tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38610672024-03-12T22:59:18.104-04:00<br><b>The blog for those who continually ask the question<br>"Why SHOULDN'T I be disgruntled?"</b><br> The Malcontenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18085184157008012403noreply@blogger.comBlogger210125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861067.post-1172514135627524002007-02-26T13:11:00.000-05:002007-02-26T13:38:18.730-05:00

.....and now, partially sanitized.That's right, despite The Mal's previous defense of the f-bomb, some of our friends have children now old enough to be on the interwebnets. So, in the interest of their delicate natures, two frequently used words are now represented by "f***" and "s***" in the posts. Also changed are the words now represented by "a-hole" and "d-head."The Mal, apparently by

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Yes, it's true. The Malcontent is shut down. Why?Well, for one reason, I seem to be sort of.....um, content. Gruntled, if you will. I quit my job to work on writing, filmmaking, and other creative passions (including, I have discovered, housekeeping) and it has just been too good.In addition, I will have two other sites rolling out, both under my given name, one about food, and the other just

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From the "don't we have enough s*** to worry about?" file: Deadly dolphins in the Gulf?

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As my cousin awaits evacuation from New Orleans, I read Sidney Blumenthal's breakdown in Salon of how the current administration gutted flood protection budgets for New Orleans to pay for the Iraq War.Blumenthal writes: A year ago the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed to study how New Orleans could be protected from a catastrophic hurricane, but the Bush administration ordered that the

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Seth Stevenson sums up the great hallucinogenic conclusion in today's Slate:One thing about interesting drugs (not boring drugs like cocaine or Vicodin) is that they can help you appreciate simple truths. Things you've been taking for granted. I mean, you look down at your hand, and the drugs say, "Wow, far out, there are bones inside my hand!" but then the sober, together voice in your head says

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So, clearly I have been living wrong.I recently went (along with the SoTM) for a business meeting in Chicago. Forget that there was no joy to be had at this meeting, as it involved 10,000 lawyers in close proximity.[1] We arrived safely on our direct flight, our luggage did not. Short one suitcase.American Airlines assures us it is likely on the next flight. Nope. The one after that? Nope. The

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One must, it is true, forgive one's enemies -- but not before they have been hanged. Heinrich Heine, Gedanken und Einfälle

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Pat Robertson loses his mind and goes for the "Hey, it works for Bin Laden" Broadcasting Award.

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We shall not see his like again. (Trite, but in this case, probably true.)

The Malcontenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18085184157008012403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861067.post-1124281826222150092005-08-18T08:19:00.000-04:002005-08-18T10:17:58.890-04:00

As the assorted dingleberries in Kansas, Pennsylvania, and the White House reject evolution and push for creationism Intelligent Design to be taught as an "alternative theory" to evolution, they forget a few minor points: it's not science, it's not a theory, and.......oh, right! It's crap.Jack Marburger, the President's own science advisor labels I.D. as unscientific. The New Republic published

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You could grow a steak the size of a small truck, presumably.I've got my doubts as to whether people will find the above-linked method of meat production acceptable. Cloning livestock seems to make people skittish, much less meat-from-a-vat. Of course, growing it in a vat would likely take up a lot less water and grain and land resources than our current method of raising livestock for meat.I

The Malcontenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18085184157008012403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861067.post-1124135798497494052005-08-15T15:55:00.000-04:002007-02-26T13:11:03.216-05:00

Is it just me, or is this screen hard to see?

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That's right, we're going to have to hide the glo-sticks from Grandma. (and it's not good news for Dr. Ricaurte, either, who claimed Ecstasy caused Parkinson's. ) Still, it is going to be a lot harder to rave all night long on an artificial hip, but it ought to be a hell of a show.

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Well, it has been roughly half a year since The Malcontent Amalgamated International Blogging Syndicate, LLC went on hiatus.Surely many of you (yes, we mean you, ACW) are asking "Why? Why on earth would you return? Can't you just leave us in peace?"Well, we could, but we won't. I mean, who else will help you keep track of the comings and goings of Chlumsky? Focus on critical matters of science?OK

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Commence system restart.Systems check 1..........check.Systems check 2..........check.Attention, Malcontent Mission Control.Please stand-by for new transmission.

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Rehnquist says to vultures, "I'm not dead yet!"

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This is amazing.

The Malcontenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18085184157008012403noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861067.post-1110301026871318842005-03-08T11:55:00.000-05:002005-03-14T15:08:15.946-05:00

The Malcontent hopes to resume one day. Still, this is so awesome, I just couldn't stay silent.(Originally, I linked to an amazing article on Kolin's experience at MIT's Technology Review, but they took it down.)

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Sorry, friends. The Malcontent is closing shop for the month of February. (For those who don't know why, feel free to engage in your favorite-most conspiracy theory in the comments.) We will see in March if blogging resumes. To my regular readers, thanks for all the eyeball time. To my irregular readers... well, we're really all just a bit irregular, aren't we?

The Malcontenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18085184157008012403noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861067.post-1107195729848021892005-01-31T13:19:00.000-05:002005-01-31T13:22:18.440-05:00

Dooce rocks The New York Times (with a great shot of Leta, that little cutie). Congratulations, Heather!

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6-something A.M.--The Malcontent is sitting at home, mildly eating his breakfast of leftover Kung Pao chicken, when some bloated, pin-headed baldie comes on the news "explaining" how his coterie of nutjobs in his "nonprofit organization" are lobbying for a law that will "protect marriage" and "keep marriage the way God intended--between one man and one woman.""Wait," said The Malcontent, "Did you

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Bloggers, prepare to jump the shark.(Hey, we here at The Malcontent International Pop Culture Analysis Systems realize that "jumping the shark" has jumped the shark. But what are you gonna do?)

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Maybe he could go get a job on The Daily Show?

The Malcontenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18085184157008012403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861067.post-1104431327794769672004-12-30T13:23:00.000-05:002004-12-30T13:28:47.793-05:00

British scientists bring us.....fly-eating robots. Now if they would only invent lawyer-eating robots, then they would be on to something. The technology has to be pretty close--the fly-eating robots use human sewage as part of their system already.

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OK, so The Malcontent, in fact, didn't get well. Hope to return during the week of December 27th. Until then, go read ACW's histrionic dramatic tales of his own ill health!

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