"chris adell... overworked, overpaid, hungover, and ebullient as fuck."
other hot titles in the chris adell book series...
"chris adell has a ball by himself."
"chris adell loses his bicycle."
"chris adell stops wetting his bed, but the dragon doesnt care and never will so it eats him anyway."
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RavenWindow, developed by the folks at RavenBrick, is one of those simple,
brilliant solutions to energy conservation that should be standard in any
cons...
Visualizing how the brain visualizes
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“TED Talks Information designer Tom Wujec talks through three areas of the
brain that help us understand words, images, feelings, connections. In this
shor...
The man has a point
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From Dan Savage on The Stranger's blog, Slog:
"A Catholic school in Colorado is kicking out a preschooler because the
child's parents are lesbians. The chi...
save it for your blog howard!
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mad libs in Panama
There was a (type of person) *PRIEST *named (name) *FATHER HUNT* who lived
with (name) *LORENZO* who always (verb) *JUMPED on the (furni...
Africa Report's Education Campaign Blog!
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Several of my former students have had articles published on the Africa
Report blog.
Here's a link to one of them: Karanja's article
final days
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the past month has been crazy busy between interning at PIN, conducting my
research on Iraqi refugees, and bartending at La Calle, an "Italian
Trattor...
yep, again
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i know, i know, i said i would go away... but i keep finding interesting,
well-written pieces that i just feel i need to share with other people. no
commen...
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*Life in Kabul... what a riot!*
It's been a while... well I've been in Afghanistan for almost three months
now... life had taken a steady routine, going to...
New at Reason: Jesse Walker on Lone Wolves
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When men like Joe Stack and John Bedell launch their kamikaze attacks, you
won't learn much by trying to discern if the would-be killers are
"right-wing...
Does the World Bank have a sense of humor?
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Perhaps the title is a rhetorical question, but I felt obliged to ask it
after seeing the latest parody of a World Bank initiative. If you've been
ignoring...
For Iraqis, Suffering Is a Reason to Vote
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"For the people of Halabja who witnessed the massacre of March 1988, we had
nothing but Allah to ask to help us against Saddam. Today, this March, we
had s...
How I fell in love with a fish: Dan Barber on TED.com
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Chef Dan Barber squares off with a dilemma facing many chefs today: how to keep fish on the menu. With impeccable research and deadpan humor, he chronicles h...
Health Care, Not Reconciliation, Is The Issue
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My column from this morning's *Roll Call* explains why reconciliation, a
subpart of the congressional budget process, and a sub-subpart of the
legislativ...
Amazon's Big Mistake: Forgetting They're a Utility
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As John Scalzi has scathingly noted, Amazon really screwed up when they
pulled all of Macmillan's titles from their site. Although I think they have
the ri...
Government without Conscience
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From the BBC: Iranian police have arrested mourners who had gathered at a
cemetery in Tehran for a memorial to those killed in post-election violence,
repo...
Learning from Cuba and Dwight Eisenhower
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I think that the Iranian elections should make everybody sit back, take a deep breath, and try to see whether they really understand the dynamics of Iranian ...
Bombing Rattles Fragile Security Amid Troop Drawdown
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As part of the continuing drawdown of American troops in Iraq, about 12,000
military personnel will leave Iraq by September and will not be replaced,
Maj. ...
Fresh calls for curbs on CDS trading
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Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, called for EU institutions to be given
“more teeth” both to control speculation and to police the deficit spending
of...
Equality or Flexibility?
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Transactions costs are involved in most small-scale activities we engage in.
Living in a country, and coping with its institutions, also involves
transacti...
Subsidies + IRS = Free Press!
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The Federal Trade Commission has been conducting its second workshop on “how
do we save traditional media from the Internet?” The reports I’ve read from
th...
Why do people ask questions at public events?
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Ian Leslie, a loyal MR reader, asks a perceptive question: Does anybody have
a theory about the length of questions during the Q&A sessions that follow
lec...
Rail Traffic Declines Slightly in February
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From the Association of American Railroads: Rail Time Indicators. The AAR
reports traffic in February 2010 was down 1.7% compared to February 2009,
and off...
Greece Braces for Long, Deep Recession
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Greeks are bracing for a long and deep recession ahead as it begins to dawn
on them that the cost of fixing the country's public finances will entail
years...
Why Do Federal Reserve Board Seats Remain Unfilled?
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At MoneyWatch: Why Do Federal Reserve Board Seats Remain Unfilled?, by Mark
Thoma The administration has not taken full advantage of the opportunity to
sha...
And the world record for fertility goes to…
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The Hutterites, apparently. This from Eli Berman’s “Radical, Religious and
Violent” and by the way the Hutterites qualify for only two of the three:
Over t...
Links 3/10/10
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Researchers back cancer-fighting properties of papaya Associated Press
Sports Enhancement and Life Enhancement: Different Rules Apply h+ (hat tip
reader Da...
Modeling problems in credit markets
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On Friday I joined fellow blogger Mark Thoma (and a good many other economists) at a very interesting conference on financial markets held at the Federal Res...
FT column: Germany’s eurozone crisis nightmare
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Ever since the federal republic was founded, Germany has had two over-riding
strategic objectives: sound money and European integration. These were the
twi...
The Problem with Deficit Neutrality
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Imagine you have a friend who has a budget problem. Every month he spends
more than he earns. His credit card bills are piling up. He is clearly on
an u...
Heidi Montag And Big… Banks?
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Yes, one of LOLFed’s favorite celebutantes has taken a stand against the
banks! Because, really, when you’ve blown all your cash on Birkins and
plastic sur...
Google Maps Adds Bicycle Directions
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Google today unveiled its long-awaited bicycle directions feature for Google
Maps.
To access Google's suggested bike routes, choose "Bicycling" from the...
The Dog Gets His Day
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Welcome, Human Traveler. You and I are about to embark on a journey of
enlightenment in ways you’ve never known. Now, as I hop into my sled
outfitted with ...
Wednesday Lindsay-Lohaners
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Gay guy, angrily looking at woman eating sausages: And that is why I hate
lesbians!
--Gay Pride Parade
Man on cell: I went to San Francisco last month t...
#131 Conan O’Brien
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The recent news that Conan O’Brien will be replaced by Jay Leno has caused
white people to erupt with rage and hostility. You might even expect them to
las...
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