Twitter still sucks...

But this and this are fucking great.

Tonight I dine in Virginia

I have finally found some work in the District. It is full time, but temporary (just how temporary is unclear, even to the people I am working under). I have the suspicion, one that is shared by several others, that now that I am in the Georgetown University system, the odds are good that I will be able to find something permanent in the future. I hope that this is the case, in any event.

I have been essentially homeless since the end of June. I have crashed in extended-stay motels, with the junkies and prostitutes, and on the couches of various friends. This, to put it mildly, is not all it is cracked up to be. Having had enough of this, I have secured a basement apartment in Rosslyn, Virginia. It is, for the area, large and cheap, meaning 2/3 the size of my old apartment and 1/3 again as expensive. The landlady is a former aid worker specializing in HIV prevention in Africa, which is cool.

So, it looks like things are coming together. Fucking finally.

Forest Whitaker

Negotiations

Tit Slap

Horses Love Stegosaurus

The Boner Song

Han Solo, P.I.

Watch this one first:



Then watch this one - it'll blow you away:

Girls In Bikini Reading Star Wars

Enjoy these Oscar worthy performances...

Possibly the coolest dad ever

This Kid Actually Sleeps in a Y-Wing:



Click the link to see additional pics.

New Radiohead Song

It's free and here's the download:

These Are My Twisted Words

The GOP's Misplaced Rage

Bruce Bartlett, a former Republican official who served in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations, reiterates the case against George Bush's stewardship of the economy.

Folsom Prison Blues

A report from NPR explains how the California Prison System has gone from being one of the best in the nation to one of the worst over the course of the last 40 years.

From the You've Got to be Shitting Me Department

From the Investor's Business Daily:

People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn’t have a chance in the U.K., where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless.

The editorial in question has since been corrected, removing all in-text references to Hawking, and with an Editor's Note explaining that the original article implied that Hawking didn't live in the UK.

That's some fine editorial work there, Lou.

Update: Hawking responds: "I wouldn't be here today if it were not for the NHS... I have received a large amount of high-quality treatment without which I would not have survived."

Thom Yorke: No more Radiohead albums

"None of us want to go into that creative hoo-ha of a long-play record again. Not straight off ... It worked with In Rainbows because we had a real fixed idea about where we were going. But we've all said that we can't possibly dive into that again. It'll kill us."

Living Root Bridges of Cherrapunji

Inhabitants of Cherrapunji have developed the innovative technique of using roots from Ficus Elastica trees to create living bridges over rivers and streams. As the bridges are alive and growing, the bridges become stronger over time, with some examples reportedly 500 years old.


via Metafilter.

See also Flickr and this site.

Old School

T-Bird, this one's for you. Reminds me of cruisin' the stip at Myrtle.

The final word in Black Dragon t-shirts

The following is an actual review of an actual item on Amazon.com:



If dragons could wear t-shirts, this is the one they would wear.,
May 20, 2009
36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
By O. de Frias "realmadrid2727" - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This is, without a doubt, the best black shirt with an angry monochrome dragon perched on two natural pillars on a cliff that I have ever seen. I know that when I get married, this is the undershirt I'll wear. The amount of awesome displayed on your chest canvas while wearing this shirt, obviously a shirt given to man by Zeus himself, is currently impossible to calculate using our current mathematical constructs. We actually need to devise a new form of mathematics which we should call Wurm Theory in order to parse the data.

I'm going to explain to you what it's like wearing this shirt. Each separate occasion merits a new stage of awesomeness being unlocked.

First wearing - You hear Sean Connery's voice command you to be the greatest. Whether you want to or not, while this shirt is on your back you will comply.

Second wearing - The best theme song of all time is instantly created for you and sung by the dragon on your shirt which, contrary to what you would assume, has an awe-inspiring singing voice.

Third wearing - You ascend to a higher level of consciousness.

Fourth wearing - The "what came first, the chicken or the egg" riddle is conclusively solved.

Fifth wearing - Zeus reveals his master plan and the meaning of life.

Sixth wearing - You get like, $0.20 off all your Starbucks purchases, and some places even let you take the cup you used the day before and knock an additional $0.05 if you use that.

PROS: Dragon on your shirt, Sean Connery finally gets some steady work again
CONS: Some of the independently-owned Starbucks don't let you do the used cup thing.

Auto Tune The News

Fucking Hilarious...There's 7 currently, these are a few of my favorites. Watch them.

Ps. you might want to click them and watch them on youtube, because the lyrics are provided with the songs.

Radiohead: Harry Patch (in memory of)

Radiohead has released a new song in honor of Harry Patch, a World War I veteran of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry who died on July 25th.

8-Bit Lebowski