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via catandgirl.com. The correct answer is actually...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:25:07 -0800

via catandgirl.com.

The correct answer is actually “coffee,” but the sentiment is correct.

via www.sinfest.net

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:12:40 -0800

via www.sinfest.net

"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly..."

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:08:47 -0700

“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.”

- G. K. Chesterton, English author & mystery novelist (1874 - 1936).

defiantdog.com

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:47:12 -0700

defiantdog.com:

Site of the day — no, site of the week, by the gods. Maybe even site of the month.

"What to do? Today’s cycling activists generally split into two groups:..."

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:26:31 -0700

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What to do? Today’s cycling activists generally split into two groups: “vehicularists” and “facilitators.” Proponents of “vehicular cycling” believe bikes should act as cars: occupy full lanes, stop at red lights, use a hand signal at least 100 feet ahead of a turn. That’s the best way to make cars—and policymakers—aware of bicycles and to respect them as equals on the road. When it comes to making roads safe for bikes, vehicularists tend to favor training, education (most cities offer bike safety classes), and enforcement. Cyclists should not grouse about moving violations, the vehicularists argue. It is a sign that they’re being treated as equals.

Facilitators, meanwhile, say we should change the laws and the environment to recognize the innate differences between bikes and cars. That means special facilities like bike lanes, bike paths (elevated trails separate from the road), and even Copenhagen-style traffic lights for bikes. It would also mean changing car-centric laws that don’t make sense for bikes, like the rule that says you need to come to a complete stop at a stop sign.

”

- Christopher Beam How do we get bikers to obey traffic laws?. I’m probably more of a vehicularist than a facilitator but I’m a little of both.

Nation's Morons March On Washington State

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:21:04 -0700

Nation's Morons March On Washington State:

Throughout the day, the number of protesters grew to include not just morons, but more than 6,000 nimrods, 3,500 dunderheads, and approximately 12,000 of the biggest fucking dipshits known to man.

In all, 75,000 of the simpletons turned out, though dozens were killed after walking out into traffic, and hundreds more were lost after wandering into nearby Trillium Park.

Grade-A funny from The Onion.

The Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:22:14 -0700

The Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right:

An interview with Dave Neiwert of the orcinus blog, on his book and the rise of the radicalized “para-fascist” right wing movement in the USA. A subtitle of the interview might be “And How Organized Religion Can Be a Gateway to Oppression and Terror.” Jesus Christ please save me from your nominal followers.

"Jarrette Schule was cutting down trees on his rural property Tuesday in Comal County when he noticed..."

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:10:39 -0700

“

Jarrette Schule was cutting down trees on his rural property Tuesday in Comal County when he noticed a green metallic tube on the muddy ground.

“I had never seen it before,” said Schule, a 34-year-old Web developer. “I looked at it, and it kind of looked like a missile launcher.”

Schule took a closer look. It was a long, forest-green metal tube. A decal on it read: “Guided Missile and Launcher, Surface Attack.”

The discovery was the start of a surreal journey for Schule. Somehow, an unarmed anti-tank weapon — or a very good fake — wound up on his land at Beck Road and Kirk Lane in the Hill Country, miles away from a military installation. The launcher was deep in the wooded property far from the road, in an area he was familiar with.

“I don’t know if it fell out of something or if somebody just dumped it,” Schule said. “There’s some crazy whitetail hunters around here. Maybe they’re going overboard?”

Schule’s property in Comal County is vacant, and he didn’t want to leave a missile launcher unattended. So he loaded it in his truck and took it to his house in the North Side neighborhood of the Ridge at Lookout Canyon.

… Schule spent Tuesday afternoon calling the FBI, Homeland Security, the Sheriff’s Department — every agency he could think of. He was stuck in a bureaucratic limbo.

“Everyone was handing it off to everybody else,” Schule said.

He was surprised at the amount of work it took to get the military to pick up its lost missile launcher.

”

- Man finds missile launcher in Comal County

"There are people who embrace the Oxford comma, and people who don’t, and I’ll just say..."

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:37:00 -0700

“There are people who embrace the Oxford comma, and people who don’t, and I’ll just say this, never get between these people when drink has been taken.”

- Lynne Truss, in Eats, Shoots & Leaves. I side with the Oxfordians in this regard.

via imgur.com

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:10:28 -0700

via imgur.com

“The now-classic anti-trailer trailer for Jerry...

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:30:39 -0700

“The now-classic anti-trailer trailer for Jerry Seinfeld’s COMEDIAN, featuring the East Coast “IN A WORLD…” guy, Hal Douglas.”

classics: alixjay: srsly: lovebug: cisconyc:(via...

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:11:23 -0700

classics:

alixjay:

srsly:

lovebug:

cisconyc:(via melannie)

"They don’t know what a fluffer is, but at least I got them all walking around talking about..."

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:15:29 -0700

“They don’t know what a fluffer is, but at least I got them all walking around talking about hookers now.”

- CharlieS, talking about his co-workers.

AmazingSuperPowers: Ghost Of Collegiate Past

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:27:50 -0700

AmazingSuperPowers: Ghost Of Collegiate Past:

Kind of stings. Be sure to see the hidden comic (by clicking the ? that pops up outside the upper-right border of the comic strip). Wheeeeeee!

"One of the hardest things to look at in this life is the lives we didn’t lead, the path not taken,..."

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:09:48 -0700

“One of the hardest things to look at in this life is the lives we didn’t lead, the path not taken, potential left unfulfilled. In stories, those who look back — Lot’s wife, Orpheus and Eurydice — are lost. Looking to the side instead, to gauge how our companions are faring, is a way of glancing at a safer reflection of what we cannot directly bear, like Perseus seeing the Gorgon safely mirrored in his shield.”

- Tim Krieder, “The Referendum”

"A strange game. The only winning move is not to play."

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:00:30 -0700

“A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.”

- The immortal words of WOPR

"There is no greater importance in all the world like knowing you are right and that the wave of the..."

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:14:10 -0700

“There is no greater importance in all the world like knowing you are right and that the wave of the world is wrong, yet the wave crashes upon you.”

- Norman Mailer; See also: “When the fall is all there is, it matters.” — Richard to Geoffrey in The Lion in Winter.

"I’d rather have a rectal examination on live TV by a fellow with cold hands than have a Facebook..."

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:22:00 -0700

“I’d rather have a rectal examination on live TV by a fellow with cold hands than have a Facebook page”

- George Clooney

Teach You About Democracy T-Shirt

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:37:50 -0700

Teach You About Democracy T-Shirt:

Best shirt ever.

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:24:34 -0700

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal:

ZOMG SO FUNNY.