January 2010
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In The Year Two Thousand
I rang in the Year Two Thousand with The Girl who went on to become My Wife. That’s pretty fucking momentous when you think about it.
I graduated high school in 2000. I don’t remember when. Late May? Early June? I had been suspended for the last few days for slapping a kid for being disrespectful during my induction to the International Thespian Society. (Thespian? An Act-or,...
December 2009
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Zen and the Art of Used Car Maintenance
I’m just gonna get stoned in the Sears parking lot and hope the mechanics don’t fuck me over.
Penguins goalie Fleury keeps 'em smiling →
jeffcagle:
This is a pretty great profile on Marc-Andre Fleury and more evidence that hockey players are different than other sports stars.
“There were all these rumors where he might get drafted,” said Alexandre Gendron, a childhood friend. “We were in the car and a Porsche Cayenne went past us. I said to him, ‘Marc, can you imagine that you will be able to buy a car like that with your NHL...
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More evidence hockey players > you
jeffcagle:
Penguins forward Jordan Staal left a stream of blood on the ice after taking a puck to his face during the second period against New Jersey on Monday night, but returned to play early in the third period.
Staal was trying to get his stick on Devils defenseman Colin White’s clearing pass from the Penguins’ zone when the puck appeared to strike Staal on the bridge of his nose with...
Rare Species Of Frog May Hold Cure To Ah, Never... →
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Can we talk about how great Bourbon and Dr. Pepper...
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If America could be, once again, a nation of self-reliant farmers, craftsmen,...
– Edward Abbey (via cosmic-dust) (via poortaste)
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Real Terrorism
winstonwolfe:
cattleprod:
While there’s no definitive comparison of murder rates in cities around the world, there’s no question Ciudad Juarez is now among the deadliest. It has had about 2,250 killings this year, a rate of 173 per 100,000 residents. That compares with 37 in Baltimore, the deadliest U.S. city with a population of more than 500,000.
This is what’s incredible. In the US, we...
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