frozen coagulated culture http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture freeform blogging Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:48:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en How old is this guy anyway? http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2008/07/14/how-old-is-this-guy-anyway/ http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2008/07/14/how-old-is-this-guy-anyway/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:48:30 +0000 xensen http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/?p=99 old old man

I’m no spring chicken myself, and I don’t particularly care about a presidential candidate’s age. But, I mean …

McCain explains how he accesses the internet, by having his staff log on for him:

They go on for me. I am learning to get online myself, and I will have that down fairly soon, getting on myself.

McCain on e-mail:

I don’t e-mail, I’ve never felt the particular need to e-mail.

Like I said, I’m not a young guy — and I e-mail with my dad.

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via the NY Times
image from Pretty Good Fun

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japanese snowman

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]]> http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2008/02/02/cool-snowmen/feed/ The cybrids are coming http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2008/01/27/the-cybrids-are-coming/ http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2008/01/27/the-cybrids-are-coming/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:46:20 +0000 xensen http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2008/01/27/the-cybrids-are-coming/ cate blanchett lionThe UK has approved experiments that will mix elements of human and animal DNA.

According to Times Online:

Experiments to create Britain’s first embryos that combine human and animal material will begin within months after a government watchdog gave its approval yesterday to two research teams to carry out the controversial work.

Scientists at King’s College London, and the University of Newcastle will inject human DNA into empty eggs from cows to create embryos known as cytoplasmic hybrids, which are 99.9 per cent human in genetic terms.

It’s a brave new world.

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Go figure.

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]]> http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2008/01/06/paper-airplane-flight/feed/ Seasons greetings, courtesy Walt Kelley http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2007/12/23/seasons-greetings-courtesy-walt-kelley/ http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2007/12/23/seasons-greetings-courtesy-walt-kelley/#comments Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:14:23 +0000 xensen http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2007/12/23/seasons-greetings-courtesy-walt-kelley/  walt kelley: dog my cats, it's sandy claws

The true, authentic lyrics:

Deck us all with Boston Charlie,
Walla Walla, Wash., an’ Kalamazoo!
Nora’s freezin’ on the trolley,
Swaller dollar cauliflower alley-garoo!

Don’t we know archaic barrel,
Lullaby Lilla boy, Louisville Lou?
Trolley Molly don’t love Harold,
Boola boola Pensacoola hullabaloo!

The true authentic alternate version:

Bark us all bow-wows of folly,
Polly wolly cracker n’ too-da-loo!
Hunky Dory’s pop is lolly gaggin’ on the wagon,
Willy, folly go through!

Donkey Bonny brays a carol,
Antelope Cantaloup, ‘lope with you!
Chollie’s collie barks at Barrow,
Harum scarum five alarum bung-a-loo!

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via Exploding Aardvark

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]]> http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2007/12/23/the-end-of-the-beginning/feed/ Two mix CDs http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2007/12/15/two-mix-cds/ http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2007/12/15/two-mix-cds/#comments Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:01:44 +0000 xensen http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2007/12/15/two-mix-cds/ The Goya is also the signature image of www.rightreading.com.

oh what a dream

oh what a dream

This photo was taken on the upper Thames near Eel Pie Island.

take me to the river

take me to the river

Not sold in stores!

Or anywhere else.

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]]> http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2007/12/15/two-mix-cds/feed/ Bush’s pledge to do better http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2007/12/11/bushs-pledge-to-do-better/ http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2007/12/11/bushs-pledge-to-do-better/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:23:00 +0000 xensen http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2007/12/11/bushs-pledge-to-do-better/ Now, more than six years later, it may be time to ask, “Is we improved?”

For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three nonfatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It’s just unacceptable. And we’re going to do something about it.
--G.W. Bush, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; May 14, 2001

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For what it’s worth (nothing), my other blogs, right reading, frisco vista, and buried mirror score “high school,” while seven junipers has graduated to “college (undergrad).”

I see a lot of sites boasting of scoring “genius,” but to get that score you would have to be doing something very wrong.

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Oh departing Traveler, where are you heading?
Your journey is bound to failure
How many travelers before you
Have sought the path with similar results?

How many cities and deserts have I roamed?
How much time have I wasted
Touring from one place to another?

Oh lost one, no matter how much you run away
Your destiny will end in exhaustion
Time has passed you by
And you have yet to notice it.

There a several Rachid Taha links at Exploding Aardvark.

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]]> http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2007/11/24/rachid-taha-ya-rayah/feed/ “The toad is in custody at a police crime lab” http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2007/11/17/the-toad-is-in-custody-at-a-police-crime-lab/ http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2007/11/17/the-toad-is-in-custody-at-a-police-crime-lab/#comments Sun, 18 Nov 2007 05:18:06 +0000 xensen http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2007/11/17/the-toad-is-in-custody-at-a-police-crime-lab/ KMBC has the details about his crime spree. We have the mugshots.

colorado river toad

An artist’s rendering of the villain’s attempted getaway has also come into our possession.

mr. toad's wild ride: the getaway

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]]> http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2007/11/11/weird/feed/ Bad web design http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2007/11/04/bad-web-design/ http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2007/11/04/bad-web-design/#comments Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:57:50 +0000 xensen http://frozen.rightreading.com/culture/2007/11/04/bad-web-design/ It’s not nice to make fun of folks who are probably trying hard but just haven’t quite figured out the way some things should be done. So I guess I should feel pretty guilty about posting this link to ten of the worst websites you will ever see. On the other had, some of these pages really are too amazing to miss.

Click the image to visit the original post at blogstorm.

an ugly pages

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