We saw “Mean Girls” at the theater last night. I’ve never been much of a teen movie fan, but few are this well written. The screenplay is by Tina Fey from SNL and it sounds like it. The usual exaggerated extremes of high school are involved, but it’s not as important as [...]
The man is gifted.
Most people have probably heard by now that GBu had a minor accident on his bike out in Crawford and scraped his face up. This is news? So he got going too fast on his BMX and had an accident. It’s happened to the best of us. I [...]
Bush In 30 Seconds
A political advertising contest. I especially enjoyed the Best Animated Ad.
The Designers Lunchbox
I can’t even explain this site it has so much going on. Lots of cool stuff.
Map of Springfield
A complete map of Springfield. You know, where the Simpson’s live. The level of detail is incredible. Not [...]
I came across an article about Jolie Holland and her new cd about a week ago. The review sounded promising enough: girl born and raised in Texas, lives in San Francisco, makes music that combines folk, jazz, blues, country, etc. Outside of the San Francisco part, she sounded like plenty of local artists.
I’m [...]
I don’t believe in corporal punishment. But I haven’t arrived at that belief without thought. Especially since I come from a long line of believers.
Studies have shown that spanking leads to a drastic increase in hostility, aggression, and overall misbehavior. It teaches the lesson that hitting is an acceptable way to solve [...]
zFilter
Links to a wide variety of stupid stuff on the internet.
Google Fight
This one may be really well known, but it’s a lot of fun.
True Desktop Project
Photos of desktop workspaces submitted by people like you. Strange, but fascinating.
The Cartoon Files
Clipart from all of your favorite cartoons. A great resource for cartoon fans. Sufferin’ Succotash!
Bad Astronomy
Science [...]
I don’t buy a lot of music. I mostly enjoy older stuff that I already have in one form or another, or else I just listen to the radio. When I do make a purchase, I go out of my way to take my business to a local record store that actually gives [...]
Lite Brite
Hey, it’s another online toy, and with retro appeal.
Font Browser
Browse all fonts on your system through an online interface. Enter custom samples, etc. Very nice.
MIT OpenCourseWare
This site is an official MIT project, and includes a wide variety of courses, and very detailed documentation.
Battleship Online
Or Online Battleship. Either way, it’s a lot [...]
I signed up for the GMail beta program a few weeks ago. I don’t really need another free webmail service, but it doesn’t hurt to give things a look-see.
I currently use two different Yahoo! accounts to filter the things I sign up for, and the usual spam. It seems that Yahoo! has been [...]
Lockergnome’s RSS Resource
A resource for RSS newbies. If you aren’t reading this post by RSS, you should be.
SEO Web Page Tools
This site has some useful site tools, like a page size checker.
Garfield Comic Creator
Make your own Garfield cartoon!
CSS Panic Guide
This was very useful to me in shaping this site without having any previous CSS [...]
I watched the video this morning. I’m not sure why. I heard several reporters say that it was gruesome, and I guess I needed to see for myself. I felt sick afterwards. Like most people in this country, I probably have a casual desensitization towards violence. Watching that man die [...]
I’m having trouble deciding if I stay up late working on stuff while halfway watching old sitcoms on Nick at Nite, or if I stay up late watching old sitcoms on Nick at Nite while halfway working on stuff.
The last double episode of the early morning is Full House from 4-5. I watched this [...]
Bush has been saying “Rumsfeld” a hundred times per speech lately. Considering the political nature of the current administration’s governing style, I’m guessing Rove is going to push him out on the sooner side of later. Call it a casuality of the re-election campaign.
The new HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) laws are meant to restrict disclosure of member/patient medical information.
But beyond the effect HIPAA will have on insurance companies, consider the consequences for groups outside of the health care industry that use medical information that is technically “confidential.” Examples include church bulletins, prayer [...]
I believe that gay couples deserve the same adoption rights as heterosexual couples.
The nuclear family is dead. No law or tax break is going to bring it back. Society has changed, and alternative family situations must be considered viable options for providing loving homes.
Recent studies have shown that there is no difference in [...]
I don’t have a problem with Flash when used appropriately, but many sites that are ENTIRELY Flash based create an excruciating user experience.
Take for example this wallpaper site I found this morning when Pixelgirl didn’t have anything fresh. It’s not just that the animation makes the process so slow, but that every time you [...]
The Marriage Penalty Tax Bill passed in the House last week by a vote of 323-95.
I don’t have a problem with providing relief for couples who paid more in taxes after marriage. And even though the Republican plan is fiscally irresponsible, what really bothers me is that a tax relief bill introduced when Congress [...]
So, let me get this straight. Two draft dodgers are questioning the patriotism of a man who joined the Navy of his own free will during a time of war and won a Bronze Star, Silver Star, and three Purple Hearts?
And I’m supposed to care if he threw them back during the massive protests [...]