I myself prefer to wear boxers or pajama pants…but I admire this man’s defense of sleeping naked. (via BB)
Monthly Archive for May, 2007
People in Rome like to party. A lot. You know when people say “Whats in the water (insert place)”? Well in Rome people say “Whats in the air?”. And it turns out the answer is cocaine. To wit:
An Italian scientific study has found particles of cocaine in Rome’s air, Italy’s national research council (CNR) said Thursday.
The study by the council’s atmospheric pollution institute called the discovery of cocaine traces “a first” for a city.
It also found traces of cannabinol, a component of marijuana and hashish, as well as nicotine and caffeine, a statement from the council said.
“The highest concentration of cocaine was found in the centre of Rome and especially in the University of La Sapienza area,” the study said.
“We cannot in any way confirm that the consumption or trafficking of drugs is more common in that area,” the statement said, adding that more in-depth study would be needed to determine that.
The highest concentrations of cocaine (about .1 nanograms per cubic metre) were detected during the winter months, according to the study.
The southern Italian city of Taranto and the Algerian capital Algiers were also included in the study. Far lower levels of cocaine were found in Taranto, while none was found in Algiers.
Nicotine and caffeine were found in all three cities.
I wonder what the air in Miami or LA has in it.
A delicate piece of sand art painful crafted over the course of 5 days. A toddler. Not a good mix. Kids these days. Video after the jump.
“As diplomatic threats go, that one gets high points for creativity: Try to stop the killings in Darfur, and we’ll take away your Coca-Cola.”
–Dana Milbank, writing in today’s Washington Post. His whole piece is a fairly entertaining read.
Went and saw The Waitress Monday night with one of the sisters. I was some what indifferent about it (a little too long, some what cute, not a great ending) but then I went to check something on the IMDB and now I can’t really rip it. During the credits I thought I noticed that the writer and director of the movie, Adrienne Shelly, also played one of the best characters in the movie, Dawn.
So I went to IMDB to see if I was correct and I was and then I clicked on Ms. Shelly’s page to see what else she’s been in and I find out that…she was murdered last year. From her IMDB page:
Shelly’s death was first considered a suicide. Days later, a 19-year-old Ecuadorian illegal immigrant and construction worker confessed to slaying the actress, who he left hanging by a bedsheet from a shower rod in the bathroom of her Manhattan office/apartment. She was found by her husband.
Well now I can’t not like a movie written and directed and co-starred in by a dead woman, right? No, no I can’t. And now I kind of think I like it more then I did before I knew this. Go see The Waitress. Its not great but it has some funny parts and Dawn, the character Shelly played, is actually kind of funny and cute. Oh, and her husband set up a foundation named after her that can be found here. Now I feel bad.
Via my boy Wiley (who continues to supply great internet things) a great Onion piece that, pretty perfectly, describes me at work:
Though 27-year-old paralegal Pete Gossling prides himself on his ability to efficiently accomplish numerous tasks at once, none of these activities is actual work, his coworkers said Tuesday.
“It’s amazing—he’ll be carrying on eight IM conversations at once, keep six web browsers open to different YouTube clips, and still be able to forward e-mail after e-mail of jokes from his uncle,” said legal secretary Jennifer Paige, adding that when Gossling is out of the office, he uses his PDA to compete in several online poker games simultaneously. “I’ve never once received a work-related e-mail from him or seen him working on a legal brief, however.”
Gossling admitted that he often overextends himself so much that work simply isn’t possible.
I skipped last week’s edition do to travel but fear not, here’s a new one featuring my cousins’ band (Plan C, greatest Christian Rock group evah!)
1. Dr. Dre, Whats the Difference?
2. Brett Dennen, Can’t Slow Down
3. Dixie Chicks, Cold Day in July
4. Troggs, Love Is All Around Us
5. O.A.R., Missing Pieces
6. Plan C, A Deeper Look
7. Nirvana, Drain You (Live)
8. Bob Marley & The Wailers, Jamming
9. Tony Yayo, So Seductive
10. Lauryn Hill, Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You
This is a couple days old but I just noticed it: During 68 hours of oral argument in the Supreme Court’s current term Justice Clarence Thomas didn’t ask a single question or say a single word. To wit:
Justice Clarence Thomas sat through 68 hours of oral arguments in the Supreme Court‘s current term without uttering a word.
In nearly 16 years on the court, Thomas typically has asked questions a couple of times a term.
But the last time Thomas asked a question in court was Feb. 22, 2006, in a death penalty case out of South Carolina. A unanimous court eventually broadened the ability of death-penalty defendants to blame someone else for the crime.
A recent tally by McClatchy Newspapers underscored this point: Thomas has spoken 281 words since court transcripts began identifying justices by name in October 2004. By contrast, Thomas‘ neighbor on the bench, Justice Stephen Breyer , has uttered nearly 35,000 words since January.
Now I fully understand the whole “listen quietly and let others ask questions” thing (also known as my college experience) but come on now Justice Thomas. You’re a judge on the Supreme Court for God’s sake. You must have had a question or two you could have asked, right? No? Well, nice to have you then. Maybe Justice Scalia told you not to talk or something. Probably for the best.
Here’s a cruder set of e-cards then the fantastic ones I posted earlier. (thanks friend of Ori)
John Edwards might own $19 million worth of sunken treasure. Seriously.