May 2007
89 posts
Paper Airplanes - the best origami paper planes to... →
I really, really suck at making paper airplanes, and even I could make these fly.
Postcrossing . . . →
… is a project that allows anyone to receive postcards (paper ones, not electronic) from random places in the world. Great idea — I signed up.
Carbon labels to help shoppers save planet →
A very sensible idea from the British.
Who killed the honeybees? →
The latest in a series of bee updates.
Duck - the official movie site. Think outside the... →
Philip Baker Hall and a duck. Really, what more could you want?
“If somebody can tell me what he did on 9/11 that was so good, I’d love to...”
– NYFD Deputy Chief Jim Riches, whose firefighter son died on 9/11, on Rudy Giuliani
Something Positive →
Next time some bore starts whining about how women “don’t like nice guys,” roll your eyes and show him this.
The Skeptic's Dictionary →
“Death is a part of life, and pretending that the dead are gathering in a television studio in New York to talk twaddle with a former ballroom-dance instructor is an insult to the intelligence and humanity of the living.”
Judge: Teen’s crude prank ‘beyond stupid’ →
Also beyond gross. Hint: it involves smuggling a bottle of ranch salad dressing into the boy’s room and then putting it back on the cafeteria salad bar. Yep, he did…that. (via dailyherald)
“As usual, we’ve been sucked into a phony controversy about who said what...”
– When Democrats collapse, by Bill Maher (via salon.com)
Rejoice, The Hummer Is Dead →
It might be the end of the world’s most phallically sad SUV. But has the damage been done? (via sfgate.com)
My Favorite Font →
Anne Fadiman, Jonathan Lethem, Richard Posner, and others reveal what font they compose in and why. (via slate.com)
“Nothing optional — from homosexuality to adultery — is ever made...”
– Christopher Hitchens, God is Not Great
Medical science can now save the lives of... →
sp!ked review of books: An emotional striptease →
Misery memoirs! I love them in a vague, awful way. But the author of this article doesn’t.
“In this world of sin and sorrow, there is always something to be thankful for;...”
– H.L Mencken
I love this video! →
If you watch it, you might, too.
Passive-aggressive notes from roommates,... →
Some of these aren’t passive-aggressive so much as plain hostile, but still, they’re mostly good.
The marriage industrial complex →
Stop the wedding madness! JUST STOP IT!
That Ain't White →
Good article on use of the very ugly term “white trash.” (via American Sexuality Magazine)
“The little boat gently drifted across the pond... →
Writing on a banana with a ballpoint pen is oddly riveting, somehow. Try it.
ecojot™ - 100% RECYLCED PAPER made in Canada →
V pretty stuff. Nice website, too.
IN UR REALITY
(via xkcd.com)
Battle of the book reviews →
Blogs vs. traditional book critics. That Ron Hogan fellow quoted in this article sounds dreamy, don’t you think?
Good Riddance to Jerry Falwell →
One never wants to speak ill of the dead, but in the case of Jerry Falwell, how can one not? Falwell will always be remembered for his “700 Club” comment in the wake of Sept. 11: “I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American...
10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look... →
Read them. Learn them. Live them. (via zdnet)
Regarding Mussolini
(via xkcd.com)
Big Ideas come out of Big Pencils →
I’m probably sort of easily impressed, but this is really one of the coolest websites I’ve seen in a long time. Try it out.