March 2009
“I wanted to make Pee-wee #5, Eau de Pee-wee, and then P was going to be my...”
– Paul Reubens is so eloquent. I wish it were socially acceptable for Pee Wee to be revived in some manner.
“Puns are the feeblest species of humor because they are ephemeral: whatever...”
– Op-Ed Contributor - Pun for the Ages - NYTimes.com Ouch.
Spring Mixtape : Amended Track Listing →
Let’s all sing like the birdies sing:
1. Lies - Sing Fang Bous
2. The Concubine - Beirut
3. Closer to the Ghosts - Everything, Now!
4. Group Transport Hall - Women
5. Southern Point - Grizzly Bear
6. “The State I’m In” aka “Goode Buy From Cobbs Creek Park” - Karate
7. The More You Change, The More I Stay the Same - Herr Nilsson
8. 1901 - Phoenix
9. The...
“An eight year-old Thai boy with autism was frightened on his first day at a...”
– Thai Boy With Autism Rescued by Spider-Man | Geekdad from Wired.com
File Under: Dream Jobs →
The Institute For The Future is a very real think tank that specializes in the future of technology, health and organizational change. Ohhh. If only I were an expert!
Schott's Vocab - Schott’s Vocab Blog →
This is the worst part of the New York Times. Econocide? McSaint? Check minus.
Tonight In Rock: Brett Dennen, Marnie Stern, Thee... →
I am not one who would mind seeing Mother Mother or the show at the Echo tonight.
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GET BEES →
Obviously I hate getting stung by bees, but there’s something really compelling about APICULTURE. I would raise bees at home, if I could. And Colony Collapse Disorder is a bad thing that makes food more expensive. Bees.
Bitching It Out (Out with Bitching) — The Bygone... →
A really excellent article on language.
“Really great jokes, on the other hand, punch the lights out of do re mi. They...”
– Basics - In One Ear and Out the Other - NYTimes.com A neuroscientist’s explanation as to why it’s so hard to remember jokes.
I work on the 14th Floor
and the window-washers are slowly approaching. I keep getting peripheral glances of a swinging rope, and I am startled every time.
RecycleBank :: how-it-works →
GOODNESS GRACIOUS: Now you can get rewards for recycling at home. No need for that recycling center nonsense! Too bad this project looks largely sponsored by Kraft.
My Favorite Things, March 2009 — The Bygone Bureau →
Today is the day when I link to all the blogs that won awards at SXSW.
“The Droste effect is a Dutch term for a specific kind of recursive picture. An...”
– Design Swan » Blog Archive » Droste Effect: magic happens when math meet image…
HBO, Mormons square off over airing of sacred rite →
Dad: I am coming over to watch TV, ok?
Doodling Makes for Better Listeners →
I’d better start.
“Diffusion of responsibility is a social phenomenon which tends to occur in...”
– Diffusion of responsibility - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Put simply, the idea is to pay homeowners and businesses top dollar for...”
– Europe’s Way of Encouraging Solar Power Arrives in the U.S. - NYTimes.com
Jewish Museum Berlin - Looting and Restitution:... →
An adorable game c/o of Judisches Museum Berlin, probably the most innovatively curated museum I’ve ever been to.
NEA and NEH Receive Additional $10 Million →
Yaaaaay!
