May 2008
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Watch‘NHL Star Called Up To Big Leagues To Play For NFL’ - ONN
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NBC Universal To Embed Marketing Messages In... →
Perhaps try a few dramatic principles in the on-air offerings, first. ‘Quarterlife’: 14 minutes short of its 15.
April 2008
88 posts
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Chicago Cubs Manager Lee Elia, April 29, 1983....
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Green The Capitol →
Changing the light bulbs in government buildings is was a start in March 2007. Keep tabs on their progress. Nudge your Representative.
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Dumb Little Man →
‘Tips for Life’
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National Recycling Coalition's 'Conversionator' →
‘Bottles and cans, just clap your hands, just clap your hands.’
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Passengers Bare It All At LAX →
Whole Body Imaging Technology now being used for secondary screening of airline passengers unfortunately refutes area man’s boasts of his ‘concealed weapon’ made to female patrons during “Happy Ahora” at a Glendale Chili’s.
Sam’s Club and Costco putting sales limits on Hunt’s™ 36ct Chocolate/Vanilla SnackPacks over fears of a worldwide lunchbox pudding shortage.
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Chicago Oral Surgeon Sues 'Benny The Bull' NBA... →
Errant celebration in stands caused ruptured bicep, which led to surgery, lost work, and lost wages. Of course he’s gotta sue. And after the case is settled, he might want to consider switching to gynecology, because it sounds as though he’s more adept at tending to sore vaginas. (via Chicago Tribune)
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'Toons In Real Life
Ongoing series of Photoshop magic from Pixeloo, rendering popular animated characters into real world beings. Fantastic work, albeit creepy as hell. (via Everywhere) Jessica Rabbit Homer Simpson Super Mario
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Theriot Lifts Cubs In 10 For Franchise’s 10,000th Win (ESPN) Bullpen’s still a question mark (Get your act together, Howry!), but the fact that eight players are batting at or over .300 is nothing to sneeze at. Alas, a team cannot live on big sticks alone.
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Men Who Look Like Kenny Rogers →
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Contaminated Site OK'd For LA Elementary School →
Isn’t this how all that zombie shit always starts out? (via LA Times)
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So. Cal Might Soon 'Think' Electric →
‘Think City’ model from Norway. 110 miles per charge. (Via LA Times)
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National Geographic: Human Footprint →
What does this say about my ‘Cookie Footprint’? (Image via National Geographic)
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The Booze Test →
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Daim You, IKEA!
Daim you, Kraft! Daim you, Marabou! Daim you, chocolate coating! Daim you, toffee center! Daim you, caramel aroma! Daim!
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Ramirez, Cubs Pound Slumping Pirates Behind 18 Hits, 13 Runs (ESPN) From NL Central Worst to NL Central First. Ryan Dempster 3-0. Derreck Lee leading league in HRs (7). Okay, I’ll stop… It’s only April.
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The Homicide Report →
LA Times blog puts a human face on the city’s daily human loss. Not an RSS feed for everyone.
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Ladies And Gentlemen, Your Toronto Bills!
Well, the 2008 NFL Schedule is out. And the Fish (Miami Dolphins) play the Bills (that’s Buffalo Bills) in Toronto. Toronto. It’s funny how the NFL PR Machine touts a MNF game against the Browns (‘That’s two years in a row! Wow!’) while it buries the ‘home’ game in TO. Best not poke an already irritated B’flo fan-base with any more sticks until...
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“To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
Santa’s helpers are...”
– Humor for Lexophiles (via Drew’s forwarded email)
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Flogos →
That’s not a cloud… that’s your brand. (via AdFreak)
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50 Ways To Help The Planet →
(Image via Wire & Twine)
(… a reprieve)
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Neuticles →
Testicular implants for… pets. And earrings for Mother’s Day.
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Bulls Dump 2nd Coach This Season →
(… lazy, hazy, not crazy… yet)
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New Atom Smasher Could Fill Gaps In Scientific... →
‘I göt dein glöbal varming right hier.’ — A. Einstein If we’re so dead-set on annihilating ourselves, can we at least pick a less cliche method? We do have choices: Top 10 Ways To Destroy Earth (via Livescience.com) Hurled into the Sun Eaten by Von Neumann machines Pulverized by impact with blunt instrument Meticulously and systematically deconstructed Sucked into a giant black...
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'The X-Files: I Want To Believe'... →
…that in 10 years since the last film, Chris Carter et al could’ve come up with something snappier. Kinda rolls off the tongue like a Harlequin Romance title. I suppose I can live with the teaser poster, though. (via Yahoo News) Residual alt.tv.x-files dorkness detected.
(… rain dance, anyone?)
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Effanol
© Patrick Chappatte - International Herald Tribune (via Cagle.com) Further Reading: The Biofuel Factor In Rising Food Prices (News.com) UN Panel Urges Changes To Feed Poor While Saving Environment (NY Times)
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Will Social Networking Stop 'Greenwashers'? →
Strength in numbers. Change in numbers. (via News.com)
(… endless blue)
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The Taxman Cometh, America. Pencils Down.
C’mon. Deep down, you know those last few illegible register receipts aren’t going to make much difference to the bottom line. Extension? Pish. The trick, now, is to try and focus those bloodshot, raccoon eyes, to make one last calculator sweep of the numbers. Funny, that looked like a “6” a few hours ago. Is it an “8”? Never mind. You’re almost home. Now,...
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61 Years After 42's Opening Day
April 15, 1947 (AP Image) MLB Celebrates 5th ‘Jackie Robinson Day’ (MLB.com) MLB’s Diversity Would Have Jackie Shaking His Head (ESPN)
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So. Cal: Probable Epicenter Of The Next 'Big One' →
Hey look… I can see my fault from here! (via LA Times) (Image via Southern California Earthquake Center)
(… natural sunscreen)
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That Blissfully Quiet Electric Car Might Just Kill... →
Apparently, they’re too quiet. And a UC Riverside study says pedestrians (especially the blind) might not be able to hear their approach until it’s too late. Congress has moved to “require the Transportation Department to establish safety standards for hybrids and other vehicles that make little discernible noise, including an audible alert.” (via Wired) One alert system...
(… yesterday left grill marks)
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Scientists Unveil Hi-Res Map Of U.S. Carbon... →
Needless to say, red is bad. Have you checked your footprint? (via Wired - Image: The Vulcan Project)
(… uh-oh, scorcher comin’)
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Free Range Kids →
‘Let’s give our children the freedom we had’. Would you let your 9 year-old ride the NYC Subway alone? The author of this new blog did, and has been vilified by certain segments of a bunkerized, fear-rapt population for endangering her child’s life. A 9 year-old walking his 7 year-old sister to school a mile or so away was never a big deal in my youth. Times haven’t...
(… not just sun, now heat)