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overflowing: I have a bronzed metal sign that says this hanging...

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:53:06 +1100

I have a bronzed metal sign that says this hanging outside on our patio. I found it in a little store in Nags Head while I J and I were on vacation.

this is so great

inothernews: MAPPED BLUE RIBBON A natural-color satellite...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:09:39 +1100

inothernews:

MAPPED BLUE RIBBON A natural-color satellite image from March 28, 2011, shows the Rakaia River running on its sedimentary bed through the Canterbury Plains on New Zealand’s South Island. (Photo: DigitalGlobe via MSNBC.com)

thebeautyofsports: Biathletes shoot during the women’s 12.5 km...

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:33:05 +1100

thebeautyofsports:

Biathletes shoot during the women’s 12.5 km mass start competition at the Biathlon World Cup in Oberhof, Germany, on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. (Photo by Jens Meyer) (via Photos: Sports Day in Pictures | Denver Post Media Center)

(via Polaboy and Swiss Miss)

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:31:39 +1100

(via Polaboy and Swiss Miss)

People dying their pets to look like other animals. (via Pet...

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:15:28 +1100

People dying their pets to look like other animals.

(via Pet Culture | China Economy | Panda | Photos)

joshsternberg: Only on Fox News is 8.6% the same as 9% and...

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:15:26 +1100

joshsternberg:

Only on Fox News is 8.6% the same as 9% and higher than 8.9% and 8.8%.

Via MediaMatters

"Ask Osama bin Laden and the 22 out of 30 top al-Qaeda leaders who’ve been taken off the field..."

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:03:46 +1100

“Ask Osama bin Laden and the 22 out of 30 top al-Qaeda leaders who’ve been taken off the field whether I engage in appeasement. Or whoever’s left out there. Ask them about that.”

- President BARACK OBAMA, in response to a reporter’s question during a briefing yesterday; Republicans had charged that the President’s foreign policy had amounted to nothing but “appeasement.”

This is the best variation on “frak you” EVER. And the full quote is better than what was floating around yesterday.

Also: Republicans should feel free to point to Iraq and eight years of chasing Osama bin Laden and FAILING — among other things — when talking about foreign fucking policy.

(via inothernews)

dailybunch: Jerry Brown FTW.

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:39:11 +1100

dailybunch:

Jerry Brown FTW.

"But Jobs’s friend John Seeley Brown, who was on the board of Corning Glass in Upstate New York, told..."

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:49:00 +1100

“But Jobs’s friend John Seeley Brown, who was on the board of Corning Glass in Upstate New York, told him that he should talk to that company’s young and dynamic CEO, Wendell Weeks. So he dialed the main Corning switchboard number and asked to be put through to Weeks. He got an assistant, who offered to pass along the message. “No, I’m Steve Jobs,” he replied. “Put me through.” The assistant refused. Jobs called Brown and complained that he had been subjected to “typical East Coast bullshit.” When Weeks heard that, he called the main Apple switchboard and asked to speak to Jobs. He was told to put his request in writing and send it in by fax. When Jobs was told what happened, he took a liking to Weeks and invited him to Cupertino.”

- Have just finished the Steve Jobs autobiography, the above quote was a highlight

(via Geert Goiris - Work)

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:37:26 +1100

(via Geert Goiris - Work)

(via DIGEST for 21 November 2011: Articles on China, Spiders...

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:00:45 +1100

(via DIGEST for 21 November 2011: Articles on China, Spiders climbing trees, Sausage fonts and paying money to have people resign.)

(via Slice of Pizza Sleeping Bag | noquedanblogs.com)

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:46:14 +1100

(via Slice of Pizza Sleeping Bag | noquedanblogs.com)

1001bookstoreadbeforeyoudie: Explaining Old Book Smell

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:32:55 +1100

1001bookstoreadbeforeyoudie:

Explaining Old Book Smell

"Can you imagine how hard it would be if none of us spoke the same language and our grandparents..."

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 07:59:19 +1100

“Can you imagine how hard it would be if none of us spoke the same language and our grandparents killed each other in World War II? Why did you ever think you could get on the same currency, Europe? You guys have shared a tiny continent for 2,000 years and you don’t speak the same language! Belgium has two languages and it’s the size of a Midwestern college campus!”

- SETH MEYERS, regarding the Eurozone and the Greek economic crisis, on Saturday Night Live (via inothernews)