August 2009
“If everybody has to watch a show then it can’t really say anything. At...”
– David Simon, TV producer, in his interview with BBC News
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“I want to dream up a world I want to live in
I want to spray it on a building...”
– Derek Webb, “Cobra Con”
leftbrainright:
Nas featuring Lauren Hill - If I...
Snow Leopard's new math →
1000 ≠ 1024
“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you...”
– Stephen King, The Body
Designer iPhone Ringtones →
I figured some people who follow this blog might be interested in these. I picked up a pack because I’m sick of the suckiness of the default ringtones. Now if only Apple would like us set custom text alterts.
“There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.”
– Robert Green Ingersoll
jcud:
Visitor- Los Feeling (remix)
Here’s a new...
Ben: we should go to Clark Bar.
Chris: yeah, because I really want to get a cue ball thrown at me by a lesbian again.
Can Atheists Be Parents? →
This is so much bullshit. How is this any different than a child being raised by religious parents?
In an extraordinary decision, Judge Camarata denied the Burkes’ right to the child because of their lack of belief in a Supreme Being. Despite the Burkes’ “high moral and ethical standards,” he said, the New Jersey state constitution declares that “no person shall...
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Seven Crimes That Will Get You a Smaller Fine than... →
1. Child abduction: the fine is only like $25000. 2. Stealing the actual CD: the fine is $2,500 3. Rob your neighbor: the fine is $375,000 4. Burn a house down: The fine is just over $375,000 5. Stalk someone: The fine is $175,000 6. Start a dogfighting ring: the fine is $50,000 7. Murder someone: The maximum penalty is only $25,000 and 15 years in jail, and depending on your yearly...
Ryan: "Life is all about compromise"
Me: "No it isn't"
Ryan: "Some of the time it is..."
Me: "Yeah, I see your point"
“The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem...”
– Bertrand Russell
Fuck Yeah Originality →
“Anarchism, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion...”
– Emma Goldman
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“Your proposal that we agree that neither company will hire the other’s...”
– Ed Colligan, CEO of Palm, responding to a proposal from Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
I have bad news, guys
sidewalkbagatelle:
It’s only Thursday. :(
Shit.
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“He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my...”
– Albert Einstein
(Damn, Al; you sassy!)
“People on the road can turn an LOL into a great big OMG.”
– Katie Couric
Things I should probably change
sidewalkbagatelle:
My intake of caffeine
My intake of alcohol
The outflow of money from my bank account to numerous useless things
The flat tire on my beloved bicycle, which occurred on an unfortunate trip through campus (this is why I don’t go on campus, I wasn’t even ON it, I was just going THROUGH it, and you see what happens?)
The number of hours I sleep per night
Me too… me too.
“Actors are telling the truth. Our representatives are actively misrepresenting...”
– munificent on reddit
WatchVortex Smoke Ring Collision
“I believe in you and me. I’m like Albert Schweitzer and Bertrand Russell...”
– Frank Sinatra
Only 32% of U.S. general public believes humans... →
sidewalkbagatelle:
Well that’s terrifying. (via reddit)
Really, guys?
“Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will...”
– Bertrand Russell
Communication Skills: Punctuation Substitution →
:)
“Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of...”
– Bertrand Russell 