on internet grammer

Using the excuse that because you are on a computer it’s ok to use a lower case ‘i’ when speaking in the first person is not acceptable.  I’m not exactly a stickler for grammer but the truth of the matter is, it takes just as much effort to type an uppercase ‘I’ as it does to write one so why not just hold the shirt key when you talk about yourself online?

The opening title sequence of The Kingdom is a nice 3.5 minute overview of the relationship between the US and Saudi Arabia. (via kottke.org :: home of fine hypertext products)
I’m extremely interested in oil and fuel consumption but I had never looked pre-embargo on how we got to such a place. Any book or article you can recommend is appreciated.

courtneyj

one of the better uses of animated text I’ve seen in an opening credits sequence… oh yeah and I agree the content is quite interesting as well.

just thank god you have someone that cares about you when you’re out in that boat all by yourself my mother responding to my questioning of my grandmother calling me after the big storm yesterday and explaining that I’m an aquarius thus preferring to be surrounded by water alone in the ocean.

Is Kevin Spacey the greatest impersonator ever?

I just payed the same for a half gallon of milk as a gallon of gas

Is there some kind of shortage of cows I don’t know about?

beautiful.

beautiful.