Negev Rock City

8 February 10

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Pray for Mojo.

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John Murtha, 1932-2010.

7 February 10

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Troops in Kuwait rooting for the Steelers in the 2006 Super Bowl. (via)

Posted: 2:13 PM

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Iraq Job Update

In case anyone reading this is on the edge of their seats… I’m not accepting the Iraq position.

Although I have no problems with living abroad, after discussing the opportunity with friends and colleagues who have been in Iraq in similar circumstances, I’ve chosen not to. The people who offered me the opportunity understand and are cool with me posting this explainer on the blog. Now back to the usual.

Posted: 1:25 AM

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Best SNL sketch ever? HARDCORE BAND AT A WEDDING.

And Dave Grohl.

I know some of my friends’ parents would have wrecked the wedding like that. And it reminds me that I need to hire Suicidal Tendencies and/or Chaos UK to play when I finally tie the knot. Yessir, up yours Alexander Haig.

inothernews:

Um? This was pretty fucking great. Probably the best closing sketch ever.

You hear that, Alexander Haig?

6 February 10

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Just Got Offered A Job In Iraq

Well, that would be different, eh?

5 February 10

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www.slate.fr

Dude, there’s a French version of Slate.

Je n’aime pas lire Christopher Hitchens en français.

Posted: 11:25 AM

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Almost Finished Writing My Thesis First Draft

Currently crossing the T’s on the last five pages. Now just need to edit over the next few days and send the whole monstrosity of a Word file over to my professor.

Yeah, it’s too early to be patting myself on the back, but writing a thesis for an MA is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Especially since, in my case, there isn’t a wealth of academic literature on my topic.

In other words: I’m proud of myself.

4 February 10

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Kinky Friedman - Nashville Casualty & Life

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“ Last week, CIA chief Leon Panetta apparently made a quiet trip to Jerusalem and Cairo. While there, news reports indicate Panetta met Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, defense minister Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Deense Minister Ehud Barak and Mossad chief Meir Dagan.

— Why did Leon Panetta visit the Middle East?

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“ Pakistani diplomat Miangul Akbar Zeb was recently declined accreditation as his nation’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia. The problem, it seems, is that his name is a genital reference in Arabic. Akbar is a common Muslim name that translates to “the greatest” or “the biggest.” Zeb is a relatively common Urdu name (زب) whose meaning in Arabic isn’t used in polite conversation. In other words, it’s a reference to the male genitals. That’s right: In Arabic, Akbar Zeb is “the biggest dick.

— ‘The biggest dick’ can’t be Saudi ambassador - True/Slant

Posted: 12:54 PM

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In this video, a woman tries to cook live crabs. Then things go horribly wrong.

Watch! It’s the funniest thing you will see all day.

Posted: 12:24 PM

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A Pakistani Muslim Sufi devotee smokes a cannabis cigarette in a Christian grave yard next to the Data Darbar the burial place of the Saint Syed Ali bin Osman Al-Hajvery shrine, popularly known as Data Ganj Bakhsh, during the three-day annual ”Urs” religious festival in Lahore on February 3, 2010. (Via)

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A resident prepares mud cakes at the zone of Cite-Soleil in Port-au-Prince. The cakes, made of mud with a bit of salt and vegetable oil spread, are a traditional Haitian remedy for hunger pangs. (Via)

3 February 10

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“ The Lost Cosmonauts, or Phantom Cosmonauts, are cosmonauts who allegedly entered outer space, but whose existence has never been acknowledged by either the Soviet or Russian space authorities. Proponents of the Lost Cosmonauts theory concede that Yuri Gagarin was the first man to survive space travel, but claim that the Soviet Union attempted to launch two or more manned space flights prior to Gagarin’s, and that at least two cosmonauts died in the attempts. Another cosmonaut, Vladimir Ilyushin, is believed to have landed off-course and been held by the Chinese government.

— Lost Cosmonauts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Themed by Hunson. Originally by Josh and further modded.

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