it's time to play name that cover.  also, what a great song.  hint: i never thought i'd say that. 

i'm going to have to agree with slog on this being a great example of why the oxford comma is absolutely necessary. 

this is my new favorite photo ever.  notice the resemblance.  the photos are the same; the disempowered stand in front of the symbol of their oppression.  they defy that power, openly and at absolute risk of their well-being.  they represent what happens next.   

so, if you weren't aware already: the reason your public school textbooks SUCKED, particularly the social studies ones, is that the state of texas picked them.  remember when columbus was a hero and the civil war was about states' rights?  how jefferson and jackson were heroes, fathers of modern democracy, but you didn't know the former had to ( Read more... )

this is totally a hint.  you're fat.  use weight watchers, 1974, to get over that. 

hey, science fiction is real!  culture guides evolution!  with a stick!

all i could think about while i was reading this was the fatties in wall-e.

also, let me never again repudiate fixies for being useless.  they are incredibly useful for www.youtube.com/watchthis amazing omg bicycle dancing moment.  the last half of it is better than the first. 

a truer vintage postcard has never been seen.  way to be unintentionally sinister, dairy industry. 

this study is waaaay too fucking small to say that we should be teaching abstinence.  those numbers could easily be explained by just the teaching, or just the way the random sample fell out, or a combination of a bunch of other factors.  i'm disappointed in the new york times for doing an editorial in favor of it.  assholes!  don't give in to the

this columnist just doesn't get the liberal position on sex ed.  the thing is, our stand on the issue allows for everyone's system of values.  no educator is going to try to convince the kids they have to jerk off, or that it's a bad thing if a student chooses to abstain.  there's no shaming or fear mongering if the students wear a white ribbon to ( Read more... )

the secret ordinary lives of superheroes.

flash and catwoman are my favorites.