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genelewis — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:27:52 +0000

Barack Obama Looking at Awesome Things
Call me a whistleblower if you want, but the truth is the truth. President Obama spends most of his time looking at awesome things.

Not to be confused with Obama feigning interest in mundane things.

Zombie Bitches Kickin Peoples Ass

genelewis — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:32:24 +0000

Via Oklahoma Rock Newsblog.

What makes a good downtown?

genelewis — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:37:28 +0000

Video is full of great advice with real world examples… density, variety, people on display, and NO surface parking lots!

wow

genelewis — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:46:02 +0000

meme’d

genelewis — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:24:38 +0000

trains everywhere

genelewis — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:44:39 +0000

There’s plenty in the way of this happening, but at least they’re thinking big. The United States used to not be afraid of grand national projects. Let’s hope we rediscover our courage to try.

London to Beijing in two days on new high-speed rail network

Passengers will be able to travel by train from King’s Cross to Beijing in just two days on trains that travel almost as fast as aeroplanes under ambitious new plans from the Chinese. The network would eventually carry passengers from London to Beijing and then to Singapore. It would also run to India and Pakistan, according to Wang Mengshu, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a senior consultant on China’s domestic high-speed rail project.

There goes the neighborhood!

genelewis — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:32:21 +0000

Scientists supersize quantum mechanics : Nature News
A team of scientists has succeeded in putting an object large enough to be visible to the naked eye into a mixed quantum state of moving and not moving.

bureaucracy has ruined revolution

genelewis — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:50:50 +0000

Fee to Overthrow the Government: Five Dollars
South Carolina Lawmaker Seeks to Overthrow 1951 Law Requiring “Subversive Agents” to Register With Government

Download the form here.

how to grow a beard at Brigham Young University (if approved)

genelewis — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:27:57 +0000

What is the process for obtaining a beard exception? | honorcode.byu.edu

A student who wishes to obtain a beard exception must visit a BYU Student Health Center doctor by appointment (422.5156). The doctor will fax his recommendation. The student then needs to come to the Honor Code Office to fill out some paperwork and receive the letter allowing the growth of the beard. …

Read this.

genelewis — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:41:10 +0000

Roger Ebert: The Essential Man – Esquire

It has been nearly four years since Roger Ebert lost his lower jaw and his ability to speak. Now television’s most famous movie critic is rarely seen and never heard, but his words have never stopped.