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Relaxing in the yard
Evening of September 6, 2010
2009
Meanwhile - time to slacktivate! Help pass healthcare reform with only one click - then crack open a cold one. Your work is done.VIEW
I would rather have a maggot removed from my head than have a football coach get my kid baptized. But that's just me. In other news: a study shows that things you forget may still be in your brain, and the MTA completed a stunning LeWitt mural at Columbus Circle.VIEW
A Congressmember from South Carolina calls Obama a liar. During his speech. From the floor of the House.VIEW
A sign of the world to come: my TV just crashed. Well, actually, the cable did. But still.VIEW
tweeted: Scavenging at different socio-economic strata: on our corner, hipsters check discarded records while a homeless guy looks for bottles. VIEW
tweeted: It's a testament to Murakami that I can no longer hear "Norwegian Wood" without fretting over weepy, suicidal Japanese girls. VIEW
2008
A lawsuit brought by the Santa Clara County Democratic Party brings voter registration efforts to VA hospitals - though the Party is still banned. Nonetheless. Nice work, Preminger.VIEW
Here's hoping this is expectations-setting.VIEW
2007
Speaking of, um, Tokyo, I guess, Naomi Klein of No Logo fame has a new book about electroshock therapy, which is being promo'd with a short movie by the creators of the astonishing Children of Men. (Also, No Logo? Meh.VIEW
Which is techier, NYC or SJ? Again, the word was "techier".VIEW
Wade Boggs, heavy drinker. Now Buckner I would have believed.VIEW
The frozen corpse of an Incan girl is now on display in Argentina. Como se dice "creepy"?VIEW
Speaking of growing up -- thirty years of development in a major Tokyo urban area in 30 seconds.VIEW
How to launder money. Not something I'm too worried about.VIEW
Bored? Help Amazon find Steve Fossett by analyzing satellite photos for evidence of a crash site.VIEW
2006
college fight songs.VIEW
turkey is good to eatVIEW
indonesian mud debacleVIEW
crazy cat and a laugh trackVIEW
cool cube decorationsVIEW
2005
emily wrote: to protect & serve?VIEW
emily wrote: fatal attractionVIEW
counting the deadVIEW
could it happen here?VIEW
2004
michael wrote: for the record, the jenga idea was 100% pbump.VIEW
abc's the note has a good summary of bush's life, reprinted below. Born (with a silver spoon in his mouth) to patrician New England family in New Haven on July 6, 1946. Prep school cheerleader.VIEW
emperor loco wrote: 1. The World Trade Center Jenga is genius 2. Good to see old Leonard turn out to be such a success story.VIEW
you know, if you're going to shoot puppies, you kind of deserve this.VIEW
sam wrote: you guys are both bastards.VIEW
what i just posted is pretty 
ed up, i admit that. it still amuses me, unfortunately. but michael was intimately involved, don't let him fool you.VIEW
ok — now correct me if i'm wrong, but does this article indicate that part of the montana state capitol was evacuated because of a lit match?VIEW
how could you say no to that, indeed?VIEW
beautiful onion headline, that should be kerry's new campaign theme — Bush Campaign More Thought Out Than Iraq War.VIEW
anyone here remember leonard? clearly, he lives with my sister now. also, he is enormous.VIEW
and mikeys' right. san jose is fine. i just like being mean.VIEW
paul wrote: One less vote for Bush.VIEW
emperor loco wrote: Awww. Little Brudder! He's got the heart of a champion.VIEW
ing paul beat me to it.VIEW
2003
irene hsu has ruined my life — she pointed out that coke owns odwalla. and, as you know, we're boycotting coke. and, as you may know, i am keen on odwalla.VIEW
want high rent? move here.VIEW
the RIAA tears into a 12 year-old.VIEW
still doubt that ann coulter is a hillbilly?VIEW
salam pax, the baghdad blogger, does an interview.VIEW
i am red! stop me!VIEW
here is my kludgey and not particularly attractive animation i made for amy's furniture store. it is of poor quality.VIEW
gruesome.VIEW
detailed look at recall poll. apparently, with noe mcclintock, schwarz only leads by two points. mcclintock, incidentally, supports a referendum to repeal the drivers license bill davis just signed.VIEW
cnn says ueberroth is out. four weeks from today...VIEW
california chamber (surprise) backs arnie — the poll they commissioned is interesting.VIEW
an acquiantance of michael's mom makes art about dogs.VIEW
2002
kelly wrote: sure, just let me know what kind of works. I am so luck to have a friend like Philip. Whenever comes a non-paid job, always think of me first.VIEW
i have returned -- to your great satisfaction. orlando is a strange place, and it is ridiculously humid. some things i learned over the past week: - the italian drink beverly is horrid horrid horrid.VIEW
animals in the news: panthers versus rats and roadmen paint badger.VIEW
sore mel chili. i don't know what to make of this.VIEW
i was just kidding, kelly. you are off the hook. nothing for you to design except pretty adobe pictures.VIEW
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Palin supporters debate her critique of Koran-burning. In their fashion.
