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Monthly Archives: September 2007

Indie Rock T-Shirts That Would Never Sell

Indie Rock T-Shirts That Would Never Sell - yes please.

Drug Addiction and the Open Society

Drug Addiction and the Open Society - provocative essay/review of two books challenging the conventional wisdom of drug policy. I don’t think I agree with it, but some good points in here.
Open societies cannot be open to everything. Even if it were possible to draw with great precision the line between what is harmful […]

Root and Branch

Root and Branch
Unfortunately, anti-Darwinism keeps playing minor variations on the same negative themes and adds nothing to our understanding of life. Many scientists who are upset by the ongoing lobbying insist that it is bad science or pseudo-science. . . . Philip Kitcher[] . . . very rightly disagrees. Anti-Darwinism is, he says, dead science, […]

Delocator

Delocator - find independently owned coffeeshops, theaters, bookstores, and so on nearby. It has a call phone interface (that I have yet to try) too.

Job Market Wanes for U.S. Lawyers

Job Market Wanes for U.S. Lawyers - I think I need to carry a printout of this around for when I meet people who tell me they are thinking about going to law school.

I will not eat it in a brief?

I will not eat it in a brief? - judge writes Dr. Seuss-style order when a plaintiff includes a hard-boiled egg with his filing.
I do not like eggs in the file.
I do not like them in any style.
I will not take them fried or boiled.
I will not take them poached or broiled.
I will not take […]

Maple Dijon Glazed Bacon

Maple Dijon Glazed Bacon - name says it all. Which is to say: delicious.

Swash Buckle

Swash Buckle

defective yeti: Second Ally To The Right, And Straight On ‘Til Morning

Second Ally To The Right, And Straight On ‘Til Morning - see how many you can spot!

Me, My Suit, and I

Me, My Suit, and I - aka “One Man’s Unintended Detour Into the Cult of Bespoke”. I think this could be me. Maybe. If I win the lottery.

CraigStats

CraigStats - Housing statistics in San Francisco, gleaned from Craigslist data. Pretty cool. Also it seems that median rent per room is spiking in SF. This sucks.

Geostationary Banana Over Texas

Geostationary Banana Over Texas - no further comment.

Mission Stencil Story

Mission Stencil Story - wow, this is so cool. I want to try to walk it, if it’s still up. More here.

This is Me in Less Than a Year

This is Me in Less Than a Year - except, you know, a guy. And more in debt.

Beer Belly - Myth

Beer Belly - Myth - hurrah!

Pitchfork Gives Music 6.8

Pitchfork Gives Music 6.8
Schreiber’s semi-favorable review, which begins in earnest after a six-paragraph preamble comprising a long list of baroquely rendered, seemingly unrelated anecdotes peppered with obscure references, summarizes music as a “solid but uninspired effort.”

Popcorn-lung patient inhaled from bags

Popcorn-lung patient inhaled from bags - mental note: eat less artificial stuff

Tube Map for Miss South Carolina

Tube Map for Miss South Carolina - I am mean. And this is funny.

Maps For Us

Maps For Us - The children of the US America are in deep trouble. Because some people out there don’t have maps. Such as South Africa. And the Iraq. Such as.