September 2007
30 posts
Wonder Bread →
Ha! Kiss my ass, Brooklyn, you wussy borough! Queens! Now there’s a borough!
WatchAlfonso Cuarón directed this short film, which looks at some of the ideas in Naomi Klein’s latest book, “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.” (Warning: slightly disturbing, at least to me, but really well worth watching.) (via salon.com)
Giving up bottled water →
Ok, listen. I don’t like Garrison Keillor. I think he’s really annoying and I’ve heard that he’s a prick in real life. But I’m linking to this in the spirit of this page’s theme of “just stop drinking fucking bottled water already.”
DINERS FOR SALE LISTINGS →
Wanna buy a diner? Here’s your chance. That one in Wilmington, Delaware looks like a steal at $6,000.
Baggu - Reusable Shopping Bag →
Stay green, Ponyboy. And start carrying these instead of those fucking hideous Anya Hindmarch bags, would you?
“Just because you are part of a social-justice movement, which is how I think of...”
– Katha Pollitt. (Dedicated to all my very, very dear friends in WOW. Smooches!)
The Choc Doc →
Chocolate! Yes! Let’s talk about chocolate!
10 Easy Arithmetic Tricks →
These are damn good. I think I’m going to keep them in my wallet. (via listverse.com)
“When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.”
– Eric Hoffer
"Why Be an Artist?" →
Gavin Turk ponders what it means to make art for a living. (“Because it’s better than going to law school” should be, but is not, one of the answers.)
McDonald's employee who over salted burger jailed →
Chicago police will not rest until all incompetent McDonald’s servers are behind bars. Let’s hear it for Chicago’s finest! Round ‘em up, boys!
How did we miss these? →
“Far from the fame and glamour of the Booker and bestsellers is a forgotten world of literary treasures - brilliant but underrated novels that deserve a second chance to shine. We asked 50 celebrated writers to nominate their favourites.” (via Guardian UK)
Marry Our Daughter →
I love the “propose” button.
Buffet Worker Stomps Garlic With Boots →
“The health department does not consider a person’s shoe or boot a proper instrument to use in food preparation, senior public health sanitarian John Stoughton said Tuesday.” Uh, ok.
Perception of World by Americans →
Yep, this is about right. Reason number 263 to apologize for being American when you go abroad.
It was Virus Killed these Bees →
Last night, I welcomed my computer back from the fine folks at the Apple service department down in Memphis, just in time to bring you the latest update on the bees.
I've been to Memphis (well, my computer has)
The folks at Tekserve called me last week to tell me that not only does my hard drive need to be replaced, but the logic board does too. So they sent the computer down to Memphis, to the Apple service place, to have everything replaced. Oy. It’s been there since Wednesday. I’m using my husband’s computer, which I hate (no offense, hon) to post this. I hope at least mine gets to...