porn loves the iPhone. the long-nailed and the fat-fingered don’t. (no worries, though — mash the touchscreen with your palm to obtain a special dialing wand from apple.)
Posted on June 27th, 2008 by josh
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there’s a lovely serendipity to the news sometimes. you absorb one mildly interesting bit of information, begin to digest and draw conclusions from it. then you notice another meme floating by, distinct from but related to the first, that complements and contextualizes what you were already thinking. then something else happens, something that harmonizes the […]
Posted on June 25th, 2008 by josh
Filed under: 2008 general election, Democrats, Environment, Obama, Politics, armchair punditry, religion | 1 Comment »
1937-2008
the really sad thing about carlin is that his despair and general old-guy crankiness overtook his sense of humor years ago, and he ran out the clock on an otherwise brilliant career coasting on pure bile thinly disguised as standup. lenny bruce said comedy is pain plus time, but i guess george didn’t have […]
Posted on June 23rd, 2008 by josh
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things that washed up in our yard:
we can’t figure out how this got here, or where the other half is. the nearest state patrol field office is in cedar rapids.
we think the picnic table may have come from the park about a half-mile upstream.
tripped on this huge jug of deadly poison while hauling up […]
Posted on June 21st, 2008 by josh
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two likely long-term political outcomes of the 2008 flood occurred to me while in the midst of sandbagging last week:
one, a lot more people are going to be open to the idea of global climate change after this summer. two 500-year floods fifteen years apart should be enough to convince even the most willfully ignorant […]
Posted on June 18th, 2008 by josh
Filed under: 2008 flood, 2008 general election, Democrats, Iowa, John McCain, Obama, Politics, Republicans, Uncategorized, midwest | 1 Comment »
the last week has trained us not to make optimistic pronouncements prematurely, but it does seem like the worst is over, for our neighborhood at least. the river crested late sunday, two days ahead of schedule and almost two feet lower than predicted. the water line doesn’t seem to have gone much higher than our […]
Posted on June 17th, 2008 by josh
Filed under: 2008 flood, Iowa, midwest | No Comments »
keep those positive mind bullets coming — it seems to be working. the reservoir crested last night and we’re expecting the river to crest within the next day, potentially a foot lower than previously predicted. amy checked on the house this morning and reports the water is up to the levee all the way across […]
Posted on June 15th, 2008 by josh
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hey presidential campaigns…
available for the taking on a first-come, first-served basis: seven electoral votes in a closely contested battleground state, slightly damp. first guy to show up and demonstrate an interest can have them. one catch: you have to actually do something useful, like mobilize your campaign volunteers & contributors to help with the relief effort. […]
Posted on June 15th, 2008 by josh
Filed under: 2008 flood, 2008 general election, Iowa, Politics, midwest | 3 Comments »
recapping the last 36 hours:
we woke up yesterday to water lapping over the curb and starting to creep up the lawn. in what seems like an astonishingly shortsighted decision from the vantage point of the next day, the official university of iowa position was Business As Usual, so amy went off to class while i […]
Posted on June 14th, 2008 by josh
Filed under: 2008 flood, Iowa, Uncategorized, midwest | 3 Comments »
a few shots from sandbagging yesterday:
Posted on June 14th, 2008 by josh
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