A blog about games and stuff by Mr. skateborden.
I have some pages now where you can read about me, or see some games I made.
PSL / / A sad and pathetic failure (Prat Med: LCD Soundsystem)
Wait for this to load. Though I’ve already felt this way for a long time, and have probably even said so in this very space — this interview really cements my belief that Mr. Murphy is probably the most qualified individual to be a spokesperson for a particular demographic segment of my generation.
(via bthny)
lazz:
WASHINGTON (AP) – The income gap between the richest and poorest Americans grew last year to its widest amount on record as young adults and children in particular struggled to stay afloat in the recession.
The top-earning 20 percent of Americans – those making more than $100,000 each year – received 49.4 percent of all income generated in the U.S., compared with the 3.4 percent earned by those below the poverty line, according to newly released census figures. That ratio of 14.5-to-1 was an increase from 13.6 in 2008 and nearly double a low of 7.69 in 1968.
A different measure, the international Gini index, found U.S. income inequality at its highest level since the Census Bureau began tracking household income in 1967. The U.S. also has the greatest disparity among Western industrialized nations.
At the top, the wealthiest 5 percent of Americans, who earn more than $180,000, added slightly to their annual incomes last year, census data show. Families at the $50,000 median level slipped lower.
“Income inequality is rising, and if we took into account tax data, it would be even more,” said Timothy Smeeding, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor who specializes in poverty. “More than other countries, we have a very unequal income distribution where compensation goes to the top in a winner-takes-all economy.”
This is Water, by David Foster Wallace, Part One
I was at the co-op yesterday looking for something to bring to a potluck when I happened to spot Peas of Mind Veggie Wedgies Baked Broccoli Fries. I figured this was too weird of a novelty health food product not to share the knowledge and experience of it’s existence. For understandable reasons they were not prepared and consumed at the potluck, but I ate some tonight.
Here’s my review: After preparation these things have about the color and shape of green beans. They have the texture of french fries, but a definite mild broccoli flavor. It’s not unpleasant, however it is weird enough to be a mindfuck of the this-mutant-food-product-should-not-be variety.
SOTD:
Cut Copy: “Where I’m Going”
i’ve already listened to this 8 times today and don’t intend to stop. really digging the Abbey Road/Who’s Next/XTC aesthetic they’ve got going on here, very excited for more
