Saturday, April 16, 2005

Deadwood HBO Series - Facts & Fiction Deadwood HBO Series - Facts & FictionA very nice brief rundown about the real and fictional characters in Deadwood. Very interesting stuff. (Via TV Squad.) 5:06:28 PM    comment []

Drink and Drive Drink and Drive Well who says you can't drink and drive. This makes it pratical. This would sell well over here in europe. No open container law. ;) (Via Greg's World.) 4:51:52 PM    comment []

Google Maps Satellite Photos More Geek Crack - Google Maps Satellite PhotosSome cool finds on Google maps; I truncate from the original to show only CA and some others.> California: The Greek Theater, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California Altamont Windmill Farm, I-580, California Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California Angel Island, San Francisco Bay, California Alameda Naval Air Station (decommisioned), Alameda, California (as seen frequently in Mythbusters) Airplane Graveyard, Mojave, California Mothball Fleet, Benicia, California Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and Amusement Park, Santa Cruz, California Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, California Queen Mary, Long Beach, California Death Valley National Park, California Stanford University, Palo Alto, California Mendocino, California Lake Meritt, Oakland, California Google Campus, Mountain View, California The Richmond, Golden Gate Park, Sunset District, San Francisco, California Disneyland, Anaheim, California Mission Viejo, California (a city of identical homes with orange tile roofs) Rosebowl, Pasadena, California Raging Waters, San Dimas, California Elsewhere: Groom Lake/Area 51, Nevada Arlington National Cemetary, Arlington, Virgina Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida Mexico City, Mexico (DF) Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona Atlantic City, New Jersey Savannah, Georgia ('Two tears in a bucket... Mother-fuck it.') Anaconda Copper Mine, Butte, Montana Diamond Head & Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii Downtown Chicago, Illinois Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois Rittenhouse Square and Love Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [via Chris] (Via The Liberal Reality-Based Avenger.) 4:11:59 PM    comment []

TheNewMexicoChannel.com - Food - Brew Up A Beer Cocktail TheNewMexicoChannel.com - Food - Brew Up A Beer Cocktail Some interesting stuff here. The idea of mixing stuff with beer is kind of odd, though I do remember drinking beer and tomato juice with my grandmohter, Creta. This looks interesting, and not just for the name: am not sure if Skip & Go Naked is what happened when the cocktail's creator enjoyed a few too many of his or her invention, but it is a great name. If you dare to try it yourself throw a few ice cubes into a tall glass. Fill it with 1 oz. of gin, 2 oz. of sweet and sour mix. Top it off with your favorite beer (a lighter pilsner style would work best with this one). Just make sure you lock the doors first in case you decide to take reenact the cocktail's moniker. (Via Pfiff.) 12:20:21 PM    comment []

On Some Sad Laps, No Heads Bob On Some Sad Laps, No Heads Bob: "This morning on Air America, Jerry Springer ran the tape of Rush Limbaugh's bizarre outburst against Al Gore's upcoming cable news venture for 'yoof' (as they say in British papers), mocking its mission to represent the viewpoints of young people..." (Via James Wolcott.) Great post! Is it just me, or are the wingnuts really going mad these days? 12:08:47 PM    comment []

San Francisco Postcard Project San Francisco Postcard Project: "" (Via .) 11:43:59 AM    comment []

Terrorism: now you see it, now you don't Terrorism: now you see it, now you don't The scandal this morning, a good old-fashioned scoop apparently reported only by Knight-Ridder's Jonathan Landay, is that the State Department has decided not to publish its Patterns of Global Terrorism report this year, after the report showed an increase in terrorist incidents from 175 in 2003, which was already the highest in two decades, to 625. But the real scandal, which Landay mentions but doesn't dwell on, is this: 'The statistics did not include attacks on U.S. soldiers in Iraq, which President Bush as recently as Tuesday called 'a central front in the war on terror.'' The same was true in last year's report, of course, which, as you may remember, had to be revised because of 'math errors', causing poor Colin Powell to be 'disturbed'. Poor man. And in a strong candidate for the political humor of the day post, 'A senior State Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, confirmed that the publication was being eliminated, but said the allegation that it was being done for political reasons was 'categorically untrue.'' And who would doubt that? Interestingly, although I can't imagine that Landay didn't ask the question, the anonymous State Department official evidently didn't say that the reason was exactly. Saving paper? Couldn't squeeze the printing costs into that $100 billion 'war on terror' budget? (Via Left I on the News.) 11:17:59 AM    comment []

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