December 2008
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The Dodos - “Winter”
This is me...
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University P2P Plan Gets Vote of No Confidence →
“But overall, the post lays out some shortcomings of Choruss. Without the participation of all rightsholders, Choruss would not be able to provide indemnification to a university or ISP. The Choruss “covenant not to sue” is, as Carnes and Castle wrote, “a nuanced, untested, flimsy, and complex legal strategy” that would leave participants open to legal problems.
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ER Doctors Say Police Use Too Much Force →
“Almost all emergency room physicians surveyed in a recently published paper say they’ve managed cases resulting from police brutality against the public. The emergency room incidents involve everything from beatings with fists and feet to excessively tight handcuffs to bludgeoning with nightsticks and flashlights.The paper raises the possibility that official figures understate the...
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Scientific Illiteracy All The Rage Among The... →
The Celebrities and Science Review 2008, prepared by the group Sense About Science, identifies some of the worst examples of scientific illiteracy among those who profess to know better – including top politicians.
Mr Obama and John McCain blundered into the MMR vaccine row during their presidential campaigns. “We’ve seen just a skyrocketing autism rate,” said President-elect...
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True grit: the mum who delivered her own baby →
I don’t know if I could ever perform a C-section on myself…let alone with a kitchen knife.
If someone else blogs or links to that horrible...
Because you are a heartless and thoughtless piece of shit.
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WatchRob Epstein’s 1984 Oscar winning documentary about Harvey Milk is available on Hulu now!
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
Marvelous Toy (2)
Rilo Kiley (1)
Lemon Demon (1)
The Everybodyfields (1)
Plushgun (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
I guess I follow all the right people
Because I have no idea what this tumblr “drama” people are talking about.
Jeff Buckley-Lilac Wine
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My First Earthquake -...
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The Not Rape Epidemic →
This is a really powerful essay about the different levels of “Not Rape” that girls and women experience all the time.
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“As of 4pm today, the Yankees have spent $423 million dollars on free agents this...”
– =Babes Love Baseball
Anyone who knows me knows that I am a huge baseball fan. While in Poland, I took the time to teach my 2 year old niece all the rules of baseball (including that you may cheer for only the Tigers and the BoSox and under no circumstances can you cheer for the White Sox or the...
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Although I Don't Eat It
I still end up packaging and labeling the meat that ends up in the freezer. This is a major point of contention in my household because — apparently — I choose to label them with very confusing phrases.
I find this to be completely ridiculous. Chicken Boobs, Cow Hip, Air Charles, Stripped Fish, and Pig Karate are fairly self-explanatory, if you ask me.
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It's Nice to be Liked...
But it’s better, by far, to get paid. I know that most of the friends that I have don’t really see it that way. But if you could give them each one wish, how much do you wanna bet they’d wish success for themselves and their friends. (And that would include lots of money.)
That would surely include lots of money.
You’ve got to have shitloads of M-O-N-E-Y.
Money.
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The Virtual Bodega. →
Didn’t San Fransisco have something like this. Scooter delivery, right?
whatson:
nervousacid:
The most interesting thing out of the New York Times Sunday edition this morning by far: Two Brooklyn twentysomethings are banking on the idea that — in spite of the ubiquity of corner stores in New York — there is a void for an online bodega that delivers. So they made one:
Although the...
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Joni & Susanna Is HILARIOUS!
Susanna: Okay. Let's get you over your heartbreak.
Joni: I'm so depressed. Why did Bridget have to suck?
Susanna: I know. I'm sorry. But today's your day. Whatever you wanna do. Wherever you wanna go. It's all you. Sp...where are we going?
Joni: Um. Can we go look at shoes?
Susanna: Yea. Just...have to stop at the apple store first.
http: //www.thewb.com/shows/joni-and-susanna/
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Joseph Gordon Levitt - “I Don’t Want...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
Marvelous Toy (2)
Head Like a Kite (1)
Hoobastank (1)
Thao (1)
Plushgun (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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The Vandals - “Christmas Time for My...
I just missed
a phone call from Robert Scoble AND Carla Lynne Hall. I suck. What a boon that would have been!
Then again, I’m pretty drunk and I publicly posted my Grandcentral phone number…
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caitlinn:
I really want to play Scrabble, too bad...
Born Ruffians - “Barnacle Goose”
And...
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I've Added My Screen Names!
I’ve added both my GTalk and AIM info to my website. So now if anyone gets the slightest urge to chit chat with me, all they have to do is add me!
My AIM screen name is mattiekenny.
My GTalk screen name is the same as my email, mattie@matsie.net