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Sparked by a conversation here with xolo... here's some pictures of some strange old Christmas tree lightbulbs I found in the garage the other day.


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Maybe I'm just feeling excessively catty today, but... I've gotta share.

While reading the news this morning, I happened to stumble across a Wired Auto Blog Entry commenting on the latest offering from the "Confederate Motor Company", an outfit apparently specializing in taking perfectly good aluminum blocks and machining them into motorized ( Read more... )

I'm worried my commute home is going to suck.

Chicken-truck crash clogs Highway 101

(In general I take the mostly-parallel Interstate 280 home, but... I imagine today everyone else will too.)

I do hope there are chickens *everywhere*.

Re: What Kind of Monster Are You?, as seen in terrycloth's journal:

You Are a Ghost

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This morning I was reading some commentary on the Chicago Cubs getting swept against the Dodgers. Which was of course inevitable. I mean... I don't follow baseball as a rule, but even I know what it means to be a Cub. I guess they can still look forward to winning the World Series in 2015. We'll just have to hope that not too many Hovercars are ( Read more... )

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As seen in jakebe's journal:

Your result for Reincarnation Placement Exam...
Early Explorer

61% Intrigue, 49% Civilization, 55% Humanity, 36% Urbanization.


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Stumbled across this today linked off of one my "daily reads", Ben Goldacre's Bad Science Blog:

Indian Girl kills self over "Big Bang"I guess the Large Hadron Collider has officially claimed its first victim. (Only seven billion to go, or whatever.) I have to admit this sort of thing can't help but piss me off. This reminds me of a recent argument ( Read more... )

Recently odious posted a link to ObamaLlama.org, which predictably enough sells a Barack Obama-themed stuffed llama. (Complete with campaign "button". These will be great collectors items in 50 years, no matter who wins.) Upon showing that to my wife she asked the obvious question: "So... what animal rhymes with McCain?" After some brainstorming and bad ( Read more... )