December 2008
122 posts
Creature Comforts - Assistance Animals Now Come in... →
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Dec 31st
Stuck in XNA
Dec 28th
On my way to O’Hare.
Dec 23rd
On the plane. John Crouch is on my flight.
Dec 23rd
On the ground.
Dec 23rd
Beef Jerky Purse →
Shared by Dolly Thrilling, perverse, and terribly impractical. PT @ MAKE points us to Artist Nancy Wu’s interesting beef jerky handbag; I love works like this that contrast luxury…
Dec 23rd
E.P.A. Ruling Could Speed Up Approval of Coal... →
WASHINGTON — Officials weighing federal applications by utilities to build new coal-fired power plants cannot consider their greenhouse gas output, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency…
Dec 22nd
Denver Plane Crash: Twitter as Usual →
Should we be surprised that this weekend’s Denver plane crash was first reported on Twitter, from a passenger aboard the plane? Or is the fascinating Twitter stream, from user…
Dec 22nd
Seahawks 13, Jets 3 - Jets’ Latest Failure Out... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller Who else is ready for Favre’s next installment of the teary-eyed retirement speech? SEATTLE — Nearly every team in the American Football Conference that needed to…
Dec 22nd
Myspace.com Blogs - Dec. 16th 2008 Vice Magazine... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller doing it real big Wednesday, December 17, 2008    Dec. 16th 2008 Vice Magazine Interview Famous on the internet isn’t famous-famous. There’s no…
Dec 21st
Pictures of the day: 17 December 2008 - Telegraph →
Angry monkeys turn on their cruel trainer and beat him senseless with his own stick after he handed out a vicious beating to one of the trio during a performance riding mini bicycles…
Dec 21st
How Bad Is Seven Pounds’ Ending, Anyway? --... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller Warning: spoilers ahead How Bad Is Seven Pounds’ Ending, Anyway? 12/19/08 at 11:15 AM Comment 18Comment 18Comments Photo: Courtesy of Sony…
Dec 21st
Obama: The College Years - Photo Essays - TIME →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller this is a great photo set. Next Back Pose Jack and Obama would see each other only a few more times while students. But in 2005, while…
Dec 21st
Chicago Weather Forecast and Conditions Illinois... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller My Winnipeg Partly Cloudy and Windy -3°F Feels Like -28°F Updated Dec 21 12:45 p.m. CT
Dec 21st
Outdated Turkish Mustache Makes Untriumphant... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller This gave me serious lols. It’s true, the Turkish mustache has a hold on Wicker Park. We even nicknamed our favorite bouncer at Innertown “twirly stache.” …
Dec 20th
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Dec 19th
Earnest Minnesotans Debate The Existence Of Lizard... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller The best part is around the 2:10 mark when they talk about how the circle isn’t filled in, so ‘it’s a half-hearted vote for lizard people’ OMG LOLZ. By now…
Dec 19th
Levi’s Mom Gets Arrested, Of Course, Because There... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller Wonkette isn’t as funny or relevant as it used to be, but Sarah K. Smith has her snarkiness down to a science. Take off that ring, girl. As approximately 15…
Dec 19th
FotoViewr » Blog Archive » Holiday Gift Ideas →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller Do your part and stimulate the economy. Holiday Gift Ideas Friday December 19, 2008 So you’ve got a techie in your life and you need some last…
Dec 19th
GINGER PREFAB FRIDAY: The Modern Gingerbread House →
For those of you closely following emerging trend of green modern gingerbread houses this holiday season, here is another fabulous ginger design– but this time, mod-style. A collaboration…
Dec 19th
Justice for some →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller this made me throw up a bunch Leave it to Colette to pair up Panasonic and one of the world’s most stylish bands. The French lifestyle boutique is now selling…
Dec 19th
Partners in fail « FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller This periodical comes from the city in which I was born. I should get a pass for all manner of things.
