June 2008
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Safe From Black Holes...? →
Those wacky CERN particle physicists are at it again, trumpeting the safety of their Large Hadron Collider (aka ‘Easy Black Hole Oven’) by using definitive terminology like
…ought to…
…quite a long shot…
…too tiny to matter…
when asked about the Earth-swallowing potential of their experiments. Yikes. Is there any space available on the next...
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YoungMe - NowMe →
A Web 2.5 “Before & After… But Not So Different” Retro-Nostalgia Photo Gallery.
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WatchCommercial for JBS Men’s Underwear (Denmark) - (via)
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Movie Posters Re-Imagined By Artists →
Great Flickr set. From the mainstream, to the obtuse. With an extra dose of Hitchcock, for good measure. (via)
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A bit of a stumble on the Inter-League road trip (swept by the Devil Rays…?) Then Soriano gets hurt (again). Then Big Z hits the DL. Cripes! Nothing a trip home can’t fix, with a sweep — yes, sweep — of the South Siders. That’s 14 straight at the Confines. Not since 1936. Dempster’s 9-0 at home. Ramirez is on fire. Edmonds is hitting like the ex-Cardinal of old. Hell,...
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Red Wine A Weapon In The Battle Of The Bulge →
‘Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son”. I’ll settle for drunk and stupid, then. Now, where’s that damn somalie…?
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The 100 Best* Movie Posters Of All Time →
*Subjective, of course. But a great compendium of stunning artwork, regardless. (via)
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Campaign Cola 2008 →
‘Yes We Can Cola’ vs. ‘Pure McCain Cola’. Vote! (via)
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'Internet Addiction' Nominated For Entry In The... →
Nothing mental about it. It’s called an off switch. It’s called cutting the cord. It’s called going outside to play… and to live.
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EFX Maestro Stan Winston Dies At 62 →
Nightmares, dreamscapes, and then some…
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For Those Who Tried To Rock →
Celebrating (nay, lamenting) the rock star in all of us. Yes, us. As in you and me. Okay, more me than you. Thanks, microphone, for trying your best to conceal at least some of my identity/dignity. ROCK FAIL ‘93.
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Is So. Cal All Dried Up?
Our rainy season (re: a few days in January) was for bupkus. The Sierra Nevada snow pack is 67% of normal. Reservoir capacity is 40%. The ‘Governator’ proclaims we’re in a drought. Great.
So now, with talk of cloud seeding, and with citation-wielding, municipal “drought-busters’ possibly being called back to duty, the days (and nights) of bath and shower sharing may...
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Honor Thy Father
Can’t deny it: you are the chip. That’s just how it works.
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Prostate Cancer Foundation 'Home Run Challenge' →
Benefitting the bat ‘n balls, one four-bagger at a time.
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Fight The Smears →
From the Obama campaign. Political rumor-debunking for the Internet Age.
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Chicago Bulls Name Vinny Del Negro As Coach →
Wha? Is June 11th the new April 1st?
Seems like an impulse-buy, a ‘we’d better get somebody in place after the D’Antoni/Collins debacles’. Hello, $6M debacle! Did anybody from the front office bother calling Avery Johnson?
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ilovebacteria.com →
Don’t you? (via)
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“Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It’s already...”
– Charles M. Schulz
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I Am 'Al Fresco™'
At least that’s what Pittsburgh Paints’ The Color Sense Game says I am. They obviously didn’t take into account my fondness for airconditioned air during the final scoring.
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Sportscaster Jim McKay Dies At 86 →
‘Spanning the globe, to bring you the constant variety of sport…’
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Happy 75th Birthday, Drive-In! →
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Chicago In Final Four For 2016 Olympics →
Rio? Tokyo? Madrid? C’mon…
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RIP Yves Saint Laurent & Bo Diddley
Nattily dressed, with a playlist of rockin’ tunes for the rideshare to the other side.
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What's A 'Freegan', You Ask? →
Über-minimizing your socio-economic-enviro footprint.
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Best Food You've Never Eaten (Because You Don't...
Tommy’s. ‘If you don’t see the shack, take it back!’
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Universal Studios Backlot Fire Could've Been Worse
While it’s true a narrow (minded) segment of the populace prays for Hollywood to burn, disaster was averted by quick-thinking LA Firefighters using studio water resources, when LA City water pressure came up short and sprinkler systems were overwhelmed. Sad to see the damage, but the show will go on; Universal will rebuild (as they did after the eerily similar 1990 fire, which was...
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Sweet Homestand, Chicago! 7-0! Soriano’s E count is on the upswing, Kosuke was quiet, but it appears Jim Edmonds isn’t quite ready to hang up his cleats: 5-7, 5 RBI, BB and 2 Runs in his last two games. And score a 14th save for Cary Wood. Best Record in Baseball (36-21). That’s all of Baseball. Sounds weird, but it sounds good.
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