Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- PicFindr: Free stock photo and image search – Noting for future use …
- The Universal Mary-Sue Litmus Test – For your writing pleasure …
- Right-wing Saudi dynasty endorses right-wing Fox News dynasty.: Alex Seitz-Wald
- 7 Books We Lost to History That Would Have Changed the World | Cracked.com – A typical Cracked treatment — but, yeah, it’s maddening how many books from the past we know only by some guy whose book did survive saying, “Oh, yeah, you just gotta read that book, it’s totally awesome!”
- 6 Slang Terms With Surprisingly Badass Origins | Cracked.com – Some great word origins here (some of which I knew, but they’re still great).
- Pokemon for the real world – “Reticulated Giraffe! I pick YOU!”
- AMERICAblog News: Banks now checking your Twitter and Facebook activity to see if you’re worthy of getting a loan – I’m trying to decide whether this is (a) a very interesting and clever way for creditor to figure out good credit risks, (b) a horrific invasion of privacy, (c) the wave of the future for the financial and other industries that are interested in you as a customer or a risk, or (d) all fo the above.
- Doing a disservice to women who serve – baltimoresun.com
- Don’t Get Too Comfortable, Scott Brown – His biggest opponent in two years may not come from the Left …
- Pilot Season Attacks!: Revenge of the Genre TV: Genevieve Valentine
- Mozilla Delivers Firefox 3.6 to Millions of Users – I’ll probably hold off a few days until extension publishers have had a chance to update.
- Media Matters staff: Fox on company’s decison to stop inscribing Bible verses on military rifle scopes: “The Bible Loses” – That isn’t the “the Bible losing,” idjits. It’s the Constitution winning. Hell, arguably it’s the Bible winning, too, since I’m pretty darned certain Jesus wouldn’t approve of quotations about himself being on weapons.
- Media Matters staff: Fox Nation claims “Left Pushing Racy” Brown wife video – by “pushing” video on its site – Ever notice how the Right’s accusations about the Left’s tactics always seem to resemble more what the Right does?
- After hottest decade in history, senators attempt to outlaw science of global warming. – Well, let’s be fair, they’re not trying to outlaw the science — just doing anything about it.
- Don’t Let a Poll Feed the Panic – The Washington Monthly – Money graf: “In what universe do the polls improve after politicians fail to deliver on their promises?”
- Colorado GOP to sue to lift campaign money limits – The Denver Post – But … but … I thought the will of the legislature should always trump the shenanigans of unelected activist jurists! Those Republicans are so confusing …
- Artificial Life in the Marketplace – Nice! But, remember, that’s just the way the Founders intended it! Protecting the freedoms of the “Little Guy” (by which I guess they mean Kim Jong Il).
- Chill Out: Pelosi Hasn’t Given Up on Health Reform: Lindsay Beyerstein
- Citizens United: A Win For The “Regular Guy” – Money graf: “You know, I wonder what these groups will be saying if the makers of Plan B were to now start pumping their $11 Billion into taking out conservative candidates who oppose their product.”
- Pwned by Mentos – Heh.
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