songs about hips and hearts

Annan Water by The Decemberists, off of their fantastic album...

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:36:18 -0400

Annan Water by The Decemberists, off of their fantastic album Hazards of Love.

"And there were the female chimpanzees at the Tulsa Zoo that took advantage of a renovation project..."

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:12:48 -0400

“And there were the female chimpanzees at the Tulsa Zoo that took advantage of a renovation project to steal the painters’ supplies, don gloves and paint their babies solid white. When confronted by their furious keeper, the mothers scurried away, then returned with peace offerings and paint-free babies.”

- OMFG BEST ANIMALS EVER

"In earlier experiments, both chimpanzees and monkeys that traded tokens for cucumbers responded..."

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:11:29 -0400

“In earlier experiments, both chimpanzees and monkeys that traded tokens for cucumbers responded negatively once they saw that other animals were getting a tastier treat — grapes — for the same price. They made angry sounds and sometimes flung away the cucumbers or their tokens, reported Sarah Brosnan, a psychologist at Georgia State University.”

- god damn non-human primates are fucking awesome

from Allison Arieff’s NYT blog: Searching for Value in...

Tue, 05 May 2009 11:59:00 -0400

from Allison Arieff’s NYT blog: Searching for Value in Ludicrous Ideas. The thing is a coffin!!!

Map of Swine Flu Cases

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:31:19 -0400

Map of Swine Flu Cases:

Google Maps + swine flu fascination-cum-paranoia = hours of entertainment.

"One out of three children aged 6 to 11 fears that Ma Earth won’t exist when they grow up,..."

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:46:29 -0400

“One out of three children aged 6 to 11 fears that Ma Earth won’t exist when they grow up, while more than half—56 percent—worry that the planet will be a blasted heath (or at least a very unpleasant place to live), according to a new survey … On a sliding scale of anxieties, minority kids have it worst; 75 percent of black children and 65 percent of Hispanic children believe that the planet will be irrevocably damaged by the time they reach adulthood.”

- via Treehugger. The worst part is, these kids are probably closer to the truth than the rest of us.

Sorry for the onslaught of posts, I’m trying to go through...

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:39:33 -0400

Sorry for the onslaught of posts, I’m trying to go through the seventy zillion tabs I have open, and coming across a lot of good stuff. This, for example.

omg I’m crying

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:28:38 -0400

omg I’m crying

A 1965 parody of etiquette books illustrated by Edward Gorey;...

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:46:17 -0400

A 1965 parody of etiquette books illustrated by Edward Gorey; full scans are available here.

Scans of the comic “The Enigma of Amigara Fault” are...

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:37:18 -0400

Scans of the comic “The Enigma of Amigara Fault” are available here. It is creepy.

Philip B. Corbett, who oversees language issues for the [New York Times] newsroom, answered readers' questions Oct. 29-Nov. 2.

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:34:05 -0400

Philip B. Corbett, who oversees language issues for the [New York Times] newsroom, answered readers' questions Oct. 29-Nov. 2.:

This was published more than a year ago, but I just found it last week. It’s 13 pages of delightfully geeky grammar talk; naturally, I was enthralled. (I stumbled upon it just after finishing David Foster Wallace’s essay on English usage, which you can read here. But I recommend picking up the collection it’s in, Consider the Lobster - you can’t read the footnotes properly otherwise, and they’re one of the most enjoyable parts of the piece.)

language geekery

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:00:00 -0400

language geekery:

From several months ago, an interesting discussion comparing different languages in the livejournal of Elyse Sewell, the second runner-up for the first cycle of America’s Next Top Model.

Video

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:26:30 -0400

Mumbai Sewer Abacus

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:32:09 -0400

Mumbai Sewer Abacus:

I wonder what it says about me that my first thought when I look at this is “oh my god, so cute” but I have no desire to post any pictures of baby animals.

“If men are so vulnerable in their masculinity that if a...

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:49:42 -0500

“If men are so vulnerable in their masculinity that if a woman punches them they have to flatten her on the ground, what is that saying about them?”

"Tomato juice, for example, may average “10 or more fly eggs per 100 grams [the equivalent of a small..."

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:59:00 -0500

“Tomato juice, for example, may average “10 or more fly eggs per 100 grams [the equivalent of a small juice glass] or five or more fly eggs and one or more maggots.” Tomato paste and other pizza sauces are allowed a denser infestation — 30 or more fly eggs per 100 grams or 15 or more fly eggs and one or more maggots per 100 grams.”

- The Maggots in Your Mushrooms, NY Times.

I know it’s all psychological … but EWWWW D:

From I LEGO N.Y., via the New York Times.

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:48:00 -0500

From I LEGO N.Y., via the New York Times.

Jan. 29, 2009: A Story in Pictures

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:56:16 -0500

Jan. 29, 2009: A Story in Pictures

No Snickering: That Road Sign Means Something Else

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:23:49 -0500

No Snickering: That Road Sign Means Something Else

Video

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:14:53 -0500