Media pics

James Hill of the New York Times has just created an interesting photo essay about Russia and the way of life of rural farmers, called "Russia: The Land". It's a bit romantic at times, but the images are beautiful and give a picture of Russia we don't get to see much anymore in the West.

I also highly recommend the SNL parody of an interview with Sarah Palin. Brilliant.

Oh man, this is funny, and so very clever . . .

The larger point, though, is really quite scary.

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Macedonian bear convicted for theft of honey.

"For a while, he kept the animal away by buying a generator, lighting up the area, and playing thumping Serbian turbo-folk music."


. . . In other news, a Czech scientist determines that beer drinking is negatively correlated with academic productivity and the likelihood that your article will be cited by your peers.

Those of you with institutional access (and therefore a vested interest in the results, of course!) can view the Grim news here.

Love Client #9

Ha! My favorite commentary on Spitzer thus far.


(Discovered through Vinylboy20, friend of a friend on Livejournal, who has his own commentary on the subject).

Funny blogs.

ha. "ha ha".

E-cards for the rest of us.

Just in time for her birthday, Alice has discovered the antidote for all the puppies, kittens, and baby monkeys dancing on top of cakes that you see on the saccharine e-cards that seem to be the standard. Yes, Someecards has ecards for the rest of us: ecards for when you care enough to hit send.