Nero fiddled while Rome burned Originally uploaded by asmythie. Unbelievable…. President Bush plays a guitar presented to him by Country Singer Mark Wills, right, backstage following his visit to Naval Base Coronado, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005. Bush visited the base to deliver remarks on V-J Commemoration Day. (AP Photo/ABC News, Martha Raddatz)
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Emergency Kits
what to put in your emergency kits.
CNN calls Brown on bullshit
The official version; then there’s the in-the-trenches version: Uncollected corpses Brown: That’s not been reported to me, so I’m not going to comment. Until I actually get a report from my teams that say, "We have bodies located here or there," I’m just not going to speculate. Segal: We saw one body. A person is …
don’t fuck with cole valley
derek strikes back at hit-and-run driver: My mind raced. I could leave an angry note! No, better, I could etch a few choice words on the side of the car with my keys! No, better! I could go to the store, buy yellow spraypaint, and write HIT AND RUN on the side of the car. …
What’s wrong with my printer?
What’s wrong with my printer? Originally uploaded by shrub. My Canon i950 has started printing horizontal bands across everything but yellow and black. Any idea what’s wrong or how to fix it? I spent some time on the phone with Canon tech support, and changing the paper type to photo paper and the document type …
billboard liberation front
billboard liberation Originally uploaded by zephoria.
the seattle freeze
matt pointed me at a really interesting article in The Seattle Times: Pacific Northwest Magazine. I don’t think the behaviour they describe is unique to Seattle. But the dichotomy most fundamental to our collective civic character is this: Polite but distant. Have a nice day. Somewhere else. “People here don’t ever just hang out — …
grrr, mobile device
AIM’s mobile device support is teh suck: Your IM has been sent to my mobile device. When I receive it, I will be able to reply. Thanks for your IM! Want your IMs forwarded to your phone? Click here I now have a handful of people on my buddy list who are visible but aren’t …
applied moneyball
Michael Lewis, who wrote Moneyball, has a nice piece in the New York Times illustrating the principles behind his book: He finished his career at Notre Dame with the third-most hits in N.C.A.A. history, the second-highest batting average and the most stolen bases ever at Notre Dame, and he led his team, in 2002, to …
south carolina legislative cock-up
The South Carolina State Senate passed a bill banning gamecock fighting while at the same time tabling a bill protecting victims of domestic violence. That means that domestic violence is a misdemeanor, but cockfighting is set to become a felony. When questioned about this, Rep. John Graham Altman insulted the reporter: “People who compare the …