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NSFW. Absolutely hysterical. Just love Dr Ken's llamé, velour pajamas, too.

I don't think he wants any love…

as seen at MAKE magazine

In a galaxy far, far away...

Elemental and I are crazy about Sonic, and I'm happy to say it's finally come here. We were planning on going for his birthday, but it sounds like it's going to be quite busy out there for a while. Maybe later this fall. Anyone up for a road trip to Aurora?

In a galaxy far, far away...

In a galaxy far, far away...

Remember when President Bush sagely told us the best thing for Americans to do to fight the war on terror was to go out and spend, spend, spend? Well, we are apparently doing a shitty job of it.

When you're trying to pay for gasoline and keep your family fed, chocolate chip cookies and frozen yogurt are luxuries that many people can do without.

Mrs. Fields, Bennigan's, TCBY, Steak & Ale and perhaps even Pizzeria Uno. And more to come, I am sure.

Heck ov'a economy.

Every time the Olympics are held (winter or summer), I'm excited to watch whatever I can of the events. I am awed by the athleticism and dedication of these athletes to push themselves to become the best in the world. I believe that these games are important because they bring the world together for a unified cause, even if just for a few weeks, and they show that we can be a global community who support the common ideals of hard work, dedication, sportsmanship and civic pride.

Of course, after a few days or so into the competition, I realize that I'm at heart a sentimentalist and idealist, and the beliefs I have about the importance of good sportsmanship, unity and a global community coming together are actually a bunch of crap, and the athletes or the coaches are actually a bunch of whiny babies. It seems like every day when I get on the internets, all I see are articles about who's mad at whom, who's thrown their medals in the garbage or at others, and who's questioning the validity of one team or another.

I give you the following articles, just from the past 24 hours:
Blake Rips Foe After Olympics Tennis Loss

The Olympics' Age Old Problem

Wrestling Deals with New Allegations of Corruption

Considering these have come from only the past 24 hours, and I'm not watching the coverage online all that closely, this is quite a bit of bitching. And these are just the headlines showing up on Yahoo. I can't only imagine what I'd find if I went digging. I guess the answer to the age-old question of 'can't we all just get along' is 'no'.

WASHINGTON — Famed chef Julia Child shared a secret with Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg and Chicago White Sox catcher Moe Berg at a time when the Nazis threatened the world.

They served in an international spy ring managed by the Office of Strategic Services, an early version of the CIA created in World War II by President Franklin Roosevelt.

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They have looked much younger than 16.

[via Daring Fireball, an absolutely fantastic site]

Along with the change in size, Rolling Stone will switch to heavier, glossy paper and sleeker page designs, and it will be glued rather than stapled — “perfect bound” instead of “saddle stitched,” in magazine lingo — giving it a flat spine rather than a tapered edge. In all, the revisions make for a more professional, more grown-up look.

Grown-up? Please. That's just marketing BS.

Rolling Stone is profitable, according to Wenner, a privately held company — outside analysts agree — but like the industry as a whole, it is going through a rough period. The magazine had 486 ad pages in the first half of 2008, according to the Publishers Information Bureau, down 33 percent from the same period in 2005.

I remember when my much beloved Emigré went from their own distinctive size to a 'standard size'... it never seemed the same ever again. While there was likely no correlation to the size change (they also reduced the price and starting taking ads), I'd still like to think so, and it ceased publication in 2001.

(As a long-time subscriber, I had owned about 20 issues (the 4AD issue was awesome!), mostly the middle ones, until one of our floods in Chicago pulped them. The insurance company couldn't quite get the 'truly irreplaceable' part of that collection)

What this basically tells me is that out president doesn't believe that science is important or valid. (I know, not a surprise considering who we're speaking of). Still, how much more ignorant can he get? With this move, he's pretty much invalidated every ecologists Ph.D!

Bush to relax Protected species rules.

I have seen billboards made from just about anything: grass, chocolate, pennies, lettuce,... Now I can add dice to my list.

This creative ad shell for Treasury Casino was created by Junior ad agency, Brisbane, using 7563 pieces of dice.

The ad shows a happy winning face and is deployed in a bus shelter sign in Australia.