http://www.observotraffic.com hey, It's news to me Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:45:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of those reality-meets-the-Twilight-Zone articles. I think I'm with Radivoje - "The chance of being hit by a meteorite is so small that getting hit six times has to be deliberate." I'm stumped, if he's got independent university experts confirming they are in fact meteorites, the plot is pretty thick ... http://www.observotraffic.com/?p=55 This article is a bit late, I guess the show has already opened by now. But I can't see how parading Galileo's remains can be seen as anything but a despicable show of disrespect. "The laymen and masons that were attending the ceremony thought that they should have some souvenir ... http://www.observotraffic.com/?p=54 Part of me wants to write, the rest of me just wants to unplug from this shitpile of a world. Why am I so down? Because the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Catastrophe (R) is simply the latest amazingly depressing news story that only breaks through my toughened bad ... http://www.observotraffic.com/?p=53 This is a case where you couldn't write this shit. Who is kicking themselves now more than the Onion? Well, maybe the SEC, but what do you expect? wow. http://www.observotraffic.com/?p=52 As Sarah Palin. And yes, she probably WILL run for president, I think she feels she can handle it, as she derides Obama for being a community organizer at one time, and therefore feels her mayoral experience and governorship of Alaska constitute the necessary experience for being president of the ... http://www.observotraffic.com/?p=51 While it doesn't yet have its own entry in Wikipedia as of this writing, Teabonics is the name referring to the creative spelling on protest signs held by outraged right wing political activists, commonly known as the Teabag Party, or, in an incredible lack of foresight and/or cultural awareness, "Teabaggers." ... http://www.observotraffic.com/?p=50 "Pelada" is a portuguese word which means two things: 'naked', literally, as in 'a mulher do vizinho está pelada.' (The neighbor's wife is naked ). Idiomatically, it means a pick-up game of soccer, with the interpretation being that it is played barefoot, or at least informally. The filmmakers picked up ... http://www.observotraffic.com/?p=49 Two of my favorite public personalities. They should tape together more often, perfect yin-yang. She's got the earnestness, he's got the zingers: "The whole country just sucks. Everybody's getting screwed." (yes, I cannot spell "Bill Maher". This is why comments are disabled on this blog.) http://www.observotraffic.com/?p=48 One of the best animations I ever did see. http://www.observotraffic.com/?p=45 being teh master genius that I am, I can't get the friggin' player thingie to work, so you're gonna have to go to the awesome black hole time sucker that is TED's website. But it's worth it, promise. Shoo. http://www.observotraffic.com/?p=44