web log (late 20th c. – early 21st c.)
I am so ashamed.
(Note to the Journal of Happiness Studies, this doesn’t mean that I am actually unhappy)
1. I like pie.
2. A cool article from Vice Magazine about Afghani war carpets.
3. This interactive apocalypse game from Slate…
…is equally fun for politicos and fans of stupid action movies.
4. Everything you could ever possibly know…
….about table manners.
5. How to disappear and find friends.
From Wired Magazine.
Let’s get to it. Welcome to my two StumbleUpon visitors.*
1. I normally despise anything overtly “cute;” I almost killed myself last year when everybody on my hall was preoccupied with a live webcam of a litter of Japanese puppies. Nevertheless, I was delighted with this story about Moko the dolphin saving a couple of stranded whales. Of course, the reason I found that story was through this more recent story about Moko almost drowning a swimmer, but sometimes that’s the way things go with cute things.
2. I get a little self concious about my height. I would really love to be 6’1,” but really I’m 6′ and .75 inches. So you can forgive me about being obsessed with the idea that Americans need to do better in the height wars. Here’s a good story about it from The New Yorker.
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I love Auto-Tune the News oh so very much. Here’s a brief interview with the mastermind behind the project.
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5. Another article about whales.
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7. Stick with me on this one, I promise the payoff is good. I was reading this Onion A/V Club article about Jay Leno, and they linked to this website. It’s the website of California Cryobank, a sperm bank that offers the sperm of celebrity look-alikes. It’s deeply disturbing, and I highly reccomend looking around the website to see how horrifying it is.
8. This is a great photo.
9. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas seems like the perfect inspiration for a challange-based board game. I especially like the challenge to go to a grocery store, buy a coconut, and smash it open with a hammer, all while deeply high (oxymoron?) on various mind altering drugs.
*While looking at those traffic statistics, I stumbled upon SU’s “campaigns,” which, in case you didn’t know, is where you pay SU to direct traffic to your site based on the demographics and categories you choose. Which struck me simultaneously as a brilliant business concept and deeply sleazy.
2. A graphic list of photos that changed the world. It’s a little scattershot and shallow, but fine for poking around a little.e
3. The photos that took down Hitler.
This one’s going to be quick and dirty… I’ve got a ton of linx.
1. Stupid Misogynistic Preachers
Second, they are commanded to shut up concerning the Administration of the Church. Usually when I start dealing with the business of leadership in the church most pastor’s bow their heads. Why? Because Pastor’s all across this this land are allowing woman to hold positions that they have no right to hold. It makes me sick to watch a woman stand on a platform and lead a choir with men in it, or even worse to see a woman lead the whole congregation! Singing is an important part of the worship service. This office is not a calling, but it should be led by a man with leadership ability. .
Many Baptist churches have even put women on their pulpit committees. Can you imagine going to a church in view of a call and having a woman asking you questions concerning your doctrinal stand? Someone needs to tell them to sit down and shut up!
More fun here.
2.The bestest, Frenchest, gayest public service ad evar!
3. Opera and PBR!
There’s a really cool series out of Montana that combines the atmosphere of a intimate pub with high-quality classical vocal shows. Probably going to crash and burn like most such idealistic outreach programs. Details here.
4. The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. …
… is fucking awesome. More photos via A Tribe Called Next.
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This one’s going to be quick and dirty… I’ve got a ton of linx.
1. Stupid Misogynistic Preachers
Second, they are commanded to shut up concerning the Administration of the Church. Usually when I start dealing with the business of leadership in the church most pastor’s bow their heads. Why? Because Pastor’s all across this this land are allowing woman to hold positions that they have no right to hold. It makes me sick to watch a woman stand on a platform and lead a choir with men in it, or even worse to see a woman lead the whole congregation! Singing is an important part of the worship service. This office is not a calling, but it should be led by a man with leadership ability. .
Many Baptist churches have even put women on their pulpit committees. Can you imagine going to a church in view of a call and having a woman asking you questions concerning your doctrinal stand? Someone needs to tell them to sit down and shut up!
More fun here.
2.The bestest, Frenchest, gayest public service ad evar!
3. Opera and PBR!
There’s a really cool series out of Montana that combines the atmosphere of a intimate pub with high-quality classical vocal shows. Probably going to crash and burn like most such idealistic outreach programs. Details here.
4. The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. …
… is fucking awesome. More photos via A Tribe Called Next.
hammer & jack 