May 2011
27 posts
“Inappropriate staff behavior including porn surfing and Jello wrestling and...”
– NSFers know how to have a good time.
Dr. Coburn Releases New Oversight Report Exposing Waste, Mismanagement at the National Science Foundation - Press Releases - Tom Coburn, M.D., United States Senator from Oklahoma
“For Ms. Olsen, 67, it was yet another caller insisting that no woman could...”
– Good little feel-good Memorial Day piece. Cute kicker.
At the Grilling Hot Line Center, Remaining Calm Under Fire - NYTimes.com
“I guess when you’re young, you just believe there will be many people with whom...”
– Before Sunset (via conflictingheart)
“You know what improves magazine sales? Being stuck at the airport. The worse our...”
– Do Tumblrs Help Magazines? - Gawker
WatchI’ve always said you can sing the lyrics of any Neil Young song to any other Neil Young song and it works. But I was wrong — it can be any song. Even Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the USA.”
(via See the Real Crosby and Nash Sing ‘Party in the USA’ With Jimmy Fallon’s Neil Young — Vulture)
“On a bicycle, citizens experience their city with deep intimacy, often for the...”
– And there’s the practical side: Biking helps you learn how to get around better than walking, driving or public transit. Especially in cities like NYC where public transit moves you underground.
From Secret Republic (via spblogo)
agree 100%, but missing from this is also the sense of...
“Commonwealth
The music is highly personal here, with a jukebox packed with...”
– Where to Drink Now - Nine Places to Shake Your Tail to Your Genre of Choice — New York Magazine
I guarantee if it’s a night I’m there - which is not so unlikely — there will be no half-assed swaying.
“the Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat have to reschedule the first game of the...”
– Oprah Taping At United Center Forces Chicago Bulls To Reschedule Playoff Game
Chill out: 206 cool and random things to do when... →
What if these were Doppler weather maps ...
I love me a map. Any kind. And the one on the right, middle row, at first glance looked like a satellite map of a hurricane eye. I’d love a set of these that were the Doppler maps from different famous storms.
Source: etsy.com via Melanie on Pinterest
“Uh oh,” Athar wrote. “(N)ow I’m the guy who liveblogged the...”
– Twitter user unknowingly reported bin Laden attack - CNN.com
“Many KidsPost readers weren’t even alive on September 11, 2001, or are too young...”
– KidsPost explains the death of Osama bin Laden - The Washington Post
There’s something beautifully simple about explaining to children the meaning of Sunday night — especially when you consider that most of the KidsPost audience has no recollection of a pre 9/11 world.
“once avocados are ripe, if you keep them in the fridge they last for days and...”
– If this is true, it’s a game changer.
Kalyn’s Kitchen: Avocado, Tomato, Edamame, and Red Onion Salad Recipe with Cumin-Lime Vinaigrette
“Every once in a while, a piece of paper would waft to the street [in Brooklyn] -...”
– Pouring whiskey in the wound – Eatocracy - CNN.com Blogs
Really good read from @kittenwithawhip about 9/11, yesterday’s news & whiskey.
