dianaschnuth

“My decision to resign is a personal choice based on my professional beliefs and religious convictions. I have prayed about the decision for a period of time and I have a peace about it.”

At one point, this Chinese police officer was feeding nine infants. Commendable, definitely. But is it shallow of me to point out that her boobs must be so sore right about now?

“When Yosuke the parrot flew out of his cage and got lost, he did exactly what he had been taught — recite his name and address to a stranger willing to help.”

NKOTB is doing a reunion tour? Seriously? Dear Lord.

“The Nazi spectre of eugenics has frequently been invoked. Now a deaf couple have turned this on its head: far from wanting a flawless child, they actively want a baby which suffers the same hearing difficulties as they themselves.”

“The actor [George Takei] and 54-year-old Mr Altman have been together for 21 years. “

“Federal appeals court says Treasury Department is violating the law by keeping all money the same size and feel.”

‘”It’s about heritage; it’s about pride,” Tillett said. “I don’t look at it much different than the American flag. There’s been a lot of blood spilled over that flag, too, and I love that flag, and I’ll fly it ’till the day I die.”‘

This is probably old news to a lot of people. Me, I’m just now delving into the joy that is Lifehacker.

“An experiment to raise awareness about the plight of missing children found that a majority of people did not notice or stop to help a little girl after seeing her face on a missing person poster a few feet away.”

‘”I can’t do that song because I can’t remember it,” [Edwyn Collins] replies in faltering speech as he sits at the front of the stage looking physically frail but obviously emotionally overwhelmed.’

“Hypermiling includes pumping up tires to the maximum rating on their sidewalls… using engine oil of a low viscosity, and the controversial practice of drafting behind other vehicles on the highway to reduce aerodynamic drag.”

Zeldman makes a valid and intriguing point about the nature of personal sites then vs. now. Reminds me of “Di’s Un-egotistical Homepage” from the late 90s, and makes me want to add more static, self-hosted sections to my current personal site.

My English comp class discussed this very topic back when I was a college freshman in 1994. Good to see that something is actually coming of this.

Dubya = EPIC FAIL.