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Today's Fresh Blogs...| I regret I have to tell you we're in war |
| Published: July 11, 2007, 5:03 pm |
| Tags: Japan, Iraq, Horses, Coke, Ponies, Brisket, Your Kids Will Die, Collateral Damage, Pickle Spear, Terrorists Kill Babies |
| I want to talk about this war we're in. First of all, I regret I have to tell you we're in war. I never wanted to be a war president. I -- now that I am one, I'm going to do the best I can to protect America. I'm doin the best I can here people.... Read and post comments Send to a friend |
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| Nightlife: Chelsea's New Clubs: Orientalist Delight |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 5:30 pm |
| Tags: Chelsea, Die Already, Nightlife |
| We were all ready to place coins on the eyes of clubby old West Chelsea, say the mourner's kaddish and move on. But the neighborhood—once the festering apotheosis of New York clubdom but of... |
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| Home or Homer? |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 1:45 pm |
| Tags: Homer Simpson, Simpsons, Homer, Los Simpsons, Die Simpsons, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Life, Movie, Fox, The Simpsons, Maggie, General |
| Tonight is the opening of the long awaiting Simpson’s Movie (see official website here) I’m contemplating, because I have things I *should* do tonight at home, but part of me just wants to go see the Simpsons movie! Hummm, decisions decisions!!!! Hahahahah! |
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| Cogitations on an Accident [The World's Fair] |
| Published: August 2, 2007, 3:33 pm |
| Tags: Ethics Palace Where Ethical Questions Go To Live Die |
| In turn, incidentally, I've written a guest post for Oronte Churm. It's here, and it's about a short story I use in my engineering ethics class by the brilliant Chinese author Gao Xingjian, called "The Accident." Read the rest of this post... Read the comments on this post... |
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| The Encyclopedia Brittanica: This Week's World's Fair Sponsor [The World's Fair] |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 9:17 am |
| Tags: Ethics Palace Where Ethical Questions Go To Live Die |
| This week's alternative sponsor for the blog. Inquire within. Read the rest of this post... Read the comments on this post... |
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| Green Machine: Die Bike Runs on Biodiesel, Capable of 130 mph (Video) |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 4:52 am |
| Tags: Bike, Biodiesel, Die Bike, Eco, Fast, Green Machine, The Crucible |
| in 3/4 aluminum fairing. Die Bike cost $20,000 and took six months to build. As well as running on biodiesel, it can take both diesel and straight vegetable oil (SVO). Sturtz, who is Founder and Executive Director of The Crucible, is hoping that his creation will break the existing diesel motorcycle world record, as well as establishing new |
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| Green Machine: Die Bike Runs on Biodiesel, Capable of 130 mph |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 4:52 am |
| Tags: Bike, Biodiesel, Die Bike, Eco, Fast, Green Machine, The Crucible |
| in 3/4 aluminum fairing. Die Bike cost $20,000 and took six months to build. As well as running on biodiesel, it can take both diesel and straight vegetable oil (SVO). Sturtz, who is Founder and Executive Director of The Crucible, is hoping that his creation will break the existing diesel motorcycle world record, as well as establishing new |
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| Merv Griffin dies of prostate cancer at age 82 |
| Published: August 12, 2007, 11:30 am |
| Tags: Cancer, Die, Dies, Fortune, Griffin, Hospitalized, Jeopardy, Merv, Prostate, Recurrence, Wheel |
| today that Merv Griffin had died, I was running on my treadmill, doing my part to pound out any chance that cancer will pay me a return visit. On my MP3 player the song Bad Day by Daniel Powter was blaring. Sweating, halfway through my second mile and feeling quite strong, I heard the words -- "Did you hear Merv Griffin died?" No, I had not yet |
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| "Happier" by Tal Ben-Shahar; Road map to your ultimate and inalienable right, to be happy |
| Published: August 13, 2007, 1:06 pm |
| Tags: Living Life To The Fullest, Before I Die, Depression, Happiness, Positive Psychology, Self Help, Book Review Tip |
| to not require a book but studies have shown that people are remarkably poor at doing exactly this. The reasons for this mis-allocation of time and effort are many but "Happier" shows you how to distill down those things that will make you most happy and then how to ritualize them into your every day life. Below is a sampling of the many |
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| Product Recall: Mattel "Sarge" die cast toy cars |
| Published: August 14, 2007, 1:29 pm |
| Tags: Chinese Toys, Chinesetoys, Jeep Recall, Jeeprecall, Lead Paint, Lead Paint Toys, Leadpaint, Leadpainttoys, Made In China, Madeinchina, Mattel, Product Recall, Productrecall, Recall, Recalled Chinese Toys, Recalledchinesetoys, Safety, Sarge Die Cast, Sargediecast, Toy Jeep |
| the recall of "Sarge" Die Cast toy cars due to high levels of lead in the paint. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children. Needless to say, these toys were made in China.About 253,000 of the toy cars were sold nationwide at retail stores from May 2007 through August 2007 for between $7 and $20 (depending on whether they were sold |
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| To Do Before You Die: Make An Oscar-bait Movie |
| Published: August 15, 2007, 10:48 pm |
| Tags: Midlife Observed, Before I Die, Briefly Noted |
| they want to do before they die. We'd advocate getting an earlier start on the process (here are some ideas). Reiner may have "direct another hit" on his before-I-die list. It's been fifteen years since he paired with Nicholson on "A Few Good Men." --- other tags : bucket-list |
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| To Do Before You Die: Make An Oscar-bait Movie |
| Published: August 15, 2007, 10:48 pm |
| Tags: Midlife Observed, Before I Die, Briefly Noted |
| they want to do before they die. We'd advocate getting an earlier start on the process (here are some ideas). Reiner may have "direct another hit" on his before-I-die list. It's been fifteen years since he paired with Nicholson on "A Few Good Men." --- other tags : bucket-list |
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| Vintage Sanyo fan sparks fire, leads to two deaths |
| Published: August 23, 2007, 3:59 pm |
| Tags: Death, Die, Fan, Fire, Kill, Killed, Sanyo, Tokyo |
| Filed under: Misc. GadgetsThis past Monday, an old electric fan (circa 1970) that was produced by Sanyo reportedly "caused a fire" which led to the death of two people in Tokyo. Apparently, a fire broke out "due to decay in the motor and other parts" of the fan, but the firm has denied that there were design flaws "or any other defects" to blame. |
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| Funny TV people doing funny Web stuff: Florentine, Norton, Besser and Katz |
| Published: August 26, 2007, 2:01 pm |
| Tags: Current Events, Funny Die, Funnyordie, Jim Florentine, Jim Norton, Jonathan Katz, Jonathankatz, Matt Besser, Podcast, Pope, Super Deluxe |
| Filed under: Web, CelebritiesDid you know a person can be funny on television and the internet? It's true. Here's a few examples: First, comedians Jim Norton (Lucky Louie, Tough Crowd) and Jim Florentine (Crank Yankers, Meet the Creeps) have a new series on Super Deluxe where they give super-brief commentaries on current events. The clips are not |
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| Die Electric socket blockers make better use of your AC outlets |
| Published: August 27, 2007, 1:15 pm |
| Tags: Concept, Die Electric, Dieelectric, Electricity, Energy, Green, Insulation, Power |
| with the variety of Die Electric insulators, which take on a plethora of shapes to not only prevent your outlets from actually passing electricity onward, but double as helpful household accessories (or just plain weird wall adornments). Of course, any halfway industrious individual could probably concoct their own Die Electric, but if |
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