http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/yes-another-man-is-climbing-times-building/

here’s what i had to deal with during my walk home from work today.

i don’t understand the first guy and his global warming banner… it seems counterintuitive to post it on THIS building, which was newly built to be a green structure. had the second guy also planned this, or was he a copycat?

also, when you look at the building and the ceramic rods, you can’t help but think that it was just a matter of time. those rods were a perfect ladder straight to the roof.

http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/065njdoe.asp

plants are living, true, and if we abide by the idea that “all living things have rights” then plants should have rights. but, do plants really have FEELINGS? do they understand when they are being wronged? do they feel pain the way that animals do?… i don’t think so.

i’m kind of not surprised that it’s switzerland debating plant rights, haha.

http://nytimes.com/2008/05/01/fashion/01SKIN.html?ex=1367467200&en=f1d0f4dd9bb4422c&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

cool idea, but it’s always just been good old chapstick for me, whether we’re in a recession or not.

http://marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/newsmap.cfm?selected=us&categories=world,nation,business,technology,entertainment,health

this has been entertaining me for longer than i’m willing to admit.

http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=storage&articleId=9080978&taxonomyId=19&intsrc=kc_top

ok, this is REALLY cool.

http://dcist.com/2008/04/14/woman_arrested.php

it does seem pretty stupid… they weren’t being disruptive. if they had brought a boom box and refused to leave, then fine, arrest them. the police seem a bit power hungry.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/24012024/from/ET/

WEIRD.

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/boy-takes-wheel-of-runaway-school-bus/20080408064209990001

i guess that kid paid attention during the bus drills that happen a couple of times a year, because i don’t think i would have remembered to pull the emergency break during a real problem like this. and, once that didn’t work, i wouldn’t have ever thought to drive the bus into something to stop it. although, i’ve never had to think quickly in an emergency like this so i’m not sure how i would really react.

http://time-blog.com/swampland/2008/04/swampland_exclusive_mccain_rea.html

i’m not sure what’s scarier, the fact that heidi can vote or the fact that mccain… watches the hills…?

http://news.aol.com/elections/story/_a/vermont-towns-ok-bush-indictment/20080305065709990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

first obama wins the primary and now this. i love vermont!