Posts tagged “Nevada”

• The Falconer time travel sketch is genius, and I can’t believe it took me almost twenty years to see it.
• Space Pants is almost as good. (Check out its Reddit thread and backstory, too.)
• Ballad of a Thin Man has always reminded me of The Second Coming. It’s more than a little disturbing that they’re equally relevant these days. – via my dad
• The Roman Empire’s original smartwatch: portable sundials
• I have been using Dotster as my registrar for this site for more than 25 years. I was a little miffed to learn last year that they were acquired by Web.com, but didn’t think much of it because my site’s registration is paid far in advance and I rarely think about it. Today I got an email telling me that Web.com was acquired by Network Solutions, and I cannot stand their platform. Most of my 50+ domains are registered at Dreamhost, so I’ll likely be switching soon.
• Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world:
  • “The last ship from China will dock at a West coast port on the 29th, and the last Chinese ship will dock on the East coast around May 10th. […] We’re screwed.“
  • [Current] administration officials are placing dozens of posters of arrested unauthorized immigrants along the White House driveway.
  • POTUS pardons Nevada politician who paid for cosmetic surgery with funds to honor a slain officer.
  • A little-known firm with investors linked to JD Vance, Elon Musk, and POTUS could get a piece of the federal expense card system — and its hundreds of millions in fees.
  • Republicans are trying to steal an election in North Carolina.
  • Please understand that when 2A cultists point their fingers at bizarre tragedies – like what happened recently in Vancouver – as some sort of justification for their infantile predilection for firearms, an excruciatingly rational response is that the entire automobile industrial complex is also misguided, cancerous, and evil.

• One thing this country has always enjoyed is a good drink. Whether it was rum on the Atlantic, bourbon at the races or that Bloody Mary at Sunday Brunch, alcohol is the American Drink.
• Boom! Dexter returns at the end of September. (Don’t watch the trailer if you didn’t see season 4 yet!)
• Don’t Eff With Fudgie the Whale, Lindsay!
• I cannot wait to see Bad Universe (featuring BadAstronomy).
• Mister Gunther makes horoscopes fun!
• Betty Goes Reno: A visit to the glamorous divorce ranches of the Mad Men era.
• He hasn’t taken a single snap in a real game yet, but Tim Tebow is already leading the league in jersey sales. (Nike has some cool Tebow sneakers, too.)
• Do you think you can identify who voices each character on The Simpsons?
• I didn’t know that there are ATMs in Antarctica.
• Being President of the United States is probably the loneliest job in the world.

I heard this morning that neither Tyson‘s pre-fight rampage or yet another pending rape charge will have any effect on the Nevada State Athletic Commission‘s decision to reinstate Psycho-Miko’s boxing license. Instead the commission will review more substantial issues, like the number of zeros on their checks.