Month: April 2010

  • The Trouble with Lost

    From a Metafilter commenter on Lost: That’s one of the problems. A character-based show is not a good character-based show if the psychology of the characters isn’t realistic. And it’s not realistic the way these characters all have a stunning lack of curiosity and are so easily thwarted every time they ask a question. Why […]

  • Down to Earth

    Commenter of the day: People calling themselves “down to earth” makes me stabby. To call someone down to earth means they act normal even though theyre extraordinary. So youre saying, “Im extraordinary but I dont act like it.” Friends and admirers can call you down to earth, YOU CANNOT CALL YOURSELF DOWN TO EARTH. via […]

  • Japan Faces Its Poverty Problem

    From NYT: After years of economic stagnation and widening income disparities, this once proudly egalitarian nation is belatedly waking up to the fact that it has a large and growing number of poor people. The Labor Ministry’s disclosure in October that almost one in six Japanese, or 20 million people, lived in poverty in 2007 […]

  • Medina, OH Republicans Thinks Female Candidate Should Get Back in the Kitchen

    They forgot the suffix: “an’ make me a pie!” The Daily Kos reproduces this gem from a newsletter for the the Medina County Ohio Republican Executive Committee: “Lets take Betty Sutton out of the House and get her back in the kitchen!” Oh, those cards! Sutton supporters are understandably upset, but Medina County GOP Chair […]

  • Alexis Hernandez : Chefs : Food Network

    Completely awesome. My parents' next door neighbor is going to be on The Next Food Network Star! Congrats Alexis! Here's his video: Alexis Hernandez : Chefs : Food Network Meet Next Food Network Star- Season 6- finalist: Alexis Hernandez

  • Man Sells Ad Space on His Cremation Urn

    Times are hard: Aaron Jamison has terminal colon cancer and expects to die within nine months. Despite this, his spirits are high; he hands out bracelets that read “Cancer Sucks … Life is Good … Choose Joy.” And also…good lord… Aaron is trying to sell advertising space on two urns that will hold his ashes after […]

  • Georgia Bill Bans Implanted Chips

    Nothing politicians love more than solving problems that don’t exist. Testimony from one woman: “I’m also one of the people in Georgia who has a microchip,” the woman said. Microchips, the woman began, “infringe on issues that are fundamental to our very existence. Our rights to privacy, our rights to bodily integrity, the right to say […]

  • Study: People Willing to Believe in ESP When Told Its Been Scientifically Disproven

    From Alternet: After viewing the video, participants completed a series of questions, including whether they believed in ESP and whether they thought the card-guesser they just saw was demonstrating that ability. “We found relatively strong evidence that individuals are more likely to accept paranormal claims as true when they believe such claims have popular support,” […]

  • Fireflies by Owl City

    When I hear that 'Fireflies' song- it makes me want to stab things. Does anybody else feel like that? Something about the vocal quality and the harmlessness of the song drives me up a wall. http://www.ilike.com/artist/Owl+City/track/Fireflies?src=onebox Fireflies by Owl City Fireflies by Owl City- Ocean Eyes

  • White House Closes Park to Stifle Protest

    Shame: Police chased reporters away from the White House and closed Lafayette Park today in response to a gay rights protest in which several service members in full uniform handcuffed themselves to the White House gate to protest “Dont Ask, Dont Tell.”People who have covered the White House for years tell me thats an extremely […]