July 2007
19 posts
Sex for the motherland: Russian youths encouraged... →
“American Media has decided to suspend publication of Weekly World News, both the...”
– Weekly World News Shutting Down (SFScope)
Where will the poor people get their alien babies fix?
“he true translation of ”We’re giving the people what they...”
– Power to the People | The Final Cut | News + Notes | Entertainment Weekly
“We need it. We can’t live without it. What is Apple going to do if you can...”
– Salon.com Life | The losing generation
“In the end,” Brook writes, “tuition and other conservative economic...”
– “The Trap” | Salon Books
It’s not just a US problem, you know. Even without the insane tuition and student loans, activism is hard to worry about if you don’t want to live in a cellar all your life.
So you think MySpace pages are bad?
Try working a job where you have to have to deal with people’s CVs all day. Not everybody knows how to design a gorgeous document, and that’s fine. I certainly don’t. But, for the love of my remaining sanity, will you please just refrain from putting hideous tables with cowdung backgrounds everywhere?
One day, I will found an award for the person who writes the virus that will...
“For the last few weeks, the restaurant has been featured in ads for...”
– Top S.F. chefs to feed museumgoers
Boing Boing: Concrete cocks terrorize Oregon town →
Concrete cocks terrorize Oregon town
WatchTHANK GILLIGAN IT’S SAFE FOR WORK: Hack an elevator, go straight to your floor.
“Even in the best self-help, just by virtue of it being self-help, you have to...”
– Does self-help breed helplessness? | Salon Life
“For decades, the Mauritanian version of a Western teenager’s crash diet was a...”
– In Mauritania, Seeking to End an Overfed Ideal - New York Times
It’s never about the weight itself: skinny, fat etc. It’s always about expectations, and self-image, and pressure to conform.
“Italian scientists have developed a pill that expands in the stomach to make...”
– BBC NEWS | Health | Pill to make dieters ‘feel full’
They discovered it while trying to make more absorbent diaper linings.
“The Universal Music Group of Vivendi, the world’s biggest music...”
– Apple faces a rebellion over iTunes | CNET News.com
The article touches on the dissatisfaction of the music industry with the fact that Jobs basically runs the table. Because they’re doing such a fine job of it.
RIAA: Retarded Institution of Antiquated Asshattery.
“Since the president’s Secret Service name is Tumbler…”
– Tears on My Pillow - New York Times
Uhm. Seriously?
“I use this phone to baby-sit my children,” she said.”
– Chasing the iPhone - New York Times
She’s talking about her Samsung. However. Dear World, please buy back your sanity.