9:20 a.m.: I hear a cop discover a “dead baby” in a garbage can in an alley on the southwest side while listening to the scanners.
9:30 a.m.: I tell the photo desk after confirming it with the fire dept.
9:45 a.m.: They send a photographer AND reporter to the scene.
9:45 a.m.: I finally confirm the incident with police, who say they are conducting a death investigation.
10:30 a.m.: I get a call from police: “It’s not a baby. It’s coconuts. I gotta go.”
And here I thought adding a KenKen puzzle was enough reason to grab a Sun-Times tomorrow, but a picture of coconuts in a trash can too? Hot damn!
10 March 2009: US Department of Defense changes its formal definition of “propaganda” (pdf)
Winners and Honorable Mentions for the Andy Reid Photoshop contest at KSK. That gif rules.
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Beautiful Perspective of the Day: Infographic on drug-related deaths vs. proportion of users vs. media coverage in the UK, prepared by David McCandless of Information Is Beautiful for a Guardian blog article on the subject.
Note on cannabis-related deaths:
The cannabis deaths figure is a bit dubious in my opinion. Firstly, how can you die from cannabis? It’s extremely non-toxic. There has never been a single documented case of fatal cannabis overdose. Also, the government’s own figures don’t tally. While drug figures from the Office Of National Statistics register 19 cannabis related deaths, the mortality stats from the same office log only 1 death.
You can view the raw data used to compile this inforgraphic here.
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Death by marijuana = 100 lbs. per minute x 15 minutes … maybe](http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksp5nyT2qQ1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)
Beautiful Perspective of the Day: Infographic on drug-related deaths vs. proportion of users vs. media coverage in the UK, prepared by David McCandless of Information Is Beautiful for a Guardian blog article on the subject.
Note on cannabis-related deaths:
The cannabis deaths figure is a bit dubious in my opinion. Firstly, how can you die from cannabis? It’s extremely non-toxic. There has never been a single documented case of fatal cannabis overdose. Also, the government’s own figures don’t tally. While drug figures from the Office Of National Statistics register 19 cannabis related deaths, the mortality stats from the same office log only 1 death.
You can view the raw data used to compile this inforgraphic here.
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Death by marijuana = 100 lbs. per minute x 15 minutes … maybe
“Your denial is beneath you, and thanks to the use of hallucinogenic drugs, I see through you.”
“What a jip! I though we were going up against that crazy bastard with the pro wrestler on his mask.”
Didn’t see that coming: Cleveland Cavaliers, losers of only two games at Quicken Loans Arena all of last season, now 2-2 at home this year following 86-85 loss to the Bulls.
(via newfilosofee)
you’re not nearly as annoying as you might initially seem.
You’re a straight shooter who doesn’t put up with bullshit. :)
you’re a hot missionary who is kind to everyone except douchebags that need a slap down.
You’re a resilient and passionate rockstar.
You live up to the hype and are the complete opposite of a megalomaniac.
You always deserve the reblogs.
“Don’t let the door hit you in the vagina on the way out.”
I MUST USE THIS EXPRESSION AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY HENCEFORTH
(via jhnbrssndn)
Those Yankees and Red Sox fans do have a lot of problems with doors and vaginas though.
“Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.”
Ecclesiastes 7:3
Sometimes I look up Bible quotes that have to do with how I feel. I don’t know. It’s like looking up stuff in a really comprehensive advice column.
(via natface)
“Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.”
