December 2008
llapm:
#7 M83- Saturday=Youth
“Kim &...
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Everyone’s so intimately rearranged / Everyone can focus clearly with such shine
Blagojevich to name Burris to Senate →
Overeducated and underemployed →
A 25-year-old University of Tokyo graduate was arrested for allegedly posting death threats on his blog. The police say that the man, who has been unemployed since graduating from Japan’s most prestigious university, had written that he would kill members of the education ministry for misleading him about “reality,” suggesting that he believed all his hard study had amounted to...
Roomba Violates All Three Laws Of Roombotics →
“I hear its horrible brushes at night.”
This Is The World That We Live In
No one seems to be able to write about The Killers — Day & Age without mentioning their previous two records. This is silly: Their past two works don’t describe their current one. So I will fill the gap, if briefly.
Day & Age has a fantastic aesthetic – everything that I’ve liked about pumping my fist to Toto’s greatest hits (they have exactly two —...
95 Old School Games You Can Play Online. →
soupsoup:whatson:dkendall:
Includes Tempest, Spy Hunter, Metroid, Gauntlet(!!), and Dig Dug.
Matt, calm down.
The Killers — A Dustland Fairytale
And the...
scout:
frightened rabbit - my backwards walk
Brand New: Best and Worst New Logos of 2008 →
I like this list because it shows what can be done positively in rebranding. Design is great to gawk at. Naturally, I have some qualms with both sides of their choices. But mostly, I’m overtaken by how industry-insider their logo picks are — notably their first choice: What is that? What does it convey? What relevance does it have? Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. And what are the Mouse...
Jason Elam’s Long-Lost Rough Draft →
(via beekeeperssociety)
Mourning the Loss of a Fallen Bro: Miss U Sparks →
hipsterrunoff:
We will never forget you Sparks. [miss u] We will have 1 last night with you. We will buy an entire case of Sparks and drink you until we cry orange tears
Men, women, and children will…
“Throughout my life I’ve campaigned tirelessly against the spread and promotion...”
– Matt Sussman (via beekeeperssociety)
The Dean Koontz Of The NFL →
Elam’s first novel, Monday Night Jihad, involves a former NFL kicker who leaves the league to join a special forces unit and stop a terrorist plot, all the while imparting lessons about Christ and and the power of personal service. Seriously. Stephen Colbert has been making this joke for years. Jason Elam is dead serious.
Putting World of Warcraft on a Resume? →
Credit Crunch: the board game →
dailymeh:
From The Economist. (via.)
bacolicio.us →
hipsterrunoff:
Put a piece of bacon on ur tumblr, yall!
Bacon Memes: Dead in 2k9
Jam Band Fan or Taliban →
soupsoup:
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The Torture Report →
Most Americans have long known that the horrors of Abu Ghraib were not the work of a few low-ranking sociopaths.
Now, the Senate Armed Services Committee has made what amounts to a strong case for bringing criminal charges against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld; his legal counsel, William J. Haynes; and potentially other top officials, including the former White House counsel Alberto...
Music Industry to Abandon Mass Suits →
After years of suing thousands of people for allegedly stealing music via the Internet, the recording industry is set to drop its legal assault as it searches for more effective ways to combat online music piracy.
Critics say the legal offensive ultimately did little to stem the tide of illegally downloaded music. And it created a public-relations disaster for the industry, whose lawsuits...
“So what next? I do not know. Will PBR be around forever? Or is there some sort...”
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Carles, as expected, is devastated.
Dear Sparks, Miss U: A Eulogy By HIPSTER RUNOFF
(via marklisanti)(via hellofriend)
On Sparks →
peterwknox:
“Drinks like Sparks encourage the polar opposite of responsible drinking habits,” said New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. “Besides being aggressively marketed to a younger crowd, they are fundamentally dangerous and put drinkers of all ages at risk. Today’s agreement will ensure that from here on out, these drinks are kept off New York shelves and away from New York consumers.”
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Mike Wilson's Response to the Sparks Catastrophy
tumblndice:
Mike: Dude
I hate our world
Mike: society blows they take away everything that is slightly fun
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! →
FUCK!
MillerCoors LLC will stop producing and marketing caffeinated alcoholic drinks, including the current formulation of its top-selling Sparks brand, under a settlement with more than a dozen state attorneys general.
The beer giant had come under fire from attorneys general and consumer-advocacy groups for allegedly targeting underage drinkers through its marketing of Sparks.
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An Empire of Sentimentality →
The harsh reality is that this was not a noble undertaking done for good reasons. It was a criminal enterprise launched by madmen cheered on by a chorus of fools and cowards. And it’s seen as such by virtually everyone all around the world — including but by no means limited to the Arab world. But it’s impolitic to point this out in the United States, and it’s clear that even a president-elect...
Making sense of the 'semantic Web' →
The Buddha's Five Remembrances (Thich Nhat Hanh's...
hellofriend: sharingtime: (via)
I am of the nature to grow old. There is no way to escape growing old.
I am of the nature to have ill health. There is no way to escape ill health.
I am of the nature to die. There is no way to escape death.
All that is dear to me and everyone I love are of the nature to change. There is no way to escape being separated from them.
My actions are my only true...
The 10 Worst Members of Congress →
#2 — Senator Saxby Chambliss (R), Georgia
Chambliss is a senator today by sole virtue of the fact that in 2002 he attacked incumbent Max Cleland — who lost both legs and an arm in Vietnam and earned Silver and Bronze stars — as soft on defense and lacking in patriotism. Where was ol’ Saxby during the war? Home, of course, claiming a “football injury.” How...
The 10 Worst Predictions for 2008 →
“If [Hillary Clinton] gets a race against John Edwards and Barack Obama, she’s going to be the nominee. Gore is the only threat to her, then. … Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary Clinton in a single Democratic primary. I’ll predict that right now.” —William Kristol, Fox News Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006
Weekly Standard editor and New York Times columnist William Kristol was hardly alone in...
