I can’t believe I hadn’t heard about RTmark’s redesign. The ‘projects’ and ‘protester’ sections are wonderful.
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I have decided to take up a game I hate after reading this long, long article. My first attempt against a Javascript CPU-opponent on ‘easy’ resulted in the loss of my queen in four turns. Will keep you posted.
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Senator Orrin Hatch:
“Nobody denies that [Saddam Hussein] was supporting al-Qaeda… Well, I shouldn’t say nobody. Nobody with brains.”
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It’s
TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT THEATRE
VP: “Hey Doug!”
Doug: “Yeah?”
VP: “Does the word ‘fired’ mean anything to you?”
Doug: “I….no?”
VP: “Well, okay then.”
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45 suspected or confirmed homicides.
The highest punishment for a torture-related death: 5 months confinement.
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I dreamt that as I was heading into work, I found a rare, purple, flightless bird that I didn’t think was from around here, and I played with it. And then I saw an Australian hopping mouse. And then, in front of Gerard, a hyena. “Oh, man,” I said, “Trouble at the zoo!”
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AUGH
I’m in Colorado from March 19-25
The day I leave
the Go Team is playing at Black Cat
…
kill all humans.
SJ sent me this cute little ad, unaware that it featured a gorgeous acoustic cover of The Knife’s Heartbeats (featured here).
While I don’t feel like telling you to watch the ad, I do want you to download my extracted version of the song, by José González.
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EDIT:
The always-adept Aly has posted a nicely filled-out entry on the same ad, with a link to some fancy Flickr photos of the actual shoot.
I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE SICK
FORELORN
UNAPPRECIATED
DOWNTRODDEN
BUT
Download Here - 56.5 Mb, a full hour of mostly-danceable goodness!
(Mac users, ctrl+click to download)
And/or, get the version sans narration, for play in public places without embarrassment, right here.
“Best mix evar!”
-Liz Macke, Living Encyclopedia Of Neat Music
“I just quoted you in my blog. I hope you don’t mind.”
-Doug Nelson
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FULL TRACKLIST:
Saskrotch: Super Mario Brothers 3 remix
Stars On 45: Stars On 45
MGMT: Time To Pretend
Alan Braxe and Fred Falke: Rubicon
Simian: Never Be Alone (Justice remix)
Saskrotch: Zelda remix
Ladytron: He Took Her To A Movie
The Knife: Heartbeats
Drink Me: Manifesto
Saskrotch: Megaman 2 remix
Apparat Organ Quartet: Romantica
Dane Cook: My Son, Optimus Prime
Hi-Lo Trons: Look, Wow
Balanescu Quartet: Pocket Calculator
Minizza: Winning A Battle, Losing The War
Saskrotch: Excitebike remix
Roll Deep: The Avenue
Europe: The Final Countdown
The Darkness: Love Is Only A Feeling
Alan Braxe: Music Sounds Better With You
Gershon Kingsley: Popcorn
Man Parrish and Freeze Force: Boogie Down Bronxe
Saskrotch: Super Mario Brothers 3 remix
Test Icicles: What’s Your Damage (Alan Braxe remix)
White Rose Movement: Girls In Back
Daft Punk: One More Time
Rockwell: I Always Feel Like Somebody’s Watching Me
Devo: Head Like A Hole (NIN cover)
Saskrotch: Bubble Bobble remix
Isolée: Beau Mot Plage
King Geedorah: Lockjaw
Alan Braxe and Fred Falke: Intro
Handsomeboy Technique: Season of the Young Mouss
Not that I was exactly writing fyooriously, but I am now on a brief blog break while I take care of the 900 things that are more important than listlessly expounding on my medical/political/emotional afflictions.
Note: The only thing less significant than refusing to blog is posting about it.
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