March, 2008

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Will I come to a grisly end?

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Earlier, someone in the office was playing some jazz that sounded uncannily like the opening music in Manos: The Hands of Fate. That is all.

Never has an ampersand been so bittersweet

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Do you like Penn & Teller? Do you like the book World War Z? Perhaps you will enjoy this short film.

At first I was like huh, then I was all yay

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Ok, I clicked on the link to find a goofy web site for a project, but a spray dispenser for pancake batter is actually a really good idea: because you can make a single pancake just for yourself every morning for weeks!

CSPI does something useful?

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Airborne, the anti cold preparation, has not admitted that it can’t actually prevent or treat colds, but is now refunding money! That sure took a while! So one only has to live through 9 years of coworkers enthusing about a cold nostrum with no possible mechanism to do what it says it does. Unfortunately, I think homeopathy is still protected from legal action for ineffectiveness by grandfather clause.

I watch only for professional reasons, really

Friday, March 7th, 2008

The Chicago Tribune has an interview with Tim Gunn about the just-completed Project Runway season, in which Tim dishes way more than I would have expected.

February Reading

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

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