January 2009
37 posts
“We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen.” -Barack Obama, Oregon, 16 May 2008 (link)
“The capital flew into a bit of a tizzy when, on his first full day in the White House, President...
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As if it weren’t bad enought that KATV is pushing LOST back to 12:30 for basketball, now they say they’re showing the episode as “Jughead” in HD and broadcast last week’s episode in standard def? WHAT THE HECK, KATV? WHY? WHY? WHY? Forget you, man. I’m watching this show on the interwebs.
Oh my F. (part 2)
technojazz:
thecommonplacebook:
aaaaand LOST will be on at this time slot until march…..back to watching them on the internet…
I do not watch Lost, but this is absolutely ridiculous. I cannot believe this. We should protest this. For real, this is not fair.
Bah! Absurd state prioritites! Oh well, at least I get some more late-night bonding with my brother.
“[Rod Blagojevich is] like the gift that keeps on giving. Except he’s more of a...”
– ptbruiser. Yeah, I love him. (via streamrunningover)
To be fair, that quote is from squashed, not me. It was a reblog.
Seven Stanzas at Easter
squashed:
By John Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009)
Make no mistake: if He rose at all it was as His body; if the cells’ dissolution did not reverse, the molecules reknit, the amino acids rekindle, the Church will fall.
It was not as the flowers, each soft Spring recurrent; it was not as His Spirit in the mouths and fuddled eyes of the eleven apostles; it was as His Flesh:...
“Cop Vows To Hunt Down Punk Who Successfully Pressed Brutality Charges Against...”
– The Onion
“On Saturday the [fourteen-year-old], wearing an officer’s uniform, walked...”
– Fascinating story about a fourteen-year-old who, desiring a future career in law enforcement, was assigned to patrol duty simply by showing up in a cop uniform, completing an entire patrol before being identified as an impersonator.
So don’t worry! Next time you get pulled over or phone in a...
compare these two stories
lukescommonplacebook:
A coach gets his fans to cheer for the other team, a team from a maximum security correctional facility. And then there’s this: a coach runs up the score 100-0 on a school for students with learning disabilities.
“And I will point out, that when that language was used, there were no women on...”
– Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
He’s like the gift that keeps on giving. Except he’s more of a catastrophe than a gift. He’s like the train that keeps on crashing—even as you think the flaming pile of metal can’t get any larger, more train cars coming around the bend and flying off the rails.
(via...
Library Snapshot for the U of A
For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto by Murray Rothbard (1973)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (c. 1595)
Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons (1986-1987)
The Prodigal God by Tim Keller (2008)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein (1966)
gnomechomsky:
streamrunningover:
It’s a rough...
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Really, local ABC station? REALLY? REALLY?!? Pushing the SEASON PREMIERE of LOST to 12:30 in the morning for the Auburn/Kentucky game?!?
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!
This is ARKANSAS! Last I checked, Auburn and Kentucky are not in Arkansas! It’s the friggin’ SEASON PREMIERE!
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!
It’s a cruel, cruel, cruel, cruel world.
Best State Mottos
1. “Live Free or Die” - New Hampshire
2. “Sic Semper Tyrannis” (“Thus Always to Tyrants”) - Virginia
3. “Oro y Plata” (“Gold and Silver”) - Montana
“Arms, and the man I sing, who, forc’d by fate, And haughty Juno’s unrelenting hate, Expell’d and exil’d, left the Trojan shore. Long labors, both by sea and land, he bore, And in the doubtful war, before he won The Latian realm, and built the destin’d town; His banish’d gods restor’d to rites divine, And settled sure succession in his line, From...
I'm all for the "one people, one voice, kumbaya"...
gnomechomsky:
davidkendall:
…..these Hollywood and entertainment types, including Springsteen, whom I happy to love, are going a little over the top, don’t you think? Free concert at the Washington Monument by a bunch of music-industry heavy hitters; all day parties and news coverage, week-long extravanganzas, both on tv and in D.C., etc….
I have no problem with celebrating change, as a...
“Murdering the innocent to advance an ideology is wrong, every time, every where.”
– George W. Bush in his farewell address. I agree with him wholeheartedly, but… (via squashed)
Need to go pack
In less than twelve hours, I’ll be on my way to the land of Julius, Trajan, a squillion popes, Dante, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Petrarch, Vivaldi, and Chef Boiardi. Ciao!
“Okay, “Watchmen” fans — mark your calendars for January 20, because it looks...”
– MTV. Let’s hope—for his own sake—that the judge who makes this decision wisely chooses not to prolong the intense, impatient hungering for this movie on the part of millions of rabid Watchmen fans the world over.
The Third Street Preacher Story
squashed:
This final story differs from the first two in a two ways. First, I like the preacher in question. Second, it wasn’t my fault.
I learned that my wife also talks to street preachers when one called our home. It was Dapo. Dapo is an African missionary. He is a missionary sent from Africa to Godless Ann Arbor. He is quite kind, quite genuine, and adorable in his way. I’ve never met him...
Complaint #338
whitewhine:
“I finally make it to Rome and the Pantheon ceiling is under construction? These things only happen to me.” -Whine by Natasha
Oh, come on! This better not be the case when I get to Rome!
The Ten Best Post-Apocalyptic Survival Vehicles
The Earthroamer XV-JP, my personal favorite.
Hat tip.
“If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets like Michelangelo...”
– Martin Luther King Jr., qtd. in Do Hard Things by Alex & Brett Harris
streamrunningover:
Maybe going to the Lepine’s later.
When did you post this? Are you coming over?
The best time to write is after midnight.