Dec 19th
Is The “Thank You For Being A Friend” Necklace The... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller @Ed There’s not much more to say about the above Golden Girls themed trinket, formally called the “Thank You For Being A Friend Necklace.” (Even the boys at…
Dec 19th
American Princes, Magnet-fied →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller I’m not sure if it has been announced yet, but I’m going to go ahead and throw this out there: Yep Roc is dropping/has dropped American Princes. Someone get these…
Dec 19th
See dis chart, hooman? →
See dis chart, hooman? It show mayjer decreases in my nom and snooze numberz… I wood like to hear how u planz to korrect dis. furst, u shud git rid of dis hoomin. picture: dunno source,…
Dec 19th
Environmentalists Wary of Obama’s Interior Pick -... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller Arne Duncan and Ken Salazar. Time to dust off my old sticker: http://store.dieselsweeties.com/products/dare-to-hope-prepare-to-be-disappointed-stickers WASHINGTON…
Dec 18th
2008 Mug Shots Of The Year →
Dec 18th
Local Video Game Maker Cuts 180 Jobs →
Chicago-based Midway Games announced Tuesday that it has laid off 180 full-time employees. Of those layoffs, 130 came from the home office in our fair city. A 25% cut in staff is a pretty…
Dec 18th
New CTA Website Changes the World →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller I don’t support throwing shoes at presidents, but I love memes. The CTA Website has long been a source of great ire for many Chicagoans. But today the CTA unveiled…
Dec 17th
Puffer-kitteh →
Puffer-kitteh feels threatnd. dis fishie nawt sew happeh either. picture: Mara. lol caption: silver22  » Recaption This  » See All Captions       
Dec 17th
AiMT 2008: Best Singles →
Shared by Will Click on the jpgs for downloads (for a very, very limited time). Share if you love me. I may be the last person on earth to compile an end-of-year retail singles list. In an…
Dec 17th
Christmas Hathos Nominee →
Shared by Michael Baldwin I have so many questions about this. Make sure your lunch does not meet your laptop:
Dec 17th
BBC NEWS | Americas | US anti-kidnap expert... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller Ain’t no god in Mexico… A US anti-kidnapping expert who has negotiated the release of dozens of hostages in Latin America has been abducted by gunmen in Mexico. …
Dec 17th
40 Inspirational Movie Speeches in 2 Minutes →
Has seasonal affective disorder set in? Is your spirit broken from grinding through another work day? Allow this youtube video to cheer you up:
Dec 16th
New CTA Website Changes the World →
The CTA Website has long been a source of great ire for many Chicagoans. But today the CTA unveiled an amazing new website that is changing the game forever. It’s infinity times better than the…
Dec 16th
Pets -- Pet Care, Flea Control, Dog and Cat Care... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller get your personalized petcast, y’all. PERSONAL PETCAST by The Weather Channel Caring for your pet in all kinds…
Dec 16th
Holland Township family angry that supermarket... →
Holland Township family angry that supermarket won’t personalize cake for their son by Express-Times staffSunday December 14, 2008, 12:16 AM Express-Times Photo BRUCE WINTERHolland Township…
Dec 16th
Three Useful Startups →
New web services pop up every single day on the internet. Since it’s nearly impossible to keep tabs on all of them, we thought it might be nice to highlight a few of our new favorites. All of the…
Dec 16th
transformer running shoes →
we recently stumbled upon these nike shoe transformer toys. although they were originally released last year, one can’t help but re-examine these designs. each transformers is packaged in a…
Dec 16th
SportingNews.com - The Sporting Blog →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller Is John Curlett jealous about this? ‘Teen Wolf’ Inspires Bucs DE to Change Name Monday, December 15, 2008 Posted By Chris Mottram 3:19 PM Before the…
Dec 16th
Doctor Convicted in British Bombing Case -... →
LONDON — A terrorism trial centering on the use of a bomb-laden Jeep to crash into Glasgow’s main airport terminal on a Saturday in June 2007 ended on Tuesday with the conviction of a 29-year-old…
Dec 16th
Colorado's Salazar To Head Interior, Creating... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller Imagine this scenario: two dudes are awake late at night/early in the morning in the same neighborhood. They’re both using the internet. One is doing important work…
Dec 16th
Capote Wrote Lying Down →
A blog on the daily routines of “writers, artists, and other interesting people.”
Dec 16th
SUCK UK - Who Tall Are You Mirror →
WHO TALL ARE YOU (click here for Instructions) Are you mini like Kylie? Or a mountain like Hulk Hogan? Measuring your height with numbers is so last decade, we all…
Dec 16th
New York Magazine Just Can't Leave Well Enough... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller oops pow surprise Oh, New York media. We’ve gone over this before: Chicago is a pretty happenin’ town. Just because we’ve been in the spotlight in recent…
Dec 16th
Mike Sparr’s Personal Website » Blog Archive »... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller So this dude taught me how to hack my phone a year ago and I’ve had his blog in my reader ever since. He seems like a totally decent guy. He’s super dorky. He uses…
Dec 16th
BBC NEWS | Magazine | The Bible, but not as you... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller Who is getting me The Manga Bible for Christmas? Most people think of the Bible as a densely printed book with no pictures, but a version of the scripture that…
Dec 16th
David Gregory's Meet the Press reviewed. →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller There’s an entire article, but the funny little summary is all you really need to read. I still say that Chuck Todd deserved a shot. Or a new dual-host thing with Joe…
Dec 16th
Hippies Want One Thing And One Thing Only From... →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller When I saw this Open for Questions email from old Nita Chaudhary in my inbox, my first thought was, “gee, I guess I could suggest something funny about legalizing…
Dec 16th
trance.png →
Shared by Derek Thomas Miller Will, he totally saw into your heart. Maybe you should have added Beach House to your list. Also, more rap.
Dec 16th