Jim Anchower‘s real-world simulacrum pays Defective Yeti a visit. Hilarity ensues.
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This list of the best newspaper corrections of 2K5 contains some true, true gems.
Like this one, which features the most evocative — if wrong — lede in the history of journalism. Click on the image to read:
And this one’s pretty good, too:
(Via The Taipei Kid.)
WFMY:
Jacksonville, FL — It didn’t take long for students in the 2nd period 7th grade science class at Lake Shore Middle School to realize something was wrong with their substitute teacher.
Now that’s what I call higher education. *Rimshot*
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A Medical Tourism Tale
I saw “Syriana” last night, which is writer/director Stephen Gaghan’s attempt to do for geo-political oil-related power brokering and international espionage what his film “Traffic” did for America’s war on drugs: i.e. shed light on an unexamined world and explose it warts and all.
Clooney as a hard-bitten CIA spook steals the show. And without revealing any spoilers, I’ll just say the flick contains a vivid monologue defending corruption — “corruption is what keeps us from eating scraps of meat in the street,” says a smarmy lobbyist — that people will be quoting for years to come.
If you’ve seen the film and, like me, you need some help deciphering the complex storyline, the Wikipedia entry for the film is a decent resource.
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You Can Call me F. Stop Fitzgerald, Vol. 2
Here’re a few new pics to feast your eyes upon.
In this first one, I did not, in fact, remove the screen of my iBook. I took the image using a technique I noticed on Flickr. I simply captured a snapshot of what was behind my computer and then made the image my desktop wallpaper. This was my clumsy first attempt. Cooler versions can be seen in the Flickr transparent screens group.
This photo, meanwhile, was taken using the camera toss method — you set your camera to night (long-exposure) mode and then throw it up in the air. The light source consisted of some Christmas lights at my buddy’s Chris D.‘s house.
And then, lastly, we have this image, which I’m quite proud of. I was stopped at traffic light and noticed a striking sunset in my side-view mirror.
In my most recent Gridskipper dispatch, I examine DC’s current cute animal fixation: giant baby panda Tai Shan. (Be sure to check out the readers’ comments at the bottom.)