July 2010
65 posts
June 2010
53 posts
kylekinane:
I can never tell if someone’s hitchhiking or if it’s just a guy with a backpack trying to tell drivers, “Hey, great job out there.”
Why Dawn Is The Bird Cleaner of Choice for Oil... →
nnailling:
The good:
“Dawn definitely works the best. It very effectively removes grease but does not cause harm to the skin of the birds.”
“I hate to sound like an advertisement, but I won’t allow any substitutes for Dawn.”
The bad:
The exact formula is a secret, but the key is balancing the surfactants — the chemicals that cut the grease. What the company doesn’t advertise — and these days...
Happy father’s day, Daddy-O.
As oil spews in Gulf, BP chief Tony Hayward at UK... →
theduty:cajunboy:
WatchJohn Stewart talks about America’s presidents and their promises to gain independence from foreign oil.
German Millionaires Volunteer to Pay 'Rich Tax' →
azspot:
A group of 51 German millionaires and billionaires founded a Club of the Wealthy and wrote to Chancellor Angela Merkel proposing to give up 10 percent of their income in the form of a “Rich Tax” for 10 years to consolidate the budget.
With an estimated 800,000 millionaires (in dollars) — about 1 percent of the total population — Germany is eye-to-eye with the USA and has long overtaken...
“Writers aren’t exactly people…. they’re a whole bunch of people trying to be one...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via deadwriters)
BP fined 69 million, limewire fined 1 billion.... →
zackeugene:(via bringtheruckuss)
“There is no debate here. It’s just scientists versus non-scientists. And since...”
– Bill Maher on Global Warming (via jsdillon) (via maxistentialist)
Ever wanted to hear William Faulkner read to you? →
deadwriters:
William Faulkner (September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962)
The author reads “As I Lay Dying”, which he wrote in six weeks time!
For my mother, who makes a semi-regular pilgrimage to Faulkner’s home in Oxford, Mississippi.
One day after botched call, Motor City takes... →
Details on the would-be perfect game’s situation.
“And like ping-pong or fucking, the game demands a deep focus that must be both...”
– From On Tetris (via guy) 