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Had a cutthroat game of Candy Land with Lucy last night. The...

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:28:00 -0500

Had a cutthroat game of Candy Land with Lucy last night. The suspense was unbearable.

HDR Photo of Rainbow in San Francisco (via Laughing Squid)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:03:00 -0500

HDR Photo of Rainbow in San Francisco (via Laughing Squid)

Harmony - HTML5 drawing tool

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:06:18 -0500

Harmony - HTML5 drawing tool:

Very cool HTML5 powered drawing app. 10 different styles and you can even save your drawing.

"Oh, sure. Look, it doesn’t make a lot of sense for us to have millions and millions of people..."

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:52:00 -0500

“Oh, sure. Look, it doesn’t make a lot of sense for us to have millions and millions of people who have no health insurance and yet who can go to the emergency room and get entirely free care for which they have no responsibility, particularly if they are people who have sufficient means to pay their own way.”

- Mitt Romney - Romney Calls Emergency Rooms “Entirely Free Care” (via CrooksandLiars.com)

Wow.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-28)

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:23:28 -0500

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-28):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Bad Brains - “Big Takeover” - CBGB 1982

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:14:32 -0500

Bad Brains - “Big Takeover” - CBGB 1982

The Buffalo Small Press Book Fair is a regional one day event that brings booksellers, authors,...

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:11:00 -0500

The Buffalo Small Press Book Fair is a regional one day event that brings booksellers, authors, bookmakers, zinesters, small presses, artists, poets, and other cultural workers (and enthusiasts) together in a venue where they can share ideas, showcase their art, and peddle their wares.

This is our fourth year, and we’d love to have your individual support in order to keep the book fair growing. We were lucky enough to receive a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts for marketing and promotion this year, but that still leaves a lot of incidental costs (table and chair rental, food, etc.)!

The fair has been an amazing success every single year, and we can make 2010 the best year yet with your help. All of the money donated through Kickstarter will be used for book fair costs, and any unused funds will be rolled over to the 2011 book fair.

Remember this event is FREE and open to the public. In 2009 we had over 80 vendors and almost 2000 participants!

Any individual who donates 50 dollars or more is guaranteed a limited edition silkscreened poster from this year, and silkscreened posters from previous years as well!

And the great thing about Kickstarter is the micro donation concept - you can donate anything from $1 to $500 - it’s up to you… and your credit card isn’t charged until we hit the $500 goal. We very much appreciate any support you can provide to help us keep this event strong and successful.

2010 Buffalo Small Press Book Fair — Kickstarter

"There’s a difference between the statements ‘America has the best health-care system in the world’..."

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:46:06 -0500

“There’s a difference between the statements ‘America has the best health-care system in the world’ and ‘With enough money, you can purchase the best health care in the world in America.’ … People should ask themselves a very simple question: Do they think they are likelier to lose their job and fall into the health-care situation of the uninsured? Or are they likelier to become an influential politician and enjoy the health-care options available to the most powerful people in the world?

If you’re a United States senator, America may have the best health-care in the world. But if you’re an ordinary person with the same vulnerability to bad luck that we all have, you’re better off being in Canada, or France, or Japan, or somewhere that doesn’t take your insurance away when Wall Street causes the economy to crash.”

- Ezra Klein (via savingpaper) (via brooklynmutt) (via newsweek)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-21)

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:44:25 -0500

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-21):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Mimeo and the Kleptopus King // ShaunInman.com

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:33:53 -0500

Mimeo and the Kleptopus King // ShaunInman.com:

Things like this make me wish I had an iPod Touch or iPhone.

Land of Talk - Seafoam Last.fm spit out this song today. Loved...

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:39:18 -0500

Land of Talk - Seafoam

Last.fm spit out this song today. Loved it. Her voice is amazing.

"Don’t get me wrong, I’m proud to be known as the man who paints his face with the..."

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:13:43 -0500

“Don’t get me wrong, I’m proud to be known as the man who paints his face with the American flag and goes to Olympic curling matches and bangs a cowbell, but the original plan was to be “the man who has a tattoo of the American flag on his face and goes to any Olympic competition except for curling, figure skating, or ice dancing and blows a tuba.””

- McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: I Am the Man Who Paints His Face With the American Flag and Goes to Olympic Curling Matches and Bangs a Cowbell.

"The largest boost in happiness comes from the simple act of planning a vacation. In the study, the..."

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:10:45 -0500

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The largest boost in happiness comes from the simple act of planning a vacation. In the study, the effect of vacation anticipation boosted happiness for eight weeks.

After the vacation, happiness quickly dropped back to baseline levels for most people. How much stress or relaxation a traveler experienced on the trip appeared to influence post-vacation happiness. There was no post-trip happiness benefit for travelers who said the vacation was “neutral” or stressful.”

Surprisingly, even those travelers who described the trip as “relaxing” showed no additional jump in happiness after the trip. “They were no happier than people who had not been on holiday,” said the lead author, Jeroen Nawijn, tourism research lecturer at Breda University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands.

The only vacationers who experienced an increase in happiness after the trip were those who reported feeling “very relaxed” on their vacation. Among those people, the vacation happiness effect lasted for just two weeks after the trip before returning to baseline levels.

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- How Vacations Affect Your Happiness - Well Blog - NYTimes.com (h/t Ezra Klein)