Month: July 2010
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Wasted
Overheard: Yeah I’m going to get wasted. I’m going to get chocolate wasted. Hell, I’m gonna get impregnated wasted.
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Snuggle List
Overheard at work: Co-worker: Yeah. He’s on my S-list today. Me: Does that stand for ‘snuggle-list’? Co-worker: Yes, Andy. He’s on my f–kin’ snugglelist.
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Actually The Rich Are the Ones Defaulting
From NYTimes: The housing bust that began among the working class in remote subdivisions and quickly progressed to the suburban middle class is striking the upper class in privileged enclaves like this one in Silicon Valley. Whether it is their residence, a second home or a house bought as an investment, the rich have stopped […]
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Men Suffer Postpartum Depression Too
Janell Wallace- Taxi Driver: "Would it kill guys to go find their own mental illness?" Men Suffer Postpartum Depression Too A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that 10 percent of new fathers can suffer a serious depression in the first year of a child's birth.
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Robins See Magnetic Fields
Wild: Katrin Stapput from Goethe University has shown that this ‘magnetoreception’ ability depends on a clear image from the right eye. If it’s covered by translucent frosted goggle, the birds become disorientated; if the left eye is covered, they can navigate just fine. So the robin’s vision acts as a gate for its magnetic sense. […]
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Which Identities Are We Using to Sign in Around the Web? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Which Identities Are We Using to Sign in Around the Web? [INFOGRAPHIC]
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The US National Security Agency (NSA) is embarking on a secret domestic surveillance project dubbed
My new favorite Newspeak. The US National Security Agency (NSA) is embarking on a secret domestic surveillance project dubbed
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MetaFilter
Commenter on CNN's decline: "CNN's only saving grace is Fareed Zakaria GPS. Which they'll probably get around to canceling sooner or later too- to make room for OMG! with Cooper & Sanchez." MetaFilter
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You got a little something on your nose there.
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Trent Reznor to be a dad
The teen years are going to really suck. How can you out-angst the Trentacle? Trent Reznor to be a dad Rocker Trent Reznor is to become a new dad – the Nine Inch Nails star's wife is pregnant.