What would the world be, once bereft of wet and wildness?
Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.
-- Gerard Manley Hopkins
Friday, December 02, 2005
Thursday, December 01, 2005
nice
This cool thing is a Double-discharge Lichtenberg figure, whatever that is. Click on it to rotate it 360 degrees.
Five things I’d like to see engraved on little rubber bracelets
1. Nap Strong
2. My Other Bracelet is Fighting Colon Cancer
3. America: Shut Thy Pie Hole
4. Kiss Me, I’m Trendy
5. Please Watch Arrested Development
2. My Other Bracelet is Fighting Colon Cancer
3. America: Shut Thy Pie Hole
4. Kiss Me, I’m Trendy
5. Please Watch Arrested Development
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Wednesday, November 30, 2005
hm
Penn Jillette on why there is no "God."
"I'm not greedy. I have love, blue skies, rainbows, and Hallmark cards, and that has to be enough… It seems just rude to beg the invisible for more."If you don't mind arguments along these lines, and you like Penn and Teller, you'll want to see this video.
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
quote of the day
"All I want is a warm bed, a kind word, and unlimited power."
--Ashleigh Brilliant
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end of an era
The final nail in the coffin of the Sixties was driven home recently when Grateful Dead Merchandising, the group that handles official products for the band and is overseen by its surviving members (Namely, Jerry Garcia's ex-wife) pulled over 3,000 live shows from the online music database Archive.org. Considering that the Dead allowed fans to tape and trade their music for over thirty-years, this move seems a bit greedy and pointless. Indeed, when you get confused, just listen to the music play..
Monday, November 28, 2005
exactly
Five ways your histrionic anti-abortion friend might refer to a fetus:
1. pre-huggable cutiebunchkins
2. unrealized attorney
3. The Lord’s compulsory intercourse receipt
4. untapped angel cluster
5. ante-baptized believer cells
Sunday, November 27, 2005
wot that Aprille in her shoures suette
A very cool and brief history of the English tongue, with a chronology and a comparison of the Lord's Prayer in different stages of the language.
bad idea
Former FEMA Director Michael Brown, heavily criticized for his agency's slow response to Hurricane Katrina, is starting a disaster preparedness consulting firm to help clients avoid the sort of errors that cost him his job. In other words, to help clients avoid the sort of mismanagement that occurred under his regime.
webcam art
AMAZING video of the Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal. This is one week compressed into 11 minutes--mezmerizing.
Friday, November 25, 2005
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Monday, November 21, 2005
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