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OH EM GEE: I Heart Michael Cera Edition

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Superbad is pretty super-good, but I can’t help but wonder if I would have liked it as much if it didn’t star Michael Cera, whom I have also adored as George-Michael Bluth on Arrested Development and as slightly creepy campus tour guy Dean on Veronica Mars. Cera’s a slender, wide-eyed 18-year-old with incredible comic timing and a subtle sense of humor that’s hard to pin down. Why, exactly, is it hysterically funny when he runs (in Superbad), or when he tries to explain to his dad that his dud girlfriend is cute (in AD)? Continue reading →

Global Warming Bike Tour

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A Stanford trained global warming scientist that has been biking around the world to raise awareness about global warming will be in Eugene on Thursday. David Kroodsma will give a presentation at 5:30 pm on Thursday, August 30th in the Bascom/Tykeson Room, Eugene Public Library. Continue reading →

Pooper Snoopers

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Researchers at Oregon State University have helped develop an automated method of sampling municipal sewers for drugs. According to an Aug. 21 OSU press release, “The method could provide a drug surveillance tool to help public health and law enforcement officials identify patterns of drug abuse across municipalities of all sizes.” Will having Big Brother in the bathroom give people the willies? Continue reading →

Bad Blogger, No Cookie

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So I skipped yesterday. Sorry. I’d like to say it was the impending doom of having to get four fillings today, but I only just found out this morning that today is the Day of Dental Hell. Also, as you may have noticed, it’s raining. A good day to wear flip-flops, too. Continue reading →

This, That and the Other Thing

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I have a confession to make. I’m a bookmark junkie. What happens is simple: I’m strolling along on the information (overload) superhighway (dirty allway) and something catches my eye. “Oooh!” I think to myself. “That looks interesting! But too long to stop and read/listen/respond to right now.” Continue reading →

Highway Gothic

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Need something meaty to read this morning? Try “The Road to Clarity,” The New York Times Magazine’s six-page story about highway sign fonts. (Use BugMeNot if you don’t have a NYT login and it asks for one.) I’m still on page one, but here’s what makes it relevant to Eugeneans: Continue reading →

Morning Reading

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Good books are not conducive to a proper amout of sleep. Do you hear me, Craig Thompson? I was going to go to bed at a reasonable hour, but then I picked up Blankets and seeing as I was about three-quarters of the way through … I just kept reading. Continue reading →

OH EM GEE: Violet Blue Is a Genius Edition

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From the San Francisco Chronicle comes this utterly brilliant and deeply funny Violet Blue column about Conservative Sexual Fetishes. A tiny, tasty sample: “Promoting abstinence as a truism over accurate sex information actually acts as a magic golden force field carried by beautiful fairies (the straight kind) to prevent you and everyone who agrees with you from getting HIV/AIDS.” Continue reading →