Organization fetish (mojones)
American women would rather organize their closets than lose weight, according to a 2005 Rubbermaid survey.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Friday, July 06, 2007
Possibly the most insanely great hip-hop album cover (and there are quite a few) I've ever seen. I have so many questions, not the least of which is why there are cigars on the fruit tray. Also to discuss: Where do you shop for bear-sized diamond sunglasses and japanese leisure robes?
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
[Spaceship Earth] I've always admired the jam-packed craziness of the Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap label. A new film profiles the man behind the label.
Monday, July 02, 2007
The Taliban's Opium War (New Yorker)
Doug Wankel walked up to an angry-looking farmer who was watching his field being destroyed and asked him, through an interpreter named Nazeem, how much he got for his opium. Twenty-one thousand Pakistani rupees for a four-kilo package, the farmer said, and he harvested three to four kilos per jirib (a local land measurement equivalent to about half an acre). He added, “I get only a thousand rupees per jirib of wheat, so I’m obliged to grow poppies.” That comes to about thirty-three dollars from an acre of wheat, and between five hundred and seven hundred dollars from an acre of poppies.
Doug Wankel walked up to an angry-looking farmer who was watching his field being destroyed and asked him, through an interpreter named Nazeem, how much he got for his opium. Twenty-one thousand Pakistani rupees for a four-kilo package, the farmer said, and he harvested three to four kilos per jirib (a local land measurement equivalent to about half an acre). He added, “I get only a thousand rupees per jirib of wheat, so I’m obliged to grow poppies.” That comes to about thirty-three dollars from an acre of wheat, and between five hundred and seven hundred dollars from an acre of poppies.
Because of Cheney's intervention, the government reversed itself and let the water flow in time to save the 2002 growing season, declaring that there was no threat to the fish. What followed was the largest fish kill the West had ever seen, with tens of thousands of salmon rotting on the banks of the Klamath River.
From "Leaving No Tracks", the environmental segment of the Washington Post's excellent 4-part overview of Cheney's reign as VP.
From "Leaving No Tracks", the environmental segment of the Washington Post's excellent 4-part overview of Cheney's reign as VP.
Yeahh.... about that whole "Don't Be Evil" thing...
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Sunday, July 01, 2007
"The Sun is filled with ice and gives no warmth at all. The sky was never blue. Stars are raindrops looking for a place to fall, and I never cared for you."