think on this.

i thought 2008 was going to be two thousand GREAT. but i was...

Jan 1st

the new rick roll. (xkcd)

Jan 1st

Norovirus: Q&A

Dec 31st

i have the flu, so am holed up in my apartment. just went down to my car to clean it up where, um, i...

Dec 31st

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21)

Dec 30th

Watch

him on that bike is so sad.

Dec 29th

Zombie Apocalypse Gingerbread House

Dec 29th

consequences

via pam’s, i read a wsj editorial complaining about prop 8 protesters demonstrating against or...

Dec 29th

Dec 29th

Dec 29th

Dec 29th

boulder colorado

this car is an atypical boulder car: note the bumper sticker, the harley sticker, and the...

Dec 29th

dear tsa

thanks for noticing that my breasts are a bit larger than average. eagle eye detection there....

Dec 28th

Yet Another Trans Woman Shot In Memphis,...

Dec 28th

Man Shot for Talking at the Movies

Dec 28th

i am currently wearing fingerless gloves to type because if...

Dec 28th

bad day. let’s look at some cuteness. (via...

Dec 28th

lamanda: fuck. if i could rotate this photo i would. i...

Dec 27th

“Whereas BarackObama.com includes a couple of items of...”
— nate silver compares the...

Dec 27th

this may be terrifying, but i guarantee they are not the...

Dec 27th

Watch

rip, eartha kitt.

Dec 26th

Watch

oh, olden days musical comedy. this is still so funny i was crying with laughter.

Dec 25th

Watch

HE IS TAP DANCING ON ROLLER SKATES YEAH YOU HEARD ME.

Dec 25th

seems like everyone’s idolizing barack right now.

Dec 25th

looks like franken has won...

“… That is, unless the Supremes discover another mysterious “no, the Republican...

Dec 25th

happy christmas to all!

Dec 25th

Watch

perpetua:nick-lcc: And in case you forgot what the Christmas story is really about, here is the...

Dec 25th

Dec 24th

““Daddy, why does the fat white man bring us presents every...”
— racism is over.

Dec 24th

“The very fact that we can even be having a conversation...”
— tpm responding to...

Dec 24th

MOCA saved!

Dec 24th

astounding. amazing. read it all in one big gulp because i...

Dec 24th

Someday

urg: … I am going to make it through airport security without my bra setting off the metal detector....

Dec 24th

Watch

msbadkittie: Morphine - Cure for Pain ‘His instruments were extensively altered and sometimes...

Dec 23rd

the scintillating cultural observations...

maura: misha: Everyone loves that Bon Iver! maura: ugh. maura: jack london bs maura: it, like too...

Dec 23rd

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21)

Dec 22nd

and... i'm out.

that’ll do it for me for the calendar year - posting will be sporadic to the point of...

Dec 21st

sunset at the beach.

Dec 21st

tile & dog at coffee shop.

Dec 21st

“Interestingly, trouble winning elections is not a...

Dec 21st

Prop 8 Proponents File Lawsuit to Invalidate...

Dec 20th

my holiday gift to you, part two

Dec 20th

my holiday gift to you, part one

Dec 20th

Watch

my understanding of the world is informed by this sequence more than is at all healthy or...

Dec 19th

THIS IS A FAUX CHANEL PURSE MADE OF BEEF JERKY YES YOU HEARD...

Dec 19th

“Today, I could be in federal prison still serving my 24-year...”
— kemba smith in a USA today...

Dec 19th

RIP deep throat

W. Mark Felt, 1913 — 2008. his obituary in the washington post was written by bob woodward.

Dec 19th

Watch

barthel: katyperryblog: Just another day at the office. Yawn. I don’t think I want a Tumblr...

Dec 19th

white girl hair

guys, not sure how much you’ll get out of this post. i have white girl hair. (i am, after...

Dec 19th

ha. best argument for donating i’ve seen. (ezra)

Dec 19th

more thoughts on warren

a friend pointed out this daily kos article and summarizes it as “religious people are upset...

Dec 19th

“Barack Obama has always claimed his religious faith is one...”
— lawyersguns&money gets it...

Dec 18th

fine louisiana, you win. (yglesias)

Dec 18th

non-profits in trouble

the economic downturn is having a significant effect on non-profit organizations. individual...

Dec 18th

man

maura: the sparks runs on the city’s bodegas are going to be awesome fuck the stock market - my new...

Dec 18th

this is what LA looks like this morning. it snowed down to...

Dec 18th

The 2000s: Officially Over.

Dec 18th

does anyone else

consistently misread “madoff” as “maddow”? and thus believe that rachel...

Dec 18th

this is why some people find the...

FEMA benefits are a procedural nightmare. in order to be considered for FEMA benefits, disaster...

Dec 18th

he's an ass man

there’s a great post up at shapely prose from a guest blogger who is scheduled for breast...

Dec 18th

“Data is not the plural of anecdote.”
— preach it, ezra.

Dec 18th

a helpful flowchart for determining if you should make a...

Dec 18th

“The patient has an interest in obtaining legal health care...”
— Bush’s HHS regulations, issued...

Dec 18th

“Whew. Now that racism is over, and white people are...

Dec 18th

8th Annual Year in Ideas - One-room School...

Dec 18th

More are moving out of California than in

Dec 18th

“* Pastor Rick Warren has a long history of activism on...”
— from obama’s talking...

Dec 18th

i maintain this is the most fascinating nightspot in LA.

Dec 18th

bigger rupaul-obama pic. (wow)

Dec 18th

“I think there are a couple of benchmarks we’ve set for...”
— how obama wants voters to...

Dec 18th

obama makes a weird choice - and by weird i mean BAD and...

Dec 18th

“Am I crazy to take a little offense in that shoe incident?...”
— k-lo at the corner. is mr....

Dec 18th

“So how long and how deep a recession should the American...”
— obama in a time interview. via...

Dec 18th

“Lena Horne, the torch singer/actress whose recording career...”
— ew posts its obituary for lena...

Dec 18th

good graffiti vs bad graffiti

good graffiti: bad graffiti: (la taco)

Dec 17th

this is a good point

You can freely name your kids JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell, Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell...

Dec 17th

“Torture and abuse cost American lives. I learned in Iraq...”
— Matthew Alexander (a...

Dec 17th

NO THANK YOU, mr. badgley. please keep those to yourself....

Dec 17th

outstanding work, wow!

Dec 17th

Yankees Sign Iraqi Hurler: Shoe-throwing...

Dec 17th

santa would prefer not to be shot at. (boingboing)

Dec 16th

“Dennis Parker, director of the Racial Justice Program at the...”
— via the ACLU blog. school...

Dec 16th

this is made with PUSHPINS. “Over 17,000 pins on the...

Dec 16th

the periodic table of shit that is awesome. (boingboing)

Dec 16th

via yglesias, a graph illustrating that the majority of...

Dec 16th

Label The World

Dec 16th

oh fantastic

the nytimes has an article reviewing three recent studies about the connection between depression...

Dec 16th

“Speaking of juries, the ultimate jury in our land had to...”
— racism is over: the supreme...

Dec 16th

naughty elf! (wooster collective)

Dec 16th

a map of leyden, a city in the netherlands. it’s done...

Dec 16th

the david paterson sketch on SNL

1. “It isn’t about David Paterson, the blind person, being off-limits; it’s about...

Dec 16th

i tried for a while to come up with a joke about weight gain...

Dec 16th

wwd with another series of designer inagural night wear,...

Dec 16th

transparency

several commentators wondered what would happen if the “ask the transition team a...

Dec 16th

i don't like those odds

In 2007 one in every 31 adults in the United States was incarcerated or under criminal justice...

Dec 16th

interesting picture - meant to illustrate the woman, but i...

Dec 16th

could you become a citizen

when legal permament residents go through the process to become naturalized citizens, they have to...

Dec 16th

“Free fruits and veggies for everyone! Local, organic produce...”
— kate harding of shapley prose...

Dec 16th

keep your shoes on

apparently muntader al-zaidi, mr. threw his shoes at george bush, has been getting a fair amount of...

Dec 16th

soda = fat-making sin

via shakesville, news of this proposed NY tax: A can of Coke could soon cost New Yorkers more than...

Dec 16th

“The Obama team is beginning to integrate health care into...”
— ezra passes along a nytimes...

Dec 15th

“without bush they would never have been free enough to throw...”
— (barely) paraphrased jonah...

Dec 15th

funniest things about last night

lamanda: last night was one of those nights that reminded me why i love hollywood and how it would...

Dec 15th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-14)

Dec 15th

beautiful light this weekend.

Dec 15th

don’t i work in the totally glamorous part of los...

Dec 15th

wouldn't want to forget to get this done

Before leaving office, the Bush Administration is leaving one parting “gift” to our nation’s...

Dec 15th

there are words for everything

the cupertino effect: “the technical term for a correct word that is consistently erroneously...

Dec 15th

why bother assembling?

let’s hear it for holiday baking! as part of some kind of cookie exchange that i still...

Dec 15th

notemily: anthropophagous: Traditional Marriage (A...

Dec 15th

my backyard at home.

Dec 14th

Watch

you picked the wrong asian woman to mess with. gave me chills. (curvature)

Dec 13th

made from snow! (woostercollective)

Dec 13th

ftr

that rahm emanuel transcript is untrue. but it is quite truthy.

Dec 13th

here's some context

brianvan: “Do you even need context?” abbyjean: …you’re morally repugnant. fine,...

Dec 13th

“Nobel banquets and trying to finish an overdue article (not...”
— paul krugman blogs about being...

Dec 13th

rahm emanuel: the most balla of them ALL

wow this wiretapped conversation between rahm and blago from nov 10, 2008 is STUNNING. messages i...

Dec 13th

brianvan: “Let’s talk about rape for a moment. Rape is not what George Lucas did to your...

Dec 13th

squashed: I don’t like the idea of building my own brand. I feel the same way about the...

Dec 13th

“Let’s talk about rape for a moment. Rape is not what...”
— jeffry rowland of webcomic...

Dec 12th

sean avery vs jon favreau

sean avery, an NHL player who used to date elisha cuthbert, who is now dating dion phaneu, another...

Dec 12th

illinois AG: "i'm a baller too"

the illinois AG has filed a motion with the state supreme court to have blago disqualified and...

Dec 12th

If you walked into a bank and asked to open an account, and...

Dec 12th

chuckmore: I watched the preview for this yesterday and...

Dec 12th

This time Antonio is really going for it. Note perimeter...

Dec 12th

here’s all you need to know about this movie, from...

Dec 12th

see? she’s a high powered businesswoman, right? and...

Dec 12th

i swear it is 85 degrees in my office. i am dying.

Dec 12th

Watch

“they know blago,” on the beat for the re-up gang’s “they know yayo”...

Dec 12th

RIP bettie page.

Dec 12th

shaq wanted you to see this. it is unclear why. it was...

Dec 12th

Listen

cobra starship - i kissed a boy

Dec 12th

men and women and kissing

ever since katy perry’s “i kissed a girl” came out, i’ve been thinking about...

Dec 12th

ohmigod it’s the COVER. oh no. i can’t imagine...

Dec 12th

Weatherman Predicts 'Rare Artic Blast' for...

Dec 12th

“I just think it says something interesting (read: bad) about...”
— yglesias criticizes the wapo...

Dec 12th

“Whenever people say, “You should not discriminate...”
— ta-nehisi coates making a good...

Dec 12th

“First, Senators make a base salary of $167,100. Assuming a...”
— andrew roth runs the numbers...

Dec 11th

BY POPULAR DEMAND: Another Photo of Mayor Villaraigosa...

Dec 11th

npr cuts only program devoted to black...

“News and Notes, a successor to The Tavis Smiley Show, was intended to draw more...

Dec 11th

“We frankly have waaaaaay too many people writing about...”
— matthew perpetua in a tumblr...

Dec 11th

blago = big time baller

he is actively refusing to resign his position. why? partly because he needs the clout and salary of...

Dec 11th

“Killings linked to Mexico’s drug war have more than doubled...”
— another victory in the war on...

Dec 11th

quiz: what is this ad selling? lingerie to make corpses...

Dec 11th

And Now, A Photo of Mayor Villaraigosa Jamming On Congas...

Dec 11th

“In the many categories that people argue for (cash involved,...”
— the “which state is the...

Dec 11th

neuroscience research on judicial...

a group of researchers has studied brain activity in people making decisions about how to punish...

Dec 11th

“After a five-day sit-in at a Chicago window and door...”
— hurrah! illinois needed...

Dec 11th

ah, finland - how do you pay for it all?

yesterday, i posted about yglesias’ observations on finland’s early childhood education...

Dec 10th

“Women in 2008 made no significant gains in winning more top...”
— anyone surprised by this?...

Dec 10th

“Thousands of people who participated in the fight for civil...”
— via jjp, who remarks...

Dec 10th

time to learn some obscure election law!

i am slowly but surely learning about various corners and crannies of election law, thanks to the...

Dec 10th

karion: tylercoates: bg5000: I don’t know why i didn’t...

Dec 10th

“On September 20, 2004, Jonathan Magbie, a 27 year-old...”
— the ACLU blog on why the US is...

Dec 10th

L.A. Works Volunteer Calendar

Dec 10th

ah, finland

yglesias is over in helsinki for some reason and is doing some blogging about the early childhood...

Dec 10th

Watch

“The UK NO2ID group has produced a fantastic video about one of the dangers of Britain’s...

Dec 10th

to you people who are on vacation or at...

a) shove it b) shut up about it love, girl stuck at work at a job she hates.

