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MY AMERICA, APPARENTLY

Take tons of these at Project Implicit.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

On the first day of the lunar new year, it is traditional to give lucky money in red envelopes to the kids. Here’s one you can print out and put together.

DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY NOT SO SECURE

The Homeland Security Department’s internal computer network generated 65 million security alerts during a three-month period and 6.5 million of those may be linked to employees accessing pornographic words or materials, according to a report today from DHS inspector general Richard Skinner.
Nearly three-quarters of the automated “security event messages” and “detect.misuse.porn” alerts originated from 16 […]

AWESOME

And by “awesome,” I mean SILLY+WTF+YAY.

Hinoi feat. Koriki, “Night of Fire” (Flash, Octopus Dropkick)

JESUS COVERS JOY DIVISION

Hell, everyone else has …
The BBC plans to mark the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ this Easter with an hour-long live procession through the streets of Manchester featuring pop stars from The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays and featuring songs by The Smiths and New Order.
In the programme, called Manchester Passion, a character representing Jesus […]

YAY

Mohammed Rafi, “Jan Pehechan-Ho” (Quicktime at WFMU, from Gumnaam, 1965)
Bonus: do your own Bollywood subtitles (via A Shout Out to My Pepys)

FUN WITH FAST FOOD

The menu at Pizza Hut in Japan is NOT QUITE THE SAME as in the States. Plus the kids’ section features what I can only assume are anthropomorphised blobs of melted cheese.
I’m a bit sad that Domino’s Pizza Taiwan got rid of the Disturbing White Guy commercials, but it’s good to know that it’s still […]

I’LL HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH ARISTOTLE ON THIS ONE

akrasia [akrásia]
Literally, “bad mixture,” the Greek term for the character flaw of incontinence or weakness of the will, the condition in which agents act inconsistently with their own best judgment about what it would be right to do. Socrates apparently held that doing good follows directly from knowing what is good, so that there can […]

RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION! HISS-S-S!

The partner of a gubernatorial candidate who claims to be a vampire said she was relieved of her duties as a school bus driver because she might be bad role model for students.
Julie Carpenter, partner of Jonathon “The Impaler” Sharkey, said Princeton, Minn. public school officials sent a letter to her bus company asking that […]

COFFEE AND DONUTS

You Are an Espresso

At your best, you are: straight shooting, ambitious, and energetic
At your worst, you are: anxious and high strung
You drink coffee when: anytime you’re not sleeping
Your caffeine addiction level: high

What Kind of Coffee Are You?

You Are a Powdered Devil’s Food Donut

A total sweetheart on the outside, you love to fool people with your […]