i guess this is a serious environmental disaster, but i have to say i think the river looks much better.

just in time for football season!

nErD aLeRt!

Now a spectacular new project is underway in Switzerland that immediately drew my attention: a skyscraper in the middle of the mountains. The location is the village of Vals, in the canton of Graubünden. Even in multilingual Switzerland, Graubünden is remarkable: with native speakers of Swiss German, Italian, and Romansh, it is the country’s only trilingual canton. This spot in a beautiful arm of the Anterior Rhine valley is home to about 1,000 people. Approximately the same number of sheep are said to live there as well, but perhaps that’s just a rumor. The planned building will be 80 stories tall and soar 1,250 feet into the sky. That’s 23 feet higher than the Federation Tower in Moscow – which currently qualifies as Europe’s tallest building – and exactly as tall as the Empire State Building minus the antenna. (via)

why not? well, a million reasons actually...

thx lube!

important sensitivity update

BRIC has been listening to and learning from the online discussion about our planned June 26 screening of Paris is...

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see everyone there!

this puppy just made a terrible mistake

(going to staten island)

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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard resigned Wednesday after the Australian Labor Party voted her out of its leadership.

She had called for the vote herself after months of inner-party friction ahead of a general election due in September.

Her rival, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, takes her place as party leader, after winning the internal ballot in a 57-45 vote, according to an ALP spokesman. (via)

whoy is thyis hyippenning?!?!

nErD aLeRt!

MoMA has announced plans to demolish williams & tsien's iconic american folk art museum:

“It’s very rare that a building that recent comes down, especially a building that was such a major design and that got so much publicity when it opened for its design — mostly very positive,” said Andrew S. Dolkart, the director of Columbia University’s historic preservation program. “The building is so solid looking on the street, and then it becomes a disposable artifact. It’s unusual and it’s tragic because it’s a notable work of 21st century architecture by noteworthy architects who haven’t done that much work in the city, and it’s a beautiful work with the look of a handcrafted facade.” (via)

architecture nerds everywhere are starting up one-sentence-long petitions and calling for boycotts. where is ada louise when you need her?

g-d is PISSED.

look at Him shooting lasers at st. peter's. thx a lot, ratzi-nazi!

gd it, marnie.

i want to like you, but the more i learn, the more difficult it is.

don't date john mayer.

don't do it.

point of comparison : january 11, 2012

who are you having dinner with tonight, dave?

good one, dummy.

sarah palin (doesn't) get dick cheney back for calling her a mistake.

impromptu poll: which word gets overused more: "evidentally" or "essentially"?

both are peeves of mine.

what a horrible mistake.

peyton manning has instructed his agent to begin negotiations with the denver broncos. tim tebow is expected to be traded. please baby jesus, don't let him land in tennessee. my heart couldn't handle it.

this song is the reason i am no longer in possession of my wallet.

and that's all i care to say about it right now.

i need to change my major.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- If you want the best odds of getting a job after graduation, don't major in architecture. (via)

UPDATE!!

kanye west is hiring architects.

yale qb urpdate

In lots of the initial stories on Patrick Wit, the Yale QB who chose "The Game" over his Rhodes Scholarship finalist interview, it was reported that his coach also passed on the scholarship in order to pursue professional football. Turns out that might have been an overstatement...(gulp) 

"Witt was unable to be reached for comment. He has refused to speak about his decision this week, releasing only a statement saying that he would withdraw the application and concentrate on the Harvard game.  He informed Rhodes officials of his decision last Sunday night, and it took them a bit by surprise.

“It is rare for someone to decline an interview,” Gerson said. “I cannot remember anyone else who has ever declined an interview for an athletic event."




*sigh*

You are the WORST!

Michele Bachmann told the nation that the cancer-preventing HPV vaccine was "dangerous" and now even less people are going to get their daughters immunized. link


QUIT IT!

NOT GUILTY!

somehow the casey anthony story slipped right past my usually perceptive senses. all of this momentum toward the verdict has been building over the weekend, and i've just been like "who?" anyway, the verdict is IN! she's not guilty?

so, the office and gchat and facebook are a-buzz with the news, and i decided the least i could do is read a wikipedia page. i don't think anyone will be surprised to learn that it was highly complimentary of the state of tennessee:

The Anthony case broke new ground regarding scientific evidence.

University of Tennessee's "Body farm" discovered "hair banding," a phenomenon in which hair roots can form a dark band after death. A hair found in the trunk of the Anthony car exhibited this pattern.[50] Also new is the work of University of Tennessee's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in which air extracted from the trunk of the Anthony car revealed human decomposition and the presence of chloroform.[50] (via)

so, despite the best efforts of the brilliant scientists at my alma mater and the home of the atom bomb, florida still managed to blow it. GO VOLS!!

did anyone else notice...

...that president obama picked every single tennessee team to lose in the first round? what's his deal, anyway?

oops!

poor nancy pelosi.

i've always loved her. she's strong and fiery and intelligent, so republicans hate her, of course. her leadership in congress has been remarkable, and i'm sad we'll be losing that. this morning, npr did a little biography piece on her.

omg remember?