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» Rule 422. You better not pout.

Rule 422. You better not pout.

all done with the tree

moe doesnt know what to think of the canaan fir

» Intown Uptown Inn (4/5) on Yelp

Let me preface this with the fact that I’ve never stayed here because I live two blocks away. However, the Intown Uptown hosted a fundraiser for the Friends of 16th Street Heights Parks, and Izzy…

» Edelman Acquires Grassroots Enterprises

The only survivor of the political dot-com boom that I know of has finally been gobbled up — nothing’s eternal in business, my friends. If I remember correctly, back in the late ’90s Grassroots…

» A Place for Cycles

Designed by Donald C. Paine Jr. of KGB Design Studio, this boldly shaped pavilion is a storage and repair facility for bicyclists. It is located to the west side of Union Station.

An interview…

very wet zombies on lamont st.

» Obese skunk addicted to bacon sandwiches

caro:

baconbaconbacon:

Crazy. Apparently his owners in England fed him 2 bacon sandwiches a day, and now he’s double his ideal weight

via charlottesweb

photo via buzzfeed

AND HIS NAME IS MR. BUMBLE.

» Poll: Environmental Involvement Tied to Empowerment, Confidence

Photo: C1ssou via Flickr
Now here’s a survey that goes beyond the same old same old questions and answers! It’s the Civic Health Index, brought to you by the National Council on Citizenship. The bad…

» Branding is dead, more or less

Here’s someone else saying branding is dead, this time at ClickZ: Branding Today: Why It’s Ineffective, Irrelevant, Irritating, and Impotent. Here’s the main point:

Branding that involves…

» Trapster.com: Sweet Revenge for Ticketed Drivers

Most new mobile phone applications are shrug-worthy. This one strikes me as genius.

Here’s the idea: Drivers report cameras, police waiting locations and other speed traps to website…

» Historic Trust Partners with Georgia Theatre

Donors who want to contribute to a fund to help rebuild the fire-ravaged Georgia Theatre can now make donations through the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. The historic Athens music venue…

“ Objective journalists – me included – need to place more emphasis on verifiable facts, rather than the wishy-washy he-said-she-said style that gives equal weight to claims that vary wildly in truthfulness. Even though it might upset readers who disagree, reporters should have the courage to say, “No, Mr. Protester, old people won’t be euthanized,” or “No, Mr. President, your plan is going to cost us a lot of money.

— Blake Aued: On the death of rationality It’s a shame that this needs to be said, but it does, and Blake says it well.

» Reader's Digest Set to File for Bankruptcy

To be honest, I kind of forgot about Reader’s Digest. Really, though, their mission—repeating and shortening media—is both redundant and essential in the context of social media. Too bad they just kept to their format. (I know that they’re just filing for bankruptcy—not yet folding—but I really can’t see anyone I know suddenly turning to Reader’s Digest for an interesting read. The magazine’s end is coming sometime soon.)

I had forgotten all about the San Francisco typeface from Macs back in the day.