April 2008
49 posts
What If No One In America Were Fat?
“A leaner, meaner country add up to a weighty $487 billion. That’s almost 3.5% of gross domestic product, no small sum.” “Add up the savings up on health, food, clothing and efficiencies, and you could buy a professional home gym for every U.S. household — or hand each $4,270 in cash.” “Assuming we didn’t behave like angels, the net effect on the...
MPR Facemelter - A Podcast of Face Melting Guitar... →
Not The Stereogum Reblog, I Swear
A few of my recent posts have all come via Steregum. Whoops. That’s not intentional, and there’s a lot more stuff worth posting. They’ve just had some good stuff lately, I can’t help that.
Took A Personality Test - I'm ENTP →
Steve Jobs Is More Powerful Than I Realized
I just watched this interview with Feist on the Colbert Report. Apparently, the Canadian got dual citizenship in the US as part of her doing an iPod commercial. How does that work? Also, Feist is fantastic. Feist Performs On Colbert (Stereogum) Later in the day update: Looked in to a bit more, it seems Feist may have been joking, and her citizenship comes from the fact that her father is...
The Coolidge Effect
The Coolidge Effect earned its name many years ago when President Coolidge and his wife were touring a farm. While the President was elsewhere, the farmer proudly showed Mrs. Coolidge a rooster that “could copulate with hens all day long, day after day.” Mrs. Coolidge coyly suggested that the farmer tell that to Mr. Coolidge, which he did. The President thought for a moment and then...
You May Be Right by What Made Milwaukee...
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do...”
– MARK TWAIN (via onherway)
“I also think that my party can be smug, detached, and dogmatic at times. I...”
– Barack Obama (via azspot)
Humans nearly wiped out 70,000 years ago, study... →
(via Kottke)
WatchNada Surf at Nomad World Pub, 1/7/2008 (“Always Love”) - Twin Cities Live on blip.tv
WatchHulu - Radiohead (4/23/08): Late Night with Conan O’Brien
“And I know that it’s brief.
There’s not nearly enough in one night to have seen...”
– Matt Pond PA - New Hampshire
Cooking With Rockstars →
WatchLiveLeak.com - Golden Eagle Throws Goat off Cliff An incredible animal. It brings the goat back to its nest at 5 minutes. (via Waxy)
50 Ways to Help the Planet →
“Nobody important is keeping score, so do what you think is interesting.”
– Brian Beatty
“I must learn to love the fool in me—the one who feels too much, talks too much,...”
– Theodore Rubin (via scout)
“Love is giving someone the power to destroy you…but trusting them not to.”
– Unknown (via sunluvr)
This Is The Bike I Should Have Bought. →
“only mix your metaphors as far as you can throw them”
– Overheard by Brian Hogan, Shared over IRC
Driving Someone Insane With Postcards →
Stumbled on this through the Tumblr blog and it...
Internet Addiction on South Park →
“Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it....”
Cookie Monster Searches Deep Within Himself and... →
WatchThe Ultimate Rap Battle!