I finally jumped on the bandwagon-train and got a blog.
Great Balls of Matzo: It's me vs. 420-pound Eric "Badlands" Booker for the title of world matzo-ball-eating champion, from Slate.com.
Craft Corner Deathmatch, from the Style Network.
Very cool blog. Appealing to handy people: Finkbuilt.com.
Bamboo MTB Frame, from the Web site of Brano Meres (Slovakia). I know Ed will find this impressive.
Brooks: For the moderately chubby, living longer is the best revenge, from The New York Times, courtesy of Heather. Funny!
The Natural and the Sacred in China, from The New York Times.
The Tao of Skinny-Dipping, from The New York Times. "After long days spent defending their positions atop New York's most competitive fields, Manhattan's alpha males need to unwind. From mistresses to treadmills, these men have as many forms of relaxation as sources of stress. But some of the city's titans have a secret. They meet around private pools in private clubs and swim together, naked."
Hawaii ranks first among states in taxes per capita, from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. "One reason Hawaii's per-capita tax take is high is because it is the only state that funds public education. In other states, schools are funded by local property taxes."
Four Servings of Design: Improving on the new food pyramid, from Slate.com.
Who Says No Animals Were Harmed...? The people looking out for horses, dogs, and bugs in the movies, from Slate.com.
Saigon, 30 Years Later: From war tourism to war victims, from Slate.com.
A Short History of the Chinese Restaurant: From stir-fried buffalo to Matzoh Foo Young, from Slate.com.
I just heard this story. It is so amazing!! Inner-City Teacher Takes No Shortcuts to Success, from npr.org.
The Global Rich List -- humbling.
Bush Puts the Squeeze on Saudi Prince, from Wonkette.com. That NYT article was so ridiculous.
Creative Commons-licensed star-chart, from BoingBoing.net.
Happy Dead Clown Gum, from BoingBoing.net.
How Fundamentalism is Splitting the GOP: Crisis of Faith, from The New Republic.
Can You Drink Coke During Passover?, from Slate.com.
My Life, My Subaru Outback XT, from The New York Times.
How To Finance a Hollywood Blockbuster: Start with a German tax shelter, from Slate.com.
Da-Doo Enron-Ron plus Critic for Sale! Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room delivers smarting blows, from Slate.com.
The Last Days of Dada: The talking sheep who love Skittles, and other wacky ads that just don't work, from Slate.com.
Penguins in airport security, from BoingBoing.net.
Gold lures Mongolians from the land, from the International Herald-Tribune.
What do you mean by rich?, from JaneGalt.com.
Frist Draws Criticism From Some Church Leaders, from The New York Times.
DeLay Filet: If Tom goes down, who gets his job?, from Slate.com.
Markets vs. Exchanges: What's the difference?, from Slate.com.
SC Legislators Think Wife-Beating Is Hilarious, from Matthew Yglesias's blog.
Districts and Teachers' Union Sue Over Bush Law, from The New York Times.
WHOA. Looking For A Japanese Girlfriend t-shirt, from ThinkGeek.com.
Great apes to learn human behaviors, from CNN.com.
Wal-Mart Critics Launch Ad Campaign, from Boston.com.
How to make your car a Wi-Fi hotspot, from BoingBoing.net.
Campaign season kicks off with Patrick announcement, from Boston.com.
Looking abortion in the face, from Salon.com (free access if you watch an ad). "My second-trimester baby had a genetic abnormality, and I decided to terminate my pregnancy. I know exactly what I did, I wept for the fetus I killed -- and I have no regrets."
Test Reprieve Keeps Top Teacher on Job, from The New York Times.
Is John Bolton Going Down? An amazing afternoon at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, from Slate.com.
Let the Filibuster Die: Why Bill Frist's "nuclear option" doesn't go far enough, from Slate.com.
Papam? Papem? Let's Call the Whole Thing Off: The Latin grammar wars on Fox News, from Slate.com. Oh how I love me a Latin grammar war.
Marla Ruzicka, from Slate.com.
The case for flat taxes, from The Economist.
Man wins frothy fight to be best barista, from Boston.com.
How to Succeed in Business School Without Really Applying, from Wonkette.com.
The CSI Effect, from US News & World Report. "On TV, it's all slam-dunk evidence and quick convictions. Now juries expect the same thing--and that's a big problem."
Agent Provocateur: Questions for (former CIA agent) Melisa Boyle Mahle, from The New York Times Magazine.
I'm Rewritin' It, from The Sneeze.
Advisory to Single Guys Concerning the Kind of Thing That Can Happen to a Guy When He Gets Married, from Dave Barry's blog.
