Women started grabbing me and throwing my whole body backwards into the crowd. I was shocked. All I was trying to do was throw my panties.
Loiterer About Town: Tom Jones at the Warfield: Culture/Entertainment: SFAppeal
So now to balance everything out, we needed someone who could kill the Assassin, Terrorist, and the Ninja, but for some reason loses against the Bear, Cowboy and Judge.
The lyrics to the classic "Ca Plane Pour Moi," translated into English.
The Clover is a completely new mechanism for brewing coffee
Not to get too grandiose, but once you've crossed over into accepting only flawlessly brewed cups of coffee, a new horizon appears. The majority of coffee in the world is regarded as an interchangeable commodity - coffee is coffee. This has historically been bad news for coffee farmers. The best cared for, sustainably grown coffee from a small farm must compete in the marketplace with all the other coffees from their country and world."
Sewage overflows threaten London Olympics:
The Olympics site is close to the biggest sewage overflow pumping station in London. The tideway group warned last November that there was currently a 100% chance of sewage overflows in the area between May and October.To cope with the problem the tideway group recommended that the government build a £1.7bn "super sewer" under the Thames, stretching 22 miles from Hammersmith to Barking.
But the water regulator Ofwat has urged ministers to look at other options, because building a super sewer would add £45 to the annual water bills of Londoners. A separate study, commissioned by Ofwat, warned that the super sewer would be a risky construction project.
You had me at "super sewer."
Does there exist a situation that cannot be improved by the addition of a puppet bear saying 'waka waka'?
My blog is worth $0.00.
How much is your blog worth?
Crowds ogle Ma-Mail, a bioengineered plant that grows from a seed after five days of watering to reveal a message -- "I love you" or "Good luck" -- emblazoned on a sprout.
Design without Reach: “Tootsie Pops and a few other household items can be used to imitate a Nelson clock” fantastic!
Turn Alek Komarnitsky's Christmas lights on and off via his Web page.
What is the Dicshunary?
Normal dictionaries wait until a word is old and stale before publishing them. They need to have proof that a word has written, published citations, or is in wide popular use.
The Dicshunary aims to provide a home for all the small, endangered werds that might only exist in the language of one neighbourhood, one family or even one person.
Werds for all at the Dicshunary.com. Go there now.
If Anil spent less time with that short dwarf who spoke backwards, we could make sense of what's going on a little more.
After paying $500 a year for auto insurance, camper living is incredibly inexpensive, Mr. Hines said. Except for extreme hot or cold weather, he pays about $10 a week for propane, for which he must drive the camper to Nassau County for refills. He pays $25 a week in gasoline for the generator.
He spends $7 a day on cigarettes, $4 on coffee and the rest on food.
Jimmy Hines, 50, lives rent-free in New York City.
Reuters AlertNet - FAO provides locust recipes and maps
The website forecasts invasions and suggests locust recipes from around the world. Visit the Desert Locust information service website or go straight to the locust recipes
Finding the all-natural toothpaste can be, depending on your own worldview, a satisfying discovery: Ah, I'm in the home of a good and gentle center-lefty or lefty-lefty, a thinker about issues, a possessor of good books and record albums, an opposer of most wars, a composter perhaps, or at least a saver of natural resources, etc.
Or it feels somehow suspicious: Et tooth, Brute? We used to be Crest people, you and I. We liked bad television and shopping malls and staying out all night. Now I'm getting a "Kill Your Television" vibe from you. You're opposed to crass commercialism now? You're worked up. You're lecturing the rest of us. Your breath isn't quite so minty. Finding Tom's in this person's bathroom is like finding Dr. Judith Steinberg Dean -- she who is "not a 'thing' person" -- hiding behind the shower curtain, enjoying a smooshed cupcake.
The Washington Post's Hank Stuever, in top form, on Tom's of Maine toothpaste.
