shout-out to eric for the link:

http://www.thesomervillenews.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=3684

I am proud to announce that my workplace is sponsoring and hosting the Boston-area coding event for Haiti this weekend. Other cities are running parallel events. Please help spread the word.

I'll be volunteering in Boston. Friends enjoy the dime tour of ITA at lunch!

This Saturday: Volunteer Techies Needed To Participate in Haiti CrisisCamp

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Cuisine nerds: very neat article about MSG, why Doritos taste so good, and how Japanese mayo is different.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/dining/05glute.html?

One more reason for my vote:

"I don’t oppose all wars. ....What I am opposed to is a dumb war."

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Barack_Obama's_Iraq_Speech

Delivered on Wednesday, October 2, 2002 by Barack Obama, Illinois State Senator, at the first high-profile Chicago anti-Iraq war rally (organized by Chicagoans Against War in Iraq) at noon in ( Read more... )

With love to all, here are a few images I'm enjoying today.

Ridiculously happy e-cards,
http://www.byandreas.com/postcard    
   (*create & send' is broken, but you can grab the images)

Skeletons' embrace in Italy - story explains this pic,
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Meme posted for
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Super ironic when worn by a vegetarian... This is the first *ANYTHING PINK* I've owned since childhood.  Thanks Matthew ( Read more... )

People ( Read more... )

question of the week:  is it at ALL possible for a republican to
become our next president?

bonus question:  if that were to happen; would people even riot?

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