July 2011
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May 2011
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April 2011
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“I like to pay taxes. With them I buy civilization.”
– Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Me too. (via ilyagerner)
March 2011
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February 2011
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Man Dies After Being Stabbed by Fighting Chicken →
danpatterson:
Serious.
From @abcnewsradio:
(EARLIMART, Calif.) — A man was stabbed and killed in Earlimart. His attacker, however, wasn’t a human — it was a fighting chicken. Authorities say the incident happened on January 30 at a venue in the vicinity of Avenue 24 and Road 128 Tulare County. Investigators say a chicken with a blade attached to its leg reportedly stabbed 35-year-old Jose...
October 2010
2 posts
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September 2010
13 posts
August 2010
1 post
Watchdanpatterson:
Cocaine, Cigarettes, Dopamine and Love.
In this TED Talk, anthropologist Helen Fisher discusses the chemical effects of Love on the human brain. From TED:
Why do we crave love so much, even to the point that we would die for it? To learn more about our very real, very physical need for romantic love, Helen Fisher and her research team took MRIs of people in love — and people...
July 2010
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June 2010
7 posts
Serendipity and Stephen Colbert
The Internet and social media are such an interesting arena, especially the small micro-communities that have found their spaces online. While I was scrolling through my Twitter feed this weekend, I came across a tweet from @DrMeowMix, another diehard Stephen Colbert fan and follower of the No Fact Zone blog, who was giving away a ticket for this Tuesday’s taping. A couple of DMs later and I...
January 2010
2 posts
September 2009
4 posts
Is it bad that I'm intrigued by 6 songs on here? →
Ok America, let's get health care. →
Finally, the compendium of terrible Dan Brown... →
Muse- The Resistance
I’ll admit it ahead of time- I’m a huge Muse fan and I’ve been looking forward to this album since Pluto was still a planet.
I seriously don’t know of many other rock bands that can create such a beautiful fusion like they do between classical and rock music. I mean, how many other bands can induce mosh pits and play a simple piano-only piece in the same set? Not only...
August 2009
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