An embarassment of linkie goodness
Since SlantyOD has gone to visit the inlaws, I’ll be taking his spot as designated random stuff poster. And boy, what stuff have I got for you.
- Living large in the USA (Washington Post, registration required) A frightening look at the culture of big food and overeating in the USA. The main subjects in the article are, of course, extreme examples but the facts and (I feel) the gist of the article is spot on. (ganked from MeFi)
- I guess you still gotta call it air rage. In an unexpected reversal, drunken airline attendants beat on passengers. (also from MeFi)
- Real estate has many “buzzwords”. Unique decor is one of them. (Link is to an eBay auction for the sci-fi obsessed.)
- Speaking of real estate, for those of you that don’t know, Blondie and I are looking for a house in Vancouver. We put a bid slightly above the asking price in on this cute little house but were outbid by 40K on an offer without conditions. Seriously, that’s what half-a-million dollars buys you in Vancouver.
- Terror in the Skies, Again? If you read a bunch of blogs, you’ve probably seen this already. I personally have my doubts that this event happened as described. This Salon writer also has doubts. You can read the MeFi discussion, where the opinion tends to swing towards doubt (but there are some pretty big swings) — there are also quite a few links in there.
6 comments Wednesday 21 Jul 2004 | 24601 | SlantyNet - General
okay, this is an open letter to – well, to the world. please, everyone, stop moving to vancouver and driving up the cost of housing. really, it’s not that nice a place to live. the people are ugly and toothless; the environment is so polluted that children and the elderly wear respirators when they go out. i can’t believe 1,600 sqft costs half a million.
i’m going to refer back to this everytime you tell me i should expatriate to vancouver.
oh, it’s the worst. sars? vancouver has it. west nile virus? rampant. ebola? that too. as for city itself, urban planners from los angeles once were quoted as saying that vancouver “is the probably the best example of out-of-control sprawl, misguided planning, and decrepitude anywhere on the north american continent.” you’ve been warned: stay away.
(psst, jakze: just kidding)
Oh, and the city has Slanty’s I, II and III in it as well, also a fine reason to never visit.
Actually, SlantyIII is undoubtedly a small fortune by now. Enough to retire to a nice third world country and get served coconut drinks for the rest of your life.
Mmmmmmm…Coconut drinks…