Lucy reminded me
quote out of context
Incredible. I didn’t know how to calm him down, and then I had an inspiration. I went to my hut, where, for months I had hidden a piece of chocolate. We would almost have killed one another for something like that. I went back to him, going right into his face and ate the chocolate. All of a sudden he was quiet. This was utterly beyond him.
GRAHAM v. FLORIDA
From the majority Supreme Court ruling on the legality (or lack there-of) of assigning life sentences to minors who have not killed someone.
While JUSTICE THOMAS would apparently not rule out a death sentence for a $50 theft by a 7-year-old, the Court wisely rejects his static approach to the law. Standards of decency have evolved since 1980. They will never stop doing so.
Zing!
(another pdf)
the spam asks
Am I drinking too much tea? Am I addicted?
quote out of context
You are such a mixture of the practical and the emotional that you escape out of hand like a trout.
(pdf warning)
the transitive property
Texas Representative Louie Gohmert on the racy Miss USA photos:
“An absolute breakdown in morality,” he said. “And when you lose morality, you get economic chaos. And when you have economic chaos, historically, people have always been willing to give up liberty. And that’s what we’re seeing.”
The Elbe Philharmonic Hall
The Elbe Philharmonic Hall in Hamburg is still under construction but is something I would love to see on my architecture / food / museums tour of the world.
A warehouse on Hamburg’s waterfront is being transformed into the Elbe Philharmonic Hall, the architectural equivalent of Greta Garbo or a pirate ship—take your pick of these analogies, the former offered by future tenant Christoph von Dohnányi, chief conductor of the NDR Symphony Orchestra, and the latter by architect Jaques Herzog, of Herzog & de Meuron.
humping our way (ash cloud permitting)
see y’all on the other side.
photo out of context
(via kottke)
Some North Korean Jokes
Ha.
Ha.
(via marginal revolution)
a moveable feast
Dear Clusterflock
Whatcha thinkin’ about?
from the spam
In the Buddhist tradition, people have high noise levels.
The wisdom of Rick Moranis
(via NYT)
Rogue satellite threatens cable programming in U.S.
An out-of-control satellite is drifting into the orbit of another satellite that transmits cable programming to the United States.
“They’ll just cruise around the geobelt, drifting wherever they go, potentially causing havoc, when you lose control of them,” says Emmet Fletcher, space surveillance and tracking manager for the Space Situational Awareness Programme at the European Space Agency.
(via AP)
Ronnie James Dio dies at 67
Dio rose to fame in 1975 as the first lead singer of Rainbow, the heavy metal band put together by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, who had just quit Deep Purple.
Dio then replaced legendary vocalist Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath in 1980 with the critically acclaimed album “Heaven And Hell,” considered by many critics to be one of the finest heavy metal albums of all time. His on-again, off-again tenure with Black Sabbath touched off an intense debate among fans as to which singer was the true essence of the band — a discussion that lasted until his death.
Some cars for Deron and Sheila
Today was the Malta Ford Show. A great many of the cars were, I think, from the ’60s or ’70s, and others were relatively new. Only a couple were old enough for me to call them old. Most of the models were Fiestas, Focuses, Sierras (not the GMC pickup!), and Escorts, though not necessarily looking like what we call by that name. One of them–see below–was labeled a Pinto, but again, not what we would expect. One or two were called Zodiac or Zephyr.
Dayton Oil Co. U.S. Route 377, London, TX 76854
A population of only 180, but, I could have stayed all day!
It’s quite windy today,
and I noticed that the Union Jack was bunched in a wad around its pole, while Old Glory waved proudly. If my host had not taken action, I was prepared to climb up on a chair and give the Union Jack an assist. I’m sure Phil would have done the same for Old Glory if it were in a bad way.
dear clusterflock
Worst. Song. Ever.
Small Talk with that Asshole Goose
Me: Hey, how’s it going?
Goose: HONK!
Me: Cool, cool. It looks like it’s gonna be a–
Goose: HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK! HONK!
Me: I don’t think you–
Goose: SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
Me: Jesus.
Goose: HONK!!! HONK!!!
So she’s enjoying penis a little bit more is she?
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from the comments
And all of the dads looked like astronauts.
We’re Gonna Stick It to a Whore So We Don’t Lose Our Mind
Semi-Literate Former Gold Prospector Given Own Cable News Show
It’s funny because it’s true.
The Film Making Techniques of Dead People
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Some of my old neighbor’s things have been sent to her distant relatives. The rest is left. At the estate sale a stranger eats pizza behind a cash box, and people wander in to dig through drawers and cartons. There are laughs about things oddly saved. I wonder about the smallest mementos, tagged or batched in plastic bags. All of it spreading out in a slow explosion, a dispersal not unlike decay. Bounty reabsorbed or discarded.
