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Dear Puffin,
Much has happened since I last posted. I have finished a 400 mile move, which will hopefully be my last for a very long time. I’m positively sick of moving every damn year. The Pats lost to the Bills in one of the strangest games I’ve ever been unable to watch. And the Red Sox were eliminated in a particularly humiliating and historically accurate way. I’ve had one of my teeth rebuilt. And I’ve finally gotten a job. With whom, you ask, hoping that I’m finally living up to my potential, as my 3rd grade teacher used to say, and fulfilling my dream as a policy advocate for the ACLU. But no Puffin. I must disappoint you. I’m working at an unnamed national chain bookstore. For minimum wage. With no benefits.
More later Puffin. I have to go to day 2 of indoctrination. And I have to go buy pants.
Love
MacGuffin
Dear Puffin
Here are some graphs, presented (mostly) without comment.
What do Burma, Liberia and the United States have in common? They are the only three nations that still refuse to adopt the metric system. Can we please get over ourselves? Please?
And on a more serious note
And finally
Seriously people. Get over it.
Love
MacGuffin
MacGuffin,
I apologize for my brief absence. After a brief power outage, I was left with carrier pigeons as my only means of communication. And, as you may know, their html compliance is questionable at best.
Much to my surprise, I found that G4TV has done some excellent epidemiology of the various zombie outbreaks over the last few years. I present it to you in your favorite form.
I hope my own research into the field will bring about a better world. But for now, this should suffice.
As always,
Puffin
MacGuffin,
Click to see full size. You know you want to.
It should come as no surprise that your love of infographics has spread to me. This chart, in all its bellowing and swirling in its red, white, and blue glory, represents the tax burden by income bracket since the income tax was first levied. Red represents a harsh burden, blue a less severe one.
So in a nutshell, the chart shows that until around 1940, tax burdens were low for everyone, in historical terms. Then they rose sharply for everyone until about 1970. At that point, the rich and poor began to diverge. Those making around $10,000 to around $50,000 per year enjoyed a comparatively low-tax period in the 70s, but by the early 80s they were taxed slightly higher than the historical average. In the 2000s, their tax rate came back down a bit. By contrast, those making more than roughly $200,000 a year saw a sharp decrease in their tax burden starting in the 80s. That trend has continued to this day.
It certainly makes one wonder just where the government gets money to pay for all those wonderful toys, like your F35s you so dearly love.
All the best,
Puffin
Another AMAZING bento box.
Its good to know sexism is still alive and well. Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor talks about the weird and completely inappropriate questions she faced during her confirmation hearings. Money quote: ”I think they already know the color of my underwear”. From The Atlantic.
WE HAVE A DATE! The new season of Doctor Who will begin April 23rd. Here.
Reddit does, occasionally, come up with something funny. This is the apparently true story of how HP customer service accidentally confused an antique dresser for a computer and….. yeah, read it for yourself here.
This is an infographic explaining the timeline of the Pandorica storyline. View the whole thing Here, much much bigger.
ThePragmaticLeibnitz points us to Roger Ebert’s fantastic review of Battle: Los Angeles here.
This is a recipe for gold dusted rainbow cake balls. Yes. Yes please. Here.
Gorgeous retro travel posters for the Misty