February 2010
65 posts
MSNBC - Big quake question: Is nature out of... →
vruz:
—via notemily:purpleprimate:kelsium:
What an odd headline. Isn’t nature always out of the realm of human control? Isn’t that what an “act of nature” *is*? Even if there had been fewer quakes in the past, it doesn’t mean humans had more control over nature, back in the good ol’ days before the gays and the socilaists.
vruz: is MSNBC out of control ? welcome to mainstream...
THIS IS THE BORINGEST TSUNAMI EVER
jhnbrssndn:
(via nudawn)
Oh, up the shut fuck, honey. You remind me of when people would pick up their blood test results at the hospital and frown and look disappointed because they were healthy. If you want trouble, go piss on a houseplant.
Surviving a Tsunami—Lessons from Chile, Hawaii,... →
A U. S. Geological Survey document about the effects of the 1960 Chilean Tsunami and lessons learned from it. (Published 1999).
Damn that Newton
thepoliticalpartygirl:
There must be a sub-law of Newton’s First Law of Motion that applies to hopes. When a person wants something and hears there is a chance they may get what they want, no matter how slim the chance, it is impossible not to get one’s hopes up.
A hope in motion will stay in motion, unless an outside force acts upon it.
Wrong category. File under Hearts and Hope, Normal ....
News and Video from Chile and Hawaii →
It’s from the NY Times blog, The Lede, so nothing spectacular, but if you want some news….
Liberalism, Atheism, and Male Sexual Exclusivity... →
vruz:
—via afghanibanani:
The reasoning is that sexual exclusivity in men, liberalism and atheism all go against what would be expected given humans’ evolutionary past. In other words, none of these traits would have benefited our early human ancestors, but higher intelligence may be associated with them.
vruz: on the other hand, we’re fucked if the ones who follow this evolutionary path...
Alex Balk: Unrelated: Fuck Off, February, I'm Glad... →
doree:
He’s right, it does seem counterintuitive, but I have called on Alex in times of trouble and he really is there, if by “call” you mean “unburdened myself while somewhat tipsy in a bar.” But hell, maybe I’ll try this “calling” thing right now. PICK UP THE DAMN PHONE ALEX!!!
Now, Doree,this is a slippery slope. If you get Alex to call you, who knows…soon he might find himself licking...
Tsunami? Hey, powers that be, enough already. →
The Not-So Reactionary People →
jhnbrssndn:
adamquinn:
The American people are nowhere nearly as reactionary as many middle class liberals I know insist. For what its worth (not all that much in America’s corporate managed dollar democracy), popular U.S. attitudes on key policies and values have long stood well to the left of both of the two dominant U.S. political parties, the investor class, and the nation’s “mainstream”...
Failures that led to mother starving Khyra Ishaq... →
jhnbrssndn:
‘A social services department is facing mounting criticism tonight for failing to stop a mother starving her seven-year-old daughter to death despite numerous warnings.
Khyra Ishaq, who weighed just 2st 9lb (16.8kg), was said by a paramedic to be like a concentration camp victim when she was finally rescued from her home.
She later died in hospital from infection caused by extreme...
nostrich: Wah. →
jhnbrssndn:
monkeyfrog:
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I agree with this 100%. Although with Britain rather than the US, of course. It just seems kind of disrespectful. I will give plenty of passes (and I don’t usually care that much) — if they manage to say something constructive or thought provoking or genuinely nothing more…
Well, yes and no. I agree with the American thing, since my son’s American GF remarked on...
Today in milestones that don't really mean...
alexbalk:
The Awl published its 5000th post.
Vamos, cariño, it makes me wish I had such a blog. And your talent. A big kiss for every one of those 5000 posts
Guess I'm a Young!
Cho: http://pewresearch.org/millennials/quiz/index.php
Me: oy
Me: Somehow I got an 82
Cho: hahaha
Cho: i got an 80!
Me: HAHAHAH
Me: Shut it, Grandpa.
29!!!!! I haven't been this happy since my Tumblarity fell to 23.
Sometimes....
..I see that people have started to follow me. And I wonder why.
Wanky Term Of The Evening: 'Homo Interneticus'
feastingonroadkill:
Someone tell me, just why am I watching this drivel?
What did I say about ingesting more herbs, young’n???
Deciding whether or not to watch state sponsored documentaries on a Saturday night is like going to a a seafood bar in a dodgy beach town. Use your head, walk away, and save your stomach.
feastingonroadkill:
An abso-fucking-lute 70’s...
The Doree Chronicles: I took Lee to the vet this... →
thingsiatethatilove:
I took Lee to the vet this morning to get an ultrasound because there was some concern that her liver enzymes were elevated and the drug cocktail of medicines with names like metronidazole and Denamarin was not working, and so, when I finally got the vet on the phone, she said they had to see…
I cried reading this. Lee has the best personality of any dog in the world,...
vruz:
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - All In...
“White people also like Farmer’s Markets because it is outdoors (they love being...”
– #5 Farmers Markets « Stuff White People Like
10am tomorrow
(via ericnelson
Ditto.
(via matthewjoseph)
I like Farmer’s Markets because I can get good food at relatively decent pricedsand I don’t have to be under the same roof as Yups with pricey strollers, I can talk loud, chat...
tracey thorn's new song is absolutely... →
alexbalk:
maura:
just… wow.
She is not wrong.
She’s the definition of right. The woman who wrote a song about adolescence/girl friends…. and used the line “…and I murdered my best friend”….knows what’s she’s talking about.
I'll show you
jhnbrssndn:
I’ll show everybody
AS if a lot of people haven’t seen it already, at your age.
Just looked through facebook pictures of one of my...
matthewjoseph:
c-newt:
Granted, he is like 6 years older than me. Still, in that time he has graduated from Duke undergrad, NYU Medical School, has completed his surgical rotation, and is now a cardiothoracic surgeon. He is also married with three kids.
Meanwhile, I consider it an accomplishment to have something to do in a day that requires putting on pants.
These are the inherent...
I enjoyed this.
alexbalk:
How did the song “Hole in My Dick” come about? Chris: That is a crazy story. Joey: One night after a show, we went to the condo to party and Anthony, Chris, and I had our fuck moccasins on. Chris and I were fucking Anthony’s girlfriend (with his blessing) when she looked over and saw Anthony rump-running some other chick and she flipped out. She couldn’t stand to see Anthony...
