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Information is Beautiful

chap — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:14:03 +0000

Information is Beautiful may very well be my new favorite blog.

How American Health Care Killed My Father

chap — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:44:04 +0000

How does a nation that might close down a business for a single illness from a suspicious hamburger tolerate the carnage inflicted by our hospitals?

How American Health Care Killed My Father – The Atlantic

How indeed.

costco vs. walmart

chap — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:37:39 +0000

“If anyone ever asks you to explain the difference between Costco and Walmart now you have an answer.”

and the winner is…

chap — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:37:35 +0000

In the category of “Most uses of the word East in a single sentence”, The Atlanta Journal Constitution:

The body was seen on the eastbound tracks of the East-West rail line, east of the East Lake station, MARTA assistant police Chief Joseph Dorsey said Thursday night.

the obvious question…

chap — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:33:45 +0000

Considering that this woman is “fairly young”, lives with her parents, and already has six children what the fuck was she doing on fertility treatments?

NYT: Octuplets’ Mom Has 6 Other Children

All the gold in the world

chap — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:41:15 +0000

That means that if you could somehow gather every scrap of gold that man has ever mined into one place, you could only build about one-third of the Washington Monument.

HowStuffWorks: All the gold in the world

via: Kottke

What would you do with $1000?

chap — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:04:56 +0000

According to the Freakonomics Blog the value of the Zimbabwe Dollar has fallen so low that it is cost-effective to use the $1000 note as a replacement for toilet paper.

The Big Picture: 2008 in photographs

chap — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:02:05 +0000

The always great Big Picture has started their year-in-review series. Some really, really, great stuff .

diamonddave

chap — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:32:15 +0000

Presented for your approval: the David Lee Roth soundboard

The level of total fucking awesomeness exhibited here simply goes without saying.

greatest music video ever

chap — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:46:15 +0000

Without a doubt.