Patrick has read all seven volumes of Marcel Proust’s “In Search Of Lost Time” and has chosen to use it for good, instead of evil.
Cambridge, MA / Male
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/21/supreme-court-ro... ![[link]](http://s-ec-sm.buzzfeed.com/static/images/public/icons/external-link2.png){kind=icon}
The Supreme Court ruled today that corporations can funnel unlimited millions to support or defeat any candidate any any level, effectively ending democracy and replacing it with a system of corporate governance not seen since … well … Mussolini's Italy.
http://rawstory.com/2009/01/hack-attack-portrays-bean-pre...
European hacktivists replaced a photo of Spanish PM Jose Luis Zapatero with an image of Mr. Bean on the EU presidency's official Web site. The hack came during Spain's launch of the site, meant to reassure EU members that the rotating presidency is in good hands with Zapatero.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/16/archaeologists-c...
A team of archeologists claim to have found pyramids at the bottom of the Caribbean Sea. There is almost no chance this could be a let down.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/200...
Linda McMahon, CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, is running for senate in Connecticut on the GOP ticket against Chris Todd. I will give almost anything to see them settle this in the squared circle.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/us...
(on a grand scale, too). Students plastered the first eight notes of Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up on scaffolding surrounding the Boston research center's Great Dome.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/books/14carroll.html?_r=1
Jim Carroll, author of The Basketball Diaries and quasi-punk rock Bob Dylan (sort of), passed away this weekend. Even though I outgrew him, Jim Carroll was one of the writers who turned me on to poetry in late high school. Ill always thank him for that.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/08/31/evolution-missouri-ts...
In “Hey! The 1910's are back!” news, a Missouri school district banned a t-shirt featuring an image of a monkey holding a brass instrument and progressing through various stages of evolution until becoming a human. “I was disappointed with the image on the shirt,” said Sherry Melby, a band parent. “I don’t think evolution should be associated with our school.” You stay classy, Missouri.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1208047/Li...
Artificial life will be made-to-order within four months, according to U.S genome expert Craig Venter. The scientist, named as one of the most influential people in the world, said the first 'synthetic species' could be created this year. Maybe now I can finally get my hands on a real-life popple.
http://personas.media.mit.edu/personasWeb
“Personas is a component of the Metropath(ologies) exhibit, currently on display at the MIT Museum - It creates a data portrait of one's aggregated online identity. In short, Personas shows you how the Internet sees you.”
http://open.salon.com/blog/mortimer_hayden_smyth/2009/07/...
Dobbs' biography has always been sketchy when it comes to place of birth— some sources claim he was born in Childress, Texas, while others cite Rupert, Idaho. Neither “fact” turns out to be the truth.
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