Astronauts vow remaining tool bag won't drift away.
NASA guessed it cost about $100,000.
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11.20.2008
11.19.2008
HOLY CRAP
A little girl almost falls off of a cliff.
Disclaimer: this is a clip of a hyped-up nightly news story, complete with obnoxiously "alpha" male news-caster voice. The presentation is terrible so I'll put it in the "read more" so as not to clutter the cultural asylum. but it's good for a mild heart attack.
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Disclaimer: this is a clip of a hyped-up nightly news story, complete with obnoxiously "alpha" male news-caster voice. The presentation is terrible so I'll put it in the "read more" so as not to clutter the cultural asylum. but it's good for a mild heart attack.
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11.18.2008
More Television-Depression links
Television is one of the primary causes of depression and unhappiness.
I've long argued that Television leads to unhappiness and depression. We grow up with fantastic plot-lines in sitcoms and live by comparison. Rarely do you see people on television, watch television. Here is more proof. I'd love to fund a television-art-program that is just a show of people watching TV.
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I've long argued that Television leads to unhappiness and depression. We grow up with fantastic plot-lines in sitcoms and live by comparison. Rarely do you see people on television, watch television. Here is more proof. I'd love to fund a television-art-program that is just a show of people watching TV.
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11.14.2008
DEATH METAL BAND NAMES FROM SCIENCE BOOKS
None of these exist as far as i know, but they could and should.
Putrescine
Cadaverine
Mycotoxin
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Putrescine
Cadaverine
Mycotoxin
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11.10.2008
over.
the running roll of things that are over. or nearly over.
rogers & hammerstien references
gilbert & sullivan references
"Where you were when JKF was killed."
The expansion of the petrochemical industry.
bows + arrows.
Larry King.
Compassionate Conservatism.
Free-market Capitalism.
Whale-oil.
Moon-Men
Virginity until marriage.
Heaven, in the "pearly gates" sense.
Rocky Franchise.
White Jesus.
Multi-Tasking.
any "new black"
punk
Pogoballs (with a small chance of a brief resurgence)
Anti-Intellectualism (barring a catastrophic event)
Garage Bands.
"open" relationships.
privacy.
digital (and most other) media-copyrights.
Television. (as we know it)
land-lines
pennies (endangered: nickels. and on watch: dimes.)
Most large animals' natural habitats.
Freemasons.
Free, unlimited water.
unlimited internet.
and on the Please please please please please oh please, wish list:
the need for electric chords
or Regis Philbin (it's a tossup)
Read more!
rogers & hammerstien references
gilbert & sullivan references
"Where you were when JKF was killed."
The expansion of the petrochemical industry.
bows + arrows.
Larry King.
Compassionate Conservatism.
Free-market Capitalism.
Whale-oil.
Moon-Men
Virginity until marriage.
Heaven, in the "pearly gates" sense.
Rocky Franchise.
White Jesus.
Multi-Tasking.
any "new black"
punk
Pogoballs (with a small chance of a brief resurgence)
Anti-Intellectualism (barring a catastrophic event)
Garage Bands.
"open" relationships.
privacy.
digital (and most other) media-copyrights.
Television. (as we know it)
land-lines
pennies (endangered: nickels. and on watch: dimes.)
Most large animals' natural habitats.
Freemasons.
Free, unlimited water.
unlimited internet.
and on the Please please please please please oh please, wish list:
the need for electric chords
or Regis Philbin (it's a tossup)
Read more!
11.08.2008
11.07.2008
further signs of the growing black hole of human intelligence, also known as executive america
Viacom faces a number of challenges, chief among them is the fact that its cash cow networks, MTV, VH1 and BET, are having ratings problems.
The company claims that ratings have gone soft because teens and 20-somethings are are tired of repeat programming. The solution, according to chief executive Philippe Dauman, is to "increase the amount of original programming;" add more components to "engage viewers" and experiment with "new ways to better serve our young audience and marketing partners."
Viacom also plans to ramp up promotional spots for some of its hits, including "The Hills" (above), "America's Best Dance Group" and "Exiled;" and to roll out some new original programs.
The comments were made during Wednesday's conference call, which was held to discuss Viacom's fairly rotten third-quarter. Net income fell 37 percent to $401 million, or 65 cents per share, down from $641 million, or 96 cents per share, last year. Read more!
The company claims that ratings have gone soft because teens and 20-somethings are are tired of repeat programming. The solution, according to chief executive Philippe Dauman, is to "increase the amount of original programming;" add more components to "engage viewers" and experiment with "new ways to better serve our young audience and marketing partners."
Viacom also plans to ramp up promotional spots for some of its hits, including "The Hills" (above), "America's Best Dance Group" and "Exiled;" and to roll out some new original programs.
The comments were made during Wednesday's conference call, which was held to discuss Viacom's fairly rotten third-quarter. Net income fell 37 percent to $401 million, or 65 cents per share, down from $641 million, or 96 cents per share, last year. Read more!
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