An overcast day, mostly still with just a hint of onshore breeze. The tide is high and a south swell buffets the pilings. The sound is like small marbles rolling along a glass-bottomed box. From nowhere, a . . . → Read More: The Conversation]]> http://www.randompress.net/words/2010/07/21/the-conversation/feed/ 2 http://www.randompress.net/words/2010/03/30/obamas-health-care/ http://www.randompress.net/words/2010/03/30/obamas-health-care/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:23:18 +0000 Fleeceman http://www.randompress.net/words/?p=108 Separated at Birth?

While Obama and his many pens may have been a big fucking deal, scientists continue to blow their own minds by creating replica bones made from stem cells.

From the NY Times:

Tissue-engineered bones have many implications, according to a leading figure in the field, Dr. Charles A. Vacanti, director of the laboratories for tissue . . . → Read More: Obama’s Health Care]]> http://www.randompress.net/words/2010/03/30/obamas-health-care/feed/ 0 http://www.randompress.net/words/2009/07/02/taser-laser/ http://www.randompress.net/words/2009/07/02/taser-laser/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:29:54 +0000 Fleeceman http://www.randompress.net/words/?p=85 I’m not normally one to complain about other people’s loud music. I like my music loud too, and some tunes are simply meant to be played at ear-splitting volumes: Ozzy, Jane’s, Metallica, … Chris Isaac.

I do, however, hold a certain angry, intense contempt in my heart for static: and on that note, a stereo went off the . . . → Read More: Taser Laser]]> http://www.randompress.net/words/2009/07/02/taser-laser/feed/ 2 http://www.randompress.net/words/2009/04/22/the-french-fry-thief/ http://www.randompress.net/words/2009/04/22/the-french-fry-thief/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:09:15 +0000 Fleeceman http://www.randompress.net/words/?p=78

Separated at birth?

Tony Blair had entered the building.

For a week prior to the event, I kept thinking I’d be doing security for Tony Bennett, but no: the two are entirely different entities. The former was a diplomat with international connections, those connections continuing into his private life despite his having buddied up . . . → Read More: The French fry Thief]]> http://www.randompress.net/words/2009/04/22/the-french-fry-thief/feed/ 1 http://www.randompress.net/words/2008/09/24/movies-in-time/ http://www.randompress.net/words/2008/09/24/movies-in-time/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:17:30 +0000 Fleeceman http://www.randompress.net/words/?p=51  

The limited braintrust of Hollywood.

I was meandering around The New York Times online this morning, and after getting disgruntled over the $700 billion buyout of the idiots on Wall Street, I ended up looking at an interactive graph of movie revenue from 1986 to 2008, adjusted for inflation.

The layout is what the vagina of a . . . → Read More: Movies in Time]]> http://www.randompress.net/words/2008/09/24/movies-in-time/feed/ 1