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Archive of entries posted on 11th March 2014
Freehold in Hardcover
Friend of IMAO Mike Z. Williamson, has the first book of his Freehold series — called “Freehold” of all things — coming out in a limited edition signed hardcover
Now you can complete your hardcover collection of his series — or jump into the series if you’ve never read it before.
Here at IMAO, we support the arts.
Brit Goes to Canada, Does Canadian Things
[High Praise! to Neatorama]
[What I did in Canada] (Viewer #388,569)
Which, of course, begs the question – what things would he do differently (or additionally) if he were doing “American things”?
Or Korea’s
President Obama is pushing the Pentagon to scale back the Army to its lowest level since before World War II.
Wish we could say the same about Iran’s nuclear program.
Uh… I Think This Is Good News?
[High Praise! to Liberal Logic 101]
Exit question: what weather-related phenomenon would NOT be indicative of global warming?
Would it do the trick if, say, every day, the temperature were exactly the same as it was a year ago?
Link of the Day: It’s a Semi-Intelligent Universe
[High Praise! to 4of7 of Little Worlds]
2014 Fresh – February. (Plus One)
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Wisdom of the Day: Joke Horses Adulthood Attkisson Truckin’ Cigarettes Ocarina
*skims article to get perfunctory knowledge of political event for the sole purpose of making a joke*
— MollyBloom (@ASpiker) March 10, 2014
All horses in favour of changing the noise you make say aye. all those opposed say nay. The nays have it.
*frustrated horse noises*
— Brent (@murrman5) March 10, 2014
Sorry that adulthood didn't turn out to be quite like you expected, 30 year-old guy still wearing your letterman jacket.
— Bryan Donaldson (@TheNardvark) March 10, 2014
Eh? The supposed knock on Attkisson was that "bulk of [her] work since 2009" has focused on Obama? You mean like after he became President?
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) March 10, 2014
I kept on truckin’. Now what?
— Joshua Malina (@JoshMalina) March 10, 2014
If u want to be cool but don't want to smoke cigarettes one alternative is turning your hat backwards
— jon (@senderblock23) March 10, 2014
Why hasn't Link used that Ocarina to go kill Hitler yet?
— Glenn Loury (@justabloodygame) March 10, 2014
Crazy Foreigner Sign Language
A new poll shows that only 41% of Americans think President Obama is respected by other world leaders.
In other news, 41% of American said they believed having people point and laugh is a sign of respect in non-American countries.
Obama Warned Us – Clear Majority
“A clear majority of Americans support raising the minimum wage.”
“Also, a clear majority of children support free ice cream.”
Straight Line of the Day: Senate Democrats Held an Overnight Session Talking About Nothing But Climate Change. Followed by…
Works like this: I feed you Moon Nukers a straight line, and you hit me with a punch line in the comments.
Senate Democrats held an Overnight Session talking about nothing but climate change. Followed by…
Little Worlds art, No. 1
A while back, I received some art from 4of7. If you weren’t aware, in addition to being a regular visitor and commenter on IMAO, he is an artist, and has his own blog, Little Worlds, where you can view some of his art:
I call them “little worlds” because each one is unique and separate, constructed according to the internal rules I set for it, with just a touch of randomness allowed into the design, to bring it to life and make it just unpredictable enough to be interesting. I never know for sure how each design will turn out until the last line is drawn and the last block of color is applied.
I’ve been wanting to share some of the art I received, but, well, for a while, I didn’t have a scanner. Yes, I could have run up to Walgreens and scanned it, but I planned on getting a printer with a scanner, so I waited. Well, it’s now months later, but I’m no longer a slacker without a scanner. I’m a slacker with a scanner.
Here’s one of the pieces of art 4of7 shared, and that I’m please to now share with you.
Fun With Cubes #1 – Braided Cubes. Copyright © 2013 Don Scholand. Used with permission.
I have more I’ll share in a future post.
Random Thoughts: Fracking, Ban Bossy, and Dr. Who
What if fracking causes California to break off the continent and float out into the sea? Seems worth a try.
I tend to fall asleep sometime before midnight on New Years and then wake up grabbing people and screaming, “What year is it?!”
If you haven’t hired Edward James Olmos to be your spokesman on fracking, you obviously don’t truly care much about the issue.
1st step for a Rand Paul presidential run would be for him to put his father in a retirement home with lots of activities to keep him busy.
It’s not enough to donate millions of your own money; you have to be for confiscating other people’s money.
BAN ALL THE THINGS!!! #BanBossy
If we ban the word bossy, then I’m stuck calling assertive women “uppity.” #BanBossy
For pete’s sake, haven’t we all heard enough about Lena Dunham for one lifetime?
Isn’t it much more empowering to say you can succeed focusing on yourself instead of focusing on the behavior of others?
What are the odds that feminists don’t consider our jokes about #BanBossy to be funny?
My 3yo daughter is getting kinda bossy. Should I encourage her leadership skills or take away her Hello Kitty doll? #BanBossy
Got to my first Dr. Who episode with the famous Dalecs in it. “Eliminate! Eliminate!”
I do like how in this newer Dr. Who how they’re doing their best with creature designs originally made in the 60s on a shoe-string budget.
Brighter Than You Think
Researchers have found that dimming the lights can help people make more rational decisions.
If that’s true, the room Obama makes foreign policy decisions in must be visible from space.