Pimping your ride

Playing dumb?

James Lileks doesn’t get it.

Let me explain this in simple terms, habibi. You would have spent the rest of your life under Ba?athist rule. You might have gotten some nice architectural commissions to do a house for someone whose aroma was temporarily acceptable to the Tikriti mob.

Yeah, he would have…thanks to the help our country gave the ‘butcher of Baghdad’ in the eighties. Remember this?

He even admits

I understand; I would have done the same. I?m not brave enough to start a revolution. I wouldn?t have grabbed a gun and charged a palace. I would lived like you. Head down, eyes wary. When the man?s too strong, the man?s too strong.

Another self-righteous blogger. Overall, about as rational a post as any from Yahweh or Allah.

The Missoula Ice Age Flood

During the last ice age, a giant lake formed in Montana which was created by a natural glacial dam. When the glaciers retreated, the lake swelled and broke the dam. In the Willamette valley it left fertile topsoil at depths of up to 100 feet! The Missoula floods were out of control. I say floods because this amazing event happened more than once. They were even more amazing than the biblical flood, because they actually happened.

I found this to be very interesting, and was under the impression that this was what had caused the Willamette river to run south to north. I was also under the impression that north-running rivers were rare, until I saw this page. Apparently they are not. However the Willamette is special, because it is one of our country’s most polluted places. I think of this every time I see someone waterski or swim in it.

At a loss for words

Best. Use. Of. G4. Cube. Ever.

Bad Client

Dreamless – Best Clients Quotes – 977desisgn.com

This is why I’m not in a hurry to be a web designer.

Fizzy turkey

Jones Soda is introducing Turkey and Gravy flavored soda just in time for thanksgiving!

Bloggers on the dole

BLOGGER – Knowledge Base – How Not to Get Fired Because of Your Blog

After reading this, I’m going to make it a point not to be an unemployed blogger.

…unless it keeps snowing and I can roll on unemployment all season. Mmmmmpowder.

Yay marriage…unless you’re gay.

President Defends Sanctity of Marriage

Marriage is a sacred institution between a man and a woman. Today’s decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court violates this important principle. I will work with congressional leaders and others to do what is legally necessary to defend the sanctity of marriage.

Thanksgiving

If I stay in PDX on turkey day, I’m checking out this page when I get hungry.

Clearing your conscience

If you’re feeling guilty about your ill-gotten MP3s, send them back!