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2009

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January 37

2008

June 67
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April 88
March 157
February 122
January 76

2007

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January

TumblrRadio

Amazingly, there are two competing, live radio broadcasts by Tumblrs on [Update: Friday evening 6PM]...
Jan 30th
Do Boys With Uncommon Names Commit More...
Jan 30th
Blagojevich Removed From Office by Unanimous...
Jan 29th

The Recession's Littlest Victims

One group victimized by the recession but not given air-time: school children doing fundraisers....
Jan 29th

Slanket v. Snuggie, Next Mac v. PC?...

Myriad Snuggie/Slanket posts roused my attention. In case you don’t know, they’re...
Jan 29th
“I doubt there are two percent of Americans who could tell...”
— Peter Feld puts us...
Jan 29th
Following up on soupsoup’s post: in the first proper...
Jan 28th
“Well one night, me and Mike drank like single fathers…”
— My College Roomate [via...
Jan 28th
“Whether because of aesthetic convictions, prudery or...”
— NYT: The Image Is Erotic. But...
Jan 25th
The Night New York Avoided a Riot
Jan 24th
Non-Sobriety's Radio Debut Surprisingly...
Jan 24th
Warch Watch
John Brissenden engaged Dan over partisan framing and democracies’ sometimes inconvenient...
Jan 23rd
Downey Jr's Improbable Black-face Oscar...
Jan 23rd
Left-Handed Presidents Are Common
Jan 20th
“Even though he has not been administered the Oath of Office,...”
— Wolf Blizter, noting that...
Jan 20th
While I sometimes go all JeffMiller over nanny-regulation...
Jan 20th
Circuit City Bankruptcy: A Gift Card Heads-Up
Jan 19th
Sometimes Google query-helper gives a disturbing snapshot my...
Jan 19th
A public service announcement advertising this schlock.
Jan 17th
“Like eating only locally grown food or majoring in gender...”
— Daniel Akst, “ardent Mac...
Jan 16th

War and Torture

soupsoup: I am against torture, however it occurred to me. What is the difference between dropping...
Jan 14th

Equal v. Proportionate Facilities Fail

I’ve posted before on women’s minority status in comp science/IT jobs. Leaving aside...
Jan 14th

Can We Cancel "To Catch a Predator" Now?

doree [abridged]: A high-profile task force created by 49 state attorneys general…The...
Jan 13th

8.9%

“…of Californians have smoked marijuana in the past 30 days.” -Fortune 19 January...
Jan 13th
Army Recruiting At The Mall with Video Games
Jan 12th
As on part of my on-going effort to eat healthier,...
Jan 12th
“[O]ne of the unintended consequences of globalization is...”
— Squashed: Globalization,...
Jan 12th
Warch Watch
Obama reiterated his preference for playoffs over the Bowl Championship Series. The video explains...
Jan 9th
For those keeping score at home, the DOJ published the U.S....
Jan 8th
Wage Gap Between 'Traditional' and...
Jan 8th
Virginity Pledges & The Press Take On Teenage...
Jan 7th
These plaques are typical of McDonald’s locations I...
Jan 5th
“Business is a lot like sex. Both are better when the...”
— Ben Stein, in Before the Fear,...
Jan 2nd
An uptown man, I’ve learned to quell disorientation...
Jan 2nd