October 2007
80 posts
Jesus would drive a stick shift →
Good stick shift drivers can use less gas and have their cars and car parts last longer!
Very excited to see the Tumblr upgrade tomorrow
Microsoft beats Google at 411 throwdown →
Google’s 800-GOOG-411 vs. Microsoft LiveSearch411 800-CALL-411
What did he say... "Oops"? Boy confesses to... →
If you’re underage and you start a fire that burns 6 buildings and 38,000 acres, what should happen to you?
“The fastest Windows Vista notebook we’ve tested this year is a Mac.”
– PC World: The Most Notable Notebooks of 2007 (via deplorableword)
Pirates seize Japanese ship off Somalia →
Do you think they wear eye-patches and say things like “Avast ye land lubbers”?
“Memphis: The word “triumph” begins with “try” and it...”
– Happy Feet
Fred Thompson is Rising in Florida →
Brought to you by the anti-Frank-Thompson watch.
Is it better for the environment to be a vegan or... →
Flickr to use Picnik for online photo editing →
Two great things go great together
“Better not take a dog on the space shuttle, because if he sticks his head out...”
– Jack Handey (via rlrr)
J.K. Rowling Outs Dumbledore →
“What I really learned is you actually have to go into nature to report on the...”
– Anderson Cooper
Basic Instructions: How to Pick a Restaurant →
A typical evening deciding on restaurants with my friends.
“On any given day, Twitter is the third best source of click throughs—trailing...”
– Guy Kawasaki, How to Change the World: How Twitter Made My Website Better
Twitter is like the coffee room at the hospital →
5 Free iTunes Credits
If you’re on Facebook, join the group “Ticketmaster Live” and receive a code for 5 free iTunes credits. (via incidentalthinking)
Making facebook work for you ;-)
It’s the 50 Worst Songs Ever →
Love this list for its snarkiness, even if I disagree with some of the choices (who could say the Sound of Silence is one of the worst 50?)
Read Tolstoy's War and Peace along with the NY... →
Nerdy me read it in 8th grade, but not with the critical eye they’re taking. Might be fun, and nothing better motivating to read such a big book than other people to talk about it with.
“A study concludes that the global abortion rate is falling thanks to birth...”
– Is birth control lowering the abortion rate? - By William Saletan - Slate Magazine
How did the gunman in Wisconsin manage to shoot... →
How a gunman in Wisconsin managed to shoot himself over and over again.
“Part of being real, said Ms. Vereen, whom everyone calls Miss Clara, is worrying...”
– Clinton-Obama Quandary for Many Black Women - New York Times
- I’m fascinated by the reasons the women give for making their choices - and espeically by the fact that their final votes will likely be decided by prayer
“In his first year as a case worker, Mr. Fujiyabu recalled, a woman in her 50s,...”
– Death Reveals Harsh Side of a ‘Model’ in Japan - New York Times
