broken is waiting to be fixed

I got one of these in my Love Interruption 7” single too....

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:43:39 -0400

I got one of these in my Love Interruption 7” single too. Wonder if they’re supposed to be rare or something.

The card that was with my Love Interruption 7”. I can’t scan the bottom portion of the peacock picture but it says “Lot 975: Partially Leucistic Peacock (Pavo critstatus). The back portion contains an email between Robert Jones and Jack White. I find it incredibly funny that Jack’s email is supacracka@thirdmanrecords.com

supacracka wtf

nataliemorales: this is preeeetty friggen great

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:34:09 -0400

nataliemorales:

this is preeeetty friggen great

"I can speak for a great number of people up here when I tell you that we’re just a little tired of..."

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:46:20 -0400

“I can speak for a great number of people up here when I tell you that we’re just a little tired of being used as a heavy-bag workout for every third-rate radio gasbag, every shoeless Bible-banging preacher, and every pecker-wood politician from hell to breakfast just because we have good public schools, decent public parks, and places we all can walk for free in the woods or by the sea, and a semblance of a decent health-care system.”

- Charlie Pierce in Esquire

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/we-are-the-commonwealth-of-massachsuetts-041713

jl8comic: Many of you have likely heard about the bombing at...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:07:30 -0400

jl8comic:

Many of you have likely heard about the bombing at the Boston Marathon today. I’ve created this downloadable wallpaper to raise money to benefit the victims. All money raised will be evenly distributed between Boston Children’s Hospital and Red Cross of Boston. You can donate here.

Please spread the word, not only for this one, but for all charitable endeavors, including blood donation. The people of Boston need our help. Let’s give it to them.

-Yale

bernardin: “The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:24:52 -0400

bernardin:

“The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels tonight.”

notabadday:

the west wing meme: ∞ eight speeches [7/8]

“More than any time in recent history, America’s destiny is not of our own choosing. We did not seek nor did we provoke an assault on our freedom and our way of life. We did not expect nor did we invite a confrontation with evil. Yet the true measure of a people’s strength is how they rise to master that moment when it does arrive. 44 people were killed a couple of hours ago at Kennison State University. Three swimmers from the men’s team were killed and two others are in critical condition. When, after having heard the explosion from their practice facility, they ran into the fire to help get people out. Ran in to the fire. The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels tonight. They’re our students and our teachers and our parents and our friends. The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels, but every time we think we have measured our capacity to meet a challenge, we look up and are reminded that that capacity may well be limitless. This is a time for American heroes. We will do what is hard. We will achieve what is great. This is a time for American heroes and we reach for the stars. God bless their memory, God bless you and God bless the United States of America.”

Starting facebook fights.

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:13:33 -0400

You’re not a bigot or a homophobe or hateful if you don’t believe in what I want. You are if you try to prevent me from having my beliefs. If homosexuality or gay marriage is against your beliefs, don’t get gay married or be homosexual. But your beliefs do not get to dictate what other people do or what the current definition of equality is. It wasn’t so long ago that equality did not include people of color. It wasn’t so long ago that Jews were slaughtered for their beliefs. Let’s remember that while the Constitution doesn’t dictate what you believe, it does dictate equality for all people and it does dictate enhanced protections for minorities to prevent the tyranny of the majority (see Title 9 and Affirmative Action and Hate Crime laws).

Awkward Jew in a Christian world

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:35:24 -0400

Me: Hi, my car's check engine light came on and I'd like to get it looked at as soon as possible.
Lady on the phone: Well, the soonest I could give you an appointment is on Tuesday because everyone's trying to get work done before the holiday on Sunday.
Me (thinking about this weekend): What holiday is on Sunday?
Lady on the phone: Why, Easter, of course!
Me: Oh. I'm Jewish.

"A developed country isn’t a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public..."

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:08:44 -0400

“A developed country isn’t a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public transportation.”

- Gustavo Petro, Mayor of Bogota

(h/t @gusseting )

"Jack White on the Radio City Walk Off Q: I don’t know if you want to talk about this or not,..."

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:49:51 -0500

“

Jack White on the Radio City Walk Off

Q: I don’t know if you want to talk about this or not, but I was at the Radio City show where you walked off. I loved the show, but people made a big deal about it. What was going through your head that night?

