Barack Obama is tired of your motherfucking shit

JD Salinger, author of "A Perfect Day For Banana Fish" (among other things) has died.

So, here's The Cure doing Bananafish Bones:

Or... here's The Cure's studio demo for the song:

The three weeks has nearly passed. And Dell chose to extend the ordeal another two weeks; the shipment of the blasted PC has been delayed.

Screw you, Dell.

Happily, though - once they delay shipment, you get a chance to cancel !

Consider it canceled, ya buncha lousy muthafuckahs!

Oh yeah? Just wait till Al-Q gets F-15s!

Arstechnica:

A new study suggests that elementary school may be a breeding ground for this anxiety. The study found that when elementary school teachers, who are primarily female, displayed a high level of anxiety about math, that skittishness was transmitted to their female students. Those students who spent a year with a math-phobic teacher displayed lower math achievement and an increased belief in stereotypes about female mathematical ability.

Valentine's Day's coming up... right?

Just sayin.

BoingBoing has a guest contributor up this weekend who's serving up a bunch of amazing and rare musical treats:

Booker T and the MGs: Green Onions, Live in Oslo, Norway 4/7/67

Buck Owens

Maria Callas

Brubek

Shirley Temple

Lead Belly

That's just a taste. He's got 13 installments so far. All excellent.

Here's a link to all of them...

Celebrating Conservatism

Bomb Detector Snake Oil

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