Posts from July 2010

  • The story of the creation of the “Wanted” posters for Jonah Hex is pretty fascinating.
  • The Leaning Tower of PisaAbout five years ago, on September 1, 2005, I sat at a coffee shop across the street from the Leaning Tower of Pisa and could not believe just how much it leans. And that was five years after they fixed it.
  • Everybody loves lists, so Listiki — a site for finding, making, and sharing them — should be popular.
  • Adjusting to today’s dollars, the United States has incurred more debt in the last decade then during the entire combined previous 211 years of the republic’s existence.
  • How to Create a CD Ladder, from FrugalDad
  • “In an era when very little remains shocking, Pierce might have actually managed to create a genuinely disturbing work of fiction, the literary equivalent of Schindler’s List rewritten by the Marquis De Sade and filmed as a Tim Burton animated feature.” (hat tip to rb)
  • Just about 100 years ago — on July 24, 1910 — the New York Times featured an article titled “Will Future Generations Lose Historical Documents of To-Day?”.
  • “When you are parting with your money, know the person on the other side of the deal thinks you are not so smart and is depending on the anchoring effect when they tell you how much you are about to save.”
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  • One thing this country has always enjoyed is a good drink. Whether it was rum on the Atlantic, bourbon at the races or that Bloody Mary at Sunday Brunch, alcohol is the American Drink.
  • DexterBoom! Dexter returns at the end of September. (Don’t watch the trailer if you didn’t see season 4 yet!)
  • Don’t Eff With Fudgie the Whale, Lindsay!
  • I cannot wait to see Bad Universe (featuring BadAstronomy).
  • Mister Gunther makes horoscopes fun!
  • Betty Goes Reno: A visit to the glamorous divorce ranches of the Mad Men era.
  • He hasn’t taken a single snap in a real game yet, but Tim Tebow is already leading the league in jersey sales. (Nike has some cool Tebow sneakers, too.)
  • Do you think you can identify who voices each character on The Simpsons?
  • I didn’t know that there are ATMs in Antarctica.
  • Being President of the United States is probably the loneliest job in the world.
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  • I think it’s safe to say that bluntcard.com is my new favorite ecard site.
  • Ferris Club
  • Few things are as cool as Batman riding a robotic unicorn over a rainbow full of dolphins.
  • There was once a woman who had immortal cells.
  • True fact.
  • I live in Los Angeles, so I am almost always “near” the ocean. There’s nothing like being in Hawaii, though. I need to be near a big body of water on a regular basis. I need it to reset my psychic metronome.
  • To promote his new novel, Doubles, author Nic Brown challenged pro tennis player Tripp Phillips to a tournament. The story of the match is terrific.
  • Fantastic feline fun for the whole family!
  • Is anything sadder than a sad bear?
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