Strib: A back-alley approach to fight crime in Minneapolis
The City Council is reviewing a proposal to keep strangers out of its 455 miles of alleys.
Miles and miles of Minneapolis alleys would be off-limits to strangers under a proposed city ordinance intended to curtail crime.
The proposal would prohibit anyone from walking in an alley who doesn’t […]
Boing Boing: Left Behind Christian sf novels turned into bigoted video-game
The people behind the kooky Christian “Left-Behind” science fiction novels (about the futuristic battles on earth after the Rapture takes all the good Bible-bashers to heaven) have produced a violent, bigoted video-game version of their stories. Ironicially, the game is drawing fire from Jack Thompson, […]
Salting the earth - Wikipedia definition
Ever hear the phrase: ‘Salting the Earth‘ (not to be confused with the term “Salt of the Earth“). Up until 20 minutes ago I thought that those two phrases were one and the same. Now, I realize I’m an idiot.
“Salting the earth refers to the practice of spreading salt on […]
I’m going camping for Memorial Day weekend (like every other sucker in MN), and as I mentally make the list of stuff to bring that I’ll promptly forget when packing, I thought I’d share some do’s & don’ts that will guide my behaviour for the next few days:
The Ali will be:
Drinking
Going to my happy place […]
I sit here in my office, desperately trying to snap myself out of a self-induced food coma, thinking: “Ali, wtf is wrong with you? Have you no shame? No standards? No self control?“ Today, self-loathing reigns supreme for this: the goddamn ‘burrito bol’ from Chipotle.
Not long ago, I was a Chipotle “snob”. I […]
Boing Boing: Oil paintings inspired by video-game scenes
Reuters: Lay, Skilling found guilty in Enron trial
The Consumerist: Man goes to Best Buy. Has pleasant time. Universe implodes.
DIY: How to build a Mosquito trap
Fun facts about your birthday
For example, I learned that there are 223 days till my next birthday on which my cake will have […]
Well, this guy likes us. Kinda. Perhaps. Probably not really. But I cannot hide my nerdy glee that someone I don’t drink with at the local bar has linked to us.
Sure he called us *me* out on my spelling impotence, (hence… the now correct spelling of ‘Cyprus’), and okay, we’re under the heading ‘Mercy Links […]
“One hundred years ago, if you lost your health, or your mind, you might have faced the poorhouse. It was a terrifying possibility - the slide from working, healthy person to the poorhouse, an anonymous death, and an unmarked grave.
Thousands of people died in poorhouses, and today we park cars and grow corn on their […]
Nicknamed The Widowmaker, Delamar Ghost Town is a small abandoned city in a very remote central eastern corner of Nevada, USA. It was once a thriving gold operation, but was ruined by its own dry-mining process which killed its residents and caused the mine to close forever. (links & history after jump)
Following the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the southern part of Famagusta, also known as Varosha, was completly abandoned by its residents. While the problem is not resolved, Varosha is a ghost town. More after jump…
(In advance: thanks Michelle!) Nougat is a confectionery made with sugar or honey, roasted nuts (almonds, walnuts, pistachios or hazelnuts are common) and sometimes chopped, candied fruit. The consistency of nougat can range from chewy to hard depending on its composition.
There are two basic kinds of nougat: white and brown. White nougat is made […]
Giant Leapus! The nightmare pictured (after the jump) belongs to German breeder Hans Wagner. The extraordinarily large hare weighs 17 lbs., measures 17 inches high on all fours, and stands over three feet tall on his hind legs.
Unfit to fight in Iraq?
Report: US troops diagnosed with mental illness sent to combat areas.
According to a recently published investigative report, US troops diagnosed as unstable are increasingly being kept in combat positions by using a combination of potent antidepressants and anti-anxiety drugs, but with minimal counseling or monitoring of their conditions.
A statue of a woman made out of bread is proving popular with pigeons in a park in Santiago.
Constanza Puente’s latest work is a life size self portrait of the 6ft artist. She told Las Ultimas Noticias: “I chose bread to celebrate the fragility of the human beings. I am the person who has the […]
Via Boing Boing:
Adrian Lamo, now 18 months into a two-year probation for hacking the NYT, is again in hot water — this time because he failed to give a DNA sample to the federal government. Snip from Kevin Poulsen’s report in Wired News:
“On Tuesday, federal probation officer Michael Sipe filed a notice of violation in […]
From Cynopsis:
“HBO has not picked up the options of the cast in its western series Deadwood beyond the upcoming third season, set to launch on June 11. That doesn’t necessarily mean the show is dead, but the actors are free to roam the range for other projects. Of course, corralling them back in for an […]
How can you not love a band with song titles like “You Fuck Like My Dad,” “My Dick Sux,” and “You’re Full of Shit (Check Out My Sweet Riffs)”?
A brief, imagined conversation between myself and people I see every single day at my job but never speak with:
The guy from USPS/FedEx/’What Can Brown Do For You’ Shipping Company who comes around and delivers our packages
ME:
Anything for me?
HIM:
Nope.
ME:
I’ll bet you like getting mail at home because it’s the one time someone’s giving you mail […]
this is really interesting:
Time lapse radar track of FedEx aircraft arriving into the Memphis hub during area thunderstorms.From Airline Pilot Central
Wheeee! Nobody says ‘family vacation’ like the friendly neighborhood meat processing plant. Yes indeed, thanks to the lovely folks over at the Internet Archive, you too can tour the Hormel Meat Processing plant circa 1965 with this little gem named: “This Is Hormel“. Enjoy!
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