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{ Monthly Archives } February 2010

Cookie O’Puss

R did not believe me when I told her about Cookie Puss. And then she doubted Cookie O’Puss! So here is the proof. Shield your eyes. And this here ditty actually gets stuck in my head sometimes: I love it when they say “freshhhhhh” near the end. Gotta dig Wikipedia’s reasoned notes on Cookie Puss: [...]

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Supplement Evidence Graphic

“The higher a bubble, the greater the evidence for its effectiveness. But the supplements are only effective for the conditions listed inside the bubble.” via skepchick.org Related posts The Chef (1) Nitrates in Bacon (2) Neglected burrito cart (2) La Pine, Crack in the Ground (0) Fire festival in Jackson, Wyoming (0)

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A Town Called Panic

We caught this stop-motion movie at the Portland International Film Festival (PIFF!) on Sunday. It’s terrific, really kooky and quite funny, good for kids and adults. They have a couple of clips up, but it looks like you have to go to the “official film site” to watch them (couldn’t find a direct link, look [...]

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Killing Time @ Spuyten Duyvil

Philz on a mechanical bull, and a glass of mead. Related posts The Sky Can Be Pretty Here, Too (2) Spuyten Duyvil (1) SE Portland Bars (2) Ridgewood Stone Faces 2 (2) Ridgewood Stone Faces 1 (1)

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Mossy writin’

It rains it Oregon a lot. Related posts Hail (2) Finally, Sun (0) Woodring Tree (3) The Border (0) Terrible Tilly (1)

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Tech Support

If you don’t understand this read this. via XKCD Related posts You Know, With a Bridge That Might Not Be Such a Good Idea (0) What Things Do (1) Terrible Tilly (1) Roll Over and Play Dead (2) I Continue To Love The Random (0)

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Floating-flying Lanterns

I’ve read about these (and their propensity for being mistaken for UFOs) before, but here’s how to make them yourself. Careful where you fly them. There’s way to do the same thing with far-less romantic dry-cleaning bags. Also, make your own fireproof paper or buy some here. But mostly I can’t get over how pretty [...]

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Ranger Station for Sale

The Packwood Administrative Site is located in downtown Packwood, Washington on U.S. Highway 12. The property is approxiamtely 20.50 acres and contains 2 individual tax lots with 22 buildings. No bids yet, but minimum is $250K, auction closes 3/3/2010. link fixed. Related posts Bigfoot! (2)

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What Things Do

A nice and allegedly-updated comics anthology website with work by John P., Jordan Crane, and many other talented folks. I like Sammy Harkham‘s stuff–never seen him before or if i did I mistook him for Kevin Huizenga (whose comics I really dig). Related posts Xtranormal (3) Tis The Season (0) They Might Be Dreams (1) [...]

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Budget Graph

The New York Times has a good interactive graph showing Obama’s proposed budget. It might take you a bit of time to find NASA… so why are we cutting them? Related posts Roll Over and Play Dead (2) How to Negotiate Like a Democrat (by Lloyd Dangle) (1) Accuse your enemy of what you do [...]

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The Golden Snail

The Keong Mas is the only IMAX theater in Indonesia. It looks like a golden snail, after the famous Indonesian legend. Related posts Hacking is Easy (1) Floating-flying Lanterns (2) Ed on TV (2) Cookie O’Puss (1)

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