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[/nev/dull] HTML O' The Day (22 Jul 2008)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:46:46 GMT

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/17/AR2008071703161.html McMahon said he does not recall intervening on the leather color change, but said he was sure it was unrelated to the Air Force's color. He said that it was probably because blue would not show dirt as much as tan or brown would.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/douglas/1062377,CST-EDT-douglas18.article Sometimes it's not enough to say, "I have a visceral antipathy to my boss' viewpoint on X." [Warning: Adult Language]

http://osteele.com/archives/2008/05/my-no-tv Our No TV gives the whole family somewhere between one and six extra hours every day.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/17/amd_q2_ruiz_out/ "We will execute, execute and execute," Meyer added, perhaps scaring the hell out of AMD's employees.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/magazine/20wwln-medium-t.html But "How is babby formed?" is funny. And who wants to deny readers a chance to laugh and to get the full flavor of Internet-culture wackiness? It's flat-out lying to pretend that everyone (or anyone) spells well online.

http://home.pacbell.net/bettychu/2005allbreedbisris/ Re-defining "bad hair day".

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/07/21/torture/index.html Updating the "special relationship".

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2008/07/creepiness-continues.html Some cake artists just seem to forget that, at the end of the day, their creation is meant to be eaten.

http://wondermark.com/ Just cut me down now.

http://deputy-dog.com/2008/07/17/ever-seen-a-creepier-tower/ We'll start the photos from afar and then get closer with each picture as i want to make the experience as creepy as possible for you.

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[/nev/dull] HTML O' The Day (18 Jul 2008)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:23:14 GMT

http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/18/happy_friday/index.html We say, why not make it a sixth time?

http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2008/07/uh-cindy-its-one-of-those-3-am-crisis-calls-can-you-sign-me-on-to-the-net.html To me, that's a warning sign of a mind that has stopped exploring, content that it pretty much knows what it needs to know -- a common enough quality, but not a good one in a leader. http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/07/obama_camp_hits_mccain_on_conf.php The deep purple of confusion. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/14/mccain-references-non-exi_n_112650.html Czechoslovakia, of course, split into two separate countries in 1993. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/16/obama-camp-mccains-positi_n_113052.html Confused.

http://img294.imageshack.us/my.php?image=datinglt9.jpg There should be lots of swastikas. Thanks.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/science/15tier.html?pagewanted=all The push to Title IX science.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/7505443.stm How "not suspicious" can you get?

http://downloads.newsok.com/documents/rinehartcartoon.pdf Vote Brent Rinehart!!

http://seantevis.com/kansas/3000/running-for-office-xkcd-style/ Donate more than $8.34 and get some nice things.

http://www.wholesomewear.com/slimmer-c.html The suit snaps between the legs for in water use and unsnaps for a modest out of water look.

http://you.presscue.com/node/1101 Someone said we needed a single number for comparisons, OK?

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/16/man-makes-cellphone.html The "honey bike" project.

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[/nev/dull] HTML O' The Day (15 Jul 2008)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:48:19 GMT

http://lovelylisting.blogspot.com/ A collection of poorly chosen photos from real estate listings.

http://www.myoan.net/shootingart/sm_arch_clout.html 165 meters is roughly 550 feet.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=40_ViqRG9zg Look... if the striker gets the ball... [Warning: Adult Content]

http://www.cracked.com/article_16486_where-are-they-now-6-stars-embarrassing-viral-videos.html Where are they now?

http://www.wikiupload.com/images/parenting.php Mom always did like you best.

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/12/ships-vs-big-waves.html Ships vs. Waves

http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/aviation-security/2008/Jul/01/want-some-torture-with-your-peanuts/ And when we say you should watch the safety video, we're not kidding.

http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=5378080 Now in hiding...

http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080711/OPINION/807110302 Potty parity -- say that 10 times fast.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-hindujul11,0,6607845.story There is nothing in Hindu scripture that bars women from becoming priests. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2276054/Bishop-of-Ebbsfleet-set-to-be-first-to-leave-Church-of-England-over-women-bishops.html Secret talks in the Vatican! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2298584/%27Bigger-than-Jesus-The-Beatles-were-a-Christian-band%27.html?service=print "And if I can turn the focus on the Beatles on to Christ's message, then that's what we're here to do."

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[/nev/dull] HTML O' The Day (11 Jul 2008)

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:53:06 GMT

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/10/bush-gaffes-his-way-towar_n_111961.html Biggest idiot, maybe -- I didn't know about the pollution.

http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/National-Space-Symposium-Day-3-OCX-and-GPS-III/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/525875 "Just plug into a standard cigarette lighter with 12 V for power," says the web page, "and it will automatically protect you from any GPS tracking on and within your vehicle.

http://www.wftv.com/news/16798008/detail.html The Diocese is dispatching a nun to UCF's campus to oversee the next mass, protect the Eucharist and in hopes Cook will return it.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/10/arlington-whistleblower-fired/ The Pentagon seems determined to keep the media away from the realities of war.

http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2008/7/8015.html Both involved multiple specialists simultaneously carrying out numerous, complex tasks -- tasks that frequently involved complex interfaces, and which all had to be completed quickly and accurately.

