2008

does not this photo of the eclipse not look like the eyeball...

“The Democrats will have a new leader in November, and...”
— if i may make a teeny...

Cows have magnetic sense, research indicates. Experts...

swim bum in hawaii

“do i look like a fucking answering service to you?”
— she’s back

“When I was a child, an overly long and pedantic email...”
— remiel, again

19th century st. petersburg

dawdlr: next update november 21st, 2008

“… a proprietary structure that may be ever so well...”
— the exact feeling of movable...

Telescopic Text © Joe Davis 2008

“Pushing a key to consult a widget that pings a server on the...”
— dean is so damn good

“Sometimes it’s scary how happy and fulfilled I...”
— now that’s scary.

“Like suicide, meth, or a face tattoo, Taco Bell is _never_...”
— who but merlin

“… you know you’re a redneck if you don’t...”
— madame l. tweets

“Best way to find a successful lawyer is to flag down 5 bald...”
— today’s best merlin, and...

“In an interview with NBC’s Bob Costas on Monday, Jiang...”
— andy borowitz

mystic bourgeoisie: white america

“Just used the phrase “topic expert” on a client...”
— merlin mann speaks truth to...

“I want to tell you about another freedom, Ms. Fiorina:...”
— Ah, Carly. She has suffered...

“You may get a couple minutes of fame, they get to sell your...”
— alan herrell speaks truth to...

“Unlike other petrol companies, Citgo’s pumps let ME...”
— who *is* this remiel guy

“The dogs have become Florida retirees: alarmed by the...”
— dean tweets, and it is sad. or...

“… a remark by a lobbyist friend he quotes — this...”
— not unless … say,...

this is the best cnn can do? well, maybe yes.

“… he won’t be anybody’s attorney general...”
— can’t keep it zipped,...

“… food has become the bollocks du jour ..”
— stunning turn of phrase. just...

Jon Husband passes along a joke ...

Apple announced today that it has developed a breast implant that can store and play music. …...

“The Los Angeles Times reported that Hillary die-hards want...”
— enshrine a whine

“The absolute shit fit that conservatives are having over...”
— how rude is this pundit

“Q: Why didn’t Heisenberg have a good sex life? A:...”
— hey, i don’t write...

“Immigrants Deported by U.S. Hospitals”
— give me your tired, your poor ...

i think he had his jaws wired shut. doesn’t he look...

“John McCain Plays the Race Card”
— he can do this? i am very...

“… fugitive slime king Karl Rove”
— did richard belzer write his...

“The Republicans have set up a site called Barack Obama...”
— this election is so over.

“These guys are so awesome, they must have to punch...”
— ooh, two new ones in one...

“Envy makes a person look petty, and a petty, peevish John...”
— james wolcott

“This study has told us exactly what we already knew: that,...”
— wil shipley, via the...

“NASA Announces Plan To Bring Wi-Fi To Its Headquarters By...”
— what is this, five?

“AOL Acquires Time-Warner In Largest-Ever Expenditure Of...”
— four

“Getting Mom Onto Internet A Sisyphean Ordeal”
— three

“The Smug Little Shit Behind The Latest Internet Phenomenon”
— a new collection

“Using The Internet To Radically Misdiagnose Your Children”
— second in this important new...

““Here,” she said, holding out three bright...”
— i like her attitude

“Several of Obama’s associates said they were...”
— now, that is tact

“I started with computers with an Osborne 1 running CPM (an...”
— because it’s funny,...

“Kimberly-Clark’s mission boils down to discovering any...”
— brilliant. and of what earthly...

“Yes, iDisk, but HOW COME “Last sync failed?”...”
— m. mann

“I stopped reading books. There’s nowhere to add my...”
— merlin

“I don’t like Apple software, I don’t like their...”
— thank you, barry kelley. that...

“As a coda to this sordid mess, Joe [Nocera] wrote another...”
— my take: steve’s doing...

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”
— what happened to “a wish...

“… being an intellectual is not the same as being...”
— the disadvantages of an elite...

i mean …(interior)

they’ll bury us with the future

might as well be a flying saucer landed. they’ll bury...

“If death is in fact the mother of beauty, she never spends...”
— dan menaker

“… John McCain as he closes in on cinching the...”
— james wolcott

… enormity

… heartbreaking beauty

englishrusssia.com, one of the more heartbreaking sites...

“I could explain algorithms to you, but you probably hated...”
— ooh, that has gotta hurt (via...

“Todd, Pay Attention! Shelley doesn’t live here. Alan Herrell...”
—  please update your bookmarks

“…. that jingly-jangly Rickenbacker sound.”
— oh take me home … to ...

“Actually kinda surprised it took this long for people who...”
— m. mann. i’ve been...

“Viral marketing connects people with nothing to say to...”
— mer twittered. okay, he also...

“… Best band that ever was, best band that ever will...”
— he added.

“I want to thank the Beatles for letting us use their room...”
— billy joel at shea

“Hard Candy,” not so much.”
— well hello, is anybody really...

“Large Hadron Collider probably won’t destroy Earth”
— nice.

before release, this time. immensely cool

what a tableau. losers and the just plain weird.

