December 2009
50 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-29) →
Shel Silverstein (18)
Spring Heeled Jack (10)
Brent Holmes & Marty the Moose (8)
Barenaked Ladies (6)
Sandra Boynton (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
November 2009
50 posts
Two US senators demand publication of secret... →
That there is one of MY senators! Kudos to Sherrod Brown.
Has Bell Invented a "Telegraph Killer"? →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-22) →
Shel Silverstein (46)
Barenaked Ladies (29)
They Might Be Giants (24)
Sandra Boynton (22)
Brent Holmes & Marty the Moose (20)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Terror in the Coop →
What is that frightens her chickens so?
How the H1N1 vaccine is made →
That’s a lot of eggs.
The Soul of the Carrot →
Some interesting thoughts and ideas by author Michael Pollan on our diet.
Car crash victim trapped in 'coma' for 23 years... →
Trying to imagine what that would be like. Glad to hear there are better tools to identify situations like this!
Report find wide disparities in gifted education →
drmom:
Ask any child how they want to feel at school - it isn’t going to be “embarrassed for being smart.”
It’s not how I wanted to feel, but I felt like I spent far too much time covering up that I was “smart.”
The Geography of a Recession →
Time lapse map that illustrates the unemployment rate (per county) since January 2007. Yikes.
Wrecked →
The world of salvaging vintage wine and champagne from shipwrecks is not one that I knew existed.
Jon Ronson on telling his son the worst swearword... →
Heh. Limone.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-15) →
The Beatles (168)
Shel Silverstein (53)
Barenaked Ladies (42)
They Might Be Giants (27)
Sandra Boynton (26)
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The Economics of Pinball →
How the replay probability algorithms changed over the years. And how the very nature of pinball put itself out of business.
5 (Happy Little) Things You Didn’t Know About Bob... →
Happy little Bob Ross was a Air Force master sergeant?!
Theme Park Maps →
Maps and maps and more maps. From theme parks all over the world!
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-8) →
The Beatles (135)
Shel Silverstein (47)
Barenaked Ladies (23)
They Might Be Giants (17)
Brent Holmes & Marty the Moose (14)
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How Mr. Q Manufactured Emotion →
Everything at Disney World is manufactured, even down to the music you hear between each ride. What’s amazing is how well they do it.
Baguette Dropped From Bird's Beak Shuts Down The... →
Damn you Higgs-Boson particles!
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-1) →
Shel Silverstein (73)
Barenaked Ladies (46)
Sandra Boynton (31)
Ella Fitzgerald (30)
They Might Be Giants (29)
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