links for 26 February 2010
play play play 26 February 2010 – This comic is always good, but sometimes it is the kind of good that hits me in the gut. Leak in Shark-Filled Aquarium in Dubai Mall 25 February 2010 – And they shall have their revenge. BBC News – British Library warns UK's web heritage 'could be lost' 25 February 2010 Complaint over head-scarf firing at store 25 February 2010 – I love the phrase "look policy". Except for the fact that it is ridiculous. Then again, so is Abercrombie & Fitch. iPhone Game Raises Awareness of Marriage Equality 25 February 2010 – Interesting: “A new iPhone game, Valet Hustler, aims to raise awareness about same-sex...
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Yelp Is Sued After Dispute Over a Review 24 February 2010 San Fran Library Hires Social Worker for Homeless – NYTimes.com 24 February 2010 – This article makes me more than a little sad, and not just because I work here.
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Britain To Stop Funding For Homeopathy 23 February 2010 – … didn’t see that coming. Then again, I live in California. (via Clay) Rape Analogy: The “Walking in a Bad Neighborhood” Theory 23 February 2010 – Brilliant article overall, but especially for this: “The behaviors associated with femininity occupy a strange space in our culture. While they are obsessively reinforced as ‘normal’ behaviors for women, they simultaneously work to situate women as abnormal, different, ‘other.’” (via ShannonK) How Seattle Commutes 23 February 2010 – Terrific graphic of major cities’ commuting habits. (via Darby) I’m Sorry 23 February 2010 – I love this. (via striatic) Captain Kirk is climbing a...
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Bay Area deemed least affordable region in U.S. – San Francisco Business Times: 22 February 2010 – No surprise here. What is surprising to me is how much civic dysfunction we are willing to tolerate while paying such exorbitant prices to be here.
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Darth Vader Working On a Saturday 22 February 2010 – How do I convince FunkyPlaid to do this for our wedding? Writers describe the positive impact of D&D on their lives 20 February 2010 11,000 Rejections on the Wall, 11,000 Rejections 22 February 2010 – Thanks, Ang, for sharing this. It makes me feel significantly better about my own meager pile of rejections. Boycott FedEx 22 February 2010 Scientologists Hire Journalists to Investigate Journalists 22 February 2010 I cannot conceal my annoyance 13 February 2010 – I do so love Mr. Ellison’s writing, but what an insufferable ego. Haiti, One Month Later 12 February 2010 Don't F*ck With The Quote 10 February 2010 The Denzel Washington Venn Diagram 10 February 2010 – I love...
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If you are reading this, you have been infected. Proceed to the Wellness Center. At the door, remove the piece of clothing you like best. This certainly carries the disease, and will be destroyed. No one will greet you. There is no one staffing the Wellness Center in this time of crisis; all personnel have been deployed to less fortunate towns. You may not see another person during your intake assessment. There is no need for alarm. Sit in the blue chair. The green chair will turn blue at times. It is temperamental. Do not be fooled. Wait long enough for the blue chair to prove itself blue. This will take a short amount of time, but longer than you think. The screen above you will descend until it is approximately one foot from your face. Look directly...
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Glitch I have never been more excited for a game than I am for Glitch. I played Game Neverending way back when and loved it — it was, in fact, the reason I joined Flickr — and Glitch promises to be all that GNE was and more. I hope to be invited to the private alpha! (tags: games mmorpg) How childbirth caused my PTSD The experience this woman relates is unimaginable to me. I am not surprised that she developed PTSD as a result. Why would she make something like that up? (Skip the comments, unless you're into unabridged assholery. I won't be reading Salon comments in the future.) (tags: health childbirth PTSD) That's What She Said Megan Mullally and Thomas Lennon explain the origins of "that's what she said." And I...
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A beautiful lady works at the library. I say this — beautiful lady — knowing I sound like a little boy on Valentine's Day. But she is. She is tall, taller than most women I know, dark-skinned, luminous. She dresses impeccably in entire outfits, a skill I have never mastered, like speaking in full sentences. Her outfits have palettes, moods, as intricate as weather. Each of her features could grandstand, but instead exist amiably within the confines of her face. Sometimes the smile hogs the spotlight, but it knows its place. When she walks, people watch her because they can't look away. After she is gone, her perfume lingers, cotton candy and woodsmoke. How can someone like this exist? I pretend...
Read Morelinks for 2010-02-16
National Children’s Study Is Looking for Pregnant Women – NYTimes.com From the article: "Authorized by Congress in 2000, the National Children’s Study began last January, its projected cost swelling to about $6.7 billion. With several hundred participants so far, it aims to enroll 100,000 pregnant women in 105 counties, then monitor their babies until they turn 21." (tags: america health research children) Should you settle for Mr. Right Now? – CNN.com I don't agree with most of this, but it is certainly thought-provoking. From the article: "Gottlieb interviewed an array of experts — sociologists, behavioral economists, social psychologists, and statisticians — who presented evidence about why online dating...
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FunkyPlaid and I celebrated Obligatory Romance Day with Burgermeister burgers and geocaching. It was a perfect San Francisco day, 65 and sunny. Dogs of all kinds trotted happily before their humans. We talked about what makes us unhappy about our present, what we look forward to in our future. I am lucky to be able to tell him whatever I am thinking and feeling. It is a small yet crucial thing. Shortly after arriving home, I read that Lucille Clifton had died. While I was in school in Alabama, I was assigned to read her collection “The Book of Light”. It took me a few passes before I understood the genius in her simplicity. Then I tried to emulate her style. It did not work so well for me, but I still love her poems. Here is Lucille...
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