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The Weekly World news will be publishing it’s last edition this week, as CBS reports. (The article has a sweet picture!) I’ve only bought the paper once or twice in my life. I’ve always though its headlines (which you get for free) were probably better than anything actually in the paper. (Kinda like the Onion, […]
Don’t read this if you haven’t finished reading the last Harry Potter book. And don’t read the rest of this post either.
Big Trouble in Little Russia; or Big Trouble in Big Russia; or Little Trouble in Big Russia
Monday , 30, July 2007 Politics 1 CommentThe headline on Drudge was “Sex for the Motherland” and it was on its face an article about some event that was aimed at getting couples to get it on, with the goal of increasing Russia’s dwindling population. That seems interesting enough, especially from an American perspective. It seems funny to have a quasi-governmental group […]
The Rentals have a new EP coming out, called The Last Little Life. This album’s been talked about for awhile, so I’m glad that it’s finally coming out, though I get the impression that it’s only a handful of tracks. They’re playing at the Metro next month, so maybe I’ll scrounge up some dollars and […]
So I’m about to drop a bomb that’s going to require going majorly in debt re: hipster credibility. I’ve been listening to London Calling a lot recently, and the Clash in general. I’ve never been a super fan, but just sort of instinctually knew it was awesome, without ever having really thought about how great […]
Henry Rollins defends using punk rock songs in ads: These bands are not being co-opted or selling out at all. Selling out is when you make the record you are told to make instead of the one you want to make. I wonder if it ever occurred to these people that the reason the music […]
A recent article in Slate discusses shoe sponsorships in China. Nike and Adidas are doing gangbusters over there, with Adidas planning on doubling (to ~5000) the number of stores they have there. Like the US, the shoes don’t really matter as much as the sponsorships do, so the local and foreign companies go bonkers for […]
Not this is really news, but there’s a new study out about the carbon footprint resulting from eating beef. This also consumed 169 megajoules of energy. That means that 2.2lb of beef is responsible for greenhouse gas emissions which have the same effect as the carbon dioxide released by an ordinary car travelling at 50 […]
Seriously. A real, live Truck-truck-truck-truck. Somewhere between Oregon and Mexico.
Everyone’s seen it. Mostly I just wanted to capture what an amazingly clear and beautiful day it is.