...because only here in Merukuh can you get the Cruzin [sic] Cooler, which "combines two basic necessities of life, the ability to have cold food or a beverage handy along with the means to get somewhere, without walking." I mean, really, we wouldn't want to have to walk while we're hauling our thirty pack of Coors Light, would we?]]>
I'm going to assume that this is a joke.
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So today marks the completion of a twenty year radical turn towards a judicial theocracy. I don't know what makes me more upset: that soon scared teenage women will be turning to back alley abortions again or that smug, white conservative fatcat pukes are going to be celebrating their "success" now. I spent most of the 2004 election trying to remind people that the war in Iraq was important, but the bigger issue was that the winner was probably going to get to pick two Supremes. Mandate, indeed.
A co-worker in the art department does some really beautiful political posters and graphics. It feels appropriate to share today. I'll probably be buying one of those "Just Pretend It's Okay" stickers.
Above image from owwmyeye.com.
]]>Anyway, here's his blog, treducks, which I'll be adding to my links list. Best of luck to you, Ben.
]]>The competition officially ended when someone posted this guy, which as you go through the 9th and 10th pages just starts to get scary.
]]>For various reasons not worth getting into, I've decided to stay on two boards for at least the time being. Today I picked up some new boots and I can not wait to get out there and start shredding on them. The best part? The plastic shell is clear.
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]]>They're definitely beautiful and they're definitely more interesting than rolling my face across the scanner in college.
Note: the above links are to a mirror of scannerphotography.com, which is apparently taking a beating.
]]>Created by the "Music Genorme Project", you start a radio station by entering an artist or song that you like. It will start streaming a song by that artist followed by songs that are like that artist or in that style. You can then improve the heuristic by rating the new suggestions or adding more bands. It then provides links to buy an album from Amazon or the song from iTunes (where available).
The best part is that you can create an account (free, but you may get ads) and store up to 100 different radio stations.
I'm curious to see how far it goes. So far, I put in Swingin' Utters and I've heard the Dropkick Murphys, Me First and The Gimme Gimmes, Shipwreck Union (which I didn't care for), NOFX and the Ramones.
Sweet. Strike Anywhere just came on. I'm out.
Update: Wanna hear Rotomonkey Radio?
]]>Tell me why that's cool and I'll buy you a cookie.
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An update? Can it be?
A rather odd souvenir shop in Klamath, CA. View more pics of California and Oregon at flickr.
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More pictures at my flickr page.
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On Friday, the missus and I went to The Crucible's Fire Arts Festival, a presentation of several artists who work with fire and electricity. Aside from the usual Burning Man fire-dancing ravers junk, there was some incredibly cool stuff. Hilights included: a 15-foot tall Tesla coil (pictured) and several installations that shot flames 70-80 feet into the air. The most insane piece we saw, though, was a circular array of fans into which two guys in fire suits were injecting sprays of gasoline. The net result was a cyclone of flame that leapt about 100 feet into the air and danced around like a true funnel cloud. I'll post a picture of that later.
]]>I know he probably doesn't want this kind of attention, but this time I'm not respecting his wishes. Now get in my belly.
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