Webslinger
Christopher Hitchens of Vanity Fair used to call waterboarding “extreme interrogation,” and not torture. He went so far as to test his convictions, and videotaped his own waterboarding. The resulting article, “Believe Me, It’s Torture,” and the accompanying video, are incredible work. There is no question about the nature of waterboarding, and our own government … Read more
This was on Digg, so some of you may have seen it, but I think it’s worth repeating here. They took the strict ingredients for pop music to recreate its end result: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irk3_p15RJY&w=425&h=344] (link for facebookers) This happens for all styles of music, including classical. Except for the most trained ears (not mine) it is … Read more
Had a blast this weekend… Went out to the band house for a big party, a lot of people turned out. Big fires, roasting stuff, N64-style Super Smash Bros, RISK lasting until about 4:00 in the morning. The next morning I got stung in the arm by some kind of wasp. I’ve never been stung … Read more
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Yeah… So I accidentally let a blue pen explode in the dryer today. Getting all over an entire load of laundry. Not good. I was really lucky and only had one really nice article of clothing in there- this is the good thing about having more T-shirts than I know what to do with. It … Read more