January 2009
28 posts
Watch Canadian Films for Free, Eh. →
I love the Canadians! The National Film Board of Canada has put a crapload of their best films (minus “Strange Brew”) on their site as streaming video.
Don’t know where to start? Try here.
The Way Animals Sound in Different Languages →
Want to keep an eye on Obama's campaign promises? →
Town Names in UK
Okay…
Crapstone, Devon
Crotch Crescent, Oxford
Titty Ho, Northamptonshire
Wetwang, East Yorkshire
Slutshole Lane, Norfolk
Ugley, Essex
East Breast, Scotland
Spanker Lane, Derbyshire
Thong, Kent
Pratts Bottom, Kent
Penistone, South Yorkshire
BIG Photos from the Inauguration →
100 Top Sites for the Year Ahead →
According to The Guardian…
Dollar tacos on Tuesdays at La Verdad →
Tacos are a bargain at $1 (limit 5 per customers).
Margaritas were good, but I like ‘em with the rough stuff instead of good tequila.
* Obviously not valid on Red Sox game days.
Forces of Geek →
What makes a great album? →
Senior Pentagon Official Confirms Torture →
I’m shocked… Shocked and chagrined…
(Seriously.)
“Jazz is about the moment you’re in. Being modern’s not about the future, it’s...”
– Frank Sinatra
Do you want to know who's handling the... →
Town Names in PA
WTF?
Beaverdale, PA Bird-in-Hand, PA Blue Ball, PA Dillsburg, PA Intercourse, PA Jugtown, PA Manda Gap, PA Scalp Level, PA Squirrel Hill, PA Stalker, PA Stiltz, PA Burning Well, PA
Annual Moby-Dick Marathon in Early January →
Maybe I’ll remember about it next year, if I put it here…
(Don't Fear) The Stranger →
(Anyone remember Blue Oyster Cult?)
One of the Freakonomics dudes demonstrates another way people don’t have a friggin’ clue about strangers vs. people we know.
“All nationalists have the power of not seeing resemblances between similar sets...”
– George Orwell
Bon Jovi Prayer Circle? →
I WONDER WHAT THEY’RE SAYING IN BON JOVI’S PRECONCERT PRAYER CIRCLE. BY DAN KENNEDY - - - -
Dear God, thank you for this opportunity to be together tonight and to bring people together with our music. Thank you for surrounding us with each other. You really gave us an awesome guitarist, God. We appreciate you taking the time to do that back in 1983, when you had so much stuff on your...
Kahlil Gibran: Not Funny
Kahlil Gibran was not a funny guy. I was looking for a Khalil Gibran joke since he was born today, and I couldn’t find one.
There are way less results when you search “Kahlil Gibran” and “joke”:
******* WHERE’S THE FUNNY GIBRAN ??? *******
The New NEW Kids on the Block... →
Auditions are being held for a
Boston boy band until Friday 1/9