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Pass the damn bill

When I see this...

... it makes me think of this:

The Boob Cylinder!

This one's going out to our listeners on Bainbridge. It is a French TV show, apparently for kids(!):

Trailer for every Oscar-winning movie ever

It starts slow but gets better and better:

Qwest Field's "North Lot Project"

Most of us in the neighborhood can't wait to *finally* see this happen. The project got over another hurdle recently, getting its Master Use Permit from the city. The developer and architects had a public (but quiet) party at FX last night to celebrate during First Thursday. 

Here were the models, which have gotten a little more sophisticated since I last saw them (please excuse the crappy iPhone 3G photography):

Looking south, basically from Occidental Park, with Qwest Field in the background.

Looking southeast, notice the nice sightline cut through from Occidental.

  
Looking northwest with the King Street Station platforms in the foreground (and that's our building, the Florentine, on the other side). 

How to tie your shoes correctly

And how to adjust your side mirrors correctly, all in this quick little NYT essay on received wisdom, which basically pits the Internet vs. your parents. 

GOP PowerPoint

I've always got time to read a cynical PowerPoint. You've got to love how the GOP talks about its donors behind closed doors (this is from a presentation given by the RNC Finance director at a private retreat):

 

An excerpt:

The presentation explains the Republican fundraising in simple terms.

"What can you sell when you do not have the White House, the House, or the Senate...?" it asks.

The answer: "Save the country from trending toward Socialism!”

Manipulating donors with crude caricatures and playing on their fears is hardly unique to Republicans or to the RNC – Democrats raised millions off George W. Bush in similar terms – but rarely is it practiced in such cartoonish terms.

One page, headed “The Evil Empire,” pictures Obama as the Joker from Batman, while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leaders Harry Reid are depicted as Cruella DeVille and Scooby Doo, respectively.

Wait a minute... since when was Scooby Doo a villain? You've got to try a little harder RNC. I would have gone with old Mr. Potter, or maybe a doddering Saruman.

The latest in Fox News hackery

You've seen it all before, but here's another particularly funny (albeit sad) takedown:

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Trololololololololololo!

... trololololololololololo!

Classic Toles

 

The marshmallow test?

Yeah, it doesn't actually work as it turns out.

Bananas exploding on face

Yet more evidence that the Internet still exists:

Rad science auto-tune

As Charles says (and the link is classic Mudede), "Friday night just got paid":

Who goes first on health-care reconciliation?

As Chris Matthews says, "Much as in a kidnapping, the money and the baby have to be turned over as much as possible at the precise same time."

Koala fight!

Animation Funtacular Explosion!

Mark your calendars, to see work from GSTS' own Web Crowell et al.:

  

Me so Millennial!

Whoa, how did that happen?

 
 

The Dalai Lama and Tiger Woods

So the Associated Press had an interview with the Dalai Lama last weekend. For whatever retarded reason, they asked him what he thought about the Tiger Woods scandal. Because, you know, that's what you ask one of the world's spiritual leaders. 

So this is awesome... wait for it... he didn't know who Tiger Woods was. 

HA! I guess thus ends the spiritual lesson.

The Real Tuesday Weld

I enjoyed this probably more than I should have:

"Metagames and Containers"

If you're a writer or a gamer, I exhort you to read this.

Tautology Club!

I quite liked the newest xkcd:

Olivia Williams interview

In the AV Club. I don't mean this as faint praise, but she was the best thing about Dollhouse.

  

BTW: Happy Year of the Tiger!

 

(image via TIH)

Oh, Dalton...

 

Happy Valentine's weekend!

From the Golden Girls:

 
 

Tina Fey in Vogue

"Her existence is such a relief." Seeing as it's Vogue, she ends up talking a lot about fashion, but—what with this being Tina Fey—that's just fine.

 

The Republicans will not vote yes. That is, they will vote no.

Period. On everything. Dan Savage flagged this as "required viewing," and he's so right. It's a little long (~10 minutes) but absolutely worth it. You will be riveted and enraged:

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An hilarious dissection of TV news spots

I resisted watching this for a week, then—thankfully—I finally gave in, as should you if you haven't yet:

E-mail scam: "I'm writing this with tears in my eyes,we came down here to London,England"

I believed this e-mail scam for about 10 full seconds this a.m., which is impressive given that I am such an Interweb skeptic and Snopes proselytizer. What made it so convincing was that it came directly from a friend's gmail account. Fortunately, that friend is an editorial demigod—a shining star in the grammatical firmament—so I quickly realized that even under duress, the e-mail almost certainly couldn't have come from her.

Here is the full text of the e-mail:

Hello,

I'm writing this with tears in my eyes,we came down here to London,England for a short vacation and i was mugged at gun point last night,at the park of the hotel where we lodged all cash,credit cards and phone were stolen off me,thank God we have our life and passport save.

I've been to the US embassy and the Police here but they're not helping issues at all,they asked us to wait for 3weeks but we can't wait till then.

our flight leaves in less than 3hrs from now and we are having problems settling the hotel bills.

The hotel manager won't let us leave until we settle the hotel bills. you can speak with him through this number +44 702 404 6640,we are freaked out at the moment

you can wire the money to me through western union all you need is the Name on my passport and location.

I'll def refund your cash as soon as i get home.

Man, I'm always thinking that if spammers would just spend a *tiny* amount of money on native-language proofreading, they could dramatically lower their CPA. Nefarious grammarians, feel free to steal that business idea.

Pupsters

Hipster puppies. E.g.:

  
 

Um, excuse me, Polish newspaper

But something's wrong with one of those Olympic mascots: