Peggy Noonan on Sarah Palin

In a harsh piece in the WSJ titled "A Farewell to Harms." She calls Palin—among other things—a "ponder-free zone." I knew Noonan had a brain in her head, ever since she got caught on that hot mike back in the campaign.

In other GOP news, now only 6% of scientists call themselves Republican.

Seattle still sixth-best city for walking

So says WalkScore.com, according to the PSBJ today. And Pioneer Square ranks as the top neighborhood, at 99 out of 100. (Coincidentally, that is also the number of hobos passed per minute, according to HoboScore.com.)

Seattle’s best neighborhood for walking is Pioneer Square, which scored 99 out of 100. The city’s next best areas include downtown (97), First Hill (96) and Belltown and Roosevelt (both 95). Seattle’s out-of-the-way Blue Ridge neighborhood, north of Ballard and Crown Hill, scored the worst with 32 points.

Nationally, San Francisco was followed by New York, Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia. Jacksonville, Fla. was the nation’s worst city for walking, with a score of 36.

Hitler finds out Palin is resigning

I was just describing this phenomenon to Rob--and now, ah, a beautiful current example:

Happy Birthday, America!

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Robo-Geisha!

And to think I was excited about Bruno. Now *this* goes to the top of my must-see list (NSFW-ish, just so you know):

Bollywood He-Man dinner theater

Yep, that's right:

Secret Seattle parks

Where the hell is this place?


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It's a semi-public park on the seventh-story terrace at the IDX Tower, on Madison between Third and Fourth, apparently. I'm going to start ticking off this list of secret downtown parks, courtesy of Publicola.

Sandwich zeitgeist

Sandwich

Diff for photos!

Technology is awesome. If you take multiple photos of something, this free web app will scrub out anything that changes between the photos—so, say, you're trying to get a shot of cool landmark, the app will effectively delete any tourists who walk in front of you while you're shooting, to give you a single, clean shot. E.g.: 

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How do you know your local Shell station is ghetto?

In my case (for the one on Dearborn, by the 'Waj), when:

  • you're spare-changed twice, once being asked for "80 cents" and then again for "30 cents"
  • the sign on the front door says that individual liquor sales are now prohibited until after 1 p.m.
  • the person at the pump next to you is washing her entire car with the windshield squeegee

"Do you like to read about black people?"

Part of a DC Comics survey from 1970, via Super Punch

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Ha, Barack Obama would have been 9. But then again, he collected Spider-Man and Conan, both from Marvel.

Healthy Americans Against Reforming Medicine

A parody site from the SEIU, linked from this text ad:


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Nice Michael Jackson tribute

Well, actually an old Jackson 5 tribute—but it'll do:

The new MacBooks are really nice

Republican sex scandal flowchart

Via TPM:


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And yes, of course Sanford was one of the many self-righteous and hypocritical Republicans who went on CNN during the impeachment hearings to complain about Clinton's infidelity. (I'm sure the Daily Show has the video....)

Them dam immigrunts need to lurn englush!

Oh, the poor GOP, they can't get anything right these days. They remind me of the old Democrats.


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"Yes, we can... with giant robots!"

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BEASTS! turns Chinese!

Wow, random and cool. Our beloved book, published in China:


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(I'm dying to know how good the translation is! Now that I can say "my work has been translated into multiple languages," ha.)

If you thought Waffles Caffe was still just all about waffles

... then you'd be wrong. Mmmm, trout waffle.


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The vendor-client relationship

Sadly, even more true in the recession:

Just go home + go back to bed

I hope they're installing these near my building soon:

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132 ways to bring a bomb to America

Good morning!


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This is really what keeps me up at night—not just the idea of being in the blast, but thinking about what America would be like after it. 

Sweet little robot Flash game

You've got to check out this very cute and stylishly designed Czech Flash game, about a robot named Little Wheel. It takes about 5 or 10 minutes to play through, but even just a minute or two will give you a feel for the jazzy, noir ambience.

From the opening cinematic:
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The discovery of dirt

It is, apparently, a wonderful thing. (And yes, that's dirt in his hair.)


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China to build S.H.I.E.L.D.-style helicarrier?

We can hope.


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(If you are not already a nerd, this is a helicarrier.)

The so-called Obama deficit

I love how the GOP is *finally* getting all worried about deficit spending--although weirdly, only now that we're talking about deficit spending to get out of a severe recession and to spend on health care and education.

Kevin Drum just annotated and linked to a great NYT graphic that shows how an $800 billion surplus turned into a $1.2 trillion deficit over the past eight years--and what part Obama's policies have had in it.

In short, the crazy $2 trillion dollar swing is about 90% attributable to Bush and the GOP. ("About 7 percent comes from the stimulus bill that Mr. Obama signed in February. And only 3 percent comes from Mr. Obama’s agenda on health care, education, energy and other areas.")

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Ah, those short Republican memories. Reminds me of this instant classic.

Zero Punctuation on Infamous

A particularly funny installment, esp. w/r/t banal "moral choices" in video games.  HA: "... BANG, offworld slavery!"

You are small.

Free SubPop summer sampler site

Brilliant, in all its exaggeratedly-'90s-Web-design-horror glory:


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Han Solo is... Magnum P.I.!

Recent Arrivals at my house

Humans

  • Beijing Shanghai Other Seattle Jason
    For whom my jealousy currently knows no bounds has subsided to normal levels
  • AL
    "For fuck's sake"-saying secret Space Shuttle pilot
  • Ben
    My personal economist
  • Boy Jill
    Child star, misanthrope
  • Dalton
    No longer a.k.a. "Words"
  • HB
    My high-plains baby-mama
  • Hunts
    Big giant soft-spoken death-cheater
  • huntsmanic
    "substance. knowledge. consequences."
  • Jason
    Hard-rocking, hi-tech coolio
  • Jill
    Muffin baker, dream taker (and don't miss her food blog either)
  • Jim
    Funny, in Booklyn
  • Jot
    Rock 'n' roll Dungeon Master
  • JPD
    Spread-eagled beagle guy
  • Karin
    My editor/hero
  • Kurt
    Fighting crime with his homemade suit of armor
  • Shanti
    Drinks a lot, or not at all
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