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Vampire Weekend named themselves after this wonderfully cheesy amateur film by lead singer Ezra...

Feb 1st

Fragile Dwelling

Feb 1st

Starbucks eats itself.

I just thought this quote from a recent article about Starbucks ditching it’s sandwiches was...

Jan 31st

“We will have teachings based on Yoda - the 900-year-old...”
— May the Force be with pew:...

Jan 30th

Twitter is was broken.

Jan 30th

Samuel L. Jackson's young reader's line

Jan 30th

Leibovitz takes on Disney

Jan 29th

Instapaper is dope!

Jan 29th

Pigeon Racing in Vegas

Jan 29th

The boy and I hiding under the covers from dinosaurs with...

Jan 29th

Kanye West - Young Folks

Jan 28th

An inflatable sea serpent created by Tony Sarge in 1937...

Jan 28th

Techie dishes on Google's grub

Jan 28th

If the Shriners did nothing more than drive around in...

Jan 28th

“After the revolution, persons who clogged Safeway’s...”
— Twitter / Merlin Mann

Jan 28th

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On a whim the family and I headed to the Baltimore Aquarium this morning. We had a great time and...

Jan 27th

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He has much better dancing skills than his daddy (via My Vimeo videos)

Jan 27th

“Consider this, as an analogy. You might read your newspaper...”
— numblr — On Tumblelogs

Jan 27th

'Lost' maps

Jan 27th

Yesterday’s sunset behind some scraggly pines. (via My...

Jan 26th

Large Asteroid to Fly Past Earth

Jan 26th

“Events like this find me in a state of heightened anxiety...”
— the dramatic on her...

Jan 26th

Prince and the Revolution - Let's Go Crazy

Jan 26th

Figments of the Imagination?

Jan 25th

Would it be weird if I wore these as an adult? Via

Jan 25th

Some interesting Buenos Aires graffiti via MaggieMason, see...

Jan 25th

The Bear by Elisha Cooper

Jan 25th

A cool Mr. T shirt, although I’m not sure how B.A....

Jan 25th

Mouse Guard Volume 1: Fall 1152

Jan 24th

TV saves the day.

The boy was grubbing on some queso dip from a local burrito joint last night and loving it until he...

Jan 24th

Awesome art (and very good advice) from www.nikdaum.com...

Jan 23rd

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an...”
— Robert A. Heinlein {via...

Jan 23rd

Bertie the War Bot, part of a series of toys based on Ashley...

Jan 23rd

I just set-up a FriendFeed page. It’s one of those lifestream aggregators that allows you to...

Jan 23rd

I’m actually kind of scured of this monkey thing. This...

Jan 22nd

How music should be listened to.

My parent’s got me an iTrip Auto SmartScan FM Transmitter and Car Charger for my birthday and...

Jan 22nd

D.B. Cooper Redux

Jan 22nd

Rat-eating plant discovered in Cape York

Jan 22nd

“A British survey conducted by the University of Sheffield...”
— It’s no secret: Clowns are...

Jan 22nd

A crazy combat blimp thingy (via The Library of Congress and...

Jan 21st

“The transaction-level data we collected suggests that street...”
— Very interesting paper on the...

Jan 21st

Macro Golf

Jan 21st

“Harvard economist Ed Glaeser, an expert on city economies,...”
— How Email Brings You Closer to...

Jan 21st

Nazis & The Search for Yeti

Jan 21st

King's New Realm

Jan 21st

I think I would like to go to the Cheese Castle (via...

Jan 20th

A still from the upcoming Where the Wild Things Are movie,...

Jan 20th

Mos Def - Napoleon Dynamite

Jan 19th

Spooky Like Poe

Jan 19th

Bad Gift Emporium

Jan 19th

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I took a walk in the woods today and ran across some random man-made things (a swing, signs, etc.)...

Jan 19th

From Eric Tan, my son would love this, Dash is his fave from...

Jan 19th

A Mad Max/Bodyguard’esque tee from threadless.

Jan 18th

The long strange trip of Wesley Snipes

Jan 18th

Exploration of Hidden Antarctic Lake Begins

Jan 18th

RIP Vampira

Jan 18th

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Bibidy bobedy bacon (via)

Jan 17th

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My son’s first sledding trip. He didn’t want to get in at first, but once we told him he...

Jan 17th

'X-Files' returns to theaters

Jan 17th

“thank god for telepathy. if i had to rely on words alone id...”
— Anonymous on Twitter...

Jan 17th

Brick Masterpieces

Jan 17th

My son cleaning up his toys after his bath last night. (via...

Jan 17th

How does your town look on YouTube?

Choire Sicha, who is guest editing at kottke.org this week, posted his findings from a little...

Jan 16th

Columbus blamed for syphilis spread

Jan 16th

A wacky, seemingly home-made game from Chuck-E-Cheese (via...

Jan 16th

Flickr: The Commons

Jan 16th

I would love to take this super sled for a ride down a snowy...

Jan 15th

casa cachagua

Jan 15th

Makes me yearn for Summer — via John W. Golden’s...

Jan 14th

I wish my commute was this easy — The Z-Line (via ol...

Jan 14th

a little fort i saw on my walk today (via my Flickr photos)

Jan 13th

Book Alcove - Gaithersburg, MD

Jan 13th

Dome Sweet Dome

Jan 13th

I’m also a sucker for old school robots — Robot...

Jan 13th

I’m a sucker for photos of Star Wars toys — A...

Jan 13th

A bidness idea.

My son’s current five favorite toys in no particular order are: Little rubber bouncy balls...

Jan 13th

from my walk in the woods this morning (via shortfatkid)

Jan 12th

The Best Peanut Butter in the World

Jan 12th

Playground Rules in the NBA

Jan 12th

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Good advice for the upcoming election - What We Think vs. Who We Are (via). P.S. subscribe to ill...

Jan 12th

Every time XM displays “Well Thought Out Twinkles” by Silversun Pickups, I think it says...

Jan 12th

“A medieval king known as Burt Reynolds. King Burt wears a...”
— globeandmail.com: Diary of a...

Jan 11th

Aurgasm

Jan 11th

I have no idea why Blackbeard the Pirate’s beard is...

Jan 11th

Bishop Allen - Like Castanets

Jan 10th

I dig this little monster dude - rawr (via jsc*)

Jan 9th

Man, I always thought this photo was a fake, apparently not....

Jan 9th

Beware of the … ghost mall!

Jan 9th

Mothman Cryptotourism

Jan 9th

Disney's Chief Magic Official

Jan 9th

another sunset: from my car window on the way home from work...

Jan 9th

“And every time I see how many people are out there, sitting...”
— The QC Report: “There is...

Jan 8th

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I was listening to Mike Doughty’s cover of The Gambler and it reminded me of the Kenny Rogers...

Jan 8th

machinery: I don’t know what this is, but it looks...

Jan 8th

the giraffes: I saw these statues (sculptures?) from the...

Jan 8th

Purple and Brown

Jan 7th

Snowstorm on Vimeo

Jan 7th

the pot that time forgot: it’s dangerous in that pot

Jan 7th

Boy defends mother with Jedi weapon

Jan 5th

Hey, it's Bull from Night Court

Jan 4th

Keys to the Kingdom

Jan 3rd

The horrible secret of Number 6 Whitten...

Jan 3rd

little houses: some of my parent’s bird houses

Jan 3rd

Chart Shows Most Post-Apocalyptic Movie Of...

Jan 2nd