“A man, a plan, a canoe, pasta, heros, rajahs, a coloratura, maps, snipe, percale, macaroni, a gag, a banana bag, a tan, a tag, a banana bag again (or a camel), a crepe, pins, Spam, a rut, a Rolo, cash, a jar, sore hats, a peon, a canal— Panama!”
- Guy Steele, CLTL2
“This is terrifying to watch. It would be amusing — there’s nothing like people who did not grow up with the Internet attempting to ask questions about technology very slowly and stumbling over words like “server” and “service” when you want an easy laugh. Except that this time, the joke’s on us.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/post/the-nightmarish-sopa-hearings/2011/12/15/gIQA47RUwO_blog.html
Pakistani actress Veena Malik exchanges some choice words with religious scholar Mufti Abdul Qavi over her appearance on India’s Big Boss TV show.
Found here: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/countering-extremism-pakistan-0021911
Also, http://www.khudipakistan.com/, the main focus of the article. Seems to be an organization worth supporting, eh?
Fight religious extremism!
Oh, Canada of the Day: Just a bunch of Canucks playing ice hockey on the frozen Windy Arm of Tagish Lake in Canada’s Yukon Territory.
[reddit.]
I’m jealous of the scenery, but also that ice. It looks like great skating and I’m not an ice skating enthusiast by any means.
Are streetcars the answer to our transit and environmental needs?
Both Minneapolis and St. Paul have expressed interest in streetcars, and Minneapolis landed a $900,000 federal grant to explore the idea. The city has embarked on a study of a possible nine-mile line along Nicollet and Central Avenues from 46th Street in south Minneapolis to a transit station just outside of Columbia Heights. (via MinnPost)
new construction… Or reconstruction?
Early Bird Special: Police Academy alum Michael “Motor Mouth” Winslow utilises his signature sound effects to perform a kickass cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” on the Norwegien talk show Senkveld med Thomas og Harald.
[b3ta.]
though i won’t have a beard near long enough til later in life, i feel that stockpiling this shirt for my 70s might be a good long-term investment…
(Source: ilovecharts)
Marketing Campaign of the Day: You won’t understand any part of this psychedelic British ad spot for Müller dairy products, but you’ll still ask for seconds.
[cartoonbrew.]
muahaha
