December 2011
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
Nouvelle Vague (15)
Alexander (15)
The Kills (12)
Black Lips (12)
Phantogram (11)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Does the calendar really have to be so confusing? →
sciencecenter:
The dates fall on different days of the week every year. The months all have different numbers of days, with no rhyme or reason. There’s plenty of inefficiency built into the modern calendar. But according to Johns Hopkins astronomer Richard Conn Henry, that doesn’t have to be the case. According to his proposed calendar, eight of the months would have 30 days, with 31 days every...
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The Internet is probably the most important technological advancement of my...
– Adam Savage (via forfunandstuff)
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The Indicator: 101 Things I Didn’t Learn in...
r3darch:
1] Even if your boss is your friend he may have to axe you to save his business.
2] Read the book, On Bullshit, by Harry G. Frankfurt. Carry it with you. It’s pocket-sized.
3] Do not drink at work and especially do not get toasted around your colleagues under any circumstances.
4] No matter how highly you may think of yourself you may still be a minion in the eyes of others who hold...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
Local Natives (8)
Birdy (1)
The Wake (1)
Death Cab for Cutie (1)
Toby Keith (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Bomb Buried in Obamacare Explodes - Hallelujah! →
“I have long argued that the impact of the Affordable Care Act is not nearly as big of a deal as opponents would have you believe. At the end of the day, the law is - in the main - little more than a successful effort to put an end to some of the more egregious health insurer abuses while creating an environment that should bring more Americans into programs that will give them at least some...
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okay basically today, north carolina is making it...
tidesbetween:
after it has stayed in the shelter for 72 days
the dogs that fall under this “breed ban” it won’t even get the chance to be adopted
if the owner brings in the dog it will immediately be killed
the breeds in the “ban” are “bullies” ie: Dobermans, Rottweilers, Chow Chows, German Shepherds, Great Danes, Pitbulls, Mastiffs, Akitas and Huskies
click here to sign the petition
and...
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thedailywhat:
Say What Now of the Day: On the Fox Business show Follow the Money, in a segment called “are liberals trying to brainwash your kids against capitalism,” host Eric Bolling and conservative Media Research Center fellow Dan Gainor risk incurring the wrath of loony education-huggers everywhere by bravely excoriating that long-venerated bastion of Communist agitprop: The Muppets.
Among...
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