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dropping knowledge like babies
July 3, 2008 at 10:41 am · Filed under Politics
Fears, Again, of Oil Supplies at Risk - New York Times
”If bin Laden takes over and becomes king of Saudi Arabia, he’d turn off the tap,” said Roger Diwan, a managing director of the Petroleum Finance Company, a consulting firm in Washington. ”He said at one point that he wants oil to be $144 a barrel” — about six times what it sells for now.
That was written in 2001. Things are really going bin Laden’s way, it seems. I wonder how different things would be if we had taken a more measured, thoughtful approach in our response to the attacks of September 11; say, if Al Gore had been elected. When I imagine such a scenario, it makes me realize how every decision has consequences, that caring about politics isn’t a waste of time.
(Thanks to Austinist for the link.)
July 2, 2008 at 12:51 pm · Filed under Austin
Holy crap! I’m leaving Texas. Flying out to England August 13th. Gonna miss just about everything about this place: the sun, the Springs, the hills, downtown, the Tex-Mex and BBQ, the weirdness, but mostly the awesome friends I have. Thanks for enriching my life. Hopefully I will be back someday.
Until Aug 13, I’m going to be doing as much fun stuff as I can, and I have vowed to take at least a weekly dip in Barton Springs. Join me on Saturdays if you like.
June 30, 2008 at 1:28 pm · Filed under Food
The 11 Best Foods You Arent Eating - Well - Tara Parker-Pope - Health - New York Times Blog
Sardines: Dr. Bowden calls them “health food in a can.’’ They are high in omega-3’s, contain virtually no mercury and are loaded with calcium. They also contain iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, copper and manganese as well as a full complement of B vitamins.
How to eat: Choose sardines packed in olive or sardine oil. Eat plain, mixed with salad, on toast, or mashed with dijon mustard and onions as a spread.
There’s gotta be a way to ease into sardine eating. They’re so hard to stomach. Anything complement them well enough to counteract the weird flavor?
June 30, 2008 at 10:25 am · Filed under Humor
This is cracking me up:
Lore Sjoberg is the dude in the video, and he’s also behind other pieces of internet comedy gold: Slumbering Lungfish, Brunching Shuttlecocks, Alt Text, and Bad Gods.
June 30, 2008 at 10:15 am · Filed under Photography
OK, so as it was pointed out this weekend, I’m a total photo nerd. And even though my beloved old Nikon F chewed up and spat out a roll of exposed film Saturday night, I still firmly believe in the power of film over digital. Not that I’m anti-digital, but given the choice, I’d usually shoot with an old film camera. I’m tempted to turn this into a more general argument for analog over digital, but I’ll hold back. So speaking of old cameras and film, here’s a really awesome page that lists cameras by type and shows example images from each.
(Taken with my Lubitel lomo.)
June 25, 2008 at 1:43 pm · Filed under Film, People, TV
Bateman: “It’s in the works; the grownups are trying to work out the numbers. David’s very expensive now, but we’re trying to work some sort of a back-end position that he’s comfortable with.” It’s mostly Hancock talk until about halfway, and then David Cross shows up.
June 25, 2008 at 12:26 pm · Filed under Humor
Best of the web right here:
Don’t miss the middle of that video with the puppet. Seriously. And the other videos are pretty awesome, too.
For those of you who didn’t have the good (bad?) fortune to witness the animatronic band at Showbiz Pizza, find more info here.
June 24, 2008 at 10:50 am · Filed under News, Photography
Holy crap. Best new blog in a while. From the Boston Globe, The Big Picture is a relatively simple idea, executed gorgeously: few words, big, pretty pictures, tells a story. It just started this month, and already there are some really great stories and even better photos:
Daily Life in Sadr City, Iraq
The Sky, From Above
Mississippi Floodwaters in Iowa
Ethiopia in Food Crisis Once More
You really have to see these full-sized. Stunning work.
June 24, 2008 at 10:06 am · Filed under Politics, energy
Obama Camp Closely Linked With Ethanol - NYTimes.com
Not long after arriving in the Senate, Mr. Obama himself briefly provoked a controversy by flying at subsidized rates on corporate airplanes, including twice on jets owned by Archer Daniels Midland, which is the nation’s largest ethanol producer and is based in his home state.
No big surprise he won Iowa. E85 as a solution to our fuel crisis is a red herring. If Obama hasn’t heard this yet, it’s because he has corn-money stuffed in his hears. If he’s elected, keep an eye on his energy policy to see if he’s making good decisions free from political influence. Our food prices and environment depend on E85 getting shot down, as it should.
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