Tumblr (3.0; @wcitymike)http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/Reading VF profile of Palin. At one pt, they reference her hosting GOP heavy-hitters at mansion w/dinner of halibut cheeks. Halibut CHEEKS?http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/135639063http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/135639063Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:51:11 -0500<a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24466.html">Politico: Barack Obama, a Stickler for Pronunciation</a>: “In Obama’s view, pronouncing someone’s name or hometown correctly is a simple way of showing respect, they say. It’s a sort of baseline diplomacy.”http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/135430009http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/135430009Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:59:24 -0500<a href="http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=19999">Tor: Fiction World Rocked as Woman Claims No Sexual Attraction to Neil Gaiman</a>: *snicker* Very funny.http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/135430012http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/135430012Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:59:24 -0500<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/RdSkQaIORpi29mznCvcS4PnYo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><a href="http://roflrazzi.com/2009/07/04/coming-for-your-wallet/" target="_blank">Coming for your wallet</a>http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/135381008http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/135381008Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:55:58 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/O_84MAfap6c&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/O_84MAfap6c&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>Chahiye He Man He Man from Nafrat Ki Aandhi (1989) (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/jatholb" target="_blank">jatholb</a>)http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/135129401http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/135129401Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:56:52 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WfBlUQguvyw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WfBlUQguvyw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>Hibi No Neiro (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/masakaaa" target="_blank">masakaaa</a>) — not finding the song incredibly enjoyable, but the video’s pretty amazing.http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/135101116http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/135101116Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:51:34 -0500<a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200901/how-avoid-being-victim">How to Avoid Being a Victim</a>: “Here are some simple tips from the experts on how to make yourself less appealing to street predators.”http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/135090186http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/135090186Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:28:48 -0500<a href="http://www.davidco.com/tips_tools/tip3.html">David Allen (GTD inventor)'s Travel Checklist</a>: “A great example, for people who travel, is the ‘travel checklist’—everything that you might ever want to take with you anywhere. Doesn’t mean you have to pack it, just that you want to consider the…http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/135058802http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/135058802Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:11:12 -0500<a href="http://www.davidco.com/tips_tools/tip2.html">Cool/Convenient Lists to Have (David Allen, GTD)</a>http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/135058791http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/135058791Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:11:11 -0500<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld4Mc9bKths">A View From the New Sears Tower "Ledge"</a>http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/135029901http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/135029901Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:54:20 -0500I’m #reading Fame by Leonore Fleischer - <a href="http://tinyurl.com/nptoqv" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/nptoqv</a>http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/135026237http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/135026237Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:44:10 -0500“Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://twitter.com/tinybuddha/statuses/2428318622" target="_blank">Unknown</a></em>http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/135002369http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/135002369Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:44:09 -0500<a href="http://everything2.com/title/The%20slow%20reversal%20of%20periods%20and%20quotation%20marks">The Slow Reversal of Periods and Quotation Marks</a>: “Notice how the pipes end. They do not end in the order period-quotation marks or comma-quotation marks, as is standard in the Queen’s English. Rather the punctuation has been reversed. I don’t think…http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/134998610http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/134998610Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:36:10 -0500<a href="http://consumerist.com/5306170/top-10-ironic-ads-from-history">Top 10 Ironic Ads From History</a>http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/134998613http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/134998613Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:36:10 -0500<a href="http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=3936">When He's Violent to Her, It's a Felony, When She Stabs Him, It's a Mental Health Issue</a>: “When she had a fat lip, it was a felony and I was going to jail. But when they finally agreed and realized that she tried to stab me in the neck… it stopped being a crime at that point, it was a…http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/134998608http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/134998608Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:36:10 -0500<a href="http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20061219003616685">The AppleScript for Telling iTunes to Refresh its Podcasts</a>: tell application “iTunes” to updateAllPodcastshttp://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/134998606http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/134998606Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:36:10 -0500<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/opinion/02kristof.html">When Our Brains Short-Circuit</a>: “If you come across a garter snake, nearly all of your brain will light up with activity as you process the ‘threat.’ Yet if somebody tells you that carbon emissions will eventually destroy Earth as…http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/134998604http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/134998604Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:36:09 -0500<a href="http://thediscust.com/?p=547">Jenny Sanford: “Gay Marriage Wrecked My Family”</a>: “Of course I’m not saying that Mark is gay, but he may as well be. The moral decay in this country has claimed another victim and this time it was my family. Our marriage was perfect until these laws…http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/134998601http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/134998601Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:36:09 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bZBHZT3a-FA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bZBHZT3a-FA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>MIT Bunny Letter Opener (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/conejitobonitisimo" target="_blank">conejitobonitisimo</a>)http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/134998090http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/134998090Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:35:05 -0500<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/RdSkQaIORph0newaQHgw3g2Co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>“Battleship drinking game, designed by our friend Tony Harion. You could also use less girly shots. I prefer Smirnoff straight. Then I try to fake a Sean Connery accent and pretend that I’m in the Hunt for Red October.” (via <a href="http://www.splicetoday.com/consume/the-only-way-i-played-battleship" target="_blank">The only way I play Battleship | Consume | SPLICETODAY.COM</a>)http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/134993199http://wcitymike.tumblr.com/post/134993199Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:22:55 -0500