A box of pencils. The carbon in each is from the cremated remains of a person—whose name is inscribed on the pencil. The pencil sharpener is in the box, which accumulates the shavings (cremains). I think it’s pretty neat.
From designer/artist Nadine Jarvis
Via Signal vs. Noise
From the NY Times:
In Arkansas, which had among the nation’s largest concentration of counties increasing their support for the Republican candidate over the 2004 vote, “there’s a clear indication that racial conservatism was a component of that shift away from the Democrat,” said Jay Barth, a political scientist in the state. [Emphasis added]
“Racial conservatism” is a new one. How about just racism? Pretty ridiculous. George Orwell is rolling in his grave.
And the sweet soundtrack. Unbelievable Can Throwing Skills.
My favorite comes at 0:59.
The New Yorker celebrates two remarkable politicians from Illinois:
It pains me to say it, but until I Googled ‘Canada’ this morning, I had no idea who the leader of that country was.
That’s messed up. For a well-educated white person who often makes idle threats to move there, it’s pretty sad that I don’t know who leads the country to our north. I feel even worse when I consider the fact that the entire world knows our president’s name and followed the election of Barack Obama with perhaps more fervency than the average American.
So Canada. Do you know?
I realize it’s time to just let Sarah and Joe (the Plummer) fade into trivia questions, but this is pretty incredible. I don’t know how Palin comes back in 2012.
$40,000 for Todd Palin. That’s in addition to the 150k already reported.
B/c I don’t have much else to say.