Archive for the ‘Asides’ Category

Public Service Announcement

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Russian tanks are not rolling on Atlanta. The question of whether or not you should be “worried”, however, is a bit more complex.

Awesome In So Many Ways

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Check out the zany adventures of the pennyfarthing mountain bike.

Is This The Right Room For An Argument?

Monday, August 18th, 2008

I’m not sure what this debate was about, but it seems like it shifted into a determination of whether or not the Fort Hays coach was an asshole, and he seemed to be winning that handily. Actually, I think they both could make a strong case. Good show!

Monkees Get Serious

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Did you know this about the Monkees? I had no idea.

How Bad Are Things In Detroit?

Friday, August 15th, 2008

The company hired to manage the [$1] home and sell it, the Bearing Group, boarded up the home only to find the boards stolen and used to board up another abandoned home nearby.

About that bad. Sounds like it’s ’bout time to raze that block, till the soil, and grow some veggies there.

(h/t Jesse guestblawgin’ at Ezra’s place).

Stevil Del Fuego

Friday, August 15th, 2008

I was going to post one of the video clips from today’s episode of How To Avoid The Bummer Life, but then farther down I saw something else even funnier, and realized that you’d be better off reading the whole post. So just go over and check it out. Ron’s Slip and Slide Extravaganza is one hundred and thirteen percent awesome, and Urban Ninja is my new hero. That is Real Ultimate Power you can believe in, my friends. The weekend’s already off on a good foot, and I just got to work, thanks Stevil!

“I’m Moving In Mysterious Ways!”

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

It’s as if God were pulling his blessed finger.

(h/t to BoingBoing, but you already knew that, didncha?))

DHS: Your One-Stop Abject Cruelty Shop

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

So, if you’ve been living legally in the U.S. for 15 years, and you’re headed in for your final green card interview, and there’s been a mix-up, you’d think it could be cleared up, right? I mean, there’s no way DHS would just lock you up, refuse to treat your spinal cancer, and let you die in custody without being able to see your wife or your two children, right? Right?

Wrong.