An Update on Stuff That's Cool (Like Google's Photo Maps), from The New York Times.
Get Tom DeLay to the Church on Time, from The New York Times.
The Beam in Your Eye: If steroids are cheating, why isn't LASIK?, from Slate.com.
I Want My, I Want My, I Want My PTC: What happened to the Parents Television Council's "Worst Clips of the Week"?, from Slate.com.
We're Rich, You're Not. End of Story, from The New York Times.
Picture This: People Who Really Care About Airline Food, from The New York Times.
Because Weekends Were Made For Fun, from Crazy Aunt Purl. Yearning for the appearance of the Inner Chef.
A couple of articles on taxes. Bush's Secret Tax on Democrats: How the Alternative Minimum Tax has become a Republican weapon, from Slate.com. Location, Location -- Deduction: The mortgage-interest deduction costs taxpayers billions, but it won't go away anytime soon, from Slate.com.
A Vixen Cartooning in the Face of Cancer, from The New York Times.
Sy Hersh Says It’s Okay to Lie (Just Not in Print): The runaway mouth of America's premier investigative journalist, from the New York Metro.
Alarm clock waits for light sleep to wake you, from BoingBoing.net.
Woman "beats off burglar with gnome", from BoingBoing.net.
Toyota Camry = Off Road Vehicle???, from ClaudiAntics.
Conversation is so overrated, from Crazy Aunt Purl.
Art history class notes artwork on eBay for $25k, from BoingBoing.net.
Laser-controlled headless zombie flies, from BoingBoing.net.
Child prodigy RC pilot, from BoingBoing.net.
Great "Shame" (Or, How D Impacted a Local Divorce Case), from D Magazine.
Trace your genetic ancestry back to Africa for $100 with National Geographic, from BoingBoing.net.
Bush's iPod filled with infringing goodness, from BoingBoing.net.
Welcome, baby wholphin, from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. It's a hapa-hapa baby!
Colorado man resuscitates chicken, from Boston.com. The part about Mike the Headless Chicken is far more icky.
Standing Up After Fearing Standing Out, from The New York Times. "In this rural East Texas town, where news spreads among the 375 residents through phone calls and gossip-gathering trips to the Shell Mart, Merry Stephens knew the rumors about her."
Who Let the Jews Out?, a Passover Flash greeting, courtesy of Alison.
Almost!, from Matthew Yglesias's blog. Interesting. "Shocked and saddened to see the following sentence in the new issue of my very own magazine: 'As a result, total government health expenditures per capita (mainly for Medicare and Medicaid) are now almost as high as in many countries with universal coverage.' "
Pornography in Clay, from Spiegel. "Were our ancestors uninhibited sex fiends, or was reproduction strictly controlled to improve mobility?"
Snapshots of volunteer "Minutemen" on US/Mexico border, from BoingBoing.net.
Martyrs and Pestles: Should pharmacists be allowed to refuse to dispense birth control?, from Slate.com.
When Numbers Solve a Mystery: Meet the economist who figured out that legal abortion was behind dropping crime rates, from the Wall Street Journal.
Bridge and Tunnel, from Manolo's Shoe Blog. "Manolo asks, when did the Matthew and the Penelope move to the Staten Island?"
"OK, we're lost. Where'd you put the goddamned roadmap?" from low culture.
Trading Up: Where do baby names come from?, from Slate.com, courtesy of Alison.
Omnium Finis Imminet: NBC's Revelations, and other signs of the coming apocalypse, from Slate.com.
Hello Kitty insect repellant bracelet, from BoingBoing.net.
Your Failed Business Model is Not My Problem sticker/tee design, from BoingBoing.net.
Very cool Velomobiel.
I love government security posters. I think I may have the best one ever in my office. It features a poorly rendered drawing of Austin Powers saying, "Oh, behave! You have a security clearance."
GPLed code generates automated Comp Sci papers -- output accepted for conferences!, from BoingBoing.net.
The Minimalist vs. The Chef: Showdown in the Kitchen, from The New York Times.
Purses: the better to kick your ass with, from BoingBoing.net.
Hawaii license becomes badge of pride, from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
We Must Increase Our Bust: A history of breast enhancement, told in patent drawings, from Slate.com.
Alternative to Lorem Ipsum greeking, from BoingBoing.net. Cool!
Craigslist for-rent ads scraped and placed on Google Maps, from BoingBoing.net.
The Tom DeLay Scandals: A score card, from Slate.com
Holy cow!, from JaneGalt.net. "Economics in One Easy Lesson, which is, like, the best popular book on economics ever, is online. If you haven't read it, trot over there right now, you lucky dog, you."