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8964/lockcupkr9.jpg Nothing says "I trust you" like a copy of your key. http://www.banksy.co.uk/indoors/02.html That's just silly, where's the solar panel and laser gun?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-bergmann/the-week-that-should-have_b_111983.html And what a week it was!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/10/nyregion/10towns.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all "They think we're a cult," said Jeff Currivan, 17. "People think we should be home playing 'Grand Theft Auto.'"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25607064/ ... who continue to live in Toyota City where the company is based.

http://kensingtonvictoria.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/image002.jpg Vets said Hilda the Hippo had a gag reflex which caused her to swallow. http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/hippoeatsdwarf.asp Yeah, but so what?

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[/nev/dull] HTML O' The Day (09 Jul 2008)

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:28:01 GMT

http://www.photobasement.com/awkward/ Awkward.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-armyfilms7-2008jul07,0,4772877.story For the Army, it was a bitter lesson.

http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2008/07/please-join-me-in-a-chorus-of-gladly-the-cross-eyed-bear.html Poor Lady Mondegreen.

http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/07/07/free_trade_and_chinese_flags/index.html Some things are best done locally.

http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/07/google_daycare/index.html The whole baroque story is amusing in a bang-your-head-against-the-desk kind of way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZBHZT3a-FA Junk mail openers available from many fine pet stores.

http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/070707-baseball-lefties.html I knew it!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7495478.stm Ms Das chose to ignore - or did not know about - a thriving racket in this part of the world in which old Indian coins are smuggled and melted down in Bangladesh to make razor blades that sell for up to seven times their value as coins.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1032909/Summit-thats-hard-swallow--world-leaders-enjoy-18-course-banquet-discuss-solve-global-food-crisis.html Grilled eel?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/nyregion/07therapists.html "So I teach my people who are treating wealthy people, 'Don't get in your patients' boats.'"

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[/nev/dull] HTML O' The Day (04 Jul 2008)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:58:09 GMT

http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/07/03/immigrants_and_the_baby_bust/index.html Either you accept that you are going to wither away and die, secure in your cherished cultural identity, but not reproducing enough to survive, or you open up your arms and embrace the stranger, and forge some new, synthetic, syncretic identity that may not be the same as what came before, but is healthy enough to flourish. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/magazine/29Birth-t.html In 2003 Falivena let it be known he would pay 10,000 euros (about $15,000) for every woman -- local or immigrant, married or single -- who would give birth to and rear a child in the village.

http://marriedtothesea.com/051508/survival-of-the-spitefullest.gif Mostly through spite. [Warning: Adult Language]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121487292883417859.html Earlier this year, Abu Dhabi businessman Saeed Khouri made headlines and the Guinness Book of World Records when he paid $14 million for the tag simply sporting a "1."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1027178/Easy-pi-Astrophysicist-solves-riddle-Britains-complex-crop-circle.html The tenth digit has even been correctly rounded up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfIH-Bn_fbE When two great tastes... http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=MTL9663#LargeImage ... that taste great together!

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?aid=9377&context=va http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/29/us.iran/index.html Just keep digging!

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18075 Unlike the water in a sink or a bathtub, the water level in Earths oceans is not the same everywhere; sea level varies with location and time.

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23943950-5001021,00.html "I wasn't sure what I was going to do when I jumped in," he said.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1815509,00.html He is, of course, more physically active than most retirees, but that's because he's kept his part-time job -- as a porn star. [Warning: Adult Content]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/investing/bal-bz.ml.laptops29jun29,0,3324276.story Gosh, I guess I don't need my laptop for the next two weeks.

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[/nev/dull] HTML O' The Day (02 Jul 2008)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:23:51 GMT

http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/06/26/surgery_endorsements/index.html Wanna come up to my apartment and watch my laparoscopy?

http://fun.ql4.org/?p=74 Mmmuuufthmmmnaaa.

http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/05/30/scientists-use-gps-to-spy-on-whale-watch-tours-uncover-ugly-secret/ So What Does this Tell Us about Voluntary Conservation Agreements?

http://www.atom.com/funny_videos/stickman_hangman Stickman Exodus: Hangman [Warning: Adult Language] http://www.atom.com/funny_videos/the_babysitter/ The Babysitter [Warning: Sex]

http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1362/86/ You'll want to plan ahead. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/us/27solar.html http://cleantechlawandbusiness.com/cleanbeta/index.php/484/the-heartbreaking-demise-of-southwestern-solar-power/ http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1806/83/ Solar stocks are down significantly on this news.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh4EPcOpSy8 I couldn't agree more! http://howtoprankatelemarketer.ytmnd.com/ Replaying a classic.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/5230006.stm#drugs Rank drugs by the harm they cause!? Surely you jest.

