December 2008
16 posts
The Last Traffic Jam →
Spirited egg nog: DCFoodies.com →
“Not only is the egg nog incredibly rich, wonderfully sweet and perfectly noggy (it’s a word … now), but it’s as boozy as Andy Capp. I ain’t kidding, this stuff is not for kids. The recipe makes a half gallon of egg nog; a cup and a half of it is straight booze.”
Bush opens up on struggle with alcohol abuse -... →
this headline is so misleading it makes me gag
Movie Review - Gran Torino - Hope for a Racist,... →
I heard a fleeting advertisement for this movie on the radio today and thought to myself “huh?…(fill in the rest)” It was an incomprehensible ad and I assumed it as another dried out piece of (Holly)wood being thrown on the yule fire.
After reading this review, I can’t wait til it expands beyond NYC (oh the regrets of moving away from the center of culture).
“My own family’s story isn’t especially unusual. For decades, my grandparents...”
– Economic Scene - Figure Skews Debate of a Bailout for Detroit - NYTimes.com
“it sucks to see some chucklehead get paid to spam websites in ways that are...”
– A Whole Lotta Nothing: The unfortunate mainstreaming of internet douchebaggery
Link by Link - The Freedoms That Technologies Help... →
Thieves Winning Online War, Maybe Even in Your... →
Book Club Trouble Often Has Little to Do With... →
Suburbs of Our Discontent - The... →
add another book to the @toread list…though i’ll probably see the movie before getting around to the book at this point…I have to wonder if I’ll ever be content living in the suburbs - I hope I don’t have to make that compromise
Fans bid farewell to Polaroid film - CNN.com →
I’ve never actually shot a Polaroid camera…and I still feel nostalgic for this art form and hopeful that someone will see a small profit in continuing it’s production and decide to go for it
Why Greece Is Wracked By Riots - TIME →
a back of the envelope explanation of what’s going on in Greece (serious riots) for those in a hurry
Ex-Blackwater guards charged with manslaughter -... →
Finally, someone is taking the people involved in this incident to task…Blackwater really should also be held accountable, however, IMO
A New View of the Early Earth, Thanks to... →
Global Classrooms - Going Off to College for Less... →
I wish I’d known about this when I was applying for undergrad…I would have definitely gone to Edinburgh or St Andrews or somewhere in Ireland
“so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside...”
– William Carlos Williams, Red Wheelbarrow 