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superlatives, hyperbole, and amusement. also things you care about, and things you don't.

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Dec

Wed

Prop 8: The Musical - How on EARTH did I not hear about this? This is totally amazing. Thanks Lindsay :)

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Nov

Sun

Long overdue: The totally awesome “sushi” birthday cake Lindsay made me. Click through to see the annotated version.

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Nov

Sat

SWATTING ATTACKS ON FRUIT FLIES AND SCIENCE

“In her usual faux-folksy style, Palin lit out after a congressional earmark involving these insects: “You’ve heard about some of these pet projects — they really don’t make a whole lot of sense — and sometimes these dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good. Things like fruit-fly research in Paris, France. I kid you not.” (Reading this diatribe is not sufficient; only video reveals the scorn and condescension dripping from her words.)”

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Oct

Sat

Let’s see… it’s one guy, playing a keyboard/ukulele/kazoo hybrid, performing The Final Countdown. Yep.

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@ Dolores Park for the RedBull Soapbox Derby

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Oct

Fri

@ 20th and Valencia

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Oct

Thu

Brian: seannnnnnnnnn
Brian: mike keeps harassing me to play WoW
Brian: tell me you're not playing
Sean: i was thinking about playing
Brian: noooooooooooo
Sean: what can i say, i make bad decisions that hurt me and the ones i love

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Oct

Sun

Old school Dr. Dre, Dogg Pound, and Snoop Dogg freestyle.

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Oct

Sun

"Daniel Kahneman, a Nobel laureate for his work in behavioral economics told us about priming—how a subtle influence radically shifts how people act. So, in one experiment people are asked to fill out a survey. In the corner of the room is a computer, with a screen saver running. That’s it—nothing overt, just a background image in the room. If the screen saver shows pictures of money, the survey answers are radically different. Danny went through example after example like this where occurred. The first impulse one has in hearing this is no, this can’t be the case. People can’t be that easily and subconsciously influenced. You don’t want to believe it. But Danny in his professorial way says, “Look, this is science. Belief isn’t an option. Repeated randomized trials confirm the results. Get over it”."

—Edge 259 - First Day report on behavioral economics

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Sep

Tue

hehehe

Dear American:
I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude.

I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had crisis that has caused the need for large transfer of funds of 800 billion dollars US. If you would assist me in this transfer, it would be most profitable to you.

I am working with Mr. Phil Gram, lobbyist for UBS, who will be my replacement as Ministry of the Treasury in January. As a Senator, you may know him as the leader of the American banking deregulation movement in the 1990s. This transaction is 100% safe.

This is a matter of great urgency. We need a blank check. We need the funds as quickly as possible. We cannot directly transfer these funds in the names of our close friends because we are constantly under surveillance. My family lawyer advised me that I should look for a reliable and trustworthy person who will act as a next of kin so the funds can be transferred.

Please reply with all of your bank account, IRA and college fund account numbers and those of your children and grandchildren to wallstreetbailout@treasury.gov so that we may transfer your commission for this transaction. After I receive that information, I will respond with detailed information about safeguards that will be used to protect the funds.

Yours Faithfully,
Minister of Treasury Paulson

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