Nine Pictures Of The Extreme Income/Wealth Gap (OurFuture.org)
I’m old enough to remember when it wasn’t like this. I’m also old enough to weep for the entity my once-enviable nation …
Read more...The Day the Movies Died (GQ)
The tail ended up wagging the dog…and that never works out well. The Day the Movies Died: Movies + TV: GQ.
Read more...Paulina Porizkova: Modeling
Paulina on modeling. Groundbreaking revelations? Not so much (…I hope; but if they are to you, you should pay attention). Something much …
Read more...Summer Glau Sexy – Video and Pics of Summer Glau (Esquire)
Clearly there is a pro-Summer vibe here on TIB. I’d be remiss if I didn’t link to this: Summer Glau Sexy – …
Read more...Are We Witnessing the Death Spiral of the Hollywood Blockbuster? (io9.com)
It doesn’t make a lot of sense to shoot your wad on a blockbuster for maybe a big payday instead of making …
Read more...When pistachio nuts explode (@io9)
Clearly I haven’t devoted enough time to studying the ins and outs of pistachiocity. When pistachio nuts explode.
Read more...Nancy Lieberman: A new ‘next game’ for Hall of Fame basketball player Nancy Lieberman (latimes.com)
Going back to the 1976 Olympics, I’ve come to expect that Nancy can do anything she wants to do. Men’s basketball is …
Read more...Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior (WSJ.com)
Like many of us have been saying, it boils down to this: expect excellence and know that regardless of any nascent talent, …
Read more...2011 (celluloid blonde)
How can anyone who’s been paying attention not agree with Max? Seriously…when a country starts passing draconian “Patriot Acts” and creates a …
Read more...TCW Close With the Bug Thing
Remember back when there was mention on another blog that the Fox lawyers had examined The Connor Wars to that point and …
Read more...xkcd: Tree
Being a programmer-type-fellow, I found this hilarious…and a marvelous idea. (Yes, I’m a geek…how can you not know this by now?) xkcd: …
Read more...GBs Are Units of Measure, Too
While the ISU–and NIST for that matter–is really clear on this (I, too, have read the documents), the fact is that separating …
Read more...How Some Politicians Stumble on Science (USATODAY.com)
Politicians, yes, and many judges, too. Not just science per se, but basic research. You never know which connection will be key …
Read more...Dying is Easy. Comedy is Hard « Quote Investigator
I don’t think we’ll ever have the definitive answer, but the evidence presented here does point to Gwenn. I’m comfortable with that. …
Read more...Sarah Palin is Wrong About John F. Kennedy, Religion, and Politics
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend takes Palin to task for being the religious ethnocrat her rhetoric colors her as. Sarah Palin is wrong about …
Read more...What Teenagers Think About Facebook, Twitter and MySpace (The Faster Times)
I love this. Instead of some study where adults bring their own biases and preconceptions, one blogger just asks and–more importantly–listens. What …
Read more...Magazine Copies Entire Story From Web, Tells Writer She Should Pay Them For Publishing It (The Consumerist)
If ever there was a slam-dunk copyright lawsuit, by all appearances, this is it. Magazine Copies Entire Story From Web, Tells Writer …
Read more...Paulina Porizkova: On Politics
I get more and more impressed with Paulina’s levelheadedness–and not just on politics. Given a choice between another politician “representing” me in …
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