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Monthly Archives: February 2009

SKELETONS ON BICYCLES

Thursday, February 19, 2009

(Also available in lower quality with subtitles)

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THUG MOTIVATION

Monday, February 16, 2009

Please enjoy this image of my dad with his new Smart Car.

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RESPECTED RATHER THAN POPULAR

Friday, February 6, 2009

I present to you Jón Þorláksson, prime minister of Iceland in 1926-1927, who posed for his official state portrait with a lit cigar.

Source.

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THIS THING LOOKS LIKE THAT THING

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

I spot a pattern!
The U.S. maintains a large air base in Kyrgyzstan vital to its operations in Afghanistan, particularly vital now since Obama has promised to step-up American presence there. Now Kyrgyzstan is threatening to close the base after several years of friction (including an incident where a Kyrgyz driver was accidentally killed by an [...]

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WE ARE ONLY BROKE ON MONEY

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

At some point in the distant past, probably as a result of RSVPing for some free SXSW party that I didn’t even attend, I ended up in the address book of Dateline Iceland, a monthly email dispatch from Iceland’s official tourism board. My interest always momentarily piqued when it appeared in my inbox, but my [...]

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