the caffeine poster.

Hat Tip: Fast Company

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nature in my siding.

Came home, walked up to my front door, and out of the corner of my eye saw this little guy curled up in my vinyl siding.

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my job's scarier than your job.

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sprinkles in the garden.

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teabaggers in the workplace.

I overheard... scratch that... two teabaggers were loudly having a discussion across the hall from me at work today.  I only tuned in when I realized where the conversation was going.  I'll paraphrase some quotes:

• "He hasn't produced any proof."
• "There were witnesses in Kenya that saw him being born in Kenya."
• "I think he was raised in Hawaii, but, " they both say the following in unison, "he wasn't born in Hawaii."
• "Now there's a Medal of Honor winner... an actual Medal of Honor winner... refusing to go to Afghanistan because Obama can't be Commander-In-Chief. Good for him."
• "I voted for Palin."  (Not McCain... Palin.) "She's a helluva lot better looking than Hillary!"
• "Beck blah blah blah.  Rush blah blah blah."

It went on and on.  I eventually put on my headphones to drown them out.

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ten famous movie quotes (in graph form).

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a meme is born.

Meet the 2010 version of Keyboard Cat.

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africa 90210.

Mother Jones maps the celebrity colonization of Africa.

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The Silver Companies Botched My Strip Mall.

Most residents of Fredericksburg, Virginia probably couldn't tell you who the mayor is, because residents of Fredericksburg, Virginia know who really runs this town: The Silver Companies.

Silver owns just about everything in this town... every major area of commercial development is touched by the real estate titan in one way or another.  It's pretty much common knowledge here in Da Burg.

From Cosner's Corner to Central Park to Celebrate Virginia, Silver Companies have built an empire of successful shopping centers in Fredericksburg, with all the big box stores and chain restaurants anyone can want.  And don't get me wrong, I'm not anti-big box store, nor am I one of those snobs against chain restaurants... I'm fine with 'em.  I'm a simple guy, I like simple shit.  And there's nothing more simple than picking up some crap at Target and having lunch at Ruby Tuesday.  I don't mind that at all.  Kohl's has some good deals.  Bonefish Grill has some silly seafood.  Wegman's is a phenomenal shopping experience.

But Silver Companies utterly botched the shopping centers (Update: as of August 21, 2010, Silver's gone so far as to remove references to the failed shopping center from their website) in my neck of the woods.  I live in a pretty big subdivision along Route 17, and Route 17 connects the western portion of Northern Virginia with the I-95 corridor.  It sees considerable traffic, and there's a sizable chunk of people with disposable income living here that would appreciate not having to drive to Central Park, downtown Fredericksburg, or Massaponax to shop or dine.  There's a huge Geico complex in my neighborhood that would probably appreciate it as well.

Ten Minutes of Schwarzenegger.

You can't resist.