Category: General

Contested Streets

A link to this interesting documentary footage was sent to me by the owner of Winston-Salem’s Neighborhood Transportation bike shop. I’m generally critical of the NPR-esque mantra of “Well, in Europe they blah blah blah…” as a perscription for anything and everything vexing us domestically in the U.S., but in this case they definitely seem …

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Spam Poetry

From some spam I recently received: it’s alphameric in conner but introit be carlo a airedale. but o’donnell and altruism. on bogging some rhea try haddad be adoptive be steuben see pain try shuttle or claustrophobic. and sympathetic or authoritative some wrack a bowl but cytosine ! metropolis. it knuckleball , steen not indistinct or …

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The Forbes Fictional 15

Forbes Magazine has published a list of its 15 wealthiest fictional characters, along with an explanatory biography of each. They are: 1. Santa Claus 2. Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks 3. Richie Rich 4. Lex Luthor 5. C. Montgomery Burns 6. Scrooge McDuck 7. Jed Clampett 8. Bruce Wayne 9. Thurston Howell III 10. Willy Wonka 11. …

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DevilDucky – Gorillaz: Feel Good Inc Live

DevilDucky – Gorillaz: Feel Good Inc Live Gorillaz, the world’s more popular virtual band, won Best Group at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Lisbon on November 3rd, 2005. Afterwards, they took the stage to play “Feel Good Inc” live. This very creepy “live” performance was apparently achieved with a mirror-based Victorian-era parlor trick called …

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George Takei, ‘Trek’s’ Sulu: I’m gay – Oct 28, 2005

Wow…Maybe all that Star Trek fan fiction was actually true. CNN.com – George Takei, ‘Trek’s’ Sulu: I’m gay – Oct 28, 2005