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I wonder if GWB will find Osama bin Laden just in time for the November elections.
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You may not know this, but lots of animals inhabit the London Underground. (Thanks, xBlog!)
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Graphically compare search results between Yahoo! and Google. (Thanks, elegant hack!)
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Here's a collection of subvertisements.
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Adrienne is desperately trying to procrastinate. It's not going that well.
Despite the work of grassroots organizations like Ralph Don't Run, Ralph Nader has announced his intentions to run for the presidency citing the increasingly corporative nature of Washington.
There's too much power and wealth in too few hands.... Washington is now corporate occupied territory. There is now a for-sale sign on most agencies and departments.... Basically, it's question of both parties flunking.I implore you, Ralph, please reconsider your decision. If you are truly concerned about large corporate interests directing the future of this country, then you need to be doing anything you can to get GWB out of office...even if it means supporting the Democratic nominee. Now is not the time to create a larger schism in the already beleaguered Left in this country.
(Oh, and I don't buy your letter to "Anybody but Bush" Democrats.)
In 1997, I was a newly-minted graduate in geology from a small liberal arts college in North Carolina. I was hoping to find work as an environmental scientist, but without a graduate degree, I was looking at an unfulfilling life as a bookstore employee. That is until I emailed one Andy Brewer, a multimedia producer and Web designer who was working with a small start-up called KOZ.com, which fell prey to the dot-com crash long ago. He hired me, gave me a huge book about HTML, and showed me Wired's Webmonkey site so I could teach myself how to code (or markup, since HTML isn't really "coding" - as I was frequently reminded by many of the developers with whom I worked).
So, it is with a heavy heart today that I announce that Webmonkey is shutting down. This is truly the end of an era.
(via Boing Boing)
...that today I've had plenty of time to make not one, but two postings to my weblog, but I'm trying not to think about it.
Happy Valentine's DayI've been obsessing over the lives of teenage girls recently. I just finished reading an article on girls' zines in Youth & Society, I'm currently reading Phoebe Gloeckner's The Diary of a Teenage Girl, and I watched Thirteen last night. For some reason, especially when I was watching Thirteen, I've got angry...really, really angry. I'm still not sure why, but I think it has a lot to do with knowing girls like those depicted in the film - and being subjected to their cruelty throughout my formative years.
I know that my own teenage years were fraught with confusion, frustration, rage, depression, and hopelessness. What's interesting is that most of these feelings were unspoken and rarely acted upon. It certainly meant that I wasn't stealing wallets or huffing paint, but it did mean that had a lot of pent up emotion that lingered for years later.
So, here's my question - if your teenage years were made into a movie, what movie would it be?
My answer: Welcome to the Dollhouse.
Oh, and Happy Valentine's Day. ;)
McDonald's now has a site (called i-am-asian.com) for Asian Pacific Islander Americans which features the tagline, "I am Asian." More text from the site:
We're Asian and Pacific Islander Americans "living on the rim," where our diverse cultures and the everyday American lifestyle become one. We're hanging on to our great traditions while we move to the beat of the times. We honor our heritage - but we love being Americans. From high fashion to high tech, from Asian Pacific American hip hop to haute cuisine, we're weaving the threads of our culture into the fabric of everyday American life. Whether we're sipping green tea or enjoying a Big Mac® sandwich, we're helping make the magic mix called America become even richer. And McDonald's is right there with us, everyday!Amazing. If it's not bad enough that McDonald's has no problems appropriating ethnic and racial identities for their own marketing purposes, check out this gem of a statement on their trivia page - "Antarctica is the only continent that does not have a McDonald's restaurant - yet."
Ugh.
I'm too busy to write much right now, but check out this cool virtual knee surgery exhibit from COSI Columbus.
I was fascinated. Ok, I was a little grossed out and then fascinated.
Two things:
1) What happened at the end of the halftime show during the Super Bowl? Did Justin Timberlake unfasten something on Janet Jackson's costume that wasn't supposed to be unfastened?
2) If you'd like an invite to join Orkut, let me know. It's like all of the popular celeb bloggers have gotten together to rule the school...once again, I find myself friendless and unpopular. I'm beginning to hate social networking.
Update: Gawker has some more info on the risque ending to the Janet Jackson Super Bowl halftime show/debacle.
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It's Super Bowl Sunday, which means that not only is there a bunch of new ads to enjoy (of course, notably missing will be MoveOn's commercial), but also a halftime grudge match between Sir Purr and Pat Patriot. This won't be the first time these two have met; every year the NFL mascots get together for a convention, presumably to trade stories about getting kicked by small children and large NFL players.
If this year's ads don't satisfy your craving, AdLand has archived all of the Super Bowl commercials from the last thirty years. Of course, in keeping with capitalist free-market system we live in, you'll have to pay to see them.