117 September 8, 10:17 pm. Via @jim_newell. 
oy tiny dancer religion
An incredible, simple photo that captures the grave post-flood situation in Pakistan.
September 8, 9:50 pm. photography sad children
Someday, people will think it's odd that there was huge debate over burning an assemblage of pieces of wood pulp covered with an ink pattern.
September 8, 9:45 pm. books religion oy
Coming soon to OnStar: Facebook updates, which should be helpful for those wishing to die in car crashes.
September 8, 8:49 pm. tech cars
Slap Shot is on. Long live Paul Newman. Long live the Hansen brothers.
September 8, 8:34 pm. sports movies
In New York, I had trouble finding a casual joint to get a beer, veggie burger and fries. Here, there's one a block away.
September 8, 7:47 pm. dc food nyc
A Boxer staffer commits his support for Prop 19.
120 September 8, 5:23 pm. amusing california politics
Health insurers are raising rates in time for Election Day, blaming the President's healthcare plan. Unfairly, of course.
September 8, 4:33 pm. politics health
PETA documents abuses at a North Carolina animal testing facility where dogs and cats suffer horrendously. Very, very troubling.
September 8, 4:07 pm. Via @buzzfeed. animals sad crime
Could Google Instant gut search engine optimization strategies?
120 September 8, 3:54 pm. Via @mediagazer. media tech
Though I have to ask: who goes to Google to do searches? Doesn't everyone just use the browser toolbar?
Comment from pbump. September 8, 3:59 pm.
The number one thing white women looking to meet men online say they like? The Red Sox. Interpret that how you will.
September 8, 12:32 pm. baseball love amusing the web
I am disappointed that the newest version of Office for Mac made WordArt more prominent. The world doesn't need that.
September 8, 11:04 am. tech apple design
Parents worry about kidnapping. They should worry about car accidents. In fact, none of the top five worries actually match the top ways children are injured or killed.
September 8, 10:32 am. Via @slate. children data
Residents of the state of New Jersey are on the hook for $13 apiece to pay off something that no longer exists: Giants Stadium. Publicly financed sports venues are the race to the bottom, writ large.
September 8, 9:47 am. sports government
The Park51 imam pens an op-ed for the Times in which he promises transparency in the project's funding sources. Which, according to his opponents, probably means he hates America.
September 8, 8:57 am. politics mosque
This should make you feel better about your job: the awkward office photo contest.
150 September 8, 7:28 am. Via @davewiner. photography amusing
A tongue-eating parasite was found in the waters off of Jersey. The perfection of the location is almost enough to make me a Creationist.
But it's the England / moo-cow Jersey. Point, Darwin.
September 7, 11:03 pm. animals
The government's new (secret?) x-ray vans take kind of incredible pictures.
September 7, 9:08 pm. Via @motherjones. tech government
Nothing ruins a classic segment from Cheers like finding out Glenn Beck was an extra in it.
September 7, 7:12 pm. Via @stopbeck. glenn beck tv
