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del.icio.us will eat itself (Technoccult)
I have bookmarked the people who have bookmarked del.icio.us on del.icio.us. Right now, there are […]

LET’S ALL GO TO THE MOVIES

First off, Happy Feet “is heavily reliant on racial stereotypes as relayed through voice quality/dialect” (Polyglot Conspiracy). No one is really surprised, though.
Meanwhile, Michael Medved apparently wants the government to protect “unprepared parents” from penguin “propaganda.” Parents like “MikeP29p,” who says, “We took our kids ages 6 and 4 last night because they wanted to […]

HEADLINE OF THE DAY

Will sue to avoid goblins

YOU’VE GOT SQUIDMAIL

Edible squid-flavored postcards (Pink Tentacle)
Semirelated: How come I can’t get the yummy dried cuttlefish of my childhood in Chambana? That stuff was like crack to a seven-year-old (if you were me). Frankly, all the dried cuttlefish I’ve found around here has been rather bland.
Also of interest at Pink Tentacle today: ROBOT MALL COP

WHY YOU ARE HERE

Time to switch polls. Here are the results of the last one, with 36 total votes.

To find stupid quizzes to tell me WHO I AM: 0% (0)
Music and/or videos: 0% (0)
Ranting and sweariness rock my world: 0% (0)

I’m relieved that no one is relying on stupid quizzes for self-knowledge. I’m still gonna post music and […]

I SHOULD *NOT* BE POSTING THIS

Because I live with a man who seems to have a camera acquisition disorder. But hey, wow, coooool:

Cameras for Spies and Other Lovers of Inconspicuous Photography (Thrilling Wonder Story)
Update: For all of you arriving via Grow-a-Brain, welcome! And if you’re curious about what kinds of photos my camera-laden sweetie shoots, head over to his site, […]

THIEF OF THE WEEK

The scene: a guitar store in De Queen, Arkansas

“I saw him walking out to his pickup truck and the bulges in his leather jacket. I said, ‘Hey what have you got there,’” Clifton Lovell said.
He said Conatser, 29, replied, “Nothing.”
Lovell pointed toward the unnatural shapes in Conatser’s jacket and pants and said, “You’ve got something.”
Conatser […]

MUSIC’S NOT EVEN CLOSE TO DEAD, BABY

After more than four decades as one of the leading music sellers in the country, Tower Records is just weeks away from death, leaving many in the industry—from label executives and independent record store owners to music critics and fans—wondering just what it all means.

The Day the Music Died (The Nation; thanks, Daddoo!)
I purchase more […]

SINBAD ON MICHAEL RICHARDS’ RACIST OUTBURST

This is really worth watching. It’s a nice antidote all the commentary I’ve been seeing (from intelligent but apparently blinkered people) along the lines of “I just know he’s not a racist” and “I could tell he was really sorry on Letterman.” Sinbad was in the audience that night, and here’s his eloquent take.

Michael Richards’ […]

QUIZ TIME

What Kind of Reader Are You?
(The results code left out the lovely red bars, so I took a screenshot of my results instead.)