Hey!! You're King Kandy! The Imperial Head Bonbon
and Grand Jujube of Candy Land!! Rock on
Jujube, rock on!
Which Candy Land Character Are You? I post this only because I've been playing marathon sessions of this game with my daughter as of late.
OUT: Trucker Hats
IN: Intellectualizing The Trucker Hat Dilemma
Washington Post: THE LIST: What's Out and In for 2004?
To filibuster is to babble on and on. (It's actually a legislative term; Senators will filibuster, sometimes deep into the night , in order to kill a bill.) Thus, our blue canary is squawking endlessly (but tunefully) to the inanimate objects in the room. And filibuster sings well.Several They Might Be Giants fans have been analyzing that song that "always makes me happy" for about a year now. I'm sure they are not the first. And, certainly, not the last.*
Sakai, an award-winning tattoo artist, was tired of seeing sacred Japanese words, symbols of his heritage, inked on random white people. So he used their blissful ignorance to make an everlasting statement. Any time a customer came to Sakai’s home studio wanting Japanese tattooed on them, he modified it into a profane word or phrase. [...] "I think I’m helping my fellow man by labeling all the stupid people in the world," he explained. "It’s not a crime, it’s a public service."A story from December 2002, via Burnt Toast.
BBC News: US babies get global brand names.Seven boys were found to have the name Del Monte - after the food company - and no less than 49 boys were called Canon, after the camera.
Designer firms and types of clothing were also well represented, with almost 300 girls recorded with the name Armani, six boys called Timberland and seven boys called Denim.
One in ten people like to cover themselves entirely with the duvet.BBC News: Sleep position gives personality clue. As Tom Petty sang, I'm freefallin'.
On the '70s television show "What's Happening!" Berry used to play that funny, heavy-set, dancing character named Rerun in a red beret and suspenders. In his real life over the years, Berry has experienced drug and alcohol problems, gone through recovery, gone through six marriages to four women and become an ordained minister. But he seems happiest being thought of as lovable old Rerun. He legally adopted the nickname as his middle name, and even now, at 52, he wears his trademark beret and suspenders when he makes public appearances. When he calls his fans through Hollywood Is Calling, he tells them it's Rerun and says a line from the show, "Hey-hey-hey." Sometimes they scream.
"I'm not doing it for the money," Berry says. "Hearing the excitement in people's voices -- I think I would pay them if I really had the money." Indeed, he considers making people laugh over the phone a sort of ministry. "This is like curing the world," he says.
The Washington Post writes up HollywoodIsCalling.com. Hmm, my mom's birthday is coming up.
He turned. He saw me. He recognized me. The noise was deafening but he spoke to me. I couldn't hear a thing, but I read his lips, and I'm pretty sure what he said was, "How are you coming along?" But I wasn't positive. So I replied as best I could. "What?" I said.Nora Ephron, All the President's Girls.
originally posted by xowie
Bush is still really pissing me off. Why can't I just forget about him?Kim Jong Il's LiveJournal. [mefi]
originally posted by daiichi
iBush - special wartime editionDownload the new beggarware iBush application.
An artificially unintelligent Oval Office Occupant simulator
New in version 2.0:
- iBush now talks openly about the need to control US oil supplies;
- Some minor tweaks.
Drink when:Gulf War Drinking Game (via uffish). I'd add:
- Bush mispronounces the word 'nuclear'
- finish your drink if it's referring to a bomb that has gone off- If you can't find Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, or the United Arab Emirates on a map
- x2 if you even own a map of the region
- finish your drink if you can pronounce them all correctly- A puppet government is installed in iraq
- x2 if its by the puppet government installed in the US
originally posted by xowie
Bren Mar Park, Cameron Station, March 1. A park employee found a miniature boat made of plastic, duct tape and plastic foam floating in a pond, with three mice peering out. An animal control officer took the mice to the city shelter, where they were being cared for. Their owner, a young man, was deciding whether to take the mice home.From today's Alexandria (Va.) Animal Watch.
