May 2009
43 posts
Survey: Churchgoers more likely to back torture →
The more often Americans go to church, the more likely they are to support the torture of suspected terrorists, according to a new analysis.
April 2009
65 posts
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“I feel like my soul erodes every time I eat there”
– Mike, re Kentucky Fried Chicken / Taco Bell / Pizza Hut
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“Speaking of water and torture, what are we going to do about the dishwasher?”
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“Some of bobby’s best friends are plants.”
– Tommy
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“In case there are any wiretaps, I didn’t mean any of that.”
– Bobby
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“I want a lightbulb that shines darkness.”
– Scott
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“That’s what I was telling Tim the other day…and by ‘the other...”
– Tommy
White House photographer gets inside view →
It’s early April, and President Obama is on his way to France with the nation’s top diplomat at his side. As he and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton converse in a private room aboard Air Force One,…
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Bobby: you like that? It's Oklahoma ice cream, Oklahoma chocolate, Oklahoma whip cream, Oklahoma plastic...
Cortney: where's the cherry from?
Bobby: that would be Missouri
“I come from that old school. It was instilled in me, you just didn’t sleep with...”
– Wild Cherry A family-friend’s grandmother was apparently a famous burlesque dancer in the 1940’s-1950’s in New Orleans.
Apple apologizes over Baby Shaker app →
Apple’s App Store, often lambasted for being slow and excessively conservative in its approval process, is now apologizing for having approved a game where players kill babies by shaking them to…
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“I am right ‘here’. I will be right ‘there’ in one...”
– Lindsay
J.J. Abrams on the Magic of Mystery →
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!!!
This essay ends with cheating. Specifically, my friend Greg and I, after playing a particular videogame for 11 hours straight, are stuck. We call a fellow gamer to…
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“If I want to see that sh!t I’ll watch Animal Planet!”
– Bobby, re fat person sex
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“We live in the most probable of all possible worlds.”
– Stephen Hawking - from: Scientist Stephen Hawking ‘very ill’ - CNN.com
WatchThe Wall Street Journal details the long-simmering feud over Comic Sans, a light-hearted, goofy font originally created for a children’s interface by then Microsoft employee Vincent Connare, drawing inspiration from hand-lettered comic book dialogue.
14 horses die just before polo match - CNN.com →
Weird. Very weird.
“2. Separate your workspace. If your computer is in the living room, you’re...”
– Actually Work From Home When You Work From Home - Wired How-To Wiki
The Abstract Factory: The only debate on... →
Scientist: Perhaps it only appears that I broke your kneecap. Certainly, all the evidence points to the hypothesis I broke your kneecap. For example, your kneecap is broken; it appears to be a fresh wound; and I am holding a baseball bat, which is spattered with your blood. However, a mere preponderance of evidence doesn’t mean anything. Perhaps your kneecap was designed that way. Certainly,...
April 16, 1947: Ship Explosion Ignites 3-Day Rain... →
1947: A cargo ship explodes at dockside in Texas City, Texas. The blast and the fires that follow kill about 600 people and injure 3,500 more. Six decades later, it remains the deadliest explosion…
Subtitle (captioning) - Wikipedia, the free... →
Not really all that interesting of a topic until you start reading about the file formats for storing subtitles along with videos. There are Advanced SubStation Alpha (.ass) and Timed Text files (.tit) file formats.
The 6th grader in me is amused.
Should We Honor Good Actions That Stem from Bad... →
This guest post is by Jesse Galef, who works for the American Humanist Association. He usually blogs at Rant & Reason.
I want to express how grateful I am to be allowed to contribute here….
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“She would make good bus-stopping material”
– Bobby
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“I shall refer to you as Gutpunch McRodBender”
– Tommy, re Mike
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“He might have a short attention span but he can focus like a laser on pissing...”
– Bobby, on his 2-year old nephew and sister
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Adam: Hey Bobby, what are you holding there?
Bobby: This, oh it's the depreciation schedule...nothing particularly interesting
Adam: Sure, technically it's the opposite of interest
Bobby: I..um..yeah, opposite of interest, isn't it?
Sunday school teacher arrested in girl's death →
Relatives of slain California 8-year-old Sandra Cantu expressed “shock” at a neighbor’s arrest in the girl’s death. “Just utter shock and disbelief,” aunt Angie Chavez told CNN affiliate KOVR. “I…
Classic Mistakes Enumerated →
Does Google Really Control The News? →
Once again, Google is the favorite bogeyman responsible for the rapid deterioration in the health of the news industry. This time it is Nick Carr doing the finger-pointing, describing…
‘Girls Gone Wild’ ad disrupts religious program →
A Philadelphia cable network’s early morning broadcast of a Good Friday service at the Vatican abruptly changed to something wildly different — a 30-second “Girls Gone Wild” ad.
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“We prefer a junk explanation to no explanation at all”
– Christopher Hitchens, in Hitchen’s opening Barrage. Salvo 1
ScreenCastle Records Your Screencast without... →
If you need to create a simple screencast but don’t want the hassle of installing and configuring software, ScreenCastle gets the job done from any Java-enabled web browser. ScreenCastle is a…
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“To be fair, at one point I DID follow the EMF readouts into a secret corridor I...”
– Skepchick review of the Ghost Meter EMF Sensor
“Inedia is the alleged ability to live without food, which has been dismissed by...”
– Inedia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I found through watching Million Dollar Challenge Discussion (1-5)on youtube.
★ How to Block the DiggBar →
Last week Digg released something they call the DiggBar, which serves as both a new interface for Digg and doubles as a URL shortening service. The way it works is that you just add “digg.com/” at…
“Star Trek” had its first screening on Monday night in Austin, TX. The...”
– Need to Know: Meet the New Crew of ‘Star Trek’ now THAT’s the way to generate buzz about a movie. Find the hardcore fans and toss them bones (geeky pun intended)