Fingerprint Art. Hmmm… I’m actually envisioning that on the front of a sweater. Sort of a Kaffe Fassett meets Big Brother type of thing. Could be cool.
Hat tip to Andrew for pointing me to today’s Australian, which features a story about Roald Dahl’s sexy adventures as a “World War II spy.” *snort* Look, the guy was no angel, and he certainly got around a lot when he was younger. But he also has a documented history of embellishing his wartime adventures after the fact. I take all this stuff with a huge grain of salt.
And by the way, what a crappy article! It doesn’t even mention the name of the new book which apparently prompted the piece. If I was the author, I’d be annoyed.
is wondering, “If McCain wanted a former beauty queen with no experience and a criminal investigation on her record, why didn’t he just pick his own wife?”
Yay! The Runners for Obama T-shirts I mentioned before is now available for purchase. There’s no mention of sizing though… I emailed the guy to see if he can at least give me the brand.
Dubya covers REM’s “It’s the End of the World as We Know It.” Quite possibly the best YouTube video I’ve ever seen. (Link courtesy of Waxy.org.)
Swoon. Milo “Peter Petrelli” Ventimiglia does an interview with Advocate.com and talks all about his big gay following. Oh, and being shirtless a lot. Bring on Heroes Season 3!
ObamaTaxCut.com. Barack Obama will cut taxes for over 95% of American families. For our household, we’d be looking at a $2000+ tax cut (adjusting to American dollars). Here’s how they calculate it.
Pinched: The day I took my family to a soup kitchen. Very powerful essay on what it’s like for the working poor in America. I don’t know how anyone – anyone with less than seven houses, that is – could read that and still think the economy is going A-OK.
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