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October 2011
October 31, 2011
October 30, 2011
The art of the bike chain
From sculptor Yeong-Deok Seo via www.bookofjoe.com
October 29, 2011
October 28, 2011
"I think my air filter is full of Dirk's man-mass"
Because I've been troubled by my car this week.
I haven't checked the air filter yet...
via wondermark.com
October 27, 2011
Another reason not to eat slugs
An Australian man has been hospitalized for more than a month in serious condition as a result of eating two garden slugs on a dare.
Story from www.nytimes.com Image from absurdityofreality.blogspot.com
October 26, 2011
October 25, 2011
October 22, 2011
October 21, 2011
Licorice Pencil
From Foodiction:
"Cecilia Felli, inspired by people's habit of chewing pencils, created the Matitizia, a pencil made of licorice."
"From now on when you are at the office and feel stressed, hungry or just want a cigarette, you can freely chew your pencil instead."
[via Bem Legaus!]
Want.
October 20, 2011
“Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while watching Occupy Wall Street from a Discreet Distance.”
1. If you work hard, and become successful, it does not necessarily mean you are successful because you worked hard, just as if you are tall with long hair it doesn’t mean you would be a midget if you were bald.
7. Someone feeling wronged is like someone feeling thirsty. Don’t tell them they aren’t. Sit with them and have a drink.
11. Historically, a story about people inside impressive buildings ignoring or even taunting people standing outside shouting at them turns out to be a story with an unhappy ending.
October 19, 2011
October 18, 2011
If this is class warfare, we're losing!
- “It is wrong for Warren Buffett’s secretary to pay a higher tax rate than Warren Buffett"
- Occupy: The Original
- CEO pay increased 27 - 40% in 2010
- Pepper Spray Cop joins the parade
- Fox News: Pepper spray is "a food product."
- In Congress Assembled, UC Davis edition
- Perspective on police brutality
- If you're not doing anything bad you have no reason to fear...
- Percentage of Millionaires: Why is tax policy so hard to change?
- We Are The One Percent!
- Batman: "I am the 1%"
- “Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while watching Occupy Wall Street from a Discreet Distance”
- James Madison spoke against concentrated wealth
- If this is class warfare, we're losing!
- Public perceptions of U.S. income inequality
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Relentlessly Optimistic Links
- The thoughts of Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf
Should I be worried that the top Google result (update: in October of 1994) for Relentlessly Optimistic is to the former Iraqi Information Minister? That's somewhat offset by the fact that the #3 link is to Sponge Bob Square Pants. - The Meaning of Optimism
- StatCounter
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- Learned Optimism
optimists and pessimists attribute the reasons for success and failure differently: it's personal for pessimists. - ITMFA
- Does pessimism soften the blow of bad news?
Science says yes, but that it isn't worth it. - Creative Commons
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