October 2008
September 2008
“Light, sweet crude fell $8.32 to $98.57 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.”
“Playing on this team and seeing what is happening around me, I feel that...”
– Ichiro Suziki, Seattle Mariners. (via bornoutofweblog)
The Bernanke Bruisers
or the
Bankable Kisses
The Inuit didn’t fear the cold; they took advantage of it. During the 1950s the Canadian government forced the Inuit into settlements. A family from Arctic Bay told me this fantastic story of their grandfather who refused to go. The family, fearful for his life, took away all of his tools and all of his implements, thinking that would force him into the settlement. But instead, he just slipped out...
“It’s the longest Hail Mary pass in the history of either football or...”
– Barney Frank on McCain’s suspension of his campaign.
If we don't celebrate these holidays, who will? →
Posting that kind of shit makes me feel dumb. I AM NOT DUMB I AM SMART BUT SOMEHOW IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING HERE SHOULD MATTER, RIGHT?
Since 2006, the federally sponsored mortgage giant Freddie Mac has paid at least $345,000 to the lobbying and consulting firm of John McCain’s campaign manager, Rick Davis, according to two sources familiar with the arrangement. [.]
“Presenters at a family planning conference told a tale of Arab traders inserting...”
– WP
This is a pretty coherent overview of the... →
Is COCKSICLE a word that everyone except me already has thought of?
Watchlensbaby on a d90
“You have to totally know the music; then you have to love the people you are...”
– Peter Sellars on staging an Opera
Lush forest and meadows inside a volcano? FM location, please.
She was fresh and she was tomorrow
“The 1900 storm “was like a skeleton in the family closet,” he said,...”
– Paul Burka of Galveston, senior executive editor of Texas Monthly magazine and a B.O.I (Born On Island)
“Hurricanes are boring. Maybe it’s time to open the schools back up.”
– Nick Parker, 11, walking through Galveston’s flooded streets alone.
Bret Turner - Print (Goddamn It)
GLAMORAI!