301st post: links

onefinemess | May 29, 2008

I forgot to mention last post was #300.   Wow.  Anyway, onward towards 400:
Obama campaigners encounter racism.  Surprise!
Old white people know the truth about Obama.  Old people know everything – and don’t you try to tell them differently!
A fascinating look at the way two sets of parents (and two schools of psychological thought) [...]

Friday links

onefinemess | May 9, 2008

More prominent political figures pointing out that the gas tax thing is freaking stupid. Of course, they never use those words
A nice bit on a wacky preacher courted by McCain, who is not garnering near the attention of a certain other preacher.  It does require a NYTimes login (free registration), but you should probably [...]

Friday links

onefinemess | May 2, 2008

Well, its the end of yet another exciting week of life – here are some of the more interesting things I’ve found to amuse myself with on the web this week.
Clinton or Obama: decision tree – a pretty neat graphic
CNN has a story up on how genetic information from Africa tells us that the human [...]

multi-state serial killings?

onefinemess | April 27, 2008

I don’t know what to make of this (I just read the text not checked out the vids), but it’s pretty fucking creepy if true.
In other news in creepy crimes: go here.  Note that this is the perfect media story – you can hype up the fear and there is NO way of knowing if [...]

April links

onefinemess | April 20, 2008

OK, one of them is from Feb or March, but here’s some random links I’ve been squirreling away for today (which is, surprisingly, not a rainy day).
CBR has a nice interview up with Terrance Howard about Iron Man.
The mind-reading machine article you’d have to be hiding under a rock to have missed.
Two funny best-of-Craigslist [...]