May 2013
10 posts
North Carolina May Ban Tesla Sales To Prevent →
self-ownership:
The proposal, which the Raleigh News & Observer reports was unanimously approved by the state’s Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday, would apply to all car manufacturers, but the intended target is clear. It’s aimed at Tesla, the only U.S. automaker whose business model relies on selling cars directly to consumers, rather than through a network of third-party dealerships.
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This car performs better than anything we’ve ever tested before. Not just the...
– Jake Fisher, Consumer Reports’ director of testing on the Tesla Model S. (via parislemon)
If I had the money to buy any car, it would be this one.
April 2013
46 posts
kathrynbegins:
One time I called the White House looking for weed.
One time I drunk-dialed 911 cause I lost my credit card.
One time I left a really awkward message on a masseuse’s voicemail cause I thought he was flirting with me but he was really just looking for business.
Ladies and gentlemen, my wife.
We don’t have to be scared, and we’re not powerless. We actually have all the...
– Bruce Schneier, on why we must keep calm and carry on after the Boston Marathon bombing. (via theatlantic)
Be Cocky Now.
tbridge:
thejokell replied to your photo: Sunday Ballpark Pano on Flickr. Another great game at Nationals Park! :)
Be cocky now. It’s easy to be cocky after two weeks of baseball. But that’s all it is: two weeks.
Baseball is wonderful because no two weeks’ results make or break the season, least of all the first two weeks of the season. As mightyflynn is so fond of saying, it’s a long...
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As soon as you crack your knuckles and open up a comments page, you just...
– Louis C. K. (yes, again), in an interview with Dave Itzkoff for The New York Times. (via parislemon)
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a penetrating statement: I spent a lot of money on... →
capitalismconcarne:
I’ve never ordered beer online, but it seemed that was the only way I was going to get a bottle of the first Brewery Ommegang / HBO / Game of Thrones beer. And if you ordered 6 bottles, you got free shipping, so obviously I had to do that.
Brewery Ommegang / Game of Thrones - “Iron Throne”…
I’m going to a local place today to get the Iron Throne. Where did you...