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An abundance of death

Joanne McNeil on The Daily Death:

In the future, a famous person will die every fifteen minutes. Already it’s happening. The ascent of the microcelebrities, the 24 hour news cycle, citizen journalism, and our darkest fantasies all collide on Twitter now. The website’s rhetorical question “What are you doing?” sometimes feels more like “Who died today?”

Rotgutonix -- the slightly paranoid, somewhat discerning drunk's best friend

So concerned with the quality of the liquor you binge-drink that you think a testing device that looks just like a pregnancy test is in order? Sweet — Rotgutonix has got you…

You Can’t Make This Stuff Up, Part Two

Anti-health-care-reform activist, reportedly injured in a fight at a town hall meeting last week, is collecting donations to pay his medical bills because he was recently laid off and lost his…

During the beach week prior to my wedding @bkrichar figured out that brown sugar in a mojito is dynamite.  Well, I’d like to confirm that the same is true for a mint julep.  I’m not sure about Brian’s original ratio, but I made a 50/50 mix of brown and refined sugar into a simple syrup and that is super.  If the mint julep is a little too boozey then (in another move inspired by the original skankster) top it off with Coca Cola or your favorite cola beverage.

High speed robotic hands

Wow. I had no idea that robots could move that quickly. (via justin blanton)

Deb is enjoying a spot of tea after a hot day of antique shopping.  I’m working on it guys.  She’ll be a deep southerner yet.

The fountain at Forsyth Park

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Our waiter at Lady and Son’s spent the majority of our meal gently mocking the entire Paula Dean brand and the requirement that he adopt Paula’s apparent y’all terrets syndrome. Needless to say he was rewarded with a substantial tip.