Spare the rod and how to love a child to death
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the truth about denial: just a dry river bed
The “Great Climate Change Debate” finally on the cover of Newsweek – what’s new, you ask? This is the story of the denial that global warming exists and how exactly the science behind the undeniable facts of increasing hurricanes, tsunamis, droughts, heatwaves and monsoons was muddied for profit.
Bonus links from the same issue: Timeline of global warming and its denial and a slideshow of images from around the world on the effects but its one of those fancy interactive thingamajigs that doesn’t allow it to be linked by an URL so be sure to take a look at it. Extra bonus! Quiz your knowledge on global warming
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Caturday on Sunday
Spider cat. Cats in a box. Cat playing with himself. Cat on LSD. Man murdered parents with axe for laughing at cat’s death. Rudy gives Winston a vigorous tongue lashing (tender). Winston the cat, blog.
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What good are flying fingers if they’re wrapped around a duck?
Put Down the Duckie! A silly, jazzy song from the Muppets, featuring an all-star cast. Careful: it may change your life?
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Of Muppets and Men
Of Muppets and Men. [1 2 3 4 5 6] Excellent behind-the-scenes documentary showing the mental, verbal and physical athleticism of putting together The Muppet Show. Also, a TMBG video mashup with excerpts from the doc.
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“Your brain knows the shape of the word.”
How the new type standard for American road signage reduces halation and improves readability.
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Indian Cooking 101
Hooked On Heat is the two year old foodblog of Meena, daughter of a Malaysian mom & Indian father, with tons of recipes & food stories for those who love spice in their food; her recent series of posts, Indian Cooking 101 is a must read for those who love to eat Indian food and want to try it out at home.
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Home Surgery
Ewwwwww. Do-it-yourself home lipoma (fatty tumor) excision. But, to be honest, I can’t tell if the surgery or the accompanying music is more sick-making.
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one…
19 year old Pfc. LaVena Johnson’s dead body was found in her tent, near Balad, Iraq. Her face was beaten, nose broken, teeth loosened, and she’d been shot through the left side of her head. A trail of blood was found nearby, and the tent appeared to be partly burned. The Army ruled it a suicide. Bloggers were doubtful. The Johnson family asked that the remains be disinterred and a better investigation launched.
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Animation Treasures
The author of this site takes screen-shots from long-pan scenes of classic animation and puts them together to re-create the original larger background images. Much cooler than it sounds, honest.
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just plane furniture
Ever had a yen for a table made from jet engine turbine blades or a desk fashioned from a wing or a cowling? Giancarlo de Astis and Moto Art are two high-end design firms that are creating eye catching furniture and functional art from scavenged airplane parts. You can see their work and the work of others in the aviation art community at InterFlight Studio. Or do-it-yourself-ers in the crowd might just prefer a Field Guide to Aircraft Boneyards.
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My Kid Could Paint That
“”My Kid Could Paint That.” It has been said before about Jackson Pollock,and apparently it is being said about another artist. However, this artist is a kid. Is she a Pre-School Pollock? Or just another kid having fun with art supplies? I guess you’ll have to wait for the movie to decide.
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Bear hug? How about a lion hug?
Christian the pet lion sees his former owners after being released in the wild. He was quite the sophisticated cat in his domestic days. Here is another video from prior to his liberation.
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Seemed a Harmless Little F*ck…
Why Does AT&T Hate Pearl Jam’s Freedom? Well, of course, they’re all apologies now. But this latest corporate misadventure seems to touch on all the hot buttons: Media consolidation, net neutrality and the future of political speech in America.
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“I’m a minor player in my own life story.”
Anthony H. Wilson: 20th February 1950 – 10th August 2007
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21st century financial panic
A New Kind of Bank Run. …a new financial architecture has emerged that relied more on securities and less on banks as intermediaries. With the worth of [these new] securities now being questioned – and no equivalent of deposit insurance – some who financed the securities want their money out, a fact that has created the 21st-century equivalent of a run on a bank.
. It’s no wonder these securities are being questioned, when some are based on Ninja mortgages and foreclosures are up 58% from last year.
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Confessions of a Vegas Bathroom Attendant
Ever wonder much about those anonymous men and women who pass out towels, soap and toiletries in upscale restrooms? Me either, until I read this. But apparently some people do.
Well, one man sees it as a creative outlet, and another sees it as his road to stardom!
“just wash your hands for god’s sake”
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Light Graffiti Video
Light Graffiti. Wacky Japanese kids use glow sticks and time lapse to make a pretty sweet (embedded) video.
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