May 2009
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Be sure to see the top 10 / bottom 10. via waxy
A radio ad for Exsorbeo, the new benchmark for...
THEFUCKINGWEATHER.COM →
11211: ITS FUCKING HOT [via DF]
“[Forty-second Street] was a dangerous place to be. The whole city was dangerous...”
– Kurt Vonnegut - Breakfast of Champions, Chapter 8
Check out this repository of 90s nostalgia. →
Remember Incredible Crash Dummies?
WatchFish-eye time lapse of the sky in Texas. Time traveling is more like it.
“Security has so far generally been considered a success, although about 60...”
– From the BBC’s coverage of India’s elections. You know, Mao extremist violence. No big deal. They’re chill when they aren’t fighting, I swear.
“That space is your space. It’s your democracy, as much as it is anyone else’s.”
– Michelle Obama, encouraging students in the crime-ridden Anacostia (Washington D.C.) school district to become familiar with the Capitol and White House. NYT: Mrs. Obama Visits Students as Motivator in Chief
“But if I know one thing, it is that petroleum curses anyone who touches it.”
– 62-year-old José Guamán, recalling his wife’s accidental fall into an abandoned oil waste pit in Ecuador, her emergence covered in black goo and her relatively early death at 45. NYT: In Ecuador, Resentment of an Oil Company Oozes
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“Has anyone else tried pouring this stuff over dry cereal? A-W-E-S-O-M-E!”
– One 5-star review for a jug of milk on Amazon. It’s not clear to me whether Amazon was ever selling this one-gallon jug, but there are over one thousand reviews that span everything from short wordplay to 500+ word fiction on the theme of milk. [via kottke]
Pentagon Reports Army Mascot 'Liberty' Killed In... →
The Onion’s fake morning talk show cites fictional file footage here, playing their ‘interview’ with the pretty silent mascot.
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fuckyoudraculas:
Tonight’s project: to make one of these.
Mi chamocha
Incredibly elegant garage door-opener. →
Prepare to be dazzled.