whoa

Posted on August 15, 2008 - Filed Under

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Some serious apple jocking going on in the comments over here. Wonder if pinky has grown her sack yet?
Not to be trolly, but…. if you substitute the sentence
Apple should design a phone the remains intact when you drop it 3 feet.
to
Microsoft should write an operating system that blocks spyware when you download porn.
would the [...]

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even from Frisco, still my Homaha

Posted on August 6, 2008 - Filed Under

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Okay, maybe the only time I’ve heard the term “Homaha” is in a facebook group, but a few links from the interwebs caught my eyes lately.
Jonathan Segura, in support of his novel Occupational Hazards, blogs about Omaha at Powell’s, including a nod to the “miraculously” alive Dave Sink at The Antiquarium (which last I head [...]

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In which I assert my math-geek prowess

Posted on February 22, 2008 - Filed Under

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Dear Mr. Hamill,
Every day there are countless factual errors in your newspaper. I forgive most every one–it’s surely hard work to meet a deadline day in and day out. Every day there are also a handful of cringeworthy efforts at cleverness. These gratuitous wastes of ink are, with rare exception, less forgivable. [...]

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From a distance…

Posted on September 17, 2007 - Filed Under

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…I continue to love Ernie Chambers:
(09-17) 16:15 PDT Lincoln, Neb. (AP) –
Fed up with the threats, tired of natural disasters, the state’s longest-serving state senator is using his legal muscle against who he says is the culprit — God. State Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha sued the Almighty in Douglas County District Court last week.
Chambers, [...]

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i am i remix

Posted on September 10, 2007 - Filed Under

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At apophenia “pointer remixing“:
We craft our identity through pointing all the time. Language is mostly about pointers (”signs”). The list of favorite TV shows, movies, and music on social network sites are a linguistic pointer to these cultural referents. Yet, in a multimedia world, instead of having to just reference them by name, I can [...]

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A whole lot of walking to do

Posted on June 6, 2007 - Filed Under

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At bluoz blog: another liberated billboard

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Post 959

Posted on May 19, 2006 - Filed Under

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Daniel Radosh, responding to Forever Pregnant, and the ensuing kickoffs…
So when it comes to the CDC report, why should you and I be so protective of the feminist message - that women are more than just baby-makers - that we’re willing to risk the health of the babies who are going to be born from [...]

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Viddy Yo!

Posted on May 2, 2006 - Filed Under

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Sure, you’ve seen the Colbert video, so why not check out 28 Days Slater? {via Quiddity}

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Feelin’ Good in the Neighborhood

Posted on April 8, 2006 - Filed Under

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“The company that owns a Papillion Applebee’s restaurant has placed a number of employees on unpaid leave in connection with the possible methamphetamine poisoning of two sheriff’s deputies last month.”

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Hummers

Posted on January 21, 2006 - Filed Under

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Fuck them.

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They Do More Than Rule on the Pledge of Allegiance?

Posted on January 10, 2006 - Filed Under

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“Today, the Ninth Circuit holds that the California Attorney General and the City & County of San Francisco may proceed with their unfair practices suits against PG&E, notwithstanding the defendant’s effort to remove the matter to bankruptcy court. A majority of the Court holds that the claims for civil penalties and restitution under § 17200 [...]

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A Case To End Term Limits?

Posted on December 22, 2005 - Filed Under

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Mother Jones profiles BMK favorite Ernie Chambers, long time thorn in the side of Nebraska’s legislature. Here’s a snippet:
Because of Chambers, the Legislature routinely backs bills its members wouldn’t otherwise have dreamed of supporting. He cajoled his colleagues into abolishing corporal punishment in schools, correcting the state pension system so that women would be treated [...]

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Hippie Update

Posted on December 1, 2005 - Filed Under

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Let it never be said anger won’t get you anywhere.

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Look into my ear and speak into my elbow

Posted on November 11, 2005 - Filed Under

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From boing boing - “Statistical evidence suggests the use of [aluminum] helmets may in fact enhance the government’s invasive abilities. We theorize that the government may in fact have started the helmet craze for this reason.”

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Just Hit Refresh

Posted on October 11, 2005 - Filed Under

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Oddly soothing.

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Don’t Meet Me In St. Louis

Posted on September 13, 2005 - Filed Under

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Bright Eyes has cancelled a show in St. Louis because "they" found that the site has an affiliation with Clear channel.
From the Saddle-Creek web site:
The Bright Eyes show at The Pageant in St Louis on November 12
has been cancelled after finding that there was an association between
The Pageant and Clear Channel, which the band does [...]

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I For One, Would Like To Play The Blame Game

Posted on September 9, 2005 - Filed Under

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Jon Carroll:
It is my understanding that good managers often seek to discover who was
responsible for what. (The function of bureaucracy is to disguise the origin
and nature of a mistake, so CYA procedures are always fully in place.) You’d
think that if the mistake at hand involved many dead bodies, it might be
necessary to discover who was [...]

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Though I Suspect Lewis Miner Would Have Taken It

Posted on June 23, 2005 - Filed Under

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"What hurts me is they were going to get me in front of my children,
all dressed up, and hand me a candy bar, after all those promises I
made to them," she told the Lexington Herald-Leader. "You just don’t do
that to people."

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PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE COURT

Posted on June 1, 2005 - Filed Under

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If you’re like me–which you no doubt are–somewhere along the way you probably threw a few dollars in BMG’s direction, succumbing to the allure of the 8-fer-1 with nothing more to buy ever.  Well, apparently Eric Stelk, bless his heart, hired some civic-minded lawyers and filed a class action lawsuit alleging BMG engaged in deceptive [...]

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Bitchslap rappin & cocaine tongue

Posted on May 25, 2005 - Filed Under

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I’ll show YOU the Longest Yard (with VIDEO!)

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