August 2010
38 posts
“The sad thing is not that she listens to this quiet voice, but that she can’t...”
– RELEVANT Magazine - Is This God’s Voice or Mine?
This guy nails with more eloquence than I could muster what always drove me nuts about the phrase “God is telling me to…” that I heard so often in college.
Inspectors find unsanitary conditions at egg farms →
People wonder why I’ve gotten so picky about buying my food directly from the producer. It’s because I can see whether the hen house is “bulging from manure.”
“Obama is not a brown-skinned, anti-war socialist who gives away free health...”
– Greg
What? You thought Jesus was white? Let Undercover Nun remind you that he was born in the Middle East. Know how you hear about the West Bank on the news? Yeah, there. (via hedwyg)
Gary Arndt: 20 Things I've Learned From Traveling... →
“The thing about the demagogues is that they have their hour and pass away,...”
– You Don’t Say: Not stupid, just afraid - English grammar, language, usage and journalism blog by John E. McIntyre - baltimoresun.com
“The idea that one should never have one’s feelings hurt — and the...”
– Kathleen Parker - The Ground Zero mosque must be built
Fun Size Bytes (from @Tj): Sorry for the... →
kaffeineme:
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I didn’t understand what the “talking on the dashboard” was about until I saw that Ron and Emmy mentioned something about it right after my Daily Show post.
Long story short, one of the video embed codes was set to ‘autoplay’ which I hadn’t realized because I use ClickToFlash
The worst thing about Autoplay on the dashboard is that if your dashboard happens to have...
Just because it's on the Internet does not mean...
Just today, we had to lay the (polite) smackdown on no less than three blogs who swiped photos from We Love DC. At least two of them were hotlinking. One of the infringing posts was re-tweeted by a high profile DC establishment, apparently not realizing all the photos in it were stolen. A couple weeks back, the Dr. Gridlock blog at the Washington Post briefly hotlinked an image from our site. And...
“Despite copious warnings from health care professionals, national health...”
– Should Cheeseburgers Be Served With a Side of Statins?
'Scott Pilgrim' Versus The Unfortunate Tendency To... →
Insulting the intended audience for a film is not a valid school of film criticism.
“Over the years I have discovered that there are quite a few skeptics in this...”
– Gentle Suggestions for Doubting Christians
“The girls of my generation were raised to be perfect. Our high-achieving...”
– Memorist Rachel Shukert on ‘Eat Pray Love,’ Self-Censoring Authors, and Embracing Mistakes - Speakeasy - WSJ
Fuck Yeah DC answers a douchetroll →
fuckyeahdc:
tiffanyb:
I’m reading this and wondering if trolling local blogs to expound on one’s superior knowledge of DC is like, a leisure sport or something. Is there some kind of league these assholes can join? The “I’m More DC Than You” league or something? Something to do when kickball or whatever else it is these superior douchebags play is out of season?
Holy shit, I completely agree...
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Fuck Yeah DC answers a douchetroll →
I’m reading this and wondering if trolling local blogs to expound on one’s superior knowledge of DC is like, a leisure sport or something. Is there some kind of league these assholes can join? The “I’m More DC Than You” league or something? Something to do when kickball or whatever else it is these superior douchebags play is out of season?
“You can never bring back the fedora. Step away from the haberdasher. It’s...”
– DON’T YOU SHIT ON MY DREAMS, ASSHOLE!
Stop Trying to Be a Mad Man
DC_neighborhoods_map.png (1493×1700) →
Map of DC Wards and census tracts →
“When we talk about the three-martini lunch these days it is with contempt, with...”
– Cultural Studies - On ‘Mad Men,’ The Allure of Messy Lives - NYTimes.com
