Showing posts with label thunderdome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thunderdome. Show all posts
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Saturday, January 26, 2008
I didn't feel so hot today, evidenced by the additional 3 hours of sleep I got this afternoon. So, I'm taking some time off to cruise teh internets...
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7 Habits to Win in Office Politics
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Man Cuts Off, Microwaves His Own Hand
via the esteemed Mr. Ellis
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FBI Wiretaps Dropped Due to Unpaid Bills
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7 Habits to Win in Office Politics
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Man Cuts Off, Microwaves His Own Hand
via the esteemed Mr. Ellis
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FBI Wiretaps Dropped Due to Unpaid Bills
Monday, November 05, 2007
Because why should Vinnie the Loan Shark have all the fun?
Person-To-Person Lending Flourishes on Web
by Jessica Smith
Person-To-Person Lending Flourishes on Web
by Jessica Smith
Morning Edition November 2 2007 · Known as a nation of borrowers America at last count had a collective $2.5 trillion in consumer debt. But it could fast become a nation of lenders as Web sites that enable ordinary people to lend to each other flourish. Welcome to the era of coffee shop money lending. In a café in Washington D.C. 31-year-old Kelly Vielmo stares at a laptop screen and browses a listing of people who want to borrow money. He has logged into his account at 'person-to-person' lending site Prosper.com.
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
China tells living Buddhas to obtain permission before they reincarnate
Jane Macartney in BeijingAs Neil Gaiman said, "That trick never works."
Tibet’s living Buddhas have been banned from reincarnation without permission from China’s atheist leaders. The ban is included in new rules intended to assert Beijing’s authority over Tibet’s restive and deeply Buddhist people.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Friday, July 13, 2007
This gets 
out of 5.
Yes, that's Dame Shirley herself. Yes, it's the Pink song. Yes, it's real. And yes, my brain is leaking out my nose and messing up my shirt.
From Kung Fu Monkey.
out of 5.Yes, that's Dame Shirley herself. Yes, it's the Pink song. Yes, it's real. And yes, my brain is leaking out my nose and messing up my shirt.
From Kung Fu Monkey.
Saturday, June 30, 2007
...right?
Iranian cartoon pulled from film festival | The Australian:
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Iranian cartoon pulled from film festival | The Australian:
From correspondents in BangkokAfter all, this country would never do anything like that...
June 27, 2007
THAILAND has caved in to pressure from Iran and withdrawn the animated movie Persepolis, about a girl growing up and feeling repressed under Islamic rule, from next month's Bangkok International Film Festival.
'I was invited by the Iranian embassy to discuss the matter and we both came to mutual agreement that it would be beneficial to both countries if the film was not shown,' festival director Chattan Kunjara na Ayudhya said today.
'It's a good film, but there are other considerations.'
The film, based on the popular French comic books of Iranian director and writer Marjane Satrapi, drew complaints from the government-affiliated Iran Farabi Foundation when it was screened at this year's Cannes Film Festival in France.
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Thursday, June 28, 2007
Again, let's do our own homework, shall we, kiddies?
I forgot to add the word analysis to essay homage to isaac babel doris lessing. But damn, I guess it means Google is doing its job, huh?
I forgot to add the word analysis to essay homage to isaac babel doris lessing. But damn, I guess it means Google is doing its job, huh?
Monday, June 25, 2007
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
It's only a matter of time at this rate.
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Outcry over TV kidney competition
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Outcry over TV kidney competition
A Dutch TV station says it will go ahead with a programme in which a terminally ill woman selects one of three patients to receive her kidneys.EDIT: Yes, now I know it's a hoax, thank you.
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Digg the Blog » Blog Archive » Digg This: [numbers redacted]Of course, I'm a big wuss for redacting the numbers in question. But hey, if Cory backed down, what chance would I have?
But now, after seeing hundreds of stories and reading thousands of comments, you’ve made it clear. You’d rather see Digg go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective immediately we won’t delete stories or comments containing the code and will deal with whatever the consequences might be.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Not only is this a week late, I didn't necessarily click all the links here to get the full story. But on the face of it, doesn't it just feel wrong somehow? Kind of like when you see someone picking on a handicapped person. The handicapped person may have even started it, but still.