http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Get-Into-Any-Club-14234755 I'm with the band.

http://www.indyzoo.com/pdf/DolphinDog-PaulRiley.jpg Picture O' The Day (Woof!) http://eatliver.com/i.php?n=3233 Picture O' The Day (Yum!)

http://defamer.com/5020076/everyone-who-loves-wall+e-step-forward-not-so-fast-republicans-fat-people However, not all is innocent in Pixar's mostly-silent masterpiece!

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[/nev/dull] HTML O' The Day (29 Jun 2008)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:03:14 GMT

http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/25/biofuels_and_food_prices/index.html Dueling economists.

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/104-06252008-1554393.html Safety first! http://scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=334&etc No, safety first!

http://www.cracked.com/article_15714_9-most-unnecessary-greatest-hits-albums-all-time.html The 9 Most Unnecessary Greatest Hits Albums of All Time [Warning: Adult Language] http://www.cracked.com/article_16442_6-famous-songs-that-dont-mean-what-you-think.html But if it's any consolation, "Mary Jane's Last Dance" is totally about weed. [Warning: Adult Language]

http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2008/06/i-want-dotdot-just-to-mess-with-people.html Because .xxx was such a big hit.

http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/26/peak_oil_or_speculation/index.html http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/26/oil_depletion_as_demand/index.html Something's got to give -- and the most obvious weak point is the price of oil.

http://arstechnica.com/journals/science.ars/2008/05/07/evolution-whats-the-real-controversy Teaching even the real controversies may simply be bad pedagogy. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080627-louisiana-passes-first-antievolution-academic-freedom-law.html Louisiana passes first antievolution "academic freedom" law.

http://www.ohmibod.com/ Feel the music. [Warning: Sex]

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/exclusive-no-ice-at-the-north-pole-855406.html Santa's elves are packing for the move to the South Pole.

http://www.cnn.com/tshirt/index.html?hash=14a9a1c08619c22bf48c97df6631fd2d&session_id=&return_uri=http://www.cnn.com/video/%23/video/politics/2008/06/25/moos.mccain.doesnt.compute.cnn It's a start.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/opinion/27aamodt.html Holmes erroneously assumed that ideas are more likely to spread if they are honest.

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[/nev/dull] HTML O' The Day (26 Jun 2008)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:20:34 GMT

http://thisisby.us/index.php/content/safe_haven Safe haven.

http://i32.tinypic.com/2upqp6s.jpg The future of the captcha.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25265056/ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_fe_st/russia_enema_monument http://gizmodo.com/5018552/regular-russian-city-immortalizes-enema-with-42000-statue-held-aloft-by-angels You can't make this stuff up.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/06/19/heroes.agoglia/index.html Maybe this guy should head up FEMA.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jun/05/news.terrorism It's our movie-plot terrorists that are photographers, even if the real-world ones are not.

http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/The-Stalled-Server-Room.aspx She's been in there, re-booting all morning.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/24/malaysia.religion A culture that isn't afraid to focus on the real problems.

http://www.morrisdailyherald.com/shared-content/gallery/?galleryid=9&gallery_page=0&album_page=0&albumid=5&mediaid=322 Rollin's parents are jerks.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/world/europe/25virgins.html The sworn virgin was born of social necessity in an agrarian region plagued by war and death. If the family patriarch died with no male heirs, unmarried women in the family could find themselves alone and powerless. By taking an oath of virginity, women could take on the role of men as head of the family, carry a weapon, own property and move freely.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Shuttle_mounting_point.JPG N.B.

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[/nev/dull] HTML O' The Day (25 Jun 2008)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:54:24 GMT

http://img.skitch.com/20080621-ekqjgkmaqri3ssna86yrtfjwkn.jpg No citation needed.

http://vorpal.us/img/waveofthefuture.jpg Wave of the future.

http://deadspin.com/5018343/you-gonna-bat-left-im-gonna-throw-left-right-hey-we-can-do-this-all-day-pal We can do this all day, pal.

http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080616/BUSINESS/806160320/1003 Fighting sexism on every front.

http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/magazine/16-07/st_essay Already, most conversations in English are between nonnative speakers who use it as a lingua franca.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/142632 For a flat rate of $10,000 a month, Day's insight is available for rent.

http://gawker.com/tag/clips/?i=396651&t=the-best-of-tv-news-lip-slips Best of the slips.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1406071/girl_with_popping_ear/ How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, man, practice.

http://onthecommons.org/content.php?id=1998 The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/sp_nm/olympics_swimsuits_dc_2 Rule the pool.

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