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Present Face
May 19
Death knell of the death penalty?
May 15
Tor Gets a Clue
Apr 24
Eternal Copywrite: A modest Proposal
Feb 20
2011
Microsoft in the concert ticket selling business
Oct 21
Computers
It’s not a vast, left-wing conspiracy
Oct 12
Politics
Two tragic things
Oct 4
Life
Infinite elephants
Sep 27
Science
Mariano Rivera
Sep 20
Sports
Autism in a grown-up world
Sep 18
Life
The McGurk Effect
Sep 18
Science
Extreme Schooling
Sep 17
Life
,
Science
Wonderfully bad analogies
Sep 16
Effluvia
Everytime I think they can’t sink lower
Sep 15
Politics
ifttt
Sep 15
Computers
Ultimate Batting Practice
Aug 15
Effluvia
Star Wars Twitter
Jul 30
Computers
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Movies
Oslo, Muslims, and Christianity
Jul 26
Politics
Herman Cain, Constitutional Scholar
Jul 25
Politics
The Name of the Wind
Jul 24
Books
Domestic Terrorists
Jul 24
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The Road Not Taken
Jul 21
Politics
Debt Ceiling
Jul 12
Politics
51 Days Lost at Sea
Jul 11
Life
Religion is Awesome!
Jul 10
Life
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Religion
“Fair and Balanced”
Jul 9
Politics
Buster Keaton
Jul 8
Movies
Google is “open”
Jul 7
Computers
Cults are Awesome
Jul 6
Religion
Illegal Aliens
Jul 4
Life
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Politics
Larger than Life
Jul 3
Life
Love Wins
Jun 25
Life
,
Politics
Echolocation and being blind
Jun 22
Life
,
Science
The GOP and Tax Cuts
Jun 21
Politics
Magic with iPods
Jun 18
Effluvia
Hula hooping from the Hulu hoop’s perspective
Jun 10
Effluvia
Andy Sanburg and Bert
Jun 9
Effluvia
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Television
Cassini Mission to Saturn
Jun 6
Animation
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Science
An inescapable network of mutuality
May 31
Politics
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Religion
Taxes Bad!
May 26
Politics
Minnesota Pastor is an Idiot
May 24
Politics
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Religion
Niagra Falls Park in Winter
May 23
Photography
Richard Pryor and Chevy Chase
May 23
Television
Russian Winnie-the-pooh
May 22
Animation
Battle at F-Stop Ridge
May 22
Photography
The Lion and the Ox
May 21
Animation
Santorum, McCain, and Torture
May 20
Politics
Charts and Illusions
May 13
Politics
Mac Security
May 6
Computers
One in Twenty
May 5
Life
,
Politics
Spider vs. Ant
Apr 28
Life
,
Photography
TV on the Radio / Dear Science
Apr 25
Music
David Frum and Compassionate Conservatism
Apr 25
Politics
The Shining and the National Debt
Apr 24
Politics
Illegal Immigrants in Oklahoma
Apr 23
Politics
Limbaugh and Taxes
Apr 23
Politics
So Sad
Apr 22
Life
It Gets Better
Apr 22
Life
,
Politics
Why We’re Fat
Apr 21
Diet
Mariano Rivera
Apr 21
Sports
311 and data mining
Apr 20
Politics
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Science
Jackson Hewitt and H&R Block are scumbags
Apr 20
Life
,
Politics
I heard the shots and ran towards the sound
Apr 19
Life
,
Politics
Space Stasis
Apr 19
Politics
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Science
Classical Pop n’ Lock
Apr 18
Music
,
Television
The 0.014 percent solution
Apr 18
Politics
Leverage on-set quote of the day
Apr 12
Effluvia
Tweetage Wasteland and Options
Apr 12
Computers
,
Life
Smart Ass Cripple
Apr 11
Life
,
Politics
Ten Sexy Ladies
Apr 11
Life
Glenn Beck “quitting” Fox
Apr 6
Politics
Fox Geezer Syndrome
Mar 15
Politics
Sharia Law!
