for the People’s Republic of Foremandiego, a small, Central American banana republic whose chief exports are bad puns and mildewy towels.
Squid Drawn from 150 million-year-old Ink →
notes on a passing... →
I think you're both wrong
I go through stages. I used to argue with people about paranormal skepticism. It was great. It fueled me, in some ways. I got to make fun of people and hone my argument skills.
Then I went through a stage where I felt very passionate about atheism. I sought out arguments, and tried to convince believers that god doesn’t exist. I loved it.
Now, it’s my libertarian politics. I really...
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“What are we to do?
Where are we to go
With all this beauty stretching out...”
– The Bird and the Bee - “Ray Gun”
NEW CLICHE: Charlie's Angels!!!!!!! →
I was one of those 127!
"PLAYING THE BUILDING" WITH DAVID BYRNE →
The Problem With Politics →
ONAF* Field Report Number One
I put stuff in my pockets. I don’t think I could wear pants without pockets because I would keep dropping things on the ground. If something is lying around and I want to take it somewhere, I put it in my pocket. If I misplace something, the first place I check is my pocket.
Today at Panera, I bought a bottle of water and put it in my pocket.
My shorts fell down.
It was only...
Campaign to get UK government to apologise for... →
Thinking Hard About a Little Black Pussy →
I just saw some hippies totally freecycling!
Which is to say, they were eating out of a dumpster.
I thought there were an awful lot of homeless folks out today, until I realized that most of them were wearing sandals, under 30 and had white dude dreadlocks.
“Oh,” I said. “There must be some kind of hippie convention today.”.
Later, I happened to pass a sign that welcomed Netroots to Pittsburgh.
The next group...
