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Andrea's New Shower Curtain (Uploaded from Cell Phone)

Kenny G & Michael Bolton

Santa Rod & Santa Bob

Insane Palin T-Shirt (with Photoshop Response)

(from Andrew Sullivan, with Photoshopped response)

Face Of The Day - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

Insane Sarah Palin Shirt Wears You ... [PIC]

 

I kind of want to know the story on the guy's t-shirt who is standing behind the woman.

 

2001, A Space LOLeddy

Was watching 2001 last night, (don't ask),  and saw this during the 'Open the LOL Pod Bay Doors, HAL' scene:

Turns out there was nothing wrong with the HAL 9000, he was just doing it for the lulz.

Ideologues in Fairyland: Portraits by Joseph Nechvatal

These portraits are the work of Joseph Nechvatal, as published at SlashSeconds. He calls them a series of fairy portraits of some prominent neocons. He defines "Neocons" as follows:

Note: A neo-conservative (abbreviated as neo-con or neocon) is part of a U.S. based ideological political movement rooted in liberal Cold War anticommunism and a backlash against the social liberation movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Many follow the philosophic instruction of Leo Strauss, including his conviction in the necessity for governmental Machiavellian fraudulence, manipulation and mass deception.
They favor an aggressive unilateral U.S. foreign policy and generally believe that elites must protect democracy from the masses. One of their most noteworthy organizations is the neocon think tank called the Project for the New American Century (PNAC).

Can you find: Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, Scooter Libby, Richard Perle, Paul Wolfowitz, Karl Rove, Donald Rumsfeld, William Kristol? Bonus photo, not by this artist: you know who

FILM: Mankind Is No Island

Shot entirely with cell phone, on the streets of Sydney and New York City - thanks Robin ..

Popeye Google

Any Fans of Dale on "King of the Hill?"

NOLA 9th Ward: Musicians' Village & Brad Pitt projects

When we were there recently, we didn't really get time to take the 9th ward tour and rental cars were gone, but here is some information about some things that are going on there.  It's pretty easy to see the general devastation such as houses torn completely off their foundations by going in close using Google Earth.  Some people from our convention did also go there and spend time working, prior to the start of the convention.  There is still not much commercial activity near the houses described below, but when we were there, we were told there is now a place not too far away which has groceries including fresh produce that has been lacking.

NOLA Musician's Village site

The Musician's houses were conceived by Harry Connick, Jr. and Branford Marsalis and are marigold, sky blue, rose, lavendar, lemon, gold, cerulean, fuchsia, cream and lime.  They were built with sweat equity, usually by volunteers some of whom had zero construction experience.  There are accounts on the website.

The core idea is the establishment of a community for the city's several generations of musicians and other families, many of whom lived in inadequate housing and remained displaced.  In this way, the musical tradition of the city can be retained.  The concept was supported by NOAHH, which developed a model for building single-family homes to be purchased with zero-interest financing.

Brad Pitt & New Orleans architecture

In the French quarter, "Brad Pitt for Mayor" shirts were sold, in several versions.  Brad created the Make It Right foundation in 2007 because he was frustrated by the slow pace of rebuilding in the Lower 9th.  The organization is building 150 homes for returning residents.  About 15 are occupied now.  They are affordable, green houses - angular and in bold hues and on pylons to rise with surging waters.  Architectural designs have been submitted from all over the world.  Tour busses pass by, but as we were told, do not let people get out and walk around.  

The author of the article used a rental car and interviewed some residents.  Some kind of wondered about the avant garde designs, which do not really look like conventional New Orleans architecture.  Having higher houses is also something to get used to, as you can't quite walk up onto someone's porch if it's elevated.  Global Green is another charity Pitt supports.  The Make It Right houses are for former residents, and the Global Green houses can be bought by anyone, for about $175,000.

Home : Make It Right - Donate.  The tours were added to those such as "Swamp Tour" and "Ghost Tour" but only 10% went to reconstruction - though tourism itself is helping New Orleans.

Global Green USA - Donate or BUY A HOUSE!!