A: Oh, I just do what the crowd tells me to do. I always do that. I always have and always will. If I play an old folks’ home or a fire station, I shut up when the crowd tells me to shut up. I provoke when the crowd tells me to provoke. The crowd’s in complete control of me. So that’s, that’s what will happen at any given night you see me.

”

- http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/q-a-jack-white-on-new-dead-weather-and-solo-tracks-radio-city-walkoff-20130226

Behold the magnetic greatness of Baby Magneto That is...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:19:19 -0500

Behold the magnetic greatness of Baby Magneto

That is awesome.

John Hancock Center on Flickr.

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:30:18 -0500

John Hancock Center on Flickr.

An inventory of tech that I've broken.

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 08:44:45 -0500

2x Kindle keyboard (Wi-Fi) - shattered screen on first one, crushed other in a car door - cost to replace - first one free, second one $69.
Kindle Keyboard (3G) - broke while in a case in my coat - cost to replace - $69
iPod nano 6G, orange - dropped in the street and shattered screen - cost to replace - free due to kind Apple Genius
iPad LTE 3G 32GB - dropped onto kitchen tile while holding baby, split screen - cost to replace - $150 (AppleCare+ and replacement charge)

Now, mind you, this is the tech I’ve had a hand in breaking, not the tech that’s gone bad on me and was replaced under warranty.

Clock at Museé D’Orsay on Flickr.

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 20:28:00 -0500

Clock at Museé D’Orsay on Flickr.

This is my daughter, Charlotte. She’s five months old...

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:49:00 -0500

This is my daughter, Charlotte. She’s five months old today. She has had a pre-existing condition since she had a stroke at five days old.

She and I would like to thank everyone for re-electing President Barack Obama and preserving the Affordable Care Act with its prohibition against denying healthcare for those with pre-existing conditions. The Affordable Care Act means that Charlotte will have healthcare through my wife and I until she is 26 years old.

More importantly, the Affordable Care Act means she’ll be able to choose to live anywhere in the United States without fearing that she’ll be unable to get health coverage.

We want to thank everyone once again for re-electing President Obama.

Lightning-to-MicroUSB connector to scale.

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 08:56:48 -0400

Lightning-to-MicroUSB connector to scale.

gifthorsedentistry: Sandy vs. Irene, AKA the henpecked...

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:47:52 -0400

gifthorsedentistry:

Sandy vs. Irene, AKA the henpecked Northeast

Sandy’s for real folks. Not like last year’s Irene.

"A great manager of mine said to never go to your boss with a complaint about anything without at..."

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 04:56:47 -0400

“A great manager of mine said to never go to your boss with a complaint about anything without at least one (ideally more than one) suggestion for a solution.”

- On Being A Senior Engineer

Love me some iambic pentameter. bernardin: Chiwitel Ejiofor,...

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:46:19 -0400

Love me some iambic pentameter.

bernardin:

Chiwitel Ejiofor, making Shakespeare sing with passionate resolve. He should be in everything, ever, always.

nudityandnerdery:

arashikami:

Chiwetel Ejiofor performing Hamlet’s Hecuba monologue from Act II, Scene II

{via laughterkey | betzine}

Watch this. Class up your day. Contains 300% of your daily recommended dose of amazing.

Gotta Register

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:49:55 -0400

russianpencil:

www.gottaregister.com takes something that is annoying at best and confusing at worst, and makes it incredibly easy and simple. I used it to register to vote and was very pleased by how easy it was. If you haven’t registered yet I suggest you do the same!

Amazing magical powers

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:59:49 -0400

Me: I just shook Stephen King's hand!!!!
Wife: how did that happen?!
Me: I was walking through the Public Gardens, noticed a lanky, older man with large glasses and a red sox cap on a walk, and I said, "Excuse me, are you Stephen King?"He nodded, I extended my hand, he shook it and I told him that I grew up reading his books and it was a great honor to meet him.
Wife: wow awesome!
Me: Yeah!!! Super excited.
Me: Also: amazing magical powers strike again!
Wife: doesn't count because you didn't already know him
Me: Of course I knew him! I spent years reading his work! I was reading Dreamcatcher while sick in a London hospital bed!
Wife: celebrities are different than bumping into friends and coworkers. but agreed still very cool
Me: I'd argue authors are your friends. Especially if you can recognize them.
Wife: omg. you are ridic.