Dec 9th

limited edition prints with all profits going to homeless...

Dec 9th

“Someday, you might encounter someone — a hopeless...”
— lawyersguns&money

Dec 9th

oprah

skimming the news this morning, i saw a number of mentions of oprah’s weight. she’s fat...

Dec 9th

oh, bride wars. it’s not enough to characterize women...

Dec 9th

“This Illinois Senate-seat news is outrageous and shameful....”
— k-lo at the corner making a...

Dec 9th

“[Obama’s poll numbers of 79/18 approve/disapprove] is...”
— CNN’s Bill Schneider...

Dec 9th

where's the gap in your knowledge

Dec 9th

a softer world

Dec 9th

Watch

children’s hospital - a mobisode show on wb.tv - enjoyable both as a parody of doctor tv shows...

Dec 9th

things that may be funny only to me

the right wing wackjobs who think obama forged his birth certificate or something because he’s...

Dec 9th

“KopBusters rented a house in Odessa, Texas and began growing...”
— so amazing. here’s why...

Dec 9th

this place is the shit. it’s a korean bbq taco truck,...

Dec 9th

financial literacy

i’m sure you’re used to seeing programs to help adults with literacy. we all can accept...

Dec 9th

“The Nikon S60. Detects up to 12 faces.” girls...

Dec 9th

“As jobless numbers reach levels not seen in 25 years,...”
— yglesias, making the obvious...

Dec 9th

jessica alba for the campari calendar, original and...

Dec 9th

“So that’s why I keep showing up to job interviews in...”
— a hilarious comment responding...

Dec 8th

(lataco)

Dec 8th

“As for me, I don’t care what color you are, if...”
— rod dreher, in an article...

Dec 8th

the changing media landscape is changing

the tribune company just filed for bankruptcy. a tpm commenter shares this on the tribune’s...

Dec 8th

from a fascinating nytimes story and photo essay on a part...

Dec 8th

Op-Ed Contributors - Showdown in the Big Tent...

Dec 8th

metavandalism

graffitied wall in shoreditch, july 3 2007 same wall, apartment therapy dec 3 2008 ...

Dec 8th

When Nice Guys (TM) Attack: Hot Chicks with...

Dec 8th

“When it comes to the situation here in Chicago with the...”
— obama on the workers of...

Dec 8th

Rumsfeld nemesis Shinseki to be named VA...

Dec 8th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-7)

Dec 7th

“It was announced that three of the puppies (Ando, Autumn and...”
— it’s happening!!! oh...

Dec 7th

is it counterproductive to get “a gun” tattooed...

Dec 7th

tonight i’m going to the show’s christmas party....

Dec 7th

postsecret rip, hunter

Dec 7th

Brain tests show child wealth gap

Dec 7th

product recommendation

avery note cards 8315, 4-1/4” x 5-1/2”, white, matte, box of 60 matte coated, 2 cards...

Dec 7th

Listen

i love acapella music. i love christmas themed acapella music more. shut up, i don’t care. 12...

Dec 7th

songs of which there will never be too...

last christmas (originally by wham) santa baby (originally performed by eartha kitt) ...

Dec 7th

from art of obama, a blog tracking “the graphics and...

Dec 6th

this is an interesting way to run a business. (losanjealous)

Dec 6th

AWFUL. here’s some people to explain why. For those...

Dec 6th

how would it feel to be invisible

woostercollective

Dec 6th

the nytimes ad supporting the passage of prop 8. (it’s...

Dec 6th

for the record

tumblr infighting and cliques and all that bullshit is mega-tiresome. are people really so lacking...

Dec 6th

conclusions on atheism and christmas

winter holiday time (christmas, kwanzaa, hannukah, whatevs) is not the time to hoot and holler...

Dec 5th

barthel: tristanjay7:angie608:duplo: Martha Stewart’s...

Dec 5th

atheist sign at a nativity scene in olympia...

Dec 5th

planned parenthood gift certificates

anti-feminist icon kathryn lopez asks, over at the corner, if it is “oogedy-boogedy” of...

Dec 5th

“Forced to choose [a chief justice for the NY state court of...”
— i quite like this paterson...

Dec 5th

pantone has decreed that this color - they call it mimosa,...

Dec 5th

information aesthetics passes along these awful charts and...

Dec 5th

andrew sullivan recently said, about nationalized health...

Dec 5th

“There’s no doubt that the pull to [immigrate to the US...”
— gah. i don’t know why i...

Dec 5th

Darold Ray Stenson was to be executed by the State of Washington today. His execution would have...

Dec 5th

California health agency ignored law helping...

