February 2012
So...my youngest son has leukemia. →
My youngest son Isaac is eight months old. Last Saturday we discovered he has Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. This really, really, sucks.
Below is the post announcing his condition to the world.
Because it’s 2012, there’s a Facebook page for Isaac and a Twitter account, too.
fightikefight:
The thing is, you never expect it to happen to you. We got a call yesterday morning from...
This Site & Free Speech are being investigated →
jeffmiller:
As Balko explains: ”Guy loses a bunch of weight, no longer diabetic. Starts a website to help others do the same. He’s now under criminal investigation for providing nutritional advice without a license. This is in North Carolina, the same state that went after a guy last year for practicing engineering without a license when he did some math for a citizens’ reports requesting a...
a writer's work page: Shit Derek Webb Says →
chelseabatten:
Last week I had a great conversation with Derek Webb. And it wasn’t just great because I got to chat for 90 minutes with a famous guy whose style I’ve admired since middle school.
(Whose song “Bus Driver” might prove to be my entire raison d’être.)
(And if you listen to this newer…
Government and Its Rivals - NYTimes.com →
h/t sds
Is Mitt Romney Al Gore? The Republican... →
“Republicans are doing something quite strange at the moment. They are in the process of choosing a candidate whom hardly any of them actually likes.”
January 2012
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So...I've started a startup.
This should be interesting.
New school can’t be Cougars because middle-aged... →
This is what our world has come to.
“The solution to the problem of crony-capitalism isn’t to constrain the power of...”
– Jeff Miller @ The Trunk
“I want them to remember that lawmakers and lobbyists who don’t understand the...”
– Erik Martin, reddit general manager, telling us what he thinks you should take away from today’s Internet blackouts. (via newsweek)
Let’s try it a few more ways too:
“I want them to remember that lawmakers and lobbyists who don’t understand healthcare have no business trying to regulate it.”
“I...
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“On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, “Is it safe?”...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr., via Seth’s Blog: Straight up
Believing in Tim Tebow - ESPN →
“Every week, Tebow picks out someone who is suffering, or who is dying, or who is injured, flies them and their families to the Broncos game, rents them a car, puts them up in a nice hotel, buys them dinner (usually at a Dave and Buster’s), gets them and their families pregame passes, visits with them just before kickoff (!), gets them 30-yard line tickets down low, visits with them...
“It’s the liberating feeling—the physical and psychological sensation—that is...”
– David Byrne, Bicycle Diaries, nailing the joy of urban biking (via muppetpants)
The Value of Teachers - NYTimes.com →
Keep the good ones; fire the bad ones.
The Business Case for Reading Novels - Anne... →
Ron Paul #2 in NH Democratic Primary →
not bad.
[h/t devin]
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WatchBIGGEST TEAHUPOO EVER, SHOT ON THE PHANTOM CAMERA. (by Chris Bryan)
beautiful.
“Food Sovereignty” law passed in small Maine town... →
funwithplantingplans:
So absolutely amazingly wonderful to hear. Though I thought I remember reading about this happening a bit ago? Regardless, I’m moving to Maine.
heck yeah! more FTA:
“What about potential legal liability and state or federal inspections? It’s all up to the seller and buyer to negotiate. “Patrons purchasing food for home consumption may enter into private agreements...
London Olympics Restrict Volunteers Twitter and... →
London 2012 Olympic volunteers have been banned from posting updates and photos to Twitter, Facebook and other social networks. The London Organizing Committee announced Friday that Games Makers, the 70,000 person volunteer squad, cannot post their roles, locations, or details about the athletes …
…because you wouldn’t want people to talk about how much fun they’re...
Internet Addiction Can Change Your Brain Like A... →
You don’t say…
