June 2008
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Under the Solstice Sun →
Last weekend, we celebrated Katie’s birthday and her new home in Stamford, Connecticut. (Can you believe I have friends who are already buying condos in the ‘burbs and moving out there with…
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Yo, MS Word: Word up!
Obama is not Osama. Barack is not Barrack. Blog is not bog.
Get with it my nizzle!
Florida Man, 26, Dies After Drinking 23 Shots In... →
Lightweight.
(via verenasays)
Experts Weigh Nuclear Blast Aftermath : NPR →
Need an afternoon pick-me-up? How about this NPR report on a conference that discussed what steps officials, hospitals, and civillians should take in case of a “small” nuclear blast, like Hiroshima-size.
They suggest that doctors in overwhelmed hospitals use wristbands to identify who can be quickly and efficiently saved and who is … not worth the effort.
The presentation...
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Love it, too. Thanks, Amy.
rockuboff:
The...
I am here to save the day!!
grapefruite:
I am in need of a cheer up
How about a cute boy in a cute t-shirt?
Now, doesn’t that make you feel better? Love you, my lovely dear.
T-shirt available here. Unfortunately the young man is not for sale.
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The Platinum Bullet: What every gansta should be...
boutofcontext:
Chris Rock really nailed our gun control/prohibition insecurities, joking:
“Gun control? We need bullet control! I think every bullet should cost 5,000 dollars. Because if a bullet cost five thousand dollar, we wouldn’t have any innocent bystander.”
[A few of Chris’s sound thoughts on rates of gun violence here.]
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Man in wheelchair charged with drunk driving →
Only in Australia, man.
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I say: down with handguns, down with the Court...
… and it is vital that we get a Democrat in the White House before the Supreme Court is insurmountably conservative. Keep in mind, DC is one of the most violent cities in the country. The last thing it needs is a population packing heat.
Another thing to think about: every year, more than 30,000 people die by gun violence. That is 10 times the number killed on 9/11. An economist would...
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Twitter babies
Last night I learned that my aunt was in labor with twins from my dad — via twitter!
Meanwhile, Arif announced Rasana’s birth via twitter.
Thankfully, he did not twitter the delivery (“breathe, breathe, now puusssshhh” … “she’s crowning” … “umbilical - snip!”) — just one note to let everyone know that “baby things may...
"I think a memoir is the last place an intelligent...
— David Sedaris in “W”
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Lizzie Skurnick, Author of Jezebel's "Fine Lines"... →
This is the first I’ve heard of “Fine Lines.” What a terrific concept for a column, knowing that the young lady-types trolling Jezebel’s corner of the Internet were once four-eyed funny girls in braces, dreaming of contacts and sandy-haired boys, now nostalgic for paperbacks and diaries with keys.
Kudos to Lizzie Skurnick on the book deal.
My most-read book of the era?...
“Although bedbugs cannot fly or jump, they have been observed climbing a higher...”
– Peter Ehinger, Jane’s sympathetic and resourceful younger brother.
Those wily bastards … soon they’ll be turning doorknobs, velociraptor-style!
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Important Question
Do strictly observant/conservative and/or Orthodox Jews have to read the Torah while in transport? Because they are always reading them on the subway - never a newspaper or a novel - and I have long suspected it’s a magical thinking thing, a talisman against vehicular accident. Anyone?
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Duck, Duck ... Goose. →
When I was twelve years old, some rare and fortuitous circumstance brought me to dinner at the St. Paul Grill, a steakhouse with dark wood, white linen tablecloths, and a carousel of…
“Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park boasts abundant opportunities for...”
– Campground Details - CLARENCE FAHNESTOCK STATE PARK, Ny - ReserveAmerica
Yes, please!
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“So relevant to our area. No drum, nothing, just guitar. Paddy field. Cows....”
– Rewben Mashangva, an Indian musician, remembers his reaction when he first heard Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind,” 20 years ago.
Wonder what he thought when he heard he went electric?
YOU try plugging in for waterbuffalo. They may look docile now, but … “Judas” is...
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“The problem with this country is called microwave Christianity. You put it in,...”
– Paul Aduba, pastor of Toledo’s Anglican Church of the Pentecost. (Toledo Blade.)
This is exactly what I’ve been saying for years! Except by Christianity, I mean dinner, and by pray, I mean cook.
“He’s got the gas prices, in His hands. He’s got the gas prices, in...”
– Rocky Twyman, founder of Pray at the Pump, and his congregants ask the good Lord for gas prices to come down in Holland, Ohio.
Twyman explains: “God is telling us to stop depending on ourselves so much and trust in Him. Bush can’t solve this. McCain and Obama are not going to be able to...
8 Reasons You Should Not Expect an Inheritance →
Dad, are you feeling okay? Because it’s 9 am in the Twin Cities and you haven’t forwarded this article to me yet.