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16-year old brainiac eases the guilt of his parent's entire generation

Still not bringing a reusable canvas bag with you when you shop at the grocery store? Well, now you don't have to feel like your laziness is helping to destroy Earth (as much). It seems that, while you were out double-bagging your Pop-Tarts and simultaneously threatening Man's prolonged existence on this planet, a high-school kid from Canada was as home sifting through landfill soaked in yeast and tap water to isolate the bacterial genus’ Pseudomonas and Sphingomonas.

Celebrity Sightings in Los Angeles: #2

Whilst shooting our above TV spot, as well as another one that will air soon, I got a chance to glimpse that rare creature, the celebrity. Normally a timid creature, the celebrity can be seen only near its natural habitat, Hollywood. West Hollywood, in this case. Our producer had suggested we go to dinner at an old-world Italian place named "Dan Tanna's". (If the name sounds familiar, it's because they used it for the name of the lead character in 70's TV show "Vegas" played by Robert Ulrich.)

Ben Stein is dead (to me).

It was bad enough that he supported Bush's black/white view of world politics. And that he supported George W. Bush's handling of Katrina. And that, in hindsight, he finally admitted that the Iraq War was/is a disaster.

Gelato Massimo: Surprisingly, it’s not a controlled substance.

Do you know what gelato is? Sure, you’ve probably heard of it—it’s essentially the Northern Italian version of ice cream—but you probably haven’t had any of it. Well, not the real stuff anyway. Fortunately, that’s easy to find out: If you’d rather ingest gelato than oxygen, you’ve probably had the real stuff. But if you prefer breathing, even just a little, then you’ve only had the fake stuff. And that’s a damn shame. Because the real stuff is more addictive than crack cocaine.

‘Online privacy’ is not an oxymoron (but ‘ethical business’ damn sure is).

The days when you could anonymously visit websites about big-breasted women with glasses, or guys wearing diapers while getting spanked are fast coming to a close. Is it the end of the Internet? Not necessarily. But probably.

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I am America (And so can you!), Stephen Colbert—Sage advice for an ailing nation.
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, Christopher Hitchens—The case against belief.
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality, Brian Greene—A mind-bending romp through quantum physics.
Adam's Curse: A Future without Men, Bryan Sykes—It's not MY fault, it's my chromosome's.
1984, George Orwell—Who says no one can predict the future?
Nonzero : The Logic of Human Destiny, Robert Wright—It gives you hope for the future.
The Stranger, Albert Camus—Alienated existentialism at its best.
A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson—Why aren't textbooks this funny?

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Citability Making government accessible, reliable, and transparent
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Public Markup Review and comment on proposed bills before they are even introduced
FedSpending Find out where your tax money is going
The Sunlight Foundation Shining light on money, lobbying, and government
Transparency Int'l. Stop corruption to save lives.
Congresspedia The citizen's encyclopedia of Congress

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