Contrast: Power plant with a Wyland whale mural

Contrast: #powerplant with a #Wyland #whale #mural. This plant in #RedondoBeach #California is set to be decommissioned when new environmental protections go into effect, and the city and plant owner have been debating the future of the site. #smokestacks #industrial #art #whales

Contrast: #powerplant with a #Wyland #whale #mural. This plant in #RedondoBeach #California is set to be decommissioned when new environmental protections go into effect, and the city and plant owner have been debating the future of the site.

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Party like it’s 1977…

Comments on Facebook:

Brion Vibber: I assume that’s playing the disco version of the Star Wars theme…
May 27, 2013, 12:00 AM
Kelson Vibber: Or the Cantina song.
May 27, 2013, 12:10 AM
Lia Brown: Oh man, those record players were the best. Does it still work?
May 27, 2013, 9:36 PM
Kelson Vibber: Believe it or not, it’s new. It turns out there’s a whole subset of the toy market for retro toys.It’s a bit different under the hood – I’ve had to fix it once already, and it’s actually chip-driven, not classic music box works. I figure it’s probably cheaper these days to make it with fewer moving parts.
May 28, 2013, 8:34 AM
Marisa Saam: I had one of those! 🙂
May 29, 2013, 12:58 PM

I think someone’s confused about the concept of step-by-step directions.

I think someone’s confused about the concept of step-by-step directions.

Step 1: Following the above illustration and assemble the toddler bed. (Every single piece of the bed is shown in the single picture, below the text.

Wayne comments on Google+: Haven’t they heard of baby steps? sheesh

Lia comments on Facebook: Soon you will have your very own doomsday device. That is what those instructions are for, right?

Cross-posted (later) on K2R

Updated Netflix thought: Dairy farms get together to raise prices…

9/15: Netflix thought: If dairy farms got together and hiked up the price of milk, would you blame your grocery store for raising their prices?

9/16: It must be the Netflix/studio milk/dairy farm analogy that’s got @Peerindex convinced that I write about breakfast cereal.

9/20: Updated Netflix thought: Dairy farms get together to raise prices, putting the squeeze on your local grocery store. The local store raises their prices to cover their higher costs. People blame the grocery store.

Then the grocery store responds by spinning off a separate store. One store will only sell milk in cardboard cartons and cheese. The other store will only sell milk in plastic bottles or yogurt. This is, of course, to make your life easier.

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Of course, there’s always The Oatmeal’s explanation: https://theoatmeal.com/static/netflix.html

Brion adds:

One store pipes fresh delicious milk direct to your faucets, but only carries 1% because the dairy cartel is being paid by another grocery chain for an exclusive right to whole, skim, and 2%.