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Monthly Archives: January 2011
The Adrenaline Jimmies
The Adrenaline Jimmies are not to be confused with the Jimmy Legs described here by Jon Stewart: Stay with me here. I have a hypothesis that strength training does something to an individual’s capacity to produce adrenaline. This is an … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrenaline, Adrenaline Jimmies, Ghosts, Jimmy Legs, Jon Stewart, Restless Leg Syndrome, Robbers, Strength Training, The Daily Show, Video, Writing
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Sundog Sports
With or without the dog, International Rules Football appears to be the most exciting sport ever conceived. [via the Daily What]
Posted in Video
Tagged Animals, Daily What, Dogs, International Rules Football, Skills, Sport, Sundog
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Caturday Crunchies
[via the Daily What]
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Tagged Animals, Bowls, Cats, Caturday, Crunchies, Daily What, Education, Funny, How Stuff Works, Music
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Top Secret Durham Neighborhood Listserv Map
This post is about my top secret project that I’ve been working on for a few weekends. It was partly inspired by an eight year-old girl who went missing about a block from my house on January 7th. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Reading
Tagged Bold, Design, Durham, Gwen McCarter, Knife City, Malcolm Gladwell, Maps, Opinion, Philosophy, Writing
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Be More Like Pittsburgh
This post has nothing to do with the NFL or sports. I don’t really even like sports. Only athletes. See the right hand column for my very favorites. Moving on to why Durham (or any place) should be more like … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful, Bicycles, Bridges, Culture, Design, Education, GOOD, Pittsburgh, Policy, Zachary Slobig
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Sundog – Ass Charles
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Tagged Animals, Art, Beautiful, Charles, Drew Toothpaste, Humor, Music, Sundog
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Caturday – Saddest Bath
[via the Daily What]
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Tagged ;_;, Adorbz, Bathing, Baths, Cats, Caturday, Daily What, Eternity, Rubber Ducky, Sadness
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Robot Apocalypse Comic
[via Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]
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Tagged Future, How Stuff Works, Robot Apocalypse, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Science, Smarts, Technology
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You Tryna Get Real Depressed?
David Simon believes the children are our future. Thing is, David Simon hates children. Wait, that’s not true at all, but check out what dude says about their future. [image via Big Think] If you want details about our great … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, Big Think, Bill Moyers, David Simon, Education, Fixing the Economists, Future, Greed, How Stuff Works, The Wire
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Gore’s Presidency: A Retrospective
Let’s keep this presidential train rolling with some juicy fan fiction. Five writers for New York Magazine take turns wrapping 2-year ribbons around the maypole, imagining what it would’ve been like if Gore had won in 2000 and 2004. Two … Continue reading
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Tagged 2001, Al Gore, Canon, Fan Fiction, Glenn Beck, Historical Fiction, History, Jane Smiley, Kevin Baker, Kurt Anderson, New York Magazine, Opinion, Politics, Retcon, The Browser, Walter Kirn, White House
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