August 2008
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I had just figured out the alien theme from Close...
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“I think there should be an apology from the administration to me because I...”
– Jacksonville.com: Metro: Story: Peyton aide pays sandbags invoice
Hey! I didn’t request anything, and I didn’t receive anything either. Where’s my apology from the administration?
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“To grossly simplify it, on a scale smaller than atoms, the quantum level,...”
– The 5 Scientific Experiments Most Likely to End the World | Cracked.com
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On August 18, I got this AIM message:
bracedtrout: Are you going to die?
Spam, I thought, and blocked it.
On August 19, I got this one:
reductivetrout: Let’s discuss botany!
Still spam, but he’s persistent and likes to change things up. Interesting.
On August 22, I got another one and decided to respond:
ornamentaltrout: What is your purpose in living? Joey McAllister: Friend or...
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Nanomaterial Cleans up Broken Fluorescent Bulbs :... →
A researcher at Brown University “has created a product that absorbs mercury 70 times better than the best available technology.” This is important, you see, because vacuuming up the bits of a broken fluorescent bulb can distribute the vaporized mercury all over your house.
Good. To. Know.
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Guitar’s New Hero | Popular Science →
“But the Moog’s pickups can actually change a string’s motion in three ways.” Yes, please. Sign me up.
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WatchThis is a really amazing stop-motion video made using city walls as a canvas. I found it on Heather Rivers’s Black Tie Tumblr template page.
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“If a clerk asks, “How can I help you?” demand to know, “Where was my face before...”
– Zen Small Talk | The New York Observer, Will Heinrich
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I love egg! →
Because food won’t sell itself.
“Carmen, oh Carmen,
Merry Christmas and good luck on finals.
I hope you enjoy...”
– A note found inside my copy of Right Ho, Jeeves
“I was reading in the paper the other day about those birds who are trying to...”
– Right Ho, Jeeves, P.G. Wodehouse, 1934
“How do I define ‘swing’? Well, when the feeling of the thing is...”
– Laurence Fishburne on Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
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“Federal agents may take a traveler’s laptop or other electronic device to...”
– Travelers’ Laptops May Be Detained At Border (washingtonpost.com)
Just so you know, it’s only illegal to copy/share files, software, and music if you’re doing it. When the government does it, it’s called “fighting terrorism.”