I like to think about stuff.Tumblr (3.0; @atomrobinson)http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/<a href="http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2009/06/the_renters_credit_impact.shtml?refid=0">The Renter's Credit unallotment impact from MPR's News Cut blog</a>: This breaks my heart.http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/126609430http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/126609430Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:34:58 -0500<a href="http://bloglynch.blogspot.com/2009/06/30-rock-is-rip-off-of-muppet-show.html">30 ROCK is a rip-off of THE MUPPET SHOW!</a>: <img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_npCa0ZKo4i8/Si1Xl8vBs6I/AAAAAAAAAfU/2seEJ9U2Eow/s1600-h/Statler_Waldorf.jpg"/>http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/120739115http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/120739115Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:41:56 -0500<a href="http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/jun2009/db2009064_666715.htm?chan=top%20news_top%20news%20index%20-%20temp_policy%20+amp;%20government">Study Links Medical Costs and Personal Bankruptcy - BusinessWeek</a>: Harvard researchers say 62% of all personal bankruptcies in the U.S. in 2007 were caused by health problems—and 78% of those filers had insurancehttp://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/118085347http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/118085347Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:32:28 -0500<a href="http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2009/may/new-deal-typeface">New Deal typeface</a>: I think I have a crush on this font…http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/117921796http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/117921796Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:55:28 -0500<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/sGoAnynHQn5l9g79hWqn3hVTo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/disney-star-wars-weekend">Disney Star Wars Weekend Posters are Awesome! </a></p> <p>(ht <a target="_blank" title="Coudal Partners" href="http://couldal.com">Coudal</a>)</p>http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/104149883http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/104149883Wed, 06 May 2009 08:07:17 -0500<a href="http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2009/05/02">Little League by Paul Hostovsky | The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor</a>: <p>I don’t think I need to tell you that the confluence of baseball and daughters (and, my birthday) is pretty fantastic for me right now.</p> <h2>Little League</h2> <p class="author">by <a href="http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/author.php?auth_id=2190">Paul Hostovsky</a></p> <!-- (from <em>Bending the Notes</em>) --> <!-- END list work, authors, books --> <p>When the ump produces<br/> his little hand broom<br/> and stops all play to stoop<br/> and dust off home plate,<br/> my daughter sitting beside me<br/> looks up and gives me a smile that says<br/> this is by far her favorite part of baseball.<br/><br/> And then when he skillfully<br/> spits without getting any<br/> on the catcher or the batter or himself,<br/> she looks up again and smiles<br/> even bigger.<br/><br/> But when someone hits a long foul ball<br/> and everyone’s eyes are on it<br/> as it sails out of play …<br/> the ump has dipped his hand<br/> into his bottomless black pocket<br/> and conjured up a shiny new white one<br/> like a brand new coin<br/> from behind the catcher’s ear,<br/> which he then gives to the catcher<br/> who seems to contain his surprise<br/> though behind his mask his eyes are surely<br/> as wide with wonder as hers.</p> <p class="author">“Little League” by Paul Hostovsky, from <i>Bending the Notes</i>. © Main Street Rag, 2008. Reprinted with permission. (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D14%26ref%255F%3Dnb%255Fss%255Fb%26y%3D20%26field-keywords%3DPaul%2520Hostovsky%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Dstripbooks&tag=writal-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957" target="_blank">buy now</a>)</p>http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/103472394http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/103472394Mon, 04 May 2009 17:05:46 -0500<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/sGoAnynHQn34hcyn2vkiwqoTo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://website13156.com/?p=165">Wu-Tang Design Remix Project pt.1 | Logan Walters</a></p> <p>[via <a target="_blank" title="metafilter" href="http://www.metafilter.com/81383/WuTang-Design-Remix-Project-Pt-1">metafilter</a>]</p>http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/103427932http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/103427932Mon, 04 May 2009 14:42:00 -0500<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/sGoAnynHQn2na865d9DG1ffSo1_100.gif"/><br/><br/><a href="http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/i?ammem/wpapos:@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+3b49034)):displayType=1:m856sd=cph:m856sf=3b49034">American Memory Digital Item Display - 96510383</a>http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/103291842http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/103291842Mon, 04 May 2009 06:40:34 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nr_Zhy5zkus&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nr_Zhy5zkus&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>Chopsticks: John King ukulele (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/NaluMusic">NaluMusic</a>)http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/102683457http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/102683457Sat, 02 May 2009 13:27:17 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/102362527/sGoAnynHQmytww04wqRQYHgi&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/>This is totally narcissistic, but this is me playing bass on this incredible song.  From Kathryn Musilek’s album “<a target="_blank" title="CD Baby: Every Window in My House" href="http://cdbaby.com/cd/musilek">Every Window in My House</a>.”http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/102362527http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/102362527Fri, 01 May 2009 14:35:04 -0500<a href="http://www.city-journal.org/2009/19_1_urb-science-fiction.html">How Science Fiction Found Religion by Benjamin A. Plotinsky, City Journal Winter 2009</a>http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/91889483http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/91889483Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:05:28 -0500<a href="http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_3987"> Must read: Commentary: Where have you gone, Floyd B.?</a>http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/91198143http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/91198143Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:09:51 -0500<a href="http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2009/04/06/090406ta_talk_peed">BSG in the New Yorker: Brave New World Dept.: Shuttle Diplomacy</a>: I can’t wait until school’s over so I can start watching this show.http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/91197984http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/91197984Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:08:56 -0500<a href="http://www.library.sfsu.edu/exhibits/labels/default.php">Look for the Union Label: A Celebration of Union Logos and Emblems LARC Label Exhibit Home</a>http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/85654250http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/85654250Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:24:07 -0500<a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/tny/cocktail-recipes-for-the-reces.html">The New Yorker: Cocktail Recipes for the Recession</a>: Anyone ready for a drink?http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/85641508http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/85641508Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:33:09 -0500<a href="http://www.stepupcommunications.com/BlogArchives/2008/05/Article30/index.cfm">Stuff Graphic Designers Like</a>: Huh.http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/83762102http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/83762102Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:46:53 -0600<a href="http://www.goapeshirts.com/products/046/">Who Watches the Watches? by Rocky Davies</a>: Sometimes, I wish I thought of awesome things before other people thought of awesome things…http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/83567437http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/83567437Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:23:31 -0600<a href="http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0903&article=why-stories-matter">Why Stories Matter, Sojourners Magazine/March 2009</a>http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/83254955http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/83254955Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:53:11 -0600to read<a href="http://www.mndaily.com/2009/03/01/student-drop-city-council-race-lied-about-past">Student to drop from City Council race, lied about past | mndaily.com </a>: Wow.  What an odd story.http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/83000133http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/83000133Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:23:35 -0600<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_Png-PC0ews&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_Png-PC0ews&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><b>Blu Blockers Commercial (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/johnvella">johnvella</a>) </b></p> <p>There was a time in my life when I could rock this rap end to end.  Unfortunately, this is no longer that time…</p>http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/82965593http://atomrobinson.tumblr.com/post/82965593Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:11:50 -0600