Ian McEwan interview on science

Guardian’s Science Weekly podcast with Ian McEwan talking about the influence of science on his writing.

lost dog wearing a blue and yellow dress

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lost dog wearing a blue and yellow dress, originally uploaded by andrewc.

Albany Park neighborhood here in Chicago. If you happen to see a little dog wearing a dress, I’ll go back and get the number off the flyer.

The transgressive t-shirt

Karma Loop has a "Times Up" t-shirt.  Edgy! Provocative! Really, really gross. Was it a bet gone horribly wrong for all involved? Or is it just filling the market for those kids who really need to piss off their parents and most everyone else in the world? If so, well done!

the Clash

Punk’s not dead

It’s rollerblading on the cover of an adult learning annex catalogue:

From the Ultimate Warrior (Wrestler) Wikipedia Entry

Warrior officially retired from wrestling in 1999. He found a new career as a conservative speaker and commentator, denouncing left-wing politics….The (Ultimate Warrior’s) comic’s most enduring issue, and the one which has received the
most ridicule and is now worth the most money, is one of the final
issues, which breaks away from the main storyline into a Christmas
tale. The plot of the comic is hard to decipher, as it contains no
dialogue, monologue, or text boxes. Inexplicably, Warrior attacks the North Pole, usurps Santa Claus‘
authority over the elves, and in the final frame, which gained the
comic its enduring popularity, a sweaty Warrior forces Santa into bondage
gear and poses beside him. The apparent sexual undertones, lack of an
actual plot, and non-sequitur nature (nothing from the previous issue
served to segue into the Santa attack issue) gained the comic cult
popularity, especially on the internet. Though nothing sexually
explicit is depicted in the comic, some fans have come to describe it
as the "santa rape" issue; more commonly, it is referred to as "the one
where Warrior puts Santa in bondage".

Nerdluv Store

check out my store. I only have one thing in it so far but check back for more stuff later like graphic novels, books, and anything else that  might be on my coffee table. Buying things from friends online is the latest trend. Seriously. I imagined reading about in the NYTimes Sunday Magazine. Let’s pretend it’s called "Thin Slice Vertical Market Relationships."

Nerdluv Store

7/24/7- (SOLD!)Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows. Read once, a paltry $10 plus shipping (media rate) if you live outside of wherever (Chicago) I can bike to. If interested, email me at nerdpita@yahoo.com(SOLD!)

who would you do?

Nerdy, chocolate bacony weekend

Vosge’s super nice Paige sent me a bacon bar and some delicious peanut butter and chocolate truffles. Thanks! They were excellent. The truffles are like peanut butter cups but better. I shared a few squares of the bacon bar today with Mike while sitting outside a hot dog stand where we had lunch, feeding the sparrows french fries (but I did not share the bacon bar with them). For the Potter book I stood in line with the other nerds. I still have some bacon bar left. Which will I finish first? The Harry Potter or the bacon bar?

So touchy

I’m sorry I asked if you were going to go as Hagrid to the midnight Harry Potter book party at our local bookstore. I did not mean that I think you look like him at all. You don’t.

No, It was actually the fact that you kind of smell like I always imagined Hagrid would smell like. You know, like a smelly half-giant guy who lives alone in a hut with wild animals and a big wet dog. That’s all I meant.