Southpaw Jones

I don’t usually do this, but sometimes I see things on the interwebs that are actually worth sharing. This is a 20-minute animation called The Story of Stuff, and it does a good job summarizing some of the issues we have to face as Americans and human beings. You can see the full-size version and much more at storyofstuff.com. I didn’t look through the entire site, so forgive me if this turns out to be a front for environmental terrorists.

as reported in The New York Times

March 4, 1908
SHOT OVER THE COFFEE CUPS.
French Circus Girl Dead and Woman Singer Held — Says It Was Accident. The theatrical boarding house at 215 West Forty-second Street, next door to the Lyric Theatre, was startled at 6 o’clock last night to hear a loud report from the room of Mme. Mitzel Morok on the third floor, who loops the loop in an automobile for circus and vaudeville attractions.

One clue whose answer consists of two rhyming words:

Your approximations are far too high, sir! There’s no way that number of beans would fit in this jar! You need to lower your estimate, you know…

Highlight here for answer: [guess less]


Garfield Minus Garfield

But we must not fall to the temptation of intolerance against right-handed Americans. We must be the ones to hold out our (left) hand and reach across the aisle to our righty brethren. There are no righty states, there are no lefty states, we live in the United States, where left and right must join together to solve the problems we face as a nation.
LeftiesforObama.com

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2 Nerds in the Sunshine - February 24, 2008