IT'S SOMETIMES LIKE IT NEVER STARTED...

… And these are the people they’re happy...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:23:09 +0000

… And these are the people they’re happy they’ve beaten. Sing, clap, rejoice and praise the Lord! Look at the two groups of people and ask yourself which side you’re on.

Religious fanatics in Maine celebrate the repeal of gay marriage...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:21:28 +0000

Religious fanatics in Maine celebrate the repeal of gay marriage in the state.

Heavily overloaded truck. (Via)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:40:32 +0000

Heavily overloaded truck. (Via)

"Something else to keep in mind: when the Islamic countries push anti-blasphemy laws in the UN, what..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:50:12 +0000

“Something else to keep in mind: when the Islamic countries push anti-blasphemy laws in the UN, what they’re actually demanding is that no one have the right to state that these life-hating misogynistic clerics of death are full of shit.”

- P Z Myers

"We always want to see a meaningful failure before success because that’s the only way we can be sure..."

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:18:03 +0000

“We always want to see a meaningful failure before success because that’s the only way we can be sure the success is the result of writing code in the right place in the system.”

- David Chelimsky

Close. The. Lid. Walk away.

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:35:19 +0000

Close. The. Lid. Walk away.

“Come on in… Tom Cruise is inside!”

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:34:51 +0000

“Come on in… Tom Cruise is inside!”

My spidey sense is tingling.

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:34:29 +0000

My spidey sense is tingling.

Supporter of gay marriage in the USA. Pretty much speaks for...

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:28:03 +0100

Supporter of gay marriage in the USA. Pretty much speaks for itself.

"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men."

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:50:34 +0100

“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”

- Frederick Douglass

Ice Cube then and now. (Source Reddit)

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:04:18 +0100

Ice Cube then and now. (Source Reddit)

"There comes times in everyone’s life where they need to make a decision to be more than they..."

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:48:11 +0100

“There comes times in everyone’s life where they need to make a decision to be more than they think they can. You have to take and cherish these moments as they will change your life forever.”

- Jeff Monson

"A real essay, as the name implies, is dynamic: you don’t know what you’re going to write..."

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:50:14 +0100

“A real essay, as the name implies, is dynamic: you don’t know what you’re going to write when you start. It will be about whatever you discover in the course of writing it.”

- Paul Graham, List of N Things

"In the end it was he who understood best of all of us what this whole thing was about: the need to..."

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:56:07 +0100

“In the end it was he who understood best of all of us what this whole thing was about: the need to hold on to one’s humanity even if, all around, others have surrendered theirs.”

- Peter Z. Malkin - Eichmann In My Hands

"It made him realize that what was once a trend has become a gimmick."

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:12:51 +0100

“It made him realize that what was once a trend has become a gimmick.”

- Wikipedia article on Jay-Z and his song Death of Auto-Tune

Auto-tune the news.

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:00:15 +0100

Auto-tune the news.

"The late Huw Wheldon of the BBC once described to me a series, made in the early days of radio,..."

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:14:49 +0100

“The late Huw Wheldon of the BBC once described to me a series, made in the early days of radio, about celebrated exiles who had lived in London. At one stage, this had involved tracking down an ancient retiree who had toiled in the British Museum’s reading room during the Victorian epoch. Asked if he could remember a certain Karl Marx, the wheezing old pensioner at first came up empty. But when primed with different prompts about the once-diligent attendee (monopolizing the same seat number, always there between opening and closing time, heavily bearded, suffering from carbuncles, tending to lunch in the Museum Tavern, very much interested in works on political economy), he let the fount of memory be unsealed. “Oh Mr. Marx, yes, to be sure. Gave us a lot of work ’e did, with all ’is calls for books and papers …” His interviewers craned forward eagerly, to hear the man say: “And then one day ’e just stopped coming. And you know what’s a funny fing, sir?” A pregnant pause. “Nobody’s ever ’eard of ’im since!” This, clearly, was one of those stubborn proletarians for the alleviation of whose false consciousness Marx had labored in vain.”

- Christopher Hitchens reviewing a book on Marx (source).

President Obama bends over so the son of a White House staff...

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:16:43 +0100

President Obama bends over so the son of a White House staff member can pat his head during a family visit to the Oval Office May 8, 2009. The youngster wanted to see if the President’s haircut felt like his own. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

"I’ve seen the demonstrations on the Internet about how you can find another person using a..."

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:48:09 +0100

“I’ve seen the demonstrations on the Internet about how you can find another person using a Zune and give them a song they can play three times. It takes forever. By the time you’ve gone through all that, the girl’s got up and left! You’re much better off to take one of your earbuds out and put it in her ear. Then you’re connected with about two feet of headphone cable.”

- Steve Jobs talking about Microsoft’s Zune MP3 player (source: Newsweek)

Armed government-backed vigilantes (Basij/Hezbollahis) drive...

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:03:01 +0100

Armed government-backed vigilantes (Basij/Hezbollahis) drive around Tehran on motorbikes to suppress critics of the of the disputed election.