August 2009
July 2009
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Why we say yes to drugs →
By now, most informed people know that anti-drug education and P.R. campaigns directed at children don’t work, but Grim has noted several studies indicating that they may actually foster experimentation. He sees the mini-boom in drug use among 10th graders in the late ’90s as caused by a confluence of the “inner child” therapy boom exhorting parents to encourage...
Oh good, it's raining again. I got worried there...
I would gladly trade you your muggy 107° F for my rainy summer day.
(via krispayne)
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WatchThe Thermals play Green Day’s “Basket Case” at Pitchfork Music Festival 2009. Fifteen years later, I still like this song.
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Watch**** Me Up
(via lonelysandwich)
Why do printers have such crappy design?
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“I don’t know if Weezer hates its fans or just the (apparently) stifling...”
– Former Sleater-Kinney singer-guitarist Carrie Brownstein is not impressed with Weezer’s new teen-pop direction.
Conversative
Her: I just wish I was conversative in Spanish.
Me: I just wish you were conversative in English.
Contrary to popular belief…
Three quarters, four dimes and four pennies — $1.19 — is not the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
An infinite amout of euros, pounds, yuan, yen or any other currency will do.
(I like semantics.)
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This could be interesting… →
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Beck and the Flaming Lips do “Do You...
Portland's very own M. Ward and company!
Atop the tour section of their website, it reads:
Monsters of Folk announce a 16-date North American tour this fall, beginning October 13th. At each show, the group will donate $1 from every ticket sold to a local charity.
The Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland has a capacity of 2,776. That’s $2,776 that can potentially go to p:ear, an artist mentoring program for homeless kids....
“I have a friend of a friend who brought home a dog from Mexico. Then he shaved...”
– Lewis Black
How You're Screwed By Cellphone Companies Like... →
claytoncubitt:
(“One blogger calculated that the data in a text message costs you about 61 million times as much as the same message sent by e-mail.”)
“While any exposure to a partner’s semen during sexual activity appears to...”
– Journal of Reproductive Immunology suggesting the beej is good for all of us via Exploiting My Baby | News About Pregnancy That Doesn’t Suck, But Suggests That You Do
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“Red Cave” by Yeasayer
This song just...
Walkscore →
Yesterday, I had a walkscore of 97.
Today, I have a walkscore of 78.
I should host a house-warming party and ask the guests to bring me my groceries.
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“All Things Must Pass” performed by...
Goldman Sachs Internal Memo →
After all that federal aid, a resurgent Goldman Sachs is on course to dole out bonuses that could rival the record paydays of the heady bull-market years. Goldman… announced that it had earmarked $11.4 billion so far this year to compensate its workers. At that rate, Goldman employees could, on average, earn roughly $770,000 each this year.
—The Times.
Internal Memorandum No. 8121b
ATTN:...