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Nov 18 2008
This Star Trek trailer remix is pretty entertaining, if the idea of setting footage to the theme from “90210” is how you define entertaining.  “Boobs in Star Trek” — watch for it.  (via)
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My blog?  Why, no, I think you mean my cabinet of wonder.
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inothernews:

My friend, your Cyclops-From-X-Men shades are the least of your fucking fashion concerns.

cvxn:

This hot piece is the poster boy for that top secret new Starbucks drink… the suckacoccacino. (via HRO)

Oh, wow.  This fellow works in my building!  That expression?  Doesn’t vary much from what I’ve seen.

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When the White House changes party hands, there’s a tradition among outgoing staffers to play harmless prank. Junior Clinton officials famously rubbed the Ws off the keyboards in the West Wing before President George W. Bush took office. But the current commander-in-chief has just pulled a doozy on his successor.

There are 14 seats on the National Council on the Arts, who review and recommend grant recipients from the $145 million annual National Endowment for the Arts budget. They also serve as advisers to the NEA chairman. President Bush’s latest appointed, Lee Greenwood, was sworn in today to a six-year term on the Council.

Yes, among his last acts as president is to leave newly elected Barack Obama with the man responsible for “God Bless the U.S.A.”

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Behold, it’s a whale shark defecating underscored by glorious muzak!  It is the majesty of nature?  Or, a lesson that everything, great and small, makes a poop?  yeah, no, it’s just kind of weird to watch.  But go ahead, everyone is doing it.

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Which Came First? Eggs Before Chickens, Scientists Now Say.”  Now that we cleared that up, can we conclusively prove why the chicken crossed the road? Huh? Amiright? *obligatory rimshot*  Anybody?  Anybody?  Is this thing on? Meh.  Don’t forget to tip your waiters.  And try the veal.
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Crowdfunding Journalism

Here is my question about crowdfunding as a potential source of funding for journalism (which I don’t think is a terrible idea at all): Will the desire to kick money into the kitty be determined more on the the issue at hand, say investigating pollution in a local water supply, or because one enjoys/respects the output of the author? (See:  Ana Marie Cox.)  Will they ever be in conflict? Or is this whole crowdfunding thing to nascent to even bring up the question?
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You know that feeling that every year Christmasy decorations are snuck out earlier and earlier, like you go to the store for a beach towel in August and it’s like, well, none here, guess I’ll sun myself on this Christmas tree skirt?  I feel that way about end-of-the-year lists.  Still!  Here’s All Songs Considered’s list of the year’s “overlooked gems.” Good thing then that there is still time to not overlook them!
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