December 2011
Wait wait don't clone me →
“And if you wonder why I feel so strongly about this, then I suggest you steel...”
– Stop antivaxxers. Now. | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
Scumbag Bison
animalsbeingdicks:
The wilderness is a grizzly place where not keeping right of faster traffic means becoming dinner.
Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Victoria Jackson: SFist →
“How did the woman who brought us Handi-Off turn into this paranoid, confused pile of a human being? Who can say. Only the voices that swim inside her head know for sure.”
Oh lord. Watch the video. Typical quote: “The Muslim Brotherhood … are now in all of our highest positions, including the President…. The facts are that all of his policies side with the Muslims...
Riverside Christmas trees recycled into fish homes →
“The state department of fish and game will use the conifers in local lakes and waterways to create a protective habitat for small fish, so they aren’t overfished by larger predators.”
“We Bought a Zoo — …It’s a movie about the worst qualities of...”
– Weekend Watch: SFAppeal
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - You guys, sit down — I have some crazy...”
– Weekend Watch: SFAppeal
“At the Hilltop Mall in the city of Richmond, shots rang out at around 6 a.m. An...”
– Shooting At Richmond Mall During Nike Air Jordan Frenzy: SFist
There are at least 5 things gravely wrong with this story.
Mountain Goats Cover “Have Yourself A Merry Little... →
“We also now offer a Monthly4G no annual contract plan that gives you unlimited...”
– Well That’s It, the Big AT&T / T-Mobile Cell Phone Co. Merger has been Cancelled – How Will T-Mobile Make It on It’s Own? « San Francisco Citizen
AT&T has been making veiled threats to cancel my legacy unlimited data plan by sending me texts each month telling me that I am “in...
Guiness World Records' Fastest Guitar Player →
This is absolutely insane. Skip ahead to 11:30 where he plays “Flight of the Bumblebee” at the record-breaking 600 bpm.
The Overjustification Effect →
Interesting article from You Are Not So Smart on how research shows that the aphorism that you “should find out what you love and get paid to do it” isn’t necessarily true.
“After being diagnosed with HIV, James White was banned from touching doorknobs,...”
– Health Petition: Great Expressions Dental Centers must apologize for harassing and firing HIV employee | Change.org
WTF????
VIDEO: Leap of Faith - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures... →
“He urged me to sit down and have a drink. I told him he certainly didn’t need...”
– Why Christopher Hitchens Mattered | Reuters
Reading all these Hitchens obits is kind of surreal, it makes me realize how little the general public knows about alcoholism and the signs of alcoholism.
Christopher Hitchens: less an alcoholic, more a... →
Weirdest misunderstanding yet of what an “alcoholic” is, out of all the Hitchens obits I’ve read this morning. You can’t be a “real alcoholic” if you’re… a writer?
“Most real alcoholics would have jumped at the combination of the late hour, the glass of whisky and the imminent arrival of dinner guests as ideal excuses for moving away from...
“In 1880, the city of San Francisco passed an ordinance that persons could not...”
– Finally, Corruption in Chinatown that Rose Pak has Nothing to Do With – 1885 Map: “White Prostitution, Chinese Prostitution” « San Francisco Citizen
“A portion of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park was renamed Thursday after...”
– Speedway Meadow Becomes “Hellman Hollow”: News: SFAppeal
“Freddie Gibbs, a rapper from Gary, Indiana, received the following note on his...”
– TSA Finds Weed in Rapper’s Luggage, Lets Him Keep It Anyway: SFist
“10. Harry The Hipster-Hater, Who Really, Really Hates Hipsters. “This is...”
– The 20 Unhappiest People You Meet In The Comments Sections Of Year-End Lists : Monkey See : NPR
Study finds unattractive men most likely to... →
“Researchers found men who were looking for a short-term sexual encounter were more likely to overestimate a woman’s desire for them. Men who thought they were hot also overestimated women’s desire for them. Furthermore, the more attractive the woman was to the man, the more likely he was to overestimate his desire in her.”
“There’s a lot wrong with “If I Was a Poor Black Kid,” not the...”
– An Ode to a ‘Poor Black Kid’ I Never Knew: How Forbes Gets Poverty Wrong - News - GOOD
Best response to this that I’ve read so far.
WatchBob Mould discusses and performs “Hoover Dam” (via Bob Mould discusses and performs “Hoover Dam” | Music | One Track Mind | The A.V. Club)
Awesome. “People go nuts when I play it, it’s easy to play”… I was lucky enough to see him play a solo version of “Hoover Dam” in a conversation with Shepard Fairey as part of the City Arts & Lectures series earlier this...