Kitty Up!
Bagheera has decided that the roasting pan makes a dandy command bridge for managing kitchen operations.
Wes Phillips
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Shocker
The trouble with Tasers, CrunchGear explains, is "there appears to be an aggressive effort by [Taser International] to silence critics and to control data and, on occasion, manipulate statistics with the intent of preserving an illusion of safety surrounding its products."
The 70 Greatest Esquire Sentences
I know it's Eskie's 70th anniversary, but the list would have been a far stronger top 50.
Bartók
I spent an afternoon interviewinghttp://stereophile.com/musicrecordings/671/">interviewing; the Emerson Quartet when they released their epic Shostakovich cycle.They were delightful. They're dedicated musicians, of course, but also witty and welcoming—just good company.
Graphic Display of Information
The Daily Mail maps the world with cartograms: resizing the countries according to different measures. For example, did you know that Ugandans drink the most alcohol per adult?
The Birth of the Album Cover
In the dawn of the record era, album covers were based on the covers of photographic albums. Then Alex Steinweiss proposed to Columbia that it "embellish the 78 RPM record albums (covers) with original artwork (drawings and paintings)." An art form—and an industry—was born.
The 10 Coolest Numbers
Break me a freakin' give, I muttered to myself as I clicked on the URL to the above-titled article. How stupid is this going to be?
Fixing Monk
Joe Harley sends along this YouTube goodie wherein Hans Groiner helpfully "fixes" the music of Thelonious Monk.
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And Another Thing That Irritates Me . . .
Charlie Brooker doesn't like his new phone.
I Was a Tool of Satan
Cartoonist Doug Marlette has made me laugh until milk shot out my nose. He has also made me squirm when he has pilloried my hobbyhorses. I've always figured that political humor was at its best when it made you laugh at stuff you believed in—anybody can raise a chuckle over something you're already contemptuous of.