A statistical analysis of the consequences of gay marriage
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This is what I ate tonight. It was Thai curry served in a pumpkin. How awesome is that? Found at Koh Samui & The Monkey in San Francisco. Also: it was great.
The Tourture Memo Song, from Jonathan Mann’s Rock Cookie Bottom series of songs; a new song every day.
Paintings of NYC as done on an iPhone by artist Jorge Colombo. Very cool bits of art that you can see more of here. Created using the Brushes App.
Finally got around to it, but Doorley.org now automatically redirects to blog.doorley.org which is now the offical spot for the Tumblr blog. Not sure what took me so long, after all, I am paying for all this hosting for Doorley.org that I haven’t really used.
Now that Doorley.org is up and running on Tumblr, I’m going to add some updates and new features to the site. Nothing crazy. Mostly just me playing around. Enjoy.
To quote a friend, “All her tits belong to us.” Not a terribly bad photo, but another one to add to the “Gee, Do We Really Want Google Maps Looking at Everything” pile.
Watching the Revs take on United at RFK. It looks empty, but there are probably 8 to 10 thousand people here.
Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble."
- John Madden, who retires from football today after 42 years in the game.
From a poster set by Toby Ng Design based on the scenario, “if the world were a village of a 100 people.” The scenario is a bit old, but the exicution is interesting and fun. See more here. (via FlowingData)
The hood of the Afla Romeo Bat II concept car at the NY Auto Show.
Spent the better part of the day walking around the Cherry Blossom Festival with a friend discussing, among other topics: Carter’s Iran hostage speech, the situation in the NY-20 race, FDR’s totalitarian tendencies and how girls look much hotter in sun dresses after a long winter. I love this town.
every creature on earth has approximately two billion heartbeats to spend in a lifetime. you can spend them slowly, like a tortoise, and live to be two hundred years old, or spend them fast, like a hummingbird, and live to be two years old."
- brian doyle, from the best american essays (2005) (via elwhit)
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