Dec 5th

RIP

Dec 5th

“20 years ago my son was born, two months early, weighing...”
— wouldn’t it be amazing...

Dec 5th

Mumbai or Bombay?

Dec 5th

“The best quality studies indicate no significant differences...”
— studies contradict the...

Dec 5th

this was posted intentionally torn. (woostercollective)

Dec 5th

“The same thing we always do: follow their battles with...”
— a friend’s prediction on...

Dec 4th

“Yesterday, when Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican...”
— bet she is dying of shame...

Dec 4th

“Betsey Johnson is fashion’s Mariah Carey....

Dec 4th

here is my concern

and i think it is a valid one: what are we going to do when the puppies are no longer puppies and...

Dec 4th

Watch

i fucking love this show. i would totally date the shawn spencer guy too, if he acted just like his...

Dec 4th

this is a photo of julia hudson, jennifer hudson’s...

Dec 4th

Racism is over!

Dec 4th

“This [commercial surrogacy by women in India who receive one...”
— wow do i disagree with...

Dec 4th

potential problems with obama's drug...

first, a czar is like an emperor or autocrat or something and i don’t like the term. second,...

Dec 4th

a co-worker just suggested i adopt this as my personal work...

Dec 4th

Four men injured in gang-related shooting in...

Dec 3rd

anthropophagous: paul le chien river thames s.bank

Dec 3rd

mexico and drugs

over at the corner, mark krikorian notes that: At least 38 people have been killed in Tijuana...

Dec 3rd

Soldiers Who Have Taken a Life More Likely to...

Dec 3rd

elephants in los angeles

currently the la zoo is developing a 6 acre enclosure to house its elephant. seems uncontroversial...

Dec 3rd

Polanski wants court to dismiss child-sex...

Dec 3rd

thank you rather good toys!

Dec 3rd

“The volume of videos posted on YouTube is formidable —...”
— this figure is staggering. are...

Dec 3rd

if false rape accusations were taken as...

Dec 3rd

i wish i had a struggle

dori at a truly elegant mess recounts some conversations she’s been having with her teeanged...

Dec 3rd

Cruise ship attacked by Somali pirates

Dec 3rd

the wordle cloud created by the obama transition team as one...

Dec 3rd

mole = me demented child with short attention span and...

Dec 3rd

There is unfathomable sadness all around us, people. I...

Dec 2nd

this is a graph of drugs perscribed for hypertension. the...

Dec 2nd

Rapper M.I.A Says Pregnancy Makes Her 'Less...

Dec 2nd

damn swans

The festive season has never been a cheap affair but this year anyone seeking to earn the title...

Dec 2nd

get these fuckers out of here

here’s a bush administration rep explaining why they are against a bill that would provide...

Dec 2nd

“Nothing can do more to normalize the face of transgender...”
— from an atlantic article on...

Dec 2nd

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-30)

Dec 2nd

Watch

amanda palmer’s record label refused to promote her single and this video because of the way...

Dec 2nd

on canadian politics

apparently something is happening? it’s always been so nice not to have to pay attention to...

Dec 2nd

Grab the book closest to you. Go to page...

“This was what I needed to see and hear and feel, the salute of his fear as we passed each...

Dec 2nd

Villaraigosa says he won't join Obama...

Dec 2nd

H&M | Houseware Collection - Extended Look

Dec 2nd

wondermark cards

Dec 2nd

how to be a trans ally

being an ally is HARD. i want to lend my support and my voice to the cause of another, but i want to...

Dec 2nd

the nytimes surrogacy article

there’s been some buzz today about the nytimes article about surrogate pregnancy - having a...

Dec 2nd

hipsterlols now available.

Dec 2nd

I have no wrinkles and I must scream

Dec 2nd

federal sentencing guidelines

the ACLU is urging people to take bush’s recent pardons as a jumping off point for...

Dec 1st

“President-elect Barack Obama and his wife took their...

Dec 1st

problem

obama is appointing jim jones to the national security council. i understand there are concerns...

Dec 1st

from the CDC, here’s the face of AIDS in america...

Dec 1st

there’s a mini-brouhaha going on in the feminist...

Dec 1st

“If Obama is post-racial, Maddow is post-gender—divested of...”
— Tina Brown, Let Rachel Maddow...

Dec 1st

this billboard went up in rancho cucamonga - and then came...

Dec 1st

“I swear we could solve this fiscal crisis in one fell swoop...”
— melissa of shakesville on the...

Dec 1st

the exterior of the just for jesus homeless outreach in...

Dec 1st

Road to a New Identity Is Not Without Its...

Dec 1st