“Spaciness,” she insists, “is a path to...”
— i second the emotion

“And then there is the list of contents of semen :...”
— ralphmag

“We would put the shell in there, and then we would throw in...”
— kurt vonnegut and the...

“People who study the science of this stuff say that roughly...”
— douglas coupland on visual...

“Psychiatric Group Faces Scrutiny Over Drug Industry Ties”
— may i add this small addendum:...

“They are 80-year-olds,” howled Mr. Gramm. “Most people don’t...”
— oh yeah. mccain’s got a...

on the other hand …

“The threat of changing the makeup of a decidedly white power...”
— jeneane sessum (via kvasir)

would the interwebs art dept pls twitter me, stat.

“In short, get bent.”
— so, is this terribly filthy,...

“By the way, it’s not the cursing that makes me right. It’s...”
— he has a point there.

“So help me, if I hear one more of you lackwits calling the...”
— yeah. you lackwits.

“I honor the place where legal ass monkeys and RSJ annoyance...”
— sailing away. god damn it.

“I cannot explain how it felt to hear these young black men...”
— kwame kwei-amah on “it...

“Stats say “Zune/2.5” is @ylnt’s 4th most...”
— mm tweets thusly

“The video was indeed offensive, but perhaps what was more...”
— especially after ripping guy...

“I’m not surprised that Arrington & The Usual...”
— great name for a band

“I believe that Hans’ decision to reject a good plea bargain...”
— the ship has sailed. bye.

“It was highly unlikely anyone else would have found the...”
— clever. always.

dear nina, rest in peace.

“Allowing the viewer to absorb the shock, Kubrick maintains...”
— i am a camera *understanding...

lingerie company, photo by stanley kubrick for look magazine...

“In @michaelmcdaniel’s view, I’ve strayed from...”
— twitter: okay, he’s very...

“Google’s so smart, by the time they’re...”
— twitter: google’s so...

“Google’s so smart, I wrote this post by copy-pasting...”
— twitter: remiel is so smart...

“… then in addition to Google’s search result...”
— remiel is not surprised, nor...

limitless ocean

“After all, if this campaign isn’t dominated by faux outrage...”
— paul krugman on rove’s...

“Yet the Clark affair did reveal something important — not...”
— o.m.f.g.

“When one reads, early on in the book, the expression...”
— it is a given

“ But in the end I think Pride is the death of the mind.”
— tomstechblog

“What did Violet, that bad girl, do? Did she sleep with an...”
— shelley is so cool

“Kudos to the Gmail sales team for beating out the Borg for a...”
— more nikolai

“Check this: I had to come in early because I have a...”
— sitting in for steve: nikolai...

“… Bill Clinton, who is in a self-pitying meltdown...”
— maureen dowd lands one

pink lady slipper, new hampshire — i used to come upon these...

“Look, they know you’re not going to be giving it up...

“For Immediate Release: Google Maps announces estimated drive...”
— more public service

“Cision is a company that sells your contact information to...”
— public service announcement...

“Social Media has become sad shorthand for people who think...”
— you tweeted a major mouthful...

depiciton of the poet alfred de musset, jardin de la vallee...

“The Obama Logo (The Big “O” with the rising Sun...

“… this week has produced an astonishing outflow of...”
— please. i beg you.

“My own French is rusty, so I’m not sure what the...”
— james woolcott

“.. if elites prefer dictators who will protect their...”
— then democracy gets fucked.

“Differences in skin color seem to encourage the wealthy to...”
— ah yes. grace.

“… American politicians’ rhetoric has emphasized...”
— your fault. get off my lawn.

borate bomber

paradise fire

short pause for pigs, iowa

california wildfires are incredibly beautiful, no question...

“US political demographics for dummies. Right: TELL ME WHAT...”
— dean allen

“The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean,...”
— george carlin

“From our series, Possible Vice-Presidental Candidates Today:...”
— 236.com

“… recently my shrink said to me, “Hey, Wil, why...”
— who you gonna listen to. him...

“But, hey, enough about me… what’s up with your...”
— that shipley guy is all hat, i...

“I remember when Steve Gillmor said it was over on Twitter:...”
— nobody ever replaces anybody

“Please ignore the book of Revelation entirely, any movie...”
— a twiddiots guide to the...

oh, iowa

lean, mean swim machine (via swim bum)

“I am highly suspicious of people who take a perfectly normal...”
— madame l

“Today, it’s estimated that of the 27 million slaves in the...”
— who knew? [listics]

“Forbes editor Dan Lyons, best known to most of you as Fake...”
— and after all the nice things...

“‘I observe. Avedon knew how to talk to people. What to talk...”
— jenny diski, quoting annie...

“… expects us to believe that showing up to a hotel...”
— but we know better  [more hh]

“I like the Googletards. They’re so young and energetic...”
— i’m going to miss him...

2007 National Magazine Award for Photojournalism   |...

“The real question is not how far a man would ride a bicycle...”
— caitlin flanagan | a sentence...

“I hope the next evolution of email supports attaching...”
— also.