Mostly stuff you already probably knew on picking good food, but good advice all the same.
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Freakonomics: When it’s good to quit
Facing the prospects and economic reality of quitting while you are behind. It isn’t for everyone. It probably should be for more folks. And, as mentioned in passing in the article, we’d be a whole lot better off as a society if some folks in particular DID do it.
13 Things You Pay For That Your Library Has For Free
I know about most of these but always glad to pass along relevant info.
Seriously folks, you have already paid for these services. Go use them!
Mexicans sank the Titanic, and other fun facts
This continues to make me laugh, days after I first read it.
Basic premise? If McCain isn’t a racist, he still sure as hell is an idiot. As if we needed more proof.
Carnival of Crazy

The psychology behind the price tag
An interesting look at why things are priced the way they are.
Not all that funny. Or “Fair and Balanced” for that matter
John Stewart went on Fox News Sunday and basically got Chris Wallace – a journalist who became a shill apparently without even knowing it – to admit that FAUX is pushing an ideological agenda.
We all know that they are, but he’s their prize reporter, the guy they turn to whenever people call them talking-point-driven liars. Even he knows he’s pushing a side.
Stewart calls out the fake coverage of some of what he said (and he knows from fake journalism, right?) and then lays down a volley of things said on FAUX that have never been corrected.
Ta-Nehisi Coates over at The Atlantic reminds us of Stewart’s core argument: he’s a comedian that runs a show mocking the news.
Having Chris Wallace try to compare Comedy Central to FAUX is hilarious. In short, he points out that Comedy Central’s jesters are folks like Pamela Anderson getting roasted with jokes about Tommy Lee’s dick. And FAUX’s jester – until he’s unemployed next week – is Glenn Beck, the guy who wants to be taken seriously as a “prophet” who laments the fact that no one has shot the president yet.
For more on what conservatives view as fun, read this. Then, if you can stomach it, you can watch the video. The material isn’t the worst thing I’ve heard from a conservative’s mouth, but the vile, gleeful, lusty laughter from the crowd just makes you want to instantly hate these people.
End of an era for shuttle, and NASA
David Pogue did a nice swan song for the shuttle program last month. Here’s the video:
He followed it up recently with some more information, including an interview with NASA’s William Gerstenmaier. Enjoy!
Flipping to Grilled Cheese
Turns out the guy who created the company that created the Glip camera is going into the the grilled cheese business.
Read all about it. I wish him luck with it. Hopefully it’ll succeed and get to where I live, wherever that may be in a few years.
Photo: Wardrobe malfunction or costume change?
I’m not a huge graffiti fan, but this is cool.

Considering the history of bad blood between Soviet armies and their unwilling satellite states, I’m surprised this hasn’t happened more often. I know the Baltic states has have diplomatic issues with Russia on moving these kinds of monuments away from central squares. I’m not sure how something informal and snarky is gonna go over but I’m sure Moscow is pissed.
Sure, be proud of your military. Just don’t expect the folks who were forced to endure their rule to appreciate them too.
