Literally meaning “Why hello there” and usually followed by the question “butsex?” – y halo tharUrban Dictionary Perhaps you stumbled upon an attribution at the horrible article I wrote for Partial Objects. If that’s the case, know that almost everything here is obtuse or otherwise useless to you – so here’s a guided tour to [...]
[Vanity QR via Robotson] HOPE, n. Desire and expectation rolled into one. – The Devil’s DictionaryAmbrose Bierce
On August 30th, shortly after 2:00 am, North Precinct officers responded to a 911 call from a man who claimed that unknown people were outside his door attempting to enter his apartment in the 14100 Block of Linden Avenue North. When officers arrived, the man who called 911 kicked the door from the inside and [...]
Curious as to how the Simple English Wikipedia would explain complex and controversial topics to those who don’t quite grasp the subtleties and complexities of the English language – findings were controversial in their own right… Necrophilia is when someone is sexually attracted to dead bodies. Some necrophiliacs actually have sex with dead bodies. It [...]
On two occasions I have been asked, — “Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?” … I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. – Charles Babbage [via Wikipedia] People still think that the [...]
[via Google Fritz] Bachmann connects with the non-voting demographic and “parents” / programmers. You can see it in the eyes.
[via Andart] SPOILER: The voice of reason suggests fairness – and can’t be picked … for exactly that reason.
Schistosomiasis is endemic in Egypt, exacerbated by the country’s dam and irrigation projects along the Nile. From the late 1950s through the early 1980s, infected villagers were treated with repeated shots of tartar emetic. Epidemiological evidence suggests that this campaign unintentionally contributed to the spread of the hepatitis C virus via unclean needles. Egypt has [...]
Endless Sunder is a close friend’s project and, if it strikes your fancy, press “play” below to hear a track Asher put together from something I wrote back in 1998: Download in MP3 Format
Tens of trillions of dollars are being extracted from the United States of America. Democrats aren’t doing it, republicans aren’t doing it, an entire integrated system, banking, trade and taxation, created by both parties over a period of two decades is at work on our entire country right now. – Dylan Ratigan [via TYWKIWDBI]
