Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Happy Saturday everyone. So Missouri Governor Jay Nixon wants a Poet Laureate for the state who doesn’t have anything in his or her background that might embarrass him. I take…
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Question of the Day
Earlier this week, Sean Lovelace at HTMLGIANT asked about the last time you read a book you didn’t really want to read, and while I was coming up with my…
Science Saturday
Business Week suggests some ways in which the Apple Tablet, whatever it ends up being called, could change the world. Hyperbolic? Probably. But I suspect I’ll want one. Hominids might…
Saturday Morning Links
Morning, everyone. We’ll start in Switzerland, where the traffic fines are based on your income. And in this case, that meant a $290,000 fine. In fairness, it sounds like he…
Life Stories Roundup, This Week 1/1–1/8
A roundup of profiles and life stories from around the web.:
FUNNY WOMEN #12: Destroying Angels, A How-To Guide
77%* of Americans say they believe in angels. That doesn’t mean we like them. Sure, they were cute–at first. Maybe you thought you’d never get tired of those sweet rosy…
Endearing Wrecks
“Bloom’s characters, I’m happy to pronounce, are glorious, endearing wrecks. They are simultaneously loyal, petty, resentful, and compassionate. They are vain, horny, bullheaded, and brave. In their messy assemblage of…
Morning Coffee
Internet gold. (via @TheLincoln) The 200 best and worst jobs in the U.S. Actuary vs. Roustabout edition. A New York resident has recreated Rambo shot for shot in his 220…
Morning Coffee
Childhood Trauma Soap: “Maybe if you smelled good your parents would love you.” Speaking of parents, is respect for elders universal in primates? (My completely unscientific answer? Not in punk…
Morning Coffee
Going shopping for bananas in Spain? Thanks to an error by drug smugglers, you might end up with a whole lotta cocaine. Ice more your thing? Check out these photos…
China Created a Small Black Hole and We Bombed the Moon
Harper’s has a condensed, slightly humorous (not funny haha) and downright offputting review of 2009. From “Scientists in San Diego made a robot head study itself in a mirror until…