Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- That’s our Michele! [Pharyngula] – Yeesh.
- Typewriter of the moment: Godrej & Boyce, the last manual ever made – I don’t miss using a manual typewriter (or even an electric) … but I still have a nostalgic love for them, and marvel at them as a mechanical device.
- Three Ways To Save Medicare Paul Ryan Doesn’t Want You To Know About – “The primary reason these three common sense initiatives have not been enacted in the United States is because of deep opposition from the drug industry, for-profit hospitals, and other medical-industrial complex interest groups. Yet they all present simple and effective ways to lower costs and help shore up the finances of the Medicare program.” Which makes you wonder who’s actually supporting the Ryan bill, and why …
- Rep. Rehberg, Whose Net Worth Is $31 Million, Says He’s ‘Cash Poor’ And ‘Struggling’ – A calamity that I think most of us would enjoy “struggling” with.
- Lawnmowers and $40 nachos – “The interesting question to me is which costs more in the long run — occasionally being taken advantage of by advantage-seeking jackwagons? Or being so vigilant against such exploitation that we all have to have our own everything?” The other thing to consider is whether we are more concerned with the actual costs of being taken advantage of, or the emotional costs.
- Batman: Brave and the Bold McDonald’s Toys; No girls need apply – sigh
- Downtime – Zits for 4/29/2011 – I feel this way sometimes.
- Nom, nom, nom – Zits for 4/26/2011
- How to Make Your Lie Go Mainstream in 26 Easy Steps | Mother Jones – Sad, but true.
- France Dropping Concrete Bombs In Libya – Throwing rocks. Excellent, and clever.
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