March 2012
“I’m motivated. I hear y’all calling me old. I hear y’all calling me …...”
– Kevin Garnett
“We as a society need to glorify those who make a profit.”
– Rand Paul
“Put simply, Americans want all the freedom of a market-based health insurance...”
– Conor Friedersdorf
WatchThis visualization was produced using NASA/JPL’s computational model called Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean, Phase II or ECCO2.. ECCO2 is high resolution model of the global ocean and sea-ice. ECCO2 attempts to model the oceans and sea ice to increasingly accurate resolutions that begin to resolve ocean eddies and other narrow-current systems which transport heat and...
“I asked my father if he had ever been a hero. He said no, not even close to one,...”
– Mark Slouka, The Visible World
“You have to be at least 13 years old to use Tumblr. We’re serious:...”
– even tumblr’s terms of service are cute
Watchbored? want to watch Nelson’s film about competitive dog racing with baby jockeys? of course you do.
“Cue the obligatory bad-mouthing of publishing and its antiquated ways. But...”
– Slate maddeningly reduces my job to all its meaningless glory in one fell swoop.
“These pancakes are about as large as my win in Puerto Rico last night, I must...”
– Mitt Romney
“In the publishing sector, endorsements from the Oprah Winfrey Book Club are...”
– Craig Garthwaite on how Oprah ruined reading
depressing-est real estate listing ever? →
“The culture was the secret sauce that made this place great”
– BREAKING: Rich guy upset with other rich guys
“Tell that to a plant”
– Rick Santorum on climate change
Huck's not feeling well today, so I had to eat #11... →
“Three top executives of MF Global Holdings Ltd. when it collapsed could get...”
– crooks beget crooks
double poles! →
i had never heard of them before but now i hate them with a fury
WatchJust a regular morning passing through the Harvard campus (and you thought these kids were smart).
“What if they shoot back?”
– Michael Wilkerson destroys the #Kony2012 campaign and adherents
life lessons
Kid at Spring Training: Hey, Youk, give me a ball!
Kevin Youkilis: What's the right way to ask?
Kid at Spring Training: (Chagrined) Can I please have a ball?
Kevin Youkilis: (Tosses kid a ball) Now don't forget that for the rest of your life.
Kid at Spring Training: Thanks.
