December 2009
33 posts
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-27) →
The Waterboys (96)
Switchfoot (65)
Mark Knopfler (27)
Coldplay (24)
Loverboy (14)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-20) →
Switchfoot (90)
Wilco (70)
Blues Traveler (61)
Pearl Jam (57)
Plain White T’s (47)
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Whoa.
mrgan:
Ok, stop whatever you’re doing. Yes, I know it’s the last weekend before Christmas; put down the CC. Listen:
If you put your iPhone in a regular ziplock bag, you can still use it. As in, you can tap the screen all you want and it’ll respond just fine.
I honestly had no idea that this worked - my mind is blown. This means I can use my iPhone when I walk in the rain. I can read recipes...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-13) →
Cake (51)
tobyMac (34)
Dr. Dog (33)
Santana (24)
Spin Doctors (23)
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Charitable Facts
— via Who Cares? – Mint.com
Also fascinating to me are the comments, in which people justify some of their chosen group’s “shortcomings,” rather than simply pledging to improve things.
Want to improve the percentage given to Health? Or Arts, Culture, & Humanities? Then give! Want to boost the numbers of secular donors? Then donate! Volunteer! Beats sniping in website...
The Geek “Must Do Before You Die” Checklist →
I think I’m at 58 out of 100, but it could be higher. I tried to be conservative.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-6) →
Jefferson Starship (26)
James Taylor (24)
The Dolphins (22)
Jefferson Airplane (9)
Céline Dion (3)
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I CAN EXPLAIN! I had a large collection of Christmas songs on shuffle last week, and the Céline Dion songs are all from that. The Carpenters and Mannheim Steamroller were tied, but I guess Céline wins alphabetically or something.
“Well, that’s not forbidden apples of immortality,” she said. “That’s forbidden...”
– Where The Worm Dieth Not
Sweet short-short fiction by Alexandra Erin. Lots of goodies, but I like this one.
6 Mental Illness Myths Hollywood Wants You to... →
Yeah, it’s Cracked.com. I’m sorry, I can’t help myself.
I’m so disillusioned now!
I know someone getting ECT, and that scene on House rang false to me, too. At least they balanced it out, kinda, by having House’s field trip really screw up one person.
Anyway, the examples are almost as full of misinformation and misrepresentation as the mental illness myths they...
Popular? Or Internet-popular?
My wife has an online shop called Seasonal Delights. It has been open for slightly more than a year, and keeps her pretty busy. She has slowly built up her reputation online, with links from her previous magazine website, her own blog, other more popular blogs, official Etsy communications, and more. She might not have quite hit the big time yet — no link from Heather Armstrong at Dooce.com,...
“Dale Crowe Junior told Kathy Baker, his probation officer, he didn’t see where...”
– The first line of Maximum Bob, my favorite Elmore Leonard book. Now that’s how you start a story. Two sentences, two characters, one strong female protagonist, back story, action, suspense, sex, immediate and awesome slip into character voice. I’m a real sucker for the Chekhov opening. (via mrgan)
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