It’s a whole new “you”
January 11th, 2012If “you” were digitized into something more beautiful and completely false.
Science vs. crap
January 11th, 2012Praise the demiurge, this infographic has been updated. Thank you, sci-ence.org.
A sign that you might want to consider dropping out
January 11th, 2012When you haven’t won a contest yet, and a recent poll now has you running behind a fictional character, you might want to drop out. That means you, Jon Huntsman.
Political thought of the day
January 10th, 2012As of this moment, Rick Perry has .7% of the vote in the New Hampshire Republican primary. I didn’t even run, and I’ve probably got .6%.
Today’s bonus music video
January 9th, 2012And here’s the low-budget puppet theatre version. All I can say after watching this is: I’ve worked with smaller budgets.
Today’s music video
January 9th, 2012Who doesn’t love that great Talking Heads song about babies, “Stay Up Late”? Especially when it’s played on accordion and tuba.
The ringtone you’re gonna want to secretly stick on someone else’s phone
January 7th, 2012George Takei saying, “You are… a douche bag.”
On self-entitled snotty kids who treat customers badly
January 7th, 2012Thank you, Louis C.K. Thank you for the return of comic as moralist — Jonathan Swift would be proud — and thank you for being so right about this in particular. I think I’ll share this with Milt & Edie’s.
The best bar in England
January 6th, 2012Thanks to Rich Roesberg for letting me know about this.
Putting on airs
January 5th, 2012I’ve adopted the voice and speaking style of the Dowager Countess from “Downton Abbey” in all communications with my 9-year-old. Give the kid credit: He’s playing along.