More digital retouching, from BoingBoing.net.
West Wing Weirdness, from the blog of Matthew Yglesias.
The Graphing Calculator Story. "Doing math software is sort of like writing poetry. You hope that if you do a great job, you may touch someone. But you don't expect to make money off of it." This is the story of Apple engineers who continued to write Graphing Calculator, even after the project was killed and they were laid off.
Mabelisms, from BigWhiteGuy.com. This kind of reminds me of my mom.
How Many Government Agencies Does It Take To Teach Soldiers Arabic?: A pathetic case of Pentagon incompetence, from Slate.com.
Reasons why I love The Tender Crisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch. Honestly, who the hell is in charge of these freaky Burger King commercials? Were they paid money?
DeLay Values Family, from Wonkette.com.
Sploid.com, courtesy of Alison.
Counsel to GOP Senator Wrote Memo On Schiavo: Martinez Aide Who Cited Upside For Party Resigns, from the Washington Post.
Terri Schiavo Dies of Embarrassment, from The Onion. Reminds me of the recent Schiavo South Park episode: Kenny's will says something like, "If I'm ever in a persistent vegetative state... please don't put me on national television."
You need us and we need you, from The Economist. "America and foreign central banks are locked in a codependent relationship: America is addicted to spending, and the banks can’t stop throwing money at it in order to keep their currencies down. This is unhealthy for both parties, say the IMF and the World Bank. But is there any political will to change it?"
Road Rage, from Dave Barry's blog.
The angels cheer: "They killed Kenny!", from Salon.com, courtesy of Mark A (who doesn't have a TV). "In a brilliant episode, 'South Park' mocks the surreal Schiavo train wreck -- and takes its first explicit shot at Republicans." This episode was brilliant. We called Josh to make sure he was watching, but apparently he was too engrossed in the episode to answer the phone.
Illegal Immigrants Are Bolstering Social Security With Billions, from The New York Times.
Rental Car Companies Get Aggressive on Damage, from The New York Times. Yet another reason to avoid Budget Rent-a-Car.
Abstinence pledges suck -- literally, from Salon.com, courtesy of Mark A. "As news spreads that teens who pledge chastity have lots more kinky sex, millions of aging boomers ask: Where was Bush when I was in high school?"
The Top 10 Examples of Government Waste, from the Heritage Foundation.
Implementing Monetary Policy, from The Federal Reserve Board. According to JaneGalt.net: "If you're even vaguely interested in economics, you need to know this."
Quality Control: The case against peer review, from Slate.com.
What's With All Those Intelligence Commissions?: How to tell them apart, from Slate.com.
Role Modeling, from DaveBarry.com.
Chinese Hell Money, from Adventures of a BigWhiteGuy living in Hong Kong.
Passion of the Pope Mourners, from Wonkette.com.
The Canadian Problem, from Wonkette.com.
DIY Border Patrol Underway in Arizona, from Wonkette.com.
Cheerleaders: What to do about them, from Slate.com.
The Starbucks Delocator. Handy for finding alternatives to Starbucks. (Delocator finds no alternatives in my zip code -- though the barista at my house is amazing.)
300 private islands shaped like world map, near Dubai, from BoingBoing.net.
Reader, I shagged him, from the Guardian. Since her death 150 years ago, Charlotte Brontë has been sanitised as a dull, Gothic drudge. Far from it, says Tanya Gold; the author was a filthy, frustrated, sex-obsessed genius.
Luckily, We Can Read Vulpine Lips, from lowculture. Nice Pulp Fiction reference.
Daughter of the Enlightenment, from The New York Times Magazine.
Earthy Evangelist: Questions for Richard Cizik, from The New York Times Magazine.
The Bitter Pill, from Wired.
Eat, Memory: Our Lady of Lawson, from The New York Times.
Woman breastfeeding tiger cubs in Myanmar, from AFP.
An Old Baseball April Fools' Hoax, from The New York Times.
On being in love, from This Fish Needs a Bicycle.
Thwack! Whir!... Whir? Segway Polo Is Born, from The New York Times. BikePolo.com. I could see Mark A being into this -- it's like Bike Derby, but with an ironic old-money twist.
Your Car: Politics on Wheels, from The New York Times.
BoringBoring.org - a spoof of BoingBoing.net.
Our Boeing 707, finished installation, from flickr.com, via BoingBoing.net.
iCopulate: Pod On Pod Data Transfer Action!, from ThinkGeek.com.
Daylight-saving time: Whose bright idea was this, anyway?, from St. Louis Today.
Treat Me Like a Fool, from the Washington Post, courtesy of Alison.