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Neil Gaiman's Journal: Iain Banks. With or without the M.

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:49:53 +0000

If you've never read any of his books, read one of his books. Then read another. Even the bad ones were good, and the good ones were astonishing.

Tags: #banks #cancer #gaiman #imported:pinboard #sad #scifi #to:fb #writers

Taco Bell hoax dashes hopes in Bethel, Alaska - latimes.com

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 03:55:30 +0000

In what has been described as an evil hoax, the town of Bethel, Alaska, has learned it is not getting a Taco Bell. Not now. Not ever.

Tags: #alaska #imported:pinboard #sad #tacobell #to:fb

At Airport Gate, a Cyborg Unplugged - New York Times

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:44:58 +0000

"Without a fully functional system, he said, he found it difficult to navigate normally. He said he fell at least twice in the airport, once passing out after hitting his head on what he described as a pile of fire extinguishers in his way. He boarded the plane in a wheelchair."

Tags: #funny #imported:pinboard #sad #stevemann #to:fb #wearable

Pac Man Fever's Gary Garcia passes away | Joystiq

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:21:15 +0000

Tags: #gaming #music #pacman #sad

The Sad World Of The Misunderstood House Spider | Runt Of The Web

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:42:05 +0000

If there’s one arthropod with an unfortunately bad rap with the human world, it’s the spider. Generally reclusive and non-threatening to people, spiders eat all the creatures that annoy humans (mosquitoes, flies, roaches) while occupying the empty crevices of human shelter. And yet their very presence makes the average person go after these benevolent creatures with a fury. And so is the sad world of the Misunderstood Spider:

Tags: #funny #sad #spiders

memeorandum: Dippin' Dots Files for Bankruptcy (Katy Stech/Wall Street Journal)

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 05:26:48 +0000

Katy Stech / Wall Street Journal:Dippin' Dots Files for Bankruptcy — The future of ice cream is having trouble surviving today. — Dippin' Dots Inc., the self-described “ice cream of the future,” filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Paducah, Ky., ne...

Tags: #desserts #dippindots #sad #shared #ttrss

Animals Loose in Ohio: Town Under Lockdown (ABCNEWS)

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:55:00 +0000

Tags: #animals #ohio #sad

TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Florida home - Yahoo! News

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:21:57 +0000

Wow. Michael Jackson and now Billy Mays? Sad week. "Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman whose boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean made him a pop-culture icon, has died. He was 50."

Tags: #billymays #celebrities #death #pitchmen #sad

Sources: Daisies, Eli Stone and Dirty Sexy Canceled - E! Online

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:52:45 +0000

Damn. The crappy new Knight Rider continues on, yet shows like Pushing Daisies and Wonderfalls get cancelled. ""I think the writers’ strike did it," Chenoweth (Daisies' Olive Snook) tells us tonight of the cancellation. "I think that the ratings for all the shows are poor this year, and it’s not what the networks were hoping for. I’m not sure why ABC decided to ax our show. I know they don’t own us, so I know that probably has something to do with it, but who knows?""

Tags: #cancelled #pushingdaisies #sad #television #tv

Nebraska fears rush to drop off kids before haven law change - CNN.com

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:58:46 +0000

"All but six have been older than 10, according to a Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services analysis. The safe haven law was meant to protect infants, but there is no age limit under the current law. Five of the abandoned children were brought to Nebraska from out of state. Parents have traveled into Nebraska from Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Florida and Georgia. "

Tags: #abandonment #children #nebraska #parenting #sad #safehaven

The scariest thing about Sarah Palin isn't how unqualified she is - it's what her candidacy says about America | The Smirking Chimp

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:39:22 +0000

"The great insight of the Palin VP choice is that huge chunks of American voters no longer even demand that their candidates actually have policy positions; they simply consume them as media entertainment, rooting for or against them according to the reflexive prejudices of their demographic, as they would for reality-show contestants or sitcom characters. Hicks root for hicks, moms for moms, born-agains for born-agains."

Tags: #america #election #funny #palin #politics #sad

Movie Voice Guy Don LaFontaine Has Died « FirstShowing.net

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:47:04 +0000

"The legendary movie voice guy known as Don LaFontaine passed away on Monday at the age of 68. Entertainment Tonight is reporting that LaFontaine passed away of complications from Pneumothorax, a condition that is the result of a collapsed lung. Why am I writing this tribute to Don? Because even though you might not know it, Don is the voice that you recognize from nearly every last movie trailer and every last movie voiceover. He's got that deep, thrilling voice that you'll instantly recognize the moment you hear it. He may never have been seen in any actual movies, but to me, he has been and always will be the voice of movies and movie trailers. Don and his voice will most certainly never be forgotten."

Tags: #don #lafontaine #movies #sad

Star Trek: The Experience closing down - CNN.com

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:03:03 +0000

Tags: #lasvegas #ohnoes #sad #scifi #startrek #via:stlhood

Deathwatch: Flagship Studios' bankruptcy a cautionary tale for startups

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:13:15 +0000

"The company, founded by CEO Bill Roper, formerly of the Starcraft team at Blizzard North, leveraged the intellectual property rights for its two games, Hellgate: London and Mythos, as collateral in order to secure loans to keep the company afloat."

Tags: #bankruptcy #flagshipstudios #gaming #mythos #sad

The Internet dies a little bit | MetaFilter

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:52:05 +0000

"NO ONE ON THE INTERNET CAN EVER USE THAT NIEMÖLLER BIT EVER AGAIN. IT'S PLAYED. IT'S THROUGH. FUCKING STOP IT, OR I'LL MOTHERFUCKING COME FOR YOU."

Tags: #funny #internet #isp #sad #usenet