Portsmouth Herald:
SEATTLE - At a time when plastic surgery has become fairly commonplace, some believe the Catman of Whidbey Island may have gone too far.
Dennis Avner, who goes by his American Indian name, Stalking Cat, is known around the world as the Catman. Over the past 25 years, Stalking Cat, 47, has received so many […]
Those of you who’re familiar with the Capitol Lounge, a venerable DC watering hole and one of the few soccer-friendly bars in Washington, will be saddened to learn that two nights ago it burned down (a lit cigarette tossed into a trash can is the primary culprit). Photos here. (But hope spings eternal: everyone’s favorite […]
AP:
A tattoo artist works on a live pig at an organic art center outside Beijing Friday Aug. 19, 2005. Artists at the Art Farm, set up by Belgian artist Wim Delvoye, tattoo anesthetized pigs to create works which are expected to be displayed in galleries once the pigs eventually die. The pigs, which are tattooed […]
Woman snaps photo of NYC subway pervert and posts it on flickr.
Will this loser meet the same fate as the Korean dog poop girl? One can only hope.
(Via Dana.)
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Steven Johnson, author of “Everything Bad is Good for You,” has written an insightful pean to Six Feet Under.
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Google has launched an instant messaging and Web calling (Voice Over Internet Protocol) service. It’s called Google Talk.
CNN story here. SearchEngineWatch story here. Related NY Times backlash story: “Relax, Bill Gates; It’s Google’s Turn as the Villain.”
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I’m sure Americans for African Adoptions, Inc. is a perfectly well-intentioned organization. But their “20 ‘tips’ if you do decide to travel to a Third world country” are laughably paranoid.
A few of my faves:
1. Do not travel on dirt roads in a country that has ever had skirmishes or wars, regardless of how long […]
CNN:
Conservative Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson has called for the United States to assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, calling him “a terrific danger” bent on exporting Communism and Islamic extremism across the Americas.
“If he thinks we’re trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it,” Robertson told viewers on […]
There was a beautiful sunset here in DC tonight. I snapped some pics of it from our second-story balcony. I like ‘em a lot. Note that I haven’t altered the colors in any of these. Beautiful, if I do say so myself. A couple of my favorites:
And a this one, of the scene as reflected […]
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If you enjoyed the modest swimwear I mentioned a while back, you’re in for some more guffaws — Saudi Islamofascist style!
If there were ever a reason that we simply must win the war on terror global struggle against religious extremism, it is this.
(Via MeFi.)
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Don’t miss Malcolm Gladwell’s latest New Yorker article, “The Moral-Hazard Myth: The bad idea behind our failed health-care system.”
The subject is a tangled one, and Gladwell does a good job of outlining the economic and philosophical reasons for our health care system’s sorry state. Though I find this passage a bit reductive:
People without health […]
…Write a Novel in 100 Days or Less.
writing, writers, novels, Peace+Corps
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Reuters:
More than 1,600 Thai workers set fire to their dormitory in southern Taiwan, burnt cars and hurled rocks at police after some were caught drinking by their employers, police said on Monday.
The violence erupted late on Sunday among the workers, hired to help build a mass transit railway project in Kaohsiung, who were apparently […]
RIP, Six Feet Under. Just watched the series finale. Pretty powerful. I won’t supply any spoilers, but I will say this: the episode certainly provided closure. Though I missed most of the last two seasons, it was one of the few shows I’ve ever watched regularly. I will miss it.
For a post-mortem on tonight’s finale, […]