January 2012
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“I shouldn’t tell this story, but what the hell. I was staying in Eric Idle’s...”
– One of the greatest Star Wars stories ever, from a Rolling Stone article Carrie Fisher wrote in 1999. (via lizlet)
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“1. Space: Above and Beyond (1995-1996)
Why it’s unsung: Like many of the shows...”
– 10 Unsung Science Fiction TV Classics
Srsly, Space: Above and Beyond was AWESOME. I’ve got the DVDs if anybody wants to do a rewatch with me.
—I’m in.
(via jaybushman)
Thanks to Downton Abby, I’ve been contemplating seeking work as a gentleman’s valet.
“Several things are worth noting here. The first is that, in today’s Republican...”
– Comment: Un-American Activities : The New Yorker
via Mike Daisey
(via jaybushman)
Emphasis mine.
December 2011
18 posts
Come 2012, California governor Jerry Brown is... →
kelsyabbott:
please keep this in mind
“Gov. Brown’s plan would give control over a huge chunk of Northern California’s water supply to a handful of billionaire Central Valley plantation owners and Southern California real estate developers, allowing them to use even more of the state’s over-tapped water supply, a shared public resource, as a private commodity that they can then turn around and...
Hrm… Path has a nice looking interface, but that only makes it feel like its a buyout demo.
“When the LAPD finally began arresting those of us interlocked around the...”
– Dear Editor- LAPD Arrests the Truth at Occupy LA | Culver City Crossroads (via jaybushman)
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November 2011
22 posts
1% of the population of the United States is 3,126,383 people.
That’s a lot of people.
[As per the Census Bureau’s Population Clock]
In the First Census (1790), the population of the United States was enumerated to be 3,929,214. [Wikipedia]. Jefferson & Washington thought the First Census number low.
In any case, we have almost 100 times more people living in the U.S. now than...