Mar 14
Politics
Supreme Court strikes down key anti-gay argument
Mar 4
Politics
The Wrong Man
Mar 2
Crime
,
Life
Explains so much!
Feb 25
Politics
Defense of Marriage Act and the US Justice Dept.
Feb 24
Life
,
Politics
,
Science
Never talk to the police
Feb 24
Crime
,
Life
,
Politics
Defunding Kentucky
Feb 22
Politics
Politics of spite
Feb 21
Politics
Back to the Future (in photographs)
Feb 16
Photography
Social Security
Feb 16
Politics
Teenage killers murder three witnesses
Feb 15
Crime
Super Bowl Preview
Feb 5
Sports
A Life in Pictures
Feb 3
Life
,
Photography
Volkswagen Commercial
Feb 3
Effluvia
We are not special
Feb 3
Life
,
Science
As we’re coming up on Black History Month
Jan 30
Life
,
Politics
Crazies and religion roundup
Jan 29
Life
,
Politics
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Science
Obama’s Sputnik Moment
Jan 29
Politics
Robot shape-shifting army
Jan 28
Animation
,
Movies
Why can’t you walk straight?
Jan 26
Animation
,
Life
Congress Passes Socialized Medicine and Mandates Health Insurance - In 1798
Jan 26
Politics
Tea & Crackers
Jan 25
Politics
The Secret to Self Control
Jan 25
Life
Never trust the justice system
Jan 24
Crime
,
Life
,
Politics
An Animated Review
Jan 21
Animation
Voyager 1 at the edge of the Solar System
Jan 20
Science
God of Cake
Jan 20
Diet
,
Life
Insert Coin
Jan 19
Animation
,
Effluvia
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Photography
Evil little girls
Jan 19
Life
Bent Objects
Jan 18
Life
Halloween and Stranger Danger
Jan 18
Life
FBI thwarts itself, again
Jan 17
Politics
Good Samaritans
Jan 17
Life
The Gifford’s Shooting
Jan 12
Politics
Pro-Family or Pro-families?
Jan 5
Politics
The Constitutionality of the Health Care Act
Jan 3
Politics
2010
A late Christmas card
Dec 31
Animation
Giant map of American dialects
Dec 29
Life
,
Science
More Christmas postings
Dec 24
Life
,
Science
How Kenny Loggins Ruined Christmas
Dec 24
Life
Comic Sans Criminal
Dec 23
Crime
,
Life
Interviews with Christmas icons
Dec 23
Life
And this one’s for my brother
Dec 22
Effluvia
Five Things my Dad probably believes about Islam
Dec 22
Politics
Out of Sight
Dec 10
Animation
Stuxnet and James Bond
Dec 2
Life
,
Politics
When all you have is a hammer
Nov 18
Effluvia
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Sports
NMA on the TSA Rapescan
Nov 17
Animation
,
Politics
Rapescan and it’s lobbyists
Nov 14
Politics
Nuclear Treaties and Yoo
Nov 11
Politics
Another check into the Justice System
Nov 11
Life
,
Politics
Webcomic to read, part 1 of many
Nov 10
Comics
Elevators
Nov 10
Life
Checking in to see if the American justice system still sucks
Nov 7
Life
,
Politics
A piece of their mind
Nov 7
Life
Gorgeous Time-lapse video
Nov 6
Movies
,
Photography
I’m Here
Nov 6
Animation
,
Life
,
Movies
Democrats didn’t lose the battle of 2010. They won it.
Nov 5
Politics
Thunderstruck!
