http://threeroadsblog.com Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:58:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This blog is deceased. It is no more. It is an ex-blog. http://threeroadsblog.com/three-roads-2007-2008/ 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 http://threeroadsblog.com/carbon-copies/ 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 ... http://threeroadsblog.com/racial-conservatism/ And the sweet soundtrack. Unbelievable Can Throwing Skills. My favorite comes at 0:59. http://threeroadsblog.com/its-the-cool-nonchalance/ The New Yorker celebrates two remarkable politicians from Illinois: http://threeroadsblog.com/awesome/ 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 ... http://threeroadsblog.com/confession/ 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. http://threeroadsblog.com/silk-boxer-shorts-spray-tanners-and-13-suitcases/ B/c I don't have much else to say. http://threeroadsblog.com/blogging-bout-the-weather/ Jason Kottke makes an apt comparison: the laser-like concentration of Barack Obama and that of Roger Federer. Both are sort of inscrutable too. And awesome. http://threeroadsblog.com/concentration/ Here are two words that come together in an unpleasant way to describe a food that I want nothing to do with: Butter braid Anyone else experience queasiness at this phrase? What about it is so awful? I mean, I like pastries as much as the next blogger, but for some reason, ... http://threeroadsblog.com/no-thanks-but-good-luck-with-that/