March 2012
World’s Strangest | 4 Bizarre Experiments That... →
“Discovering that a human could satisfy a dolphin’s sexual needs was the experiment’s biggest interspecies breakthrough. Dr. Lilly still believed that dolphins could learn to talk if given enough time, and he hoped to conduct a year-long study with Margaret and another dolphin. When the plans turned out to be too expensive, Lilly tried to get the dolphins to talk another way—by giving them...
“Schiff, 46, is facing another kind of jam this year: Paid a lower bonus, he said...”
– Bonus Drop Means Trading Aspen for Coupons - Bloomberg
U.S. News - Woman: Priest denied me Communion at... →
Jesus fucking Christ.
“So we’ve got every right to get good and angry about the fact that, by and...”
– Ayn Rand Worshippers Should Face Facts: Blue States Are the Providers, Red States Are the Parasites | Visions | AlterNet
Thank you to BR for the link.
February 2012
Romney Thanks State He Was Born And Raised In For... →
Guy teams up with Internet to surprise dying... →
“The latest installment of Harry Turtledove’s alternative history series “The War That Came Early” isn’t due out until July, so there was no guarantee that Bhatnagar would be able to read it. However, thanks to Jang and an army of supporters on the message board Reddit, Bhatnagar got his wish.”
How I Became Amazon’s Pitchman For a 55-Gallon... →
Scary, really.
I Went to the Pre-Oscar Celebrity Gifting Suites... →
“The fundamental sense of shameful whoredom was mitigated, somewhat, when I saw that the actual celebrities in attendance were each accompanied by assistants toting multiple cadaver-sized black duffel bags full, full of this crap, a literal haul. Kevin Nealon was wandering around, acting interested in the sales pitch from Milena’s Boutique, then holding his fist up and posing in a...
“So even if you’ve worked here long enough to be granted time off, you are...”
– I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave | Mother Jones
Fascinating article. The high cost of free shipping…
“He opposed the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and reiterated his opposition less than a...”
– Ron Paul’s Libertarian Roots : The New Yorker
Classy.
David Foster Wallace's struggle to surpass... →
Long but interesting New Yorker piece on David Foster Wallace, his work, and his struggle with mental illness.
What's hiding behind the buzzwords in job ads? -... →
“An Ohio woman who had hoped to get her dog on “The Ellen DeGeneres...”
– ‘Ellen’ has a bone to pick with dog owner - latimes.com
How to delete your Google Browsing History before... →
“Bradley said users who submit content to Pinterest or Tumblr are giving the...”
– Everything Pinterest and Tumblr Users Need To Know About Copyright Law
“Visitors using personal computers spent an average of about three minutes a...”
– The Mounting Minuses at Google - WSJ.com
“Already stressed state budgets are shouldering an extra burden to cover...”
– Pew: More Americans Turning to Costly Hospital Care For Preventable Dental Problems - PR Newswire - sacbee.com
CTV News | Cheat, lie, break the law? Chances are,... →
“In results from seven separate studies, they found a consistent tendency among those they termed “upper-class” to be more likely to break the law while driving, take valued goods from others, lie in negotiations, cheat to increase their chances of winning a prize and endorse unethical behaviour at work.”
“Well, this is just sad: 47-year-old Richard Sprague, the man who was left dying...”
– Man Stabbed On Julian Avenue Also Hit By Truck: SFist
“Definitely impassable. You don’t want to know. Let’s just leave it at this: it...”
– McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Planning of Municipal Bus Line 11A Three Weeks Into the First Ron Paul Administration.
Why the Progress Bar Is Lying to You - Popular... →
“Our computers are trying to pacify us. When you transfer a file, a progress bar appears to calmly tell you how much time is left. But here’s why that soothing assurance of progress is more like a wild guess.”
When the sale price for VHS movies was $50 | The... →
Stream Magnetic Fields' New Album, Love at the... →
