December 2008
27 posts
CIA Sucessfully Bribes Aging Afghan Tribal Leaders... →
Disgruntled UFO-cultists in Tel Aviv cancel... →
Hot Chip & Peter Gabriel - Cape Cod Kwassa...
“The survey, intended to study how to reduce unwanted pregnancies, also showed...”
– Japan Teens Skipping Breakfast Have Sex Younger
Why We're Still Happy →
Research in psychology and economics suggests that when only your salary is cut, or when only you make a foolish investment, or when only you lose your job, you become considerably less satisfied with your life. But when everyone from autoworkers to Wall Street financiers becomes worse off, your life satisfaction remains pretty much the same. (via jingc)
Leonard Cohen - You Have Loved Enough
John Cale - Andalucia
The Paris 1919 album...
Hubris
yourmonkeycalled:
Whenever I go back and re-read an email that I wrote a long time ago, I usually end up thinking, “Wow, I sure was confident about the certain success of that thing that no longer exists.”
In Berlin's Boar War, Some Side With the Hogs →
“Mr. Eggert, a 55-year-old forestry official, fumes at Berlin’s “vegans and whatnot” who are, he thinks, too sentimental about the city’s pesky boars. “If we don’t get brutally pragmatic, the problem is going to get totally out of hand,” he says.” (from The Wall Street Journal; phenomenal quotes)
Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind (1979)
I’m head-over-heels about the new Circlesquare album, Songs about Dancing and Drugs. This is their first new album in 5 years and its fantastic. Download it here.
“On the aforementioned “Sorry,” Rose suddenly sings an otherwise innocuous line...”
– Chuck Klosterman reviews Chinese Democracy (via triciaromano)
Hot Chip - One Pure Thought
350,000 Tourists Stranded In Thailand →
well, looks like I'm stuck in Thailand!
American citizens travelling or living in Thailand should be aware that the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) has entered and forced the closure of Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang airports in Bangkok. All incoming and outgoing flights have been cancelled. We do not know when flights will resume. While we have conveyed our deep concern with these closures to the Thai authorities and remain hopeful...