Faraway, So Close

Disclaimer: I’m a Canadian who follows American politics fairly loosely (as in I watch the Daily Show/Colbert Report and read the occasional blog/tweet about it). I don’t usually blog about it too much because I don’t like talking about something I don’t totally understand. But, Barack Obama has excited me about politics [...]

Here’s a few random tshirts from http://www.bustedtees.com that I found funny/interesting/etc. (aka avoiding working on stuff I should be).
The last one is really only for hardcore fans of a certain tv show - any guesses?

Unfortunately not until 2009.

I’m not a fan of cats, so I’m not too worried either way. But it does worry me that all the other parties are willing to be vulnerable enough to appear on a fairly popular show with the 20-40 age set and yet our Prime Minister is not. Obviously Harper doesn’t have to [...]

These Simpsons characters are small and cute. And you shouldn’t order one either, let alone the whole case of 24 for $180.

I don’t think the ‘Get a Mac’ ads are particularly brilliant either, but this definitely doesn’t help sell a Windows OS to me. I guess they might be building to something with this.

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I found this from a link to 30 minutes of 90s Cartoon Openings but that’s a little too young for me - this 80s version is more my speed and also more in line with the folks that read my blog I’d guess.

Just like some wines, his podcast might not be for everyone - but you can’t deny his passion for wine. I’m thinking a Travis D will enjoy him, but he’ll be too much for a Luanne G on my rating scale based on my friends. Anyone who can pull off a fruit roll-up [...]

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Via kottke.org

Personally I still love this show and don’t think it’s jumped the shark - but I know for a lot of people this is all they come away from the show with.
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