Nov 4
Music
High speed photography
Nov 3
Photography
I remember
Nov 2
Politics
Ben Kenobi: Private Detective
Nov 2
Movies
Mauling live oak
Nov 1
Life
,
Politics
Burn Ignite Ride
Nov 1
Photography
New TSA regulations
Oct 31
Life
,
Politics
Best Pizza in New York
Oct 31
Cooking
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Diet
Decades of solitary
Oct 30
Crime
,
Life
Physics in every-day life
Oct 30
Life
,
Science
Octopuses and sex
Oct 29
Science
Memory
Oct 29
Science
The Falling Man
Oct 29
Life
,
Photography
The pill to cure alcoholism
Oct 28
Diet
The day they hung an elephant
Oct 28
Crime
,
Life
I hunt
Oct 28
Effluvia
Death by IM
Oct 27
Crime
Death by fame
Oct 27
Life
To Serve and Protect
Oct 26
Crime
,
Life
More suicides
Oct 26
Crime
,
Life
The long con
Oct 25
Crime
Medical Supplies
Oct 25
Life
,
Politics
Golden Gate Suicides
Oct 24
Life
Counterfeiting
Oct 24
Crime
Jaw dropping ignorance
Oct 19
Politics
Get out the vote!
Oct 13
Politics
Antony and the Johnsons (Music Review, First in a series)
Oct 13
Music
Powers of Ten
Oct 12
Science
Subscription-based fire department?
Oct 6
Politics
Another death-row inmate exonerated
Oct 5
Crime
,
Life
,
Politics
Balloon in Space!
Oct 4
Life
,
Science
Sad update to extreme marathon cycler story
Sep 27
Life
Swamp Nurse
Sep 26
Life
Parents and Happiness
Sep 26
Life
Light Painting with in iPad
Sep 21
Animation
,
Photography
Why I’m thankful for my job
Sep 15
Life
Tiny Javascript Game
Sep 13
Computers
How a watch works
Sep 12
Animation
,
Life
Authenticating artwork
Sep 10
Crime
,
Life
Going Under
Sep 10
Life
The Price is Right’s perfect bid
Sep 9
Life
Russel Crowe and his stooge
Sep 9
Life
The million dollar repo man
Sep 8
Life
Scumbags and lobbyists
Sep 8
Politics
The story behind the Phoebe Prince suicide
Sep 7
Life
A true Muslim hero
Sep 7
Life
,
Politics
Toughing it out
Sep 6
Life
Girls Gone Wild
Sep 6
Life
Real-life disaster movie
Sep 5
Life
Why has Obama fallen short?
Sep 5
Politics
What makes us happy?
Sep 5
Life
Bob Greene, fallen man
Sep 4
News
,
Politics
Stealing the Mona Lisa
Sep 4
Crime
There is a horse in the Apple store
Sep 4
Effluvia
,
Life
The “Christian” with Four Aces
Sep 4
Politics
Paper Plane
Jun 22
Animation
Jon Stewart
Jun 22
Life
,
Politics
ALT/1977
Jun 21
Computers
Sex and money
Jun 18
Life
,
Politics
Tabloids and respectability
Jun 18
News
The Death Penalty
Jun 18
Life
,
Politics
Smallpox and terrorism
Jun 17
Politics
,
Science
A one-man drug company
Jun 17
Life
Siberia
Jun 16
Life
The German Secret Police vs. technology
Jun 16
Computers
Harvard’s Homosexual Purge
Jun 15
Life
,
Politics
Pat Dollard’s War on Hollywood
Jun 15
Politics
Death and Retribution, in two parts
Jun 15
Life
Justice, Dominique Dunne, and television
Jun 14
Life
,
Television
Searching for Jesus in the Gospels
Jun 14
Religion
Freeganism and Buffalo
Jun 14
Life
,
Politics
The Marriage Cure
Jun 13
Life
,
Politics
Coldplay - Strawberry Swing
Jun 10
Animation
,
Music
Post-race society indeed
Jun 6
Politics
@BPglobalPR on twitter
Jun 3
Life
,
Science
Feel good sports story of the day
May 28
Life
Crater Face
May 28
Animation
Close-up magic
May 20
Effluvia
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1950)
May 19
Movies
Four Letter Words
May 19
Photography
Glenn Beck, insane?
