Since former Arkansas Governor and Baptist minister, Mike “Chicken Huckster” Huckabee, declared today national “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day” which resulted in anti-gay chicken cavorters coming out in droves to participate, what should the rest of the breaded chicken sandwich manufacturing community do in response? Continue reading
Daily Archives: August 1, 2012
This post is about naughty toys from naughty books, so if your eyes are delicate, stop reading now. Continue reading
We can probably all agree that one of the biggest timesucks and patently infuriating things about any job would be dealing with idiots. Continue reading
Elevation Lab started with a simple idea, make a sturdy iPhone dock that can be used while the phone is still in a case and reduces the dock connector friction so the phone can be easily docked and un-docked. Sounds easy right? It isn’t. Let’s take a look at the form and function of the Elevation Dock for iPhone. Continue reading
Cruz Control, King of the castle, Tax-and-Spend Republicans, C(eek) B(etter) O(ptions), the Ethanol conundrum, and a tribute to Gore Vidal. Continue reading
The NFC South may be the most interesting division in football this year. I saved this one for last for a reason. I went over rosters and stats from last year. I checked draft reports. I consulted a Magic Eight Ball and made sacrifices to the Dark Lord Cthulhu in a vain attempt to get a handle on what is going on and pretty much came up empty. I’m just going to throw some shit at the wall and see what sticks.
Welcome to week two of our jump lunges challenge. We are still on however many you can do in 30 seconds. As you may have noticed as you performed this exercise, it is 1) difficult to keep your balance, and 2) your knees may not like you very much. That’s why keeping your form is much more important than anything else so you can continue on the challenge. Continue reading
In the old days (from about the early-mid-1800s until the past 2 or 3 years) book publishing usually worked like this: the author wrote a book, and sent the manuscript to a commercial publisher, Random House, Faber and Faber, Akashic, there are thousands of them world-wide. The publisher employs professional editors to read the manuscripts and select (‘acquire’ is the usual verb used) ones with commercial possibilities. The author is then assigned an editor to work with to prepare the manuscript for publication. Continue reading
Goodness! What a great night for the US. First, a wonderful surprise and then history was made. Also, congrats to the Chinese for their impeccable diving. Also, enjoy this (h/t to Jenna Maroney). Continue reading
Today’s photo comes to you courtesy of BaldwinP, from his vacation trip to the Daintree rainforest. Continue reading