Archive for August, 2008
links for 2008-08-29
SupersizedMeals.com – Taco Town, now with REAL Guaca-mo-lito Nasty. If you remember the old SNL skit about a super huge taco, these guys made it for real. (tags: food photo)
Covers and the Long Weekend
I have this crazy fetish for covers of songs. Please tell me I’m not weird. None of my friends seem to share this love but I totally dig it when either I hear an artist reinterpret songs in their own crazy way. Off the top of my head, here are some that I love: Nouvelle…
links for 2008-08-28
Joshua Middleton Online Delicious comic book art. So tasty. (tags: art) YouTube – Christopher Judge learns about furries. Teal'c from Stargate SG-1 finds out why adults like to dress up in big furry animal costumes at conventions. (tags: video funny) tap tap tap ~ Fuck the VCs (tags: programming apple) Complete Your BioShock Soundtrack |…
Fuckin’ In The Bushes
I went to an Oasis concert last night. On a whim, I had agreed to purchase a ticket months in advance and by the day of the concert, I was not very excited about going. I thought to myself, “I’m not an Oasis fan. Sure, I have Morning Glory and even their 2005 record, Don’t…
On Mass
I attended mass on Sunday. I’m not Catholic, if you’ve forgotten. I’m probably not enough of anything to claim membership of any religious movement. I’m spiritual but I shy away from organized groups of anything. In addition to religious groups, I also avoid groups based on sports, hobbies, politics, geographic localities and the vast majority…
links for 2008-08-25
Bathroom Art – Niemann Opinion Art Blog – Abstract City – NYTimes.com Very beautiful pixel art conversions. There's also something great about blogging in this whole "poloroid" style with your own handwriting. Makes me want a tablet. (tags: art fun) YouTube – Andres Escobar Own Goal in 94 World Cup "The Own Goal that led…
links for 2008-08-22
i hate so much… » I have some questions for you. The story of Ben's friend and her snake. This scares the living crap out of me. (tags: funny)
links for 2008-08-21
Mobile Computer – RIM BlackBerry Bold Check out the video at the bottom of the article. The Blackberry Bold performance is just embarrassing. Sadly, this is something you'd never find out just by looking at the features checklist. (tags: apple) snopes.com: 'The Rescuers' Topless Scene (tags: movies) YouTube – Tiger Woods 09 – Walk on…
links for 2008-08-20
Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #919 on Flickr – Photo Sharing! (tags: comic fun)
links for 2008-08-19
YouTube – Meet "Emily" – Image Metrics Tech Demo Fun and games. (tags: video fun) tiny gigantic » Blog Archive » Smart-people traps "Smart people spend all their formative years getting rewarded for finding problems, for focusing on the negative. They leave school thinking that the way to be useful and show your smarts is…
All I Need in a Man
I have spare time at work but no good ideas to blog. I hope you gag on my bad writing. “But how do we go back?!” He gestures abruptly, his hands echo the volume of his words. She nods and quietly tolerates his melodrama. This is what she imagined adult womanhood to be: sitting back…
links for 2008-08-18
Wine in a Box Protects the Environment and Saves You Money – Op-Ed – NYTimes.com I support selling good table wine in a box. It breaks my heart to pour away wine because I can't finish it all before it goes bad. (tags: food environment) Help Wanted!! on Flickr – Photo Sharing! Another reason why…
links for 2008-08-16
Ricky Van Veen's GET EXCITED (tags: books funny) "Office Pranks" by Jeff Rosenberg on CollegeHumor "Last year I went up to a couple random people, had a casual conversation for about a minute then lunged at them out of nowhere and tried to kiss them." I would gladly kiss Amanda from Busted Tees. Yikes. (tags:…
links for 2008-08-15
On the Hill – Carl Hulse – Election 2008 – Politics – NYTimes.com "Despite whatever resonance pursuing the president might have, it is not the message Democrats want to carry into an election where they need to appeal to swing voters." Why won't they impeach? Politics, naturally. (tags: politics) coward.jpg (JPEG Image, 280×983 pixels) –…
links for 2008-08-14
YouTube – Aunt Jemima!! (the pancake song) Set to Amerie's "One Thing". This is what makes the internet good. (tags: video music funny cooking) SimpleBits ~ Use the Best Available Ampersand So pretty! (tags: webdesign) YouTube – National Anthem Fenway Park The moment the crowd comes in is just beautiful. (tags: video america) Bye bye…
links for 2008-08-13
Starting Over at 24: Moves Make the Man This is the funniest thing I have ever read in a long time. (tags: funny) kung fu grippe – "Blogging is like…" (tags: humor) Judge says UC can deny religious course credit The University of California can deny course credit to kids who came from high schools…
Things I Don’t Like About iPhone 3G
Ok blah blah. This is all I talk about these days. Let’s get this out of the way and then we can start making out. I figure I should tell you the bad things because Apple has very powerful marketing and you’re just one tiny middle-class person with a burning desire to express your individualism…
links for 2008-08-12 [delicious.com]
YouTube – The Dark Knight- Joker Interrogation Scene Spoof Starts off slow gets really really funny. I love the costumes too, very high quality for something like this. (tags: humor movies)
links for 2008-08-11 [delicious.com]
U.S. men win 4x100m free relay | NBC Olympics (US Only video, Microsoft Silverlight required) Holy shit. That's an amazing finish that should bring any American to tears. Beautiful. (tags: video inspiration) Color Wars 2008 » Youngme / Nowme These photos make me cry tears of joy. So beautiful. Did I link this already? (tags:…
links for 2008-08-10 [delicious.com]
Lorem Ipsum: More on female characters in fiction "Does your story contain only one prominent female character? If so, please check the reasons that you included that character and made her female." (tags: writing women)
links for 2008-08-08 [delicious.com]
stupid foreigners – thingpart by joe sayers (tags: comic funny) YouTube – Official 2008 Olympics Song: Please Ignore The Communism I laughed. (tags: video humor politics) No-nose Bicycle Saddles Improve Penile Sensation And Erectile Function In Bicycling Police Officers BIKE HURT YOUR PEE PEE. (tags: medical) AN OLYMPIC GAME | More Intelligent Life Graph of…
links for 2008-08-05
YouTube – That Mitchell and Webb Look – Football Using "we" when referring to your favorite sports team. (tags: humor video) SDOT 2008 Construction Map Great… a map of all the construction going on in Seattle this year. (tags: seattle cars) get rid of premature ejactulation and last longer Spamusement still makes me roll around…
links for 2008-08-04
Lonely Girl Rach It's like finding a Salvador Dali painting. (tags: funny)