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“‘It’s too bad there’s an ‘us vs. them’ dynamic,’ [Portland PD Officer] Pickett said.” definitely a face-palm moment. (drunk cyclist blows stoplight, gets chided by bike advocate in car, then things got ugly.)
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At the college, we were actually forbidden from using stock peeps after (IIRC) a dean’s daughter asked to get introduced to the “student” she saw on a bus ad.
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via the other Elaine. Pink noise in particular is way better than the sound of the stupid (huge! old!) printer 10 feet from my desk. Surprisingly calming.
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now I’ve got that song stuck in my head, altho possibly to the wrong melody. (think: “just don’t look at the monsters” to the tune of “let’s all go to the lobby”)
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includes one of the more thoughtful comment sections of any recent ALA article.
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via kottke
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“we can’t exactly set up a reservation somewhere where the supply of gallium and hafnium can quietly replenish itself” ok, THAT is wiggy.
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via an Ask MeFi question, of all things. I was NUTS about Twin Peaks in high school. (I think I still have my copy of Laura Palmer’s diary.)
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::drooling:: (my favorite hard cider is made right here in Oly, tho.)