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How do you lose $12 billion?

February 14th, 2007 · No Comments

That’s an excellent question. Perhaps the government could tell us how. Oh, snap, they can’t. As you will find if you check out the Daily show slamming Bremer for his inability to have a good reason.
Put this in perspective, they put 363 tons of CASH on plans and sent them to […]

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8 Life Lessons from Sex in the City

February 8th, 2007 · No Comments

You know you’ve started to leave your youth / early 20s behind when you are regularly finding yourself in bed by 10pm. I normally have trouble sleeping before then, but Chris has to be up early and likes going to bed with me, we end up talking and cuddling and all that gross […]

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Do schools today kill creativity?

February 7th, 2007 · No Comments

From the Ted Conference I saw a video from Sir Ken Robinson discussing education and how it is sapping our creativity in our children. One of the most poignant statements he makes is that, at the Ted conference, people are talking about not knowing what the world is going to be like in 5 […]

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Man Burns Himself to Death In Protest

November 15th, 2006 · No Comments

Courtesy of Infoshop News, I learned of a Chicago anti-war protester who burned himself to death on the side of the Kennedy. According to the article this is a relatively unpublicized event.
On the one hand I understand why the media would not want to cover it, if anything this might be a case that […]

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Tags: General · News of the Bizarre · Politics

Juan Mann, One Hug

November 14th, 2006 · No Comments

Somehow I’m always a step or two behind the latest internet craze. Today I found out about the Free hug man after watching the free hugs video today. The video was created and mixed by the Sick Puppies, a rock band from the land down under.
Watching the video….well, I’m a sap, and am […]

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Fantastically Ann

November 14th, 2006 · No Comments

One of the most ridiculous of the Neo-con pundits today has got to be Ann Coulter. Here is a woman that tries to use fear and intimidation, instead of intelligent discourse, to, ahem, sway, people to her way of thinking. Steve, over at Insert Title compiled a list of quotes that really can […]

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Peter Norman

October 24th, 2006 · No Comments

No one really knows who Peter Norman is when you mention him by name. But did you know that the silver medalist stood in comradery with John Carlos and Tommy Smith in the 1968 Olympics? Neither did I, until I read about him in this LA Times article.

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Its good to be reminded

October 18th, 2006 · No Comments

I was on YouTube looking for what John Stewart said about Harry Reid last night, because ComedyCentrals pages don’t deal with the Mac. What I found was the opening clip from the Daily Show’s first episode post-9/11.

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Big Birdie Brother in the sky

September 5th, 2006 · No Comments

So I stumbled upon a site today that I don’t know if I want to actually link too….but I was able to see a picture of my parents house, including being able to identify the cars in the driveway. I took a screenshot and here is what I found….kinda crazy. I’m not sure […]

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Best Words Bush Jr.’s ever said

September 4th, 2006 · No Comments

Listening to NPR yesterday after a dinner with my parents my wife and I heard something crazy on the radio. We were listening to a mix of Imagine and Walk On The Wild side. Intersting alone, that combination, except it got crazier, and more interesting.
Instead of a typical artist singing it was a mashup of […]

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