May 2010
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May 27th
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Why is anyone still Catholic? →
Seriously though… why is anyone? I’m not trying to be condescending or anything… I really do want to know.
May 18th
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The Assassination of Louis I, Duke of Orelans →
Louis did not give up and took every effort to sabotage John’s rule, including squandering the money raised for the relief of Calais, then occupied by the English. After this episode, John and Louis broke into open threats and only the intervention of their uncle avoided a civil war. On 20 November 1407 a solemn reconciliation was vowed in front of the court of France, but only...
May 14th
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Charles VI of France and the Ball of the Burning... →
As the king and his escort were travelling through a forest on a hot August morning, a barefoot leper dressed in rags rushed up to the King’s horse and grabbed his bridle. “Ride no further, noble King!” he yelled. “Turn back! You are betrayed!” The king’s escorts beat the man back but did not arrest him, and he followed the procession for a half-hour, ...
May 14th
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May 14th
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“Things I hate more than today’s QC comic: 1. Genocide 2. Rape 3. The...”
– Our own MagnusMuldoon on this terrible comic. God what a terrible comic.
May 13th
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WatchWatch
Courtesy of CNN: A video of the oil gushing from a broken pipeline, 5,000 feet under the Gulf of Mexico.  I wish there some sense of scale in the video here…
May 13th
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“Atreus then learned of Thyestes’ and Aerope’s adultery and plotted...”
– Wikipedia article on the myth of Thyestes.  I don’t know about you, but I had never heard the phrase “Thyestean feast” before… but I’m definitely going to find a context to use it in now.
May 12th
listening to "The Mountain Goats - Pale Green... →
PALE GREEN THINGS, EH MOUNTAIN GOATS? I GOT A PALE GREEN THING FOR YA! IT’S CALLED CANNABIS SATIVA AND IT WILL FUCK. YOU. UP.
May 12th
Why Is Coffee Addictive?
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May 12th
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Shitty Jobs
Times are hard. Unemployment in the double-digits.  Job market in the tank.  People without jobs pouncing on openings well below their qualifications, and people with jobs clinging to slashed paychecks and dwindling benefits. In these times, it’s important to take stock and be thankful for the (hopefully) small percentage of your professional life you spend in direct contact with human...
May 11th
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May 11th
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May 10th
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May 10th
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May 10th
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May 10th
listening to "Tom Waits - God →
Just gonna be this kind of day
May 10th
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“People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a...”
– Banksy
May 8th
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May 5th
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Yet another Christian Right leader found in the... →
The pictures on the Rentboy.com profile show a shirtless young man with delicate features, guileless eyes, and sun-kissed, hairless skin. The profile touts his “smooth, sweet, tight ass” and “perfectly built 8 inch cock (uncut)” and explains he is “sensual,” “wild,” and “up for anything” — as long you ask first. And as long as you...
May 4th
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May 4th
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Your Hardcore Moment of the Day, 5/3/2010 →
At midnight, on 5 March 2000 — after 12 hours of continual pain and little advancement in labour, Ramírez sat down on a bench, drank from either a bottle of rubbing alcohol or “3 small glasses of hard liquor” (accounts vary), and assumed the traditional Zapotec birthing position, sitting up and leaning forward. She then used a large kitchen knife to cut open her abdomen in a...
May 4th
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May 3rd
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May 3rd
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May 3rd
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