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You tell me what this says. Well looking at it again I think I might be able to make it out (hangover is starting to wear off). The important thing is I have my Dinosaur Jr. ticket. Their new album Beyond kicks some serious ass, you can listen to most of it on their Myspace page. Check out Pick Me Up, six minutes and thirty-two of pure audio bliss. Then get yo ass to Sonic Boom (if in Seattle) or Criminal (in ATL) and pick up a copy. Trust me you will be thanking me, unless you’re into Britney Spears and the like. If you are there’s still hope, maybe Dinosaur can turn you to the Darkside.

Seattle Pride Parade 7

Originally uploaded by Rob Gruhl.

Check out Rob’s shot from the recent Seattle Pride Parade. Killer makeup.

Ok I’m going to jump on the bandwagon with this one because it’s so damn funny. Here’s a trailer for The Shining that must have hit the cutting room floor.

The Shining Trailer

Boing Boing has a story on some new Bigfoot footage today. I forwarded the article to Aradia whom informed me of Gigantopithecus. Strangely enough I was unaware of this creature (how’s that for sounding cocky). Or maybe I did know about it in the past but have since killed those particular brain cells. An image search on Gigantopithecus led me to the I Love the Yeti page. This guy had a lot of time on his hand but I’m glad he did, it’s a pretty cool site.

Me and the boys on our annual human hunting trip

Scientists have found soft tissue in a T-Rex bone. Blood vessels, bone cells and possibly blood cells. They think they might be able to extract DNA too. I’m already on the waiting list for a pet T-Rex. Let somebody try to take my shit then.

Scientists Find Soft Tissue in T-Rex Bone

Article found via /.

On another note I hate the word “softie”. It just sounds horrible to me. I’m not sure why. I made a half hearted thesaurus search attempt to replace it but it was taking too much time. Or is it because I’m lazy?….

This mashup kicks ass! Thanks boing boing!

Normally I’m not the effusive type but William Gibson’s Late Valentine to his wife blew my mind. I wish I had one quarter of his literary talent.

Late Valentine

Scientists have confirmed that the Hobbits discovered were in fact a distinct species!

“The analysis, released by the journal Science, of computer scans and inner skull molds shows that the hobbit’s small brain, one-third the size of a modern human’s, had enlarged regions associated with complex decision-making, name recognition and speech.”

Analysis Shows Prehistoric ‘Hobbit’ a Distinct Species

So this is probably old news to most but I’m a little slow on the uptake at times. Merlin Mann has a cool site called 5ives where he posts random lists of 5 items. Pretty witty stuff, one of my favorites is below. This guy has a great memory too, knows dates and all sorts of stuff from his childhood. I think I fried most of my memories long ago, I’m still waiting for brain undelete software.

Five terrible fake Anne Geddes photo shoots

1. Infant slumbers in the sling of a powerful trebuchet
2. Three napping newborns, juggled by slightly larger fourth baby
3. Pile of sleeping babies, dressed as pirates, provide ballast for leaky catamaran
4. Preemie in miniature bifocals used as precious paperweight
5. Month-old twins nestle in a slowly warming crock pot

Recently I was thinking I need a new car for the upcoming Bush Apocalypse*. Thanks to boingboing I have found one. Plus the car has a cool name.

*Bush Apocalypse idea stolen from Patton Oswalt