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From the Tumblelog August 8-14, 2010

Aug 14

twittericonimpromptu geek meet-up as stranger in C.J. Barrymore’s lobby pronounces “A Game of Swords” that is lying on my lap “a good book!”

Aug 13

newsExclusive: ‘Friday Night Lights’ return date set

Aug 12

twittericonRT @CitizenCohn: Bush Administration tied to radical Islamists http://bit.ly/9jCWO3

newsComparing Democratic and Republican tax plans

newsOur Daughter Isn't a Selfish Brat; Your Son Just Hasn't Read "Atlas Shrugged" (8/12/10)

Aug 11

newsThe benefits of a college degree in one graph

unemployedandrecessionandeducation.jpg

Aug 10

twittericonRT @TheSwellSeason: The Swell Season cover Neutral Milk Hotel’s “Two-Headed Boy”. http://tinyurl.com/32duths

newsFacebook Letting Users Unsubscribe From Feed Story Notifications

Aug 09

newsCreationism Lives

newsConfessions of a Tea Party Casualty

Aug 08

twittericonFinn jogged a mile without stopping today. He was quite excited and proud of his accomplishment.

From the Tumbelog July 25-31, 2010

Jul 31

newsWhite supremacist rally in Midland draws strong opinions, small crowds

newsLatest News > Peter Cummings to receive AIChE Founders Award

my PhD advisor

twittericonElliot mowing the grass for the first time http://twitpic.com/2ag1hq

mow

newsCan Obama make success popular?

newsPostPartisan - On immigration, Lindsey Graham abandons principle

Jul 30

twittericonRT @nyctaper: just posted a live recording of The National from Terminal 5 last night http://www.nyctaper.com/?p=3672

twittericonbest friend at work is transferring to Indianapolis. Ran into him as we were both leaving for the day, his last. bummer.

newsReagan Worship For Fun And Profit | The New Republic

newsGlenn Beck and the Oakland shooter

newsUniversity Website

People go to the website because they can't wait for the next alumni magazine, right? What do you mean, you want a campus map? One of our students made one as a CS class project back in '01!  You can click to zoom and everything!

Jul 29

twittericonzydeco at Tunes at the Tridge

newsDow group to spearhead U.S Dept. of Energy project

newsAmerican Physical Society journals now free to public libraries in US

newsThe Associated Press: Republicans block small business lending bill

newsAnne Rice: "I Quit Being A Christian"

newsBay City homeless shelter witnessing record numbers, nearing capacity

twittericonConsumers Energy working in our backyard http://twitpic.com/29k1lz

consumers

twittericonOn page 227 of 1216 of A Storm of Swords

newsAmericans Say 'Melting Pot' Policies Once Made U.S. Stronger, But No More

newsGood Reads on Religious Diversity

newsThe "Let Them Eat Want Ads" Caucus

newsTom Toles Editorial Cartoon on GoComics.com

Tom Toles

Jul 28

newsEMU student's lawsuit dismissed | detnews.com | The Detroit News

Jul 27

newsQuote of the Day: Political Footballs in Congress

Jul 26

newsFull stream of On the Ones and Threes by Versus from Merge Records (limited time only)

newsJudge rules that circumventing DRM is not illegal

newsPeriod Speech

The same people who spend their weekends at the Blogger Reenactment Festivals will whine about the anachronisms in historical movies, but no one else will care.

newsOp-Ed Columnist: The Right and the Climate

Jul 25

newsNew J. Tillman - "Three Sisters" (Recorded by Steve Albini)

From the Tumblelog July 11-July 17, 2010

Jul 17

newsAdams: Players in bar brawl also hurt teammates

newsA radical idea for airline security

twittericonWith Larry Bird at the Hall of Fame http://twitpic.com/2660ph

bird

twittericonBasketball Hall of Fame http://twitpic.com/265z45

hall

Jul 16

newsThinkGeek adds “Mayor of Your Mom” Foursquare shirt, and it’s pretty fly

newsSize matters (at least for stimulus)

Jul 15

newsDo conservatives care about the deficit? Do Democrats?

deficitagainsttaxes.jpg

twittericonMystic Seaport

Jul 14

twittericonLate afternoon swim http://twitpic.com/25aw5v

swim

twittericonCT Science Center

newsWe Have A Crisis. Does Anyone Give a Damn?

Jul 13

news'A Chart That Screams, "Extend Unemployment Benefits!" '

You’ll have to excuse me for simply stealing Daniel Indiviglio’s headline for this chart, but it’s really the right way to introduce it:

job openings vs jobless 2010-05-thumb-570x326-29516.png

“That giant gap consists of Americans who are unemployed and couldn't get a job even if they wanted to…

newsThe saddest senator: Why John McCain has become so painful to watch. - By Jacob Weisberg - Slate Magazine

newsWe Have A Crisis. Does Anyone Give a Damn?

Jul 12

twittericonconcert in downtown Hartford

Jul 11

twittericonThe view from the back porch http://twitpic.com/24ffwx

From the Tumblelog June 27-July 3, 2010

Jul 03

twittericonwatching The Road with Lisa

twittericon0 for 2 on Saturday morning errands…post office and recycling center are both closed for the holiday.

newsShane Claiborne: This July 4th, Let's Celebrate Interdependence Day!

Jul 02

twittericonDinner at Cafe Zinc and now Eclipse. Anniversary celebration.

Jul 01

newsBroadband Now A Legal Right In Finland - All citizens to get 100 Mbps service by 2015

Jun 30

newsWell it's official. Steve Carell will leave The Office after this next season. It was of course inevitable (and sad), bu...

Jun 29

newsMy Take: Why Christians are jerks online

From the Tumblelog June 20-June 26, 2010

Jun 26

news"Something Better Than Revival" | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction

Buenos Aires pastors believe their city of 13 million should have only one church.

Jun 25

newsRemember the airline bailout?

Jun 24

newsU.S. health-care system: Still bad

Jun 23

twittericonon the train from Boston to Philly

newsOpenDNS FamilyShield makes it easier to block porn from your kids' computers

newsSen. Tony Stamas travels to China with wife to adopt daughter

Jun 21

twittericongetting off a plane with Sen. Carl Levin and Dog the Bountyhunter. Presumably only one of them was in town because Biden was.

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