I fight evil.

Apr
24th

Thu

are you willing to pay to use tumblr?

because you just might have to.

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An Iranian who's wary of arrest can simply escort a prostitute to a registry, obtain a temporary contract from a Muslim cleric, and then legally satisfy his sexual needs. “The penalties for prostitution [in Iran] are severe—ranging from whipping to execution. But there’s a loophole in Islamic law called sigheh, or temporary marriage. According to Shiite interpretation, a man and a woman may enter an impermanent partnership with a preset expiration date. There’s no legally required minimum duration (a day, a week, anything goes) and no need for official witnesses—unless the woman is a virgin, in which case she needs the consent of her legal guardian.”

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Apr
22nd

Tue

Haters Gonna Hate.

Phil Boyd: your blog has been weak the past two days
Phil Boyd: i feel like you need to expand your horizon on your blogging too
Phil Boyd: its like your [sic] letting the fact that its a blog hold down your creativity - and youre better than that
Phil Boyd: blogging about craigslist, online photo galaries [sic], print media, and music is tired
Phil Boyd: i mean you might as well blog about global warming, the food crisis, AIDS in africa, the conflict in tibet, and the democratic nomination
Phil Boyd: dont get me wrong, i appreciate your blog - its a glimse into the otherwise unviewed world from the eyes of a hipster
Phil Boyd: a needed break from microsoft excel, and its array of capital iq and bloomberg add-ins
Phil Boyd: but i think youre a better blogger than youve let on with your past few days
Phil Boyd: and as a friend that has been your friend no-matter the level of alcohol in your blood, i feel i have the obligation to let you know that

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Journalists in general don’t relish asking politicians questions in awkward situations, like on a golf course or over a waffle. But sometimes our hands are forced: Obama hasn’t given a press conference in 10 days and the questions, some of them — like Hamas — rather important, are starting to build up.

— Talk Left.

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Where's a Bob Woodward denial when you need one?

Google Analytics tells me that two people found my blog by searching for variations of ”who is behind baugher tumblr”.

I am willing to issue an official denial. I am not baugher. Though I really, really wish I was.

Julia Allison, you can stop googling me.

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Austin Missed Connection: Sitting in the emergency room sucks, you and friend had whataburger - 33

(via Austinist).

My best freind accidently OD’d and you where limping around looking all sexxy lexxy in the ER…

I was the deilshly handsome guy In the white shirt

The singles bar at the free health clinic was closed?

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Bush, Harper, & Claderon in New Orleans

They dined at Commander’s Palace tonight.

Bush got the crowd cheering by dancing a brief second-line with a brass band, then gave a one-liner about partying in New Orleans as a young man. “I want to thank the band for giving me a chance to relive my youth. I spent many a fine day here in New Orleans,” he said, pausing for the punchline, “and a pretty good night, too.”

(via NOLA.com).

Poor choice in restaurant, though, and Bush should know. Not only is he a huge fan of John Besh of Restaurant August, but he also had another local, Master Chef Ronnie Seaton cooking for him at the White House for a year. The Seaton family restaurant, Willie Mae’s Scotch House is one of the jewels of New Orleans.

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Handwashing dishes can be more damaging to the environment than electric dishwashers. “More than 100 Europeans were observed cleaning a dozen full place-settings by hand. The German researchers found that the average hand-washer is quite the wastrel, using 27.2 gallons of water, which requires 2.5 kWh of electricity to heat … . An ultra-efficient machine, by contrast, used only between 3.96 and 5.81 gallons of water, and between 1 and 2 kWh of electricity.” (via Slate).

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Willie Nelson's [One Day After] 4/20 Show in Amsterdam

Willie Nelson was playing the Melkweg in Amsterdam last night. Great, small venue (probably about 1,500 people or so), and as close to a homecoming for Willie as he gets outside Austin.

It was an amazing performance — among the songs performed were Whiskey River, Whiskey For My Men (Beer For My Horses), Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys, Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground, On The Road Again, Always On My Mind, A gospel set (I’ll Fly Away, Will the Circle be unbroken), Help Me Make It Through The Night, Me & Bobby McGee, Georgia,
All Of Me, Good Hearted Woman, and Jambalaya.

The highlight of the show, however, was Willie stopping things half way through. He gets up to the mic and says “When I told one of my friends I was coming here for 4/20, he said he’d have to join me. Please help me welcome to the stage …”

Willie and Snoop

Yes, that is a platinum and diamond studded mic holder in Snoop’s hand. The two had spent 4/20 together in Amsterdam, in and out of coffee shops, filming together on a duet project, and playing dominoes together. They sang together for only one song, “Superman”.

(photos courtesy of Kathryn Hurd). More photos here.

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