• That image is no joke, young traveler, that’s part of a New York Times article about places with funny names in the United Kingdom. Is this what we can expect now from one of the most respected American newspapers now that there is a liberal in the White House? There isn’t anybody in the government to complain about anymore, so I guess we’re just going to see more journalists tackling issues like “Is it pronounced PENIS-town or PENNIS-ton?” All over the world, people with half-a-brain are holding their heads in shame. Way to go, New York Times, way to prove your relevance in the Internet age. It is understandable that your readership is down and advertisers are turning to the web for more eyeballs, but is this really what we have to look forward to until your inevitable demise? Why don’t you just team up with CareerBuilder.com now and save us a few months of anticipation? [story]
• Speaking of which, CNN and CareerBuilder have published another article about the economy and the job market. This week’s installment is called “20 big-salary jobs, no degree required.” Would you like to know the kinds of jobs you can apply for without a college education? Well, how about “web surfer” or “cable supervisor.” You could be a medical facility housekeeping manager and oversee the housekeeping program at a medical facility! Amazing. The scariest job on this list is air traffic controller. You would think that sort of thing required an education, but apparently it does not. I usually don’t fear flying, but reading that kind of makes me think I’m going to worry the next time I board an airplane. [story]
• Originally published on Oprah.com, CNN is syndicating an article about “why women should feel good naked.” Notably absent from the list of reasons is: “It’s easy for lecherous old homeless dudes to masturbate in public if you wear no clothes.” [story]
• Are you looking for your own floating Utopia? Well…look no further. [story]
• What do you see in this image? Is it a new mammal? Is it a blurry bird? Or is it something more sinister? Me? I think it’s a flying skeleton, but I don’t think anybody is going to buy that idea. Maybe it’s an angel! Who’s to say that angels have to have skin? Can’t they be the rotting corpses of once heavenly bodies, with a crude pair of wings stapled to their spine? I think the most interesting aspect of this article is that it was found in a newspaper published in the United Kingdom, and not on a weird conspiracy blog that looks like something a computer-illiterate red-state hick would create in fifteen minutes. [story]
• I’ve been giving a lot of thought lately to faking my own death. According to Live Science, this sort of thing happens all the time! Now, for the first time (that I’ve ever seen) a writer and investigator has decided to shed some light on why people choose to fake their own deaths. I think they’re mostly money related, but maybe sometimes people just want to escape life and get away for a while. I’d like to live in a shitty cabin on a beach somewhere, completely isolated from any signs of society. In other words, I want to be on a real-life LOST island. Do you think I maybe care about LOST too much? On second thought, don’t answer that. [story]
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Swirlies – Sunn
Ennio Morricone – Severamente
Citay – Last Days Last
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