September 2008
91 posts
Yanks fans divided on Cubs-Dodgers →
The Bittersweet Art of Cutting Up Books →
Daphne Oram: electronic music pioneer →
Bad Credit No Credit Track Review! ("Shit Hits the... →
Why the West thinks it is time to talk to the... →
Mussina’s 20th Victory May Be His Last →
Archaeological Sewing →
Another Look at St. Louis' Shirt, by Heather Rose... →
Privately developed launch vehicle makes space →
“I sound like Bush, more or less. What a novelty!”
– Hugo Chavez
Joe and Noah's If We Were Charlie Gibson: The... →
“Joe and Noah take control of Charlie Gibson’s body to give Sarah Palin the interview we’ve all been waiting to see … Like the old saying goes, it takes two heads to achieve a unified America. Now when are these two gonna make out?”
Speaking of Zizek
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“Everything is rational in capitalism, except capital or capitalism itself. The...”
– Semiotexte: Felix guattari : Chaosophy
Dark matter, dark energy, and now "dark flow" →
Musics →
Matt Taibbi says Palin is a symbol of everything... →
Cheney Is Told to Keep Official Records →
“A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction yesterday ordering Vice President Cheney and the National Archives to preserve all of his official records.
“U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly’s order came in response to a lawsuit filed this month by the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. The group, joined by several historians and...
MORE BANKSY ART GOES MISSING IN NEW ORLEANS →
Hiker safe with help of ham radio →
I’m a Christian, you Fuckers →
Download Historical Maps and Charts from NOAA →
(via hotnessinacan)
Publishing's crises (incompletely) explained →
A fair synopsis. Interesting to me because I was fortunate enough to do some editorial work on Dale Peck’s last novel, which he withdrew from publication after the publisher (and until this point my client) was acquired by a big conglomerate. They cut me loose, and he them. Keep an eye out for the book, though; it was pretty good. It’s called The Garden of Lost and Found.
(But stay calm) →
Cubbies clinch! →
Cubs Magic Number: Two →
It's Talk Like a Pirate Day →
“It’s the first time in Major League history that a team has followed a...”
– Lilly flirts with no-no of his own
NASA: Women Drivers on Mars →
Goooo, Barb!
Not guilty: the Greenpeace activists who used... →
“Six Greenpeace climate change activists have been cleared of causing £30,000 of criminal damage at a coal-fired power station in a verdict that is expected to embarrass the government and lead to more direct action protests against energy companies.”
Carlos Zambrano's no-hitter: September 14, 2008 →
"Seizure" by Roger Hiorns →
Installation art or a “chemistry experiment on a grand scale”? In either case “a seductive cave of cobalt blue crystals.”
"Spot the Logical Fallacy" Party →
Tests of general relativity: Perihelion precession... →
I’ve always loved this little bit.
Cubs win!
That was some game.
Crash course in money & banking →
