May 2007
35 posts
Southern California Deemed Most Polluted →
We won! We won! We’ve reclaimed the title that is rightfully ours! It’s an accomplishment that swells the locals’ hearts with pride… and their lungs with particulates and sulfur oxide. (via Yahoo News)
National Priorities Project: Cost Of War →
The numbers seem to move faster, the longer you watch them.
April 2007
48 posts
Clean Out The Filing Cabinet At Office Depot on... →
Take action against identity theft! Mobile shredding trucks being provided by world’s leading on-site document destruction firm will be set up at 100 store locations nationwide on Saturday.
Turnout in the Washington, D.C. area expected to be high.
Bill Moyers Journal: Buying The War →
Was having a pretty good day until I watched the program. Then I was angry all over again.
Great to have Mr. Moyers back on the public airwaves.
(Image © AP)
Oregon Gov. Starts Week On Food Stamps →
Mr. Schwarzenegger, do you care to respond? Jeb…? (via Yahoo News)
“I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn’t like it.”
– Samuel Goldwyn
Scientists Find Most Earth-like Planet Yet →
Just in time.
Honey, pack up the kids… we’re outa here!
Yanks Activate Wang From DL →
Not that I care about the American League, or the Yankees… It’s just good to see the Wang up and about again.
Yes… I’m immature. Sue me.
WatchSo timely, it hurts.
NASA Gunman Kills Hostage, Himself
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Nothing like the VT media oversaturation to draw more puss from a long-festering sore. Out of the woodwork, they will come. Out of their minds. (via reuters.com)
New Ad Slams McCain For "Bomb Iran" Song →
Uh-oh. Another McCainwreck. (via electioncentral.tpmcafe.com)
Four Apple Pundits You Should Never Read →
C’mon. If anything, they’re worth reading just for the laughter they give us. (via Applematters.com)
I Danced With My Dog Because The Voices Told Me To
More forwarded email shenanigans via Melissa.
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
My Linguistic Profile (via Blogthings.com):
65% General American English
15% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie
Nothing like starting your day with a heaping helping of generic. I feel so unspecial now.
Chimps More Evolved Than Humans →
(Image via Your Tax Dollars)
Clean Your Dishwasher With Lemonade Kool-Aid →
Maybe it’ll get the Cherry Kool-Aid stains out of the dishwasher, in a weird, cannibalistic kind of way. (via realsimple.com)
(Image © Monica Buck)
“You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but...”
– Isaac Asimov
After Jackie →
(Image © AP - Jeff Lewis)
Chicago Chosen As U.S. Bid For 2016 Olympics →
Nominating Lou Malnati’s, Eli’s Cheesecakes and Vienna Beef Hot Dogs as official Olympic concessions.
(Image © Vienna Beef Ltd.)
District B13
I’d apparently burned through the New Releases on my NetFlix Queue, so this 2004 French actioner showed up yesterday. Marginal film. Clumsy English dubbing. But it’s integration of Parkour into the stunt work was clever. The same acrobatics had a higher profile in the Casino Royale opening sequence, but it was well done here.
Didn’t even know Parkour had a name.
Catherine Crier Calls Out Right-Wing Bigots →
Be careful, folks. (via crooksandliars.com)
Al Franken to CNN: Fire Glenn Beck →
Momentum from Imus may push us further down the slippery slope than we’re prepared for. (via crooksandliars.com)
Don Ho, 'Tiny Bubbles' Crooner, Dies →
Did a cameo in the “Hawaii Bound” episode of The Brady Bunch; part of a classic three ep arc in Season 4. Makes me feel happy. Makes me feel sad. Aloha, Brah.
(Image © AP)
Millions Of White House E-mails May Be Missing →
I don’t know… This all seems very familiar…
(Image © Irving Haberman)
Step It Up 2007 →
April 14th - National Day of Climate Action
“Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other items to be recycled....”
– Church bulletin typo (via Melissa’s email)
The 10 Best Things To Do With Leftover Easter Eggs →
Procrastination
(via Wikipedia)
Procrastination is the deferment or avoidance of an
'Porn & Pancakes' Fights X-Rated Addictions →
Church breakfast event helps men discuss how pornography affects their lives and…
What…? Oh.
Well, what are you having?
The special sounds good, but… I’m stuck with the short stack.
Hmm…?
Right. No sausage.
FutureMail
Must remind myself to remind myself that I should remind myself about this. (via del.icio.us/joetomczak)
The 1 Second Film
Be a big-time movie producer… for charity. (via del.icio.us/joetomczak)
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Somebody’s watching. That somebody is Chairman Henry A. Waxman. (via del.icio.us/joetomczak)
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'A Christmas Story' Director Killed in Crash →
“You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.”
– Ray Bradbury
Zamboni Driver Skates by Drunken Driving Law →
Judge rules ice hockey staple technically not a motor vehicle in U.S., even though it’s sold in a minivan model in Alberta and The Northwest Territories.
