Author Archives: Shirty

Sparklebeans reviews – StumbleUpon

http://sparklebean.stumbleupon.com/ Who pays any attention to their god’s will anyway if it doesn’t coincide with their own. Loved this. I once landed on 100 Huntley Street while channel surfing and watched a bunch of mothers praise God for letting all their fertility treatments work. Cafeteria Christianity (or “Catechasm”, if you will) furthers my impression that […]

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Thomas W. Ewing – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_W._Ewing Thomas W. “Tom” Ewing is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and the Illinois State House of Representatives… While a U.S. Congressman, Thomas Ewing was considered to be a Libertarian-leaning Conservative, favoring a smaller less intrusive government, but more on economic issues than on social ones. In December 2000 […]

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Burning Man 2010 on the Behance Network

http://www.behance.net/Santizo/Frame/750371 I like the idea of Burning Man; The photos of the witty and intriguing art on display make it look like a fascinating open-air gallery. But any thought of attending is always dashed by the reality of spending days parched in a desert with a bunch of pretentious wankers off their tits on drugs.

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Damn You Auto Correct! – Funny iPhone Fails and Autocorrect Horror Stories

http://damnyouautocorrect.com/ This site is hilarious. I wonder how many relationships Autocorrect has ruined? That’s probably why Apple invented FaceTime – to avoid all the lawsuits.

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Zoku | Welcome

http://www.zokuhome.com/ Fact: This appears right next to breathing, sleep, and sex on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.

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Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band Watermelons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXYuMND4SoM I swear, I thought this really came from the 1920s for the first few listens. (I’m not very bright)

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Dine | Paris: Chez le Libanais

http://www.parisdise.com/taste/dine_paris/6e/libanais.htm If any of you find yourself in Paris in the near future, be sure to stop in at this almost-literal hole in the wall on St Andr

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Soap Bubble Burst ~ Fun zone

http://dreamsivaraj.blogspot.com/2010/10/soap-bubble-burst.html I found this page while searching for those Roland Flexner works the other week. Three cheers for high-speed photography!

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thebellends reviews – StumbleUpon

http://thebellend.stumbleupon.com/review/57187715/ Oh, Africa419, how I’ve missed you.

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The Most Unforgettable Space Shuttle Pictures

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/07/pictures/110720-best-unforgettable-space-shuttle-pictures/ Seeing this picture amidst the shuttle program memories triggered one of my own. I have a very early memory which, for a few years, I assumed I was remembering badly: In 1980 or ’81, in Grade 1, our teacher spoke to us about this new Space Shuttle Columbia, which was doing a pre-spaceflight tour […]

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