April 2011
15 posts
TMI: Fear, Fukushima and Facts →
March 2011
22 posts
Pocketful of Dough →
I’ve never bribed my way into a restaurant. I’ve never slipped a C-note or greased a palm. In truth, I’ve never even considered it. I’ve assumed, of course, that people do such things. I’ve seen my share of Cary Grant movies. I’ve heard—and wondered whether such old-fangled gestures would work in the high-stakes, high-hype world of New York City restaurants. For everyday diners in Manhattan,...
“I was devastated when I received my first negative reviews in national...”
– Mike Doughty on Rebecca Black, trolling, cruelty, and satire. (via wilwheaton)
“There’s only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.”
– 15 Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone Else Ever Has Or Will (via wilwheaton)
The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake →
Just for comparison: the earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan this morning was an 8.9 on the moment magnitude scale. The deadliest earthquake in recorded history, a 1556 quake in China’s Shaanxi province that killed 800,000 people, is estimated to have been a 7.9 on the same scale. The scale is logarithmic: the formula for the proportional difference in energy release between two quakes...
“Sheen goes on television and boasts that he has two girlfriends, who both sleep...”
– Chinese Editorial on Charlie Sheen Doesn’t Quite Understand His Boasts
“These folks just want teachers to give back, because they believe that $50,000 a...”
– JON STEWART, calling out the hypocrisy of Fox “News” pundits and Republicans in general claiming that teachers have generous salaries and benefits averaging about $89,000 a year — while at the same time decrying the elimination of the Bush tax cuts for those making $250K a year because $250K a year...