A camera crew and I followed Hollywood legend Ernest Borgnine at the wheel of his beloved 40-foot luxury bus The Sunbum as he barrels across the Midwest. Yep, he actually drives it! A special thank you to my brother Michael who drove the crew RV.Ernest Borgnine on the Bus (1997).
originally posted by xowie
For Better or For Worse is one of the few comic strips I've read as long as I've turned to the comics pages, but it looks like that will end in four years. Why couldn't Beetle Bailey take the hit? (Via Obscure Store.)Michael and Elizabeth have grown to young adulthood; Michael is married and a father. Elly's mother has died, as have two of the family pets, most recently April's rabbit, Mr. B. Each time "FBFW" has dealt with such a grim subject, Johnston has gotten pointed reminders from readers that this is supposed to be a comic strip. ("Do you know what comic means?" one asked.) But she also gets letters of appreciation and gratitude.
The rabbit's passing elicited a "huge" response, she said, much of it for the discussion Elly and April had as April held the dying Mr. B. Elly told her that life is a miracle, as is death, but death is a "sad miracle." Readers told Johnston that they've used those words to talk to a child about, for example, a grandparent's death.
"It's marvelous that readers use these things in their lives," she said.
Pratt slams unbeaten ton
Hyderabad - Propelled by an elegant unbeaten knock of 114 by Garry Pratt, England reached 256 for 4 on the opening day of the third and final under-19 Test against India at Lal Bahadur Stadium here today.
Joing skipper Ian Bell after the openers were dismissed by Amit Mishra for 66, Pratt dominated the the day's proceedings and registered a 102-run partnership for the 3rd wicket.
Pratt toyed with the India bowlers during his unfinished essay of 114 runs of 194 balls in 270-minute stay at the wicket.
He scored runs with a flourish lofting spinner Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan over long-on and punished Mishra with a second 6 over long-off. Pratt, who scored 28 and 66 in the first Test at Mumbai, compiled his 114 with the help of 13 fours scored all around the wicket.
Playing the role of anchor, skipper Bell rotated the strike back to in-form Pratt wherever possible and in the process scored 46 off 132 balls including 6 fours before being traped leg before wicket by Dharmichand at the fag end of the day.
originally posted by dm8k
originally posted by dm8k
Who needs analysts, degrees or intelligence when professional sports can predict the future?
Consider the Redskins Indicator, which holds that the Washington, D.C. football team's last home game before the U.S. presidential election is pivotal. A Redskins win means a victory for the incumbent party; a loss lands the challenger the White House.
According to ABC Sports, the indicator had a 15-0 success rate going into this election. Make that 16-0. The Redskins lost to the Tennessee Titans in the crucial home game before the election.
originally posted by zagg
Baseball in a new light. Go Dharma Beats!
originally posted by zagg
Ha! I found my favorite commercial ever online. You probably liked the "How Many Licks?" one better, though.
Too bad they're not vegan.
Did you ever wonder which baseball players had the same birthday as you? Wonder no longer.
originally posted by zagg
originally posted by zagg
Looks like we've got a winner.
originally posted by zagg
Moreover, after studying the Amendment's language and historical context, they realized that the principal intent of this "missing" Thirteenth Amendment was to prohibit Attorneys of the Bar Associations from serving in government as an "elite" class, i.e., lawyers holding membership in a society with a charter that creates special privileges for the them.
I don't know if this is true, but it's fun to think that it might be.
In other news, 'In God We Trust'.
Also, recently I watched Don't Look Back for the first time and I'm back on a Dylan kick. So read this please.
originally posted by zagg
I was looking for the lyrics to Fugazi's In Defense Of Humans (one of the greatest songs ever), and accidentally came across this page. Now I feel like I've been spying on someone.
Big A found this article on dorms which mentions some colleges I've spent many hours at... isn't it time to go back to school?
