February 2009
85 posts
New Stimulus Bill Requires RSS Reporting →
The new stimulus bill requires that every agency report monies spent as either an ATOM or RSS feed, even going so far as to define a data structure.
Pirate Bay Trial
Prosecutor: "When did you meet [Gottfrid] for the first time IRL?"
Judge: "IRL?"
Prosecutor: "in real life."
Pirate Bay defendant: "We do not use the expression IRL. No, everything is in real life. We use AFK—away from keyboard."
Prosecutor: "It seems I am a little bit out of date."
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File under 'Surreal Conversations of the 21st Century'
Haruki Murakami in Jerusalem →
Murakami, in trademark obscurity, explains why he accepted Jerusalem award
“When I was asked to accept this award,” he said, “I was warned from coming here because of the fighting in Gaza. I asked myself: Is visiting Israel the proper thing to do? Will I be supporting one side?
“I gave it some thought. And I decided to come. Like most novelists, I like to do exactly the...
marychrist:
awaywiththefairies:
Stiff Little...
“You are more authentic the more you resemble what you dream to be.”
– Agrado (All About My Mother)
“I may have sodomized our former Vice-President while under the influence of some...”
– Jack Donaghy (30 Rock)
“I really love the Eiffel Tower, but I have popsicle sticks, so I have to make my...”
– Neko Case
“Anatomy is destiny.”
– Sigmund Freud (via whokilled:upsider)
Bill would drop travel restrictions to Cuba →
Nine representatives introduced a bill calling for an end to the 46-year-old ban on travel to Cuba. The Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 4 would allow American citizens unrestricted travel to Cuba for the first time since 1963. The bill by Rep. William Delahunt, D-Mass., and eight co-sponsors would also lift limits on travel by Cuban exiles...