down time
As is obvious, the site was down a couple days. Andrew thinks it might have been a plug-in and is working on figuring out which one. Sorry for the inconvenience, and hopefully we’ll get all the kinks worked out soon.
Fireworks | Kenneth Anger (1947)
Not so far from this date, two years ago…
Danny and I are taking a quiet day of it today and I’m feeling nostalgic. Thank you for your time.
Carry on.
God Bless America
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A snapshot of my psyche this July 4, 2010.
things I hadn’t posted
Banks allow members to pay with time, not cash
China’s young college grads toil in ‘ant tribes’
Clam boat pulls up canisters off NY, crew sickened
College student invents cost-effective self-healing concrete?
Cosmic Noise Could Improve Space Weather Forecasts
Debrahlee Lorenzana sues Citigroup, claims bank fired her for being too sexy
Divers explore Cleopatra’s palace
Frugal teen buys house with 4-H winnings
Gravity Lows Mark Burial Sites of Ancient Tectonic Plates
Lessons from failed Cold War spy mission in China
The iPad: a Near-Miracle for My Son With Autism
Newly rescued Chihuahua takes ‘ugliest dog’ title
Rare 40-Pound Meteorite Identified in Oregon
Rasta Inmates Spend 10 Years in Isolation for Hair
Steve Jobs on the new iPhone 4: “It’s like a beautiful old Leica camera”
U.S. Testing Pain Ray in Afghanistan
World’s largest car collection closer to being under one roof
From Hazel Green
“The caffeine in my coffee must have been dead. I was sittin’ out there in the chair asleep and didn’t even know it until a plane flew over and woke me up.” — Miss Nell, 90
the abbreviated Christina Hendricks
- We want you to order Scotch.
- No shorts below the knee.
- No man should be on Facebook.
- Marriage changes very little.
from Christina Hendricks: A Letter to Men
From the Comments
…they came, on a dish of ice, looking like a series of productive coughs.
and
…the face grins when the teeth go to work.
Persistence
(via Fringe)
Found on Google Street View
Was just using Google Street View on a realtor’s web site to check out the neighborhood around a potential new house, when I noticed something . . .strange . . . going on at the house next door. I really hope this is just an over-the-top Halloween decorating situation, but even if it is: what is going on here?
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Alfa Romeo 2uettottanta
Roman Lisquidation
It’s official.
Whether this is one step closer to a goat remains to be determined. If any of y’all ‘ve been meaning to get some Calamari now’s the time.
“I’ll go through it with you line by line.”
I just keep on liking this guy.
Thanks, Shannon!
Frank’s story about Pierce
Them’s the breaks, as my half-brother Pierce used to say a lot. He’d spit it out like you had earned that bad thing comin’ and why didn’t you just get outta the way but nobody said it out loud when he got so drunk and walked in front of an F-350 dually. Twenty four breaks as I recall although that’s skipping the bones that got all crushed up like oyster crackers.
Quote out of context
When Rogozov had made the incision and was manipulating his own innards as he removed the appendix, his intestine gurgled, which was highly unpleasant for us.
Phoenix 1901
If you haven’t listened to Phoenix, I urge you to go buy their music immediately and be overjoyed.
Phoenix – 1901 – A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.
Long Horn Meat
the unhelpful phonetic alphabet
From The Ragbag
A conversation in my household
Sarah: Will you curl my hair for me?
Amy: Get a perm.
Sarah: That’s permanent!
Quote out of context
And I pledge to govern with integrity, and goodwill, and clear conviction, and a servant’s heart.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, apparently confused as to the role of the Vice President, in her would-have-been victory speech.
Daily Beast via here.
Vincent
A bit of vintage Tim Burton for this All Hallows Eve.
At a loss?
When do you know it’s time to put your pet down?
Deterritorializing Deleuze & Guattari Across the Schizophrenic States of America
My latest dispatch from our X-country trip whilst reading Anti-Oedipus…
get off the stinkin’ bus
Stinky? Want to ride the bus? The city of Honolulu might send you to jail:
The bill will be heard Thursday in committee. It would make it illegal to have “odors that unreasonably disturb others or interfere with their use of the transit system.”
It doesn’t matter if it’s body odor or offensive fumes that emanates from clothes, personal belongings or animals.
