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November 2009

36 posts

Yes, I've spent Saturday night reading a Deborah Solomon interview with James Inhofe... → sturtle.com

…which is fine, because it might be the most hilariously terrifying piece of journalism I’ve read in possibly ever (thanks to the senator, not Debs). Here’s an excerpt:

Solomon: You…

Nov 28, 2009
"Oh, no reason. Just try it." → sturtle.com


[via CTRL+W33D]

Nov 28, 2009
My life, in someone else's email dialogue → sturtle.com

Me:

No problem, XXXX, I’ll get these changes back to you asap.

Question:

[First clarifying question about project edits]


[Second clarifying question about project edits]

Nov 27, 2009
YOU ATE MY LSD?! → sturtle.com


[via Growing]

Nov 27, 2009
I am thankful for... → sturtle.com


1. My loving boyfriend/partner/husbear/whatever

2. Our quirky, needy, smelly hounds

3. My fantastic friends (and even a few frenemies)

4. My family (biological and adoptive)

5.

Nov 26, 2009
I get the whole hanky code thing, but... → sturtle.com

…do you really need a bandanna to tell the world you’re chubby?


[via The Boyfriend via CTRL+W33D]

Nov 26, 2009
Authority ain't what it used to be → sturtle.com

Cory Doctorow has written a really interesting comparison of Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Britannica, and in the process, he’s made a great point about evolving notions of “authority” and “expertise”.

Nov 26, 2009
What my family is thankful for → sturtle.com


[via TrainWrecks]

Nov 26, 2009
Today in marketing: Walmart fudges the numbers. No one is surprised. → sturtle.com


TV AD: The family budget. In today’s economy nobody is more committed to helping family budgets go further than Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart saves the average family about $3,100 a year, no…

Nov 25, 2009
Today in FAILness → sturtle.com


[via Jack]

Nov 25, 2009
Valley Lodge: "All Of My Loving" → sturtle.com


[via John Hodgman]

Nov 24, 2009
Well, this is depressing → sturtle.com



Not only has the Times-Picayune run an alarming article on the rapid pace of climate change, but they’ve also posted it to NOLA.com — which means it’s been opened up to comments. And…

Nov 24, 2009
Multicolored blobs show the decline and fall of Western empires → sturtle.com


[via Jon et al]

Nov 23, 2009
This is what I need just now. Yes, exactly this. → sturtle.com

Nov 20, 2009
"Gruff and menacing" → sturtle.com



Yesterday, someone referred to me as “gruff and menacing”. I ask you: on what planet is this gruff and/or menacing? Sleepy, maybe definitely. But c’mon.

Nov 19, 2009
What a practical worldview can do for you → sturtle.com


[via fixator]

Nov 18, 2009
This is the video of the day, week, month, century → sturtle.com


[via CTRL+W33D, obvs]

Nov 18, 2009
Meghan McCain has the right idea → sturtle.com


Obviously, I’m a liberal. Sure, I understand the Republican and Libertarian impulse to let people stand on their own, to allow everyone to be the captain of his or her own ship: it’s a nice…

Nov 17, 2009
Sloppy copy from Venables Bell bedevils an otherwise decent Intel ad → sturtle.com

I kinda like the “Sponsors of Tomorrow” campaign that Venables Bell & Partners put together for Intel. For reasons yet to be explained, Geek Chic remains a popular trend, and VBP has capitalized on…

Nov 16, 2009
Touching me softly → sturtle.com


[via BananaGuide]

Nov 15, 2009
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