Sunday, November 22, 2009
The E.P.A. would rather look the other way than crack down on cities, since punishing municipalities can cause political problems,” said Craig Michaels of Riverkeeper, an environmental advocacy group. “But without enforcement and fines, this problem will never end.

Sewers at Capacity, Pollution Spills Into Waterways - Series - NYTimes.com

Ugh, and apparently Philadelphia is one of the frequent offenders…

Saturday, November 21, 2009
thedailywhat:

Threadless T-Shirt Design Concept of the Day: “Friendly Beasts” by Hillary White.
The Sesame Street Muppets as their potential Animal Kingdom counterparts.
Help make it happen by voting early and voting often. (One vote per person. Time of day irrelevant.)
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thedailywhat:

Threadless T-Shirt Design Concept of the Day: “Friendly Beasts” by Hillary White.

The Sesame Street Muppets as their potential Animal Kingdom counterparts.

Help make it happen by voting early and voting often. (One vote per person. Time of day irrelevant.)

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Thursday, November 19, 2009
ca1ty:

THIS IS SO FUCKING COOL!

That is a serious fan. But not matter how many listens, I can’t love this album as much as I’m told I should.

ca1ty:

THIS IS SO FUCKING COOL!

That is a serious fan. But not matter how many listens, I can’t love this album as much as I’m told I should.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009
xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe
Ummmm…no. I don’t even know where to start.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Top 5 songs that keep getting stuck in my head

  1. The Clash, “Lost in the Supermarket”
  2. The Vapors, “Letter from Hiro”
  3. Sting, “After the Rain Has Fallen”
  4. Elvis Costello, “Veronica”
  5. The B-52s, “Funplex”

Monday, November 16, 2009 Sunday, November 15, 2009
PHD Comics: I am going home
Sigh, the story of my grad school days…

PHD Comics: I am going home

Sigh, the story of my grad school days…

Friday, November 13, 2009

A fun morphology moment from last week's 30 Rock

  • Liz: ...the Hornberger system will prevail.
  • Jenna: Think again Liz, the Hornberger system will devail. Is that the opposite of prevail?
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Sunday, November 8, 2009
Crumbs! Large Hadron Collider suffers snack-related bird mishap - Crave at CNET UK

LHC, you just weren’t meant to be functional…