January 2009
24 posts
“Punxsutawney (whose name derives from a Native American phrase meaning...”
– Timothy Noah, The Groundhog Fraud It’s always been a mystery to me why Punxsutawney should be the Groundhog capital of the world; it was just something that was taken as a given when I was growing up. This is as logical an explanation as any other I can come up with.
“How about you be the good cop and I be the cop that doesn’t go to the...”
– Toby Ziegler
topherchris:
Sons of the Pioneers — Tumbling...
5 Serial Killers Who are Free Right Now →
America’s criminal jusice system has lots and lots of problems, but allowing people who killed 300 girls to go free is fortunately not among them… (via whatcriscilikes)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-25) →
Kelli Rae Powell (14)
Warren Zevon (13)
The Dead Milkmen (11)
The Beatles (7)
Bob Dylan (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Kelli Rae Powell - The Craggy Shuffle
I...
“The team plays in a stadium plopped into a cotton field. The stadium was built...”
– Rogue Columnist (via azspot) (As if I need any more reasons to root for Pittsburgh)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-18) →
Blitzen Trapper (14)
She & Him (11)
Regina Spektor (3)
The Weepies (2)
Sufjan Stevens (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
The Decemberists - Valerie Plame
Who else could...
Commentary: Bush will be vindicated - CNN.com →
Some unsurprising conservative whistling past the graveyard. Setting aside the premise of the argument (which is pretty thin), if for nothing else, Bush 43 deserves condemnation for introducing the jingoistic (and weirdly un-American) term “homeland” into our national discourse.
Businessman cuts off finger in court after judge... →
More on the theme of crazy people severely injuring themselves after things dont go their way in court. There’s an odd sense of proportionality here - the guy before was sentenced to death (very bad) and took his last eye (very bad), this guy lost his farm (tragic, but not as bad) and took his finger (you don’t WANT to lose a finger, but as long as it isn’t the thumb you’ll...
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie - deliberate, contrived,...”
– John F. Kennedy
Texas death row inmate plucks out own eye, says he... →
Pulling out one eye is crazy like a fox. Pulling out the other? Just plain crazy.