(EDIT: The only trouble is that I can't tag any of my posts from the toolbar app. Oh well, I'll live.)
Boing Boing: Mayor of Boston bans Boing Boing(Oh, this actually wasn't done on Google Notebook, but a Google Toolbar app. Yeah, yeah, I know...there goes my privacy, right? Hell, it's not like I'm putting my credit card numbers up, so wth?)
Jake tried to access Boing Boing from Boston's free WiFi network and got this notice -- topped by the seal of the Mayor of Boston no less! Banned in Boston -- first they came for the Mooninites, then they came for the Boingers.
(EDIT: The only trouble is that I can't tag any of my posts from the toolbar app. Oh well, I'll live.)
Saturday, April 14, 2007
John Rogers said it best about allegations of a double-standard between reactions to Imus and reactions to others who may have said similar things.
America loves a rebel.(This post brought to you by Google Notebooks ;)--god, it's almost too easy now)
America loves a bad boy.
But America hates a fucking bully.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Let me get this straight...they've been doing this for two years??
Tennessee Continues to Enforce 'Crack Tax'
All Things Considered, January 15, 2007 · For a second consecutive year, Tennessee has collected more than $1.5 million in revenue from its so-called "crack tax." The state has been enforcing a tax on illegal substances that drug dealers can report without fear of prosecution.
But once arrested, dealers must prove they've paid the tax or face fines or property seizure. A local judge has called it unconstitutional but the state is appealing saying it will help deter crime and boost tax coffers.
Saturday, December 23, 2006
What the hell possesses people to walk up to a stranger's table--a stranger with earphones and surrounded by books, papers, and a laptop thereby giving a reasonable impression of being busy-- and ask "What're you working on?" while picking up a random book from said table?
And, unsatisfied with my initial response "Stuff," acting like HE'S being put off when he got the response "Personal stuff" to his second query in a tone that basically says, "Who are you, stranger that I don't know from Adam, and why the hell are you talking to me?"
At least he found someone else to accosted at the table behind mine. He's lucky he didn't get a smack upside the head. True, violence may be an inappropriate response to bad manners, but we all know intuitively that people with that much gaul probably won't respond to anything else.
And, unsatisfied with my initial response "Stuff," acting like HE'S being put off when he got the response "Personal stuff" to his second query in a tone that basically says, "Who are you, stranger that I don't know from Adam, and why the hell are you talking to me?"
At least he found someone else to accosted at the table behind mine. He's lucky he didn't get a smack upside the head. True, violence may be an inappropriate response to bad manners, but we all know intuitively that people with that much gaul probably won't respond to anything else.
Friday, December 22, 2006
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Thursday, December 14, 2006
...how racist Mel is? Does anybody really care? If so, I can't imagine why...
No, I'm kidding. I do.
I haven't seen APOCALYPTO yet. Truth to tell, I'm generally turned off by movies (read: the theater-going experience) nowadays, anyway. But I didn't decide to not see Mel's movie because of anything he said during his rant. Sure, that's easy for me to say. My people have only been stepped on for just shy of 1,000 years, i.e. it didn't go back to "B.C."
But when I look at this issue in this light, I'm even less convinced that I need to get all up in arms...
No, I'm kidding. I do.
I haven't seen APOCALYPTO yet. Truth to tell, I'm generally turned off by movies (read: the theater-going experience) nowadays, anyway. But I didn't decide to not see Mel's movie because of anything he said during his rant. Sure, that's easy for me to say. My people have only been stepped on for just shy of 1,000 years, i.e. it didn't go back to "B.C."
But when I look at this issue in this light, I'm even less convinced that I need to get all up in arms...
Then, of course, there is the issue of Mel’s rant. How could I go see his movie after something like that? Simple. I watched the news and tabloids carefully for the last month, looking for any hint that someone came forward saying that they had experienced racism or bigotry at Gibson’s hands. People get big money, exposure, and personal vindication from such accusations, even if untrue. And I saw nothing. Not a single person among the thousands he has worked with and lived with over the decades came forward. Not even anonymously.Once again, Steven Barnes says it, so I don't have to. Now, does that mean the slate's clean? Nope. But, is he an unpardonable sinner?
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