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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:26:08 -0800

Happy New Decade!
Farewell, aughts! Illustration above by David Silverman (Thanks, David!)....
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:18:06 -0800

Fun with fluorescence
If you liked the fluorescent landscapes of Avatar, here's a collection of fluorescent videos.
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:06:40 -0800

TSA drops subpoenas issued to bloggers who published security directive (UPDATED)
According to Chris Elliot, one of the bloggers involved. Link. No word on whether the TSA has also dropped the subpoena issued...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:27:15 -0800

Did Google get TSA subpoena over the blogged security directive?
Danny Sullivan, with another update on the two bloggers visited and subpoenaed by armed Transportation Security Administration...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:00:15 -0800

Come Back With a Warrant doormat
...apropos of bloggers being bullied into parting with their hard drives: check out this nifty doormat, available at Target for...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:56:08 -0800

Dr. Sketchy's 24-hour life drawing session in Los Angeles, January 2-3,
Bob Self says: Dr. Sketchy's Los Angeles is alternative figure drawing cabaret for artists who like their naked inspiration to...
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Good As You posted a blog entry

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:48:49 -0800

Happy 1985, Kiddos! See ya on other side of this nutty year
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soanim8ed posted a blog entry

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:10:47 -0800

The Naughties Countdown Mix
Now here’s something to get you in the mood for your New Year’s celebrations: a look back at the last decade in...
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Good As You posted a blog entry

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:53:50 -0800

♪...and a burnt bridge in a rosary♪
In the run-up to Christmas, many of us sent out holiday cards, fruitcakes, or pooper scoopers sizable enough to accommodate...
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soanim8ed posted a blog entry

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:45:51 -0800

Top 20 Albums of the Naughties
And here is the last of the lists for the year. Since many of the record companies are forbidding embedding video so fans can...
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Good As You posted a blog entry

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:44:44 -0800

Audio: 'Poker' turned into Craps
@LadyGaga "Poker Face" parody by WBC is done! Lyrics: http://tiny.cc/LGL2 Music: sound bite LadyGaga "Poker Face" parody by...
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Good As You posted a blog entry

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:40:17 -0800

Maine's only border state to get what Pine Tree Staters denied
At midnight in NYC, the ball will drop. Meanwhile in NH, inequality will: CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A handful of gay couples plan...
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Good As You posted a blog entry

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:06:59 -0800

Better luck next year, corn
Associated Press members have named Iowa's high court-initiated marriage equality as the state's top story of '09: The court...
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Good As You posted a blog entry

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:26:18 -0800

The 'lam' of God: Will Lisa Miller come out of hiding?
More on far-right martyr Lisa Miller, and the growing concern that she's planning to test whether or not court orders apply to...
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Good As You posted a blog entry

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:58:41 -0800

The Purpose Driven Schadenfreude
Apparently likening homosexuality to incest and pedophilia, comparing gay relationships to a straight man's desire to sleep...
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LukeP posted a blog entry

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:14:40 -0800

Performance Appraisals Forms
The performance appraisal is not about the forms used to formally record the appraisal discussion, but the HR Professionals...
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Spicy Cauldron posted a blog entry

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:50:51 -0800

Apple insults UK gay and lesbian community with homophobic film giveaway
Apple has today insulted the UK’s entire gay and lesbian community by giving away homophobic cinema flop of the year,...
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Spicy Cauldron posted a blog entry

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:43:32 -0800

And on New Year’s Eve the cockerel did crow
No, it’s not some old saying—it’s the sound I heard coming from the garage around 8am today, as Mulder our...
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rstevens posted a blog entry

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:35:59 -0800

DS Web: Making An Asteroid of Himself
Since Dr. North is on hiatus this week, this strip is an accidental homage to Dinosaur Comics.
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:35:55 -0800

Argentina: judge orders DNA test to determine if media heirs are orphans of "disappeared"
BBC News: "An Argentine judge has ordered the heirs to a powerful media empire to take DNA tests to establish if they are...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:41:33 -0800

Surrealistic cartoon by illustrator Jean-Philippe Masson
Muzorama from Muzorama Team on Vimeo. This fun video by illustrator Jean-Philippe Masson (aka Muzo) was produced in just 6...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:34:38 -0800

Snail with vanishing spots
The flamingo tongue snail Cyphoma gibbosum appears to have a shell decorated with bright spots (top of image). Amazingly...
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omgfrank posted a blog entry

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:14:57 -0800

OMG, A See-Through Fish!
There's a "healthy" debate brewing in the comments over at this post about whether the people of Japan/General Asia...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:37:52 -0800

AbeBooks' Weird Book Room
AbeBooks has a fantastic virtual Weird Book Room. I was thrilled to discover that I only have three of the books on the page:...
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omgfrank posted a blog entry

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:58:41 -0800

OMG, Happy Holidays From Henrietta and Merna
Shit! I meant to post this on Christmas Eve but of course I forgot like the total idiot I am. Still, it's almost New...
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