May 17
Politics
A junkie’s life
May 16
Life
Holocaust Deniers, and other nice folk
May 16
Politics
Living in the Future
May 16
Animation
,
Music
Fluorescent Hill, Joey, and Boy
May 15
Animation
,
Music
Apple IIe, iPad, and Jed
May 13
Animation
,
Computers
,
Music
Flying with the Dragon Lady
May 13
Life
When engineering sky scrapers goes wrong
May 12
Life
Vegetable Violence
May 12
Movies
The World’s Greatest Con Man
May 12
Life
Azzam the American
May 12
Life
,
Politics
Bill Cosby, social crusader
May 11
Politics
Operation Mincemeat and Spies in WWII
May 11
Life
,
Politics
Heartless: The Story of the Tin Man
May 10
Movies
Red Family / Blue Family
May 10
Life
,
Politics
Eating alone
May 9
Diet
,
Life
Mother’s Day
May 9
Life
Kubrick
May 9
Movies
Deadbeats
May 9
Life
,
Politics
The Millionaire’s Magician
May 8
Effluvia
,
Life
The Lord’s Resistance Army
May 8
Life
,
Politics
Oklahoma City Bombing
May 8
Politics
Al Jazeera English (AJE) - The Most Hated Name in News
May 7
Politics
The Itch
May 7
Science
Myths over Miami
May 7
Life
Mother Earth, Mother Board, and Instapaper
May 6
Computers
Evil cults
May 5
Religion
xkcd and color
May 5
Comics
,
Life
Ancient history by internet standards
May 5
Computers
,
Life
The Anachronism
May 5
Movies
,
Science
Claire de Lune
May 5
Animation
,
Music
Steampunk and the French Revolution
May 4
Animation
“But Still” and “Not Just”
May 4
Politics
Teabagger meltdown
May 4
Politics
Developmental Guidelines for Children are Bunk
May 4
Life
High Fructose Corn Syrup
May 4
Cooking
,
Diet
The Raven
May 3
Animation
,
Movies
Box of broken dreams
May 3
Life
,
Photography
Illegal immigration…
May 3
Politics
England, Ireland, and Terrorism
May 3
Politics
General Petraeus: The Professor of War
May 3
Politics
Al Sharpton in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
May 2
Life
,
Politics
21st Century One Man Band
May 1
Animation
,
Computers
Kids these days!
May 1
Life
,
Politics
A heart a day
May 1
Comics
,
Effluvia
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Life
Mexican immigration laws
Apr 29
Politics
Greatest Commercial ever?
Apr 29
Effluvia
Birds and statues…
Apr 29
Animation
Unexpected beauty
Apr 29
Photography
Health insurance reform
Apr 29
Life
,
Politics
Conspiracy theorists are crazy
Apr 28
Life
,
Politics
,
Science
ze frank’s chillout
Apr 28
Life
,
Music
Speaking of clothes…
Apr 28
Effluvia
,
Life
Dressing Like a Grownup
Apr 28
Life
The dreaded Job Interview
Apr 27
Effluvia
,
Life
The Soiling of Old Glory
Apr 27
Life
,
Photography
,
Politics
Due process in the U.S.
Apr 27
Politics
A short history on why we should ignore banks
Apr 27
Life
,
Politics
Mendelian genetics, and the value of getting things wrong
Apr 26
Science
Scariest article I’ve read in a long time
Apr 26
Politics
IT Gospel vs. the facts (also, human nature)
Apr 26
Computers
,
Life
Marriage and your Health
Apr 25
Life
Confirmation Bias and Evidence-based Medicine
Apr 25
Politics
Separation of Church and State
Apr 23
Politics
Apollo 11 launch in High-Def
Apr 23
Photography
Rescission is an ugly word for an ugly practice
Apr 22
Politics
Made for each other…
Apr 22
Photography
Why is it…
Apr 22
Animation
Hey there Cthulu
Apr 22
Music
Bacon, the magical treat
Apr 21
Diet
,
Effluvia
Ultra-marathon bike riding
Apr 21
Diet
I can’t wait for flash to die
Apr 21
Computers
There goes my justification
Apr 20
Computers
Another entry in the long list…
Apr 19
Politics
So sad
Apr 17
Life
,
Science
I am an American Conservative
Apr 16
Politics
Super creepy
Apr 14
Animation
I’m very confused right now…
Apr 10
Television
Pixels
Apr 10
Animation
,
Computers
100 year old circus pictures
Apr 7
Photography
Is it wrong…
Apr 3
Diet
Pixar’s “The Terminator”
Apr 3
Animation
,
Effluvia
Green Eggs and Ham in Jamaican patois
Apr 2
Effluvia
Is the Onion psychic?
Apr 1
Politics
Macro photography of insects may be a cliche
Mar 30
Photography
No, No, A Thousand Times No!
Mar 28
Animation
Akira Kurosawa - 100 years old
Mar 27
Movies
Twitter: The Criterion Collection
Mar 27
Effluvia
Couch to 5K
Mar 26
Diet
Levity
Mar 20
Animation
Bed jumping
Mar 6
Effluvia
,
Photography
Another beautiful cartoon
Feb 28
Animation
Heartwarming bedtime stories
Feb 22
Animation
Whoosh!
Feb 22
Effluvia
,
Television
Stargate Studios
Feb 21
Television
2010 Olympics
Feb 19
Television
2009
I’m back
Dec 29
Effluvia
Mac vs. PC
Feb 15
Animation
,
Computers
,
Effluvia
If you haven’t been reading
Feb 10
Animation
,
Books
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Cooking
,
Music
,
Politics
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Television
Paul Graham is almost always insightful
Feb 9
Politics
Penn and Teller Explain Sleight of Hand
Feb 7
Effluvia
,
Television
I hadn’t paid attention
Feb 6
Effluvia
,
Television
For when I’m off my diet
Feb 6
Cooking
,
Diet
Wow
Feb 4
Animation
,
Computers
,
Effluvia
I don’t know if this is real
Feb 3
Comics
,
Politics
Daily dose of insanity
Feb 2
Effluvia
I know nothing about this guy
Feb 1
Politics
Self-referential animation
Jan 31
Animation
Awesomecool puppetry
Jan 30
Animation
,
Effluvia
Zoinks!
Jan 30
Politics
Too many people!
Jan 30
Animation
,
Effluvia
Oops
Jan 30
Effluvia
Drexel Institute Ladies Rifle Team, 1925
Jan 30
Photography
(Not So) Stupid Pet Tricks
Jan 29
Effluvia
I love Bob Newhart
Jan 29
Effluvia
,
Television
For the geeks out there
Jan 28
Animation
,
Effluvia
Cadbury commercial
Jan 27
Diet
,
Effluvia
In case you’re wondering…
Jan 27
Effluvia
Speaking of Neil Gaiman
Jan 26
Books
Sam and Fuzzy
Jan 26
Comics
Sad but sweet
Jan 25
Animation
Stormtrooper
Jan 24
Effluvia
,
Photography
Not-so-nice article about Billy Joel
Jan 24
Music
Coraline
Jan 23
Animation
And here’s one for the movie geeks out there
Jan 23
Effluvia
Flutter
Jan 21
Animation
A headline I’ve been wanting to see for a long time.
Jan 20
Politics
Barack Obama and the Dixie Kitchen Bait Shop
Jan 20
Cooking
,
Effluvia
Wordpress is nifty…
Jan 19
Computers
Star Wars!
Jan 18
Effluvia
Sneak peek at Decemberist’s new album
Jan 15
Music