January 2010
Comics, Quizzes, and Stories - The Oatmeal →
What the hell is this site anyway? It’s awesome.
How to Suck at Facebook - The Oatmeal →
This is great.
Gay dating site claims CBS is discriminating... →
The ad is hilarious. I wish they would run it, just for the reaction all those football fans would have!
Bionics — Photo Gallery — National Geographic... →
This is amazing. Can’t help but think of Luke Skywalker’s bionic hand…
Porcupine Mountains, Michigan: Photos →
I have found a new beautiful place I want to visit!! This is a great photo blog, btw.
Ah, Europeans...
The Vikings would have survived the Little Ice Age in Greenland if they had adopted the Innuit’s ways. Instead they referred them as “Ugly Little People” and then died out.
Two days of no texts. Got thru it.
“Last week Protect Marriage, the same people defending Prop 8 at the federal...”
– CourageCampaign email. Pretty funny.
“With its ruling today,” Obama said, “the Supreme Court has given a green light...”
– Ruling to allow corporate political spending in elections - NYTimes.com
The sun came out. If only it would figuratively as well.
"I want adventure in the great wide somewhere!"
“…I want it more than I can tell! And for once it might be grand, to have someone understand, I want so much more than they’ve got planned.” At some point, somehow, my life has become a little boat that’s fallen into an eddy, one that shares more qualities with quicksand than water. Today I was counting the positive things in my life, and remembering to be...
Love, love ‘cosmic love’ by florence and the machine.
If my life is mine what shouldn’t i do? - Metric
Pat Robertson says Haiti paying for 'pact to the... →
I’m pretty sure he’s the one with a pact with the devil. Along with these folks in Uganda.
“For those interested in helping immediately, simply text “HAITI” to...”
– A Disaster in Haiti and How You Can Help | U.S. Department of State Blog
“at the end of the day, they are going to have to make a social decision on what...”
– Caster Semenya Faces Sex-Determination Test After Winning World Track Title - NYTimes.com
And what does that tell us about our stupid social categories?
Valravn on MySpace Music →
I like this Danish band, Valravn (pronunciation?). Stumbled across them on youtube while having a discussion with a Swedish friend over what traditional Lapland music would sound like. This is a hybrid with electronic and rock elements, and great vocals.
Favorite Albums of 2009
1. Bat for Lashes - Two Suns 2. St. Vincent - Actor 3. Silversun Pickups - Swoon 4. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest 5. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 6. Florence and The Machine - Lungs 7. Metric - Fantasies 8. Art Brut - Art Brut vs Satan 9. Adventureland soundtrack 10. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug Honorable Mention: Dinosaur Jr. - Farm Fool’s Gold - self titled Animal Collective - Merriweather...