December 2008
12 posts
MAGNET WATCH →
(Indiana’s Finest)
From Sushi Bars to Airports... →
Via NPR.org
Karaoke has come to Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The karaoke stations are an experiment, an effort to soothe the nervous and calm the impatient. Many passengers are showing off their skills.
“The Audacity of Grope”
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Question No. 58 in the transition team vetting document for the Obama White House asks that applicants: “Please provide the URL address of any websites that feature you in either a personal or professional capacity (e.g. Facebook, My Space, etc.)”
[…]For a while there this...
Secretary of Sustainability
Via Sloweb.slowfood.com
As the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture has yet to be appointed, concerned figures from the world of sustainable food and farming sent a letter to Barack Obama’s transition team last week, suggesting six candidates with green credentials for the position. It stated: ‘From rising childhood and adult obesity to issues of food safety, global warming and air and water pollution,...
Gold, frankincense, myrrh, and GPS →
Via npr.org
“There’s a new technological innovation in holiday displays. The Associated Press reports this week that a number of churches and synagogues are installing global positioning system chips inside nativity scenes and menorahs so that they can be quickly located if they are stolen.
Apparently, a fair number of purloined baby Jesuses and misappropriated menorahs make it onto...
Wal-mart's got $99 items but the iPhone ain't one.
Via arstecnica.com
Reports that Walmart will begin selling Apple iPhone 3Gs at the end of this month have been verified by Bloomberg. But if you were getting your hopes up for a $99 version, your dreams may be dashed. Some advertising materials turned over to MacRumors pegs the entry-level price at $197 for an 8GB iPhone 3G.
Bloomberg contacted several California Walmart stores, and clerks in Yuba...
“It isn’t necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are...”
– Frank Zappa
God Loves You!
An email conversation between Scott and I:
Scott, I was just searching for your book on Amazon.com and after I added it to my cart the website gave me other books that I might like based on my decision and it suggested The Holy Bible. You're doing well...
Liz, I based all of my analyses off a close reading of the Book of Joshua and Acts II... Thanks for purchasing the book--parts of it are meeant to be funny, so read it tongue-in-cheek. And Happy Holidays! -S
