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I'm walking out of Costco carrying a 1.75 liter bottle of tequila and a bottle of 400 naproxen. I feel like *such* a cliche. -
Irregularly annual PSA
Just a reminder from the good folks at UL that deep-frying your Thanksgiving turkey can be Really Effing Dangerous. -
Linkmania -- Interior decoration, of all things...
Compact and practical- This British site has more convertible beds than I knew existed. I can't decide whether I think this one or this one is the most clever.
If I ever win the Powerball...- ...I will at least consider picking up one of these sofas.
Advice for single guys:- Apparently keeping your apartment nice matters to women. Which can lead ( Read more... )
- This British site has more convertible beds than I knew existed. I can't decide whether I think this one or this one is the most clever.
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Remember, remember...
...the fifth of November,
The gunpowder treason and plot,
I know of no reason
Why the gunpowder treason
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Linkmania -- controversial things
A bit later than I should have...- Banned Books Week ended a few weeks ago, but it's still worth posting a link to this remarkably thoughtful letter from a librarian explaining to a patron why the library was not going to remove or reshelve the book the patron was challenging.
Which is the tail and which is the dog?- Is the Tea Party movement making ( Read more... )
- Banned Books Week ended a few weeks ago, but it's still worth posting a link to this remarkably thoughtful letter from a librarian explaining to a patron why the library was not going to remove or reshelve the book the patron was challenging.
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Linkmania -- a few amusing videos
How delightfully Pythonesque...- In August 2007, an oil tanker broke in two off the coast of Australia. This video is not, as it claims to be, an actual news interview on the topic...but I surely wish it were.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOAAALLLLL!- Naked streakers are fun, but not particularly noteworthy. Naked streakers who can place a shot like that are kind ( Read more... )
- In August 2007, an oil tanker broke in two off the coast of Australia. This video is not, as it claims to be, an actual news interview on the topic...but I surely wish it were.
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Linkmania -- fun with demographics
Not so many farmers anymore...- It's a somewhat interactive chart of what percentage of Americans have held various occupations over the last 160 years. (Roll over an occupation to highlight, click to break it out.)
Not so many Gertrudes anymore...- The Social Security Administration tracks the 1000 most popular baby boy and baby girl names for ( Read more... )
- It's a somewhat interactive chart of what percentage of Americans have held various occupations over the last 160 years. (Roll over an occupation to highlight, click to break it out.)
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Linkmania -- Eye-opening videos
Airline pilots are badass...- Here's video of 10 crosswind-affected and otherwise scary airliner landings. Worst actual damage is one of 'em scrapes a wingtip on the ground.
Australia wins...- Short video of an Australian dust storm in which the sky goes from "about the worst we see here in Phoenix anymore" to "completely effing black" in under a ( Read more... )
- Here's video of 10 crosswind-affected and otherwise scary airliner landings. Worst actual damage is one of 'em scrapes a wingtip on the ground.
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Almost not worth it...
So recently F------'s folks extended the more-or-less permanent loan of an Xbox 360 (along with Rock Band and a few other games) to the household. We were, of course, thrilled. We've had a regular Xbox for quite some time, but used it primarily as a media player. (Hardware hack.) Anyway, I still had my old Xbox Live account, and it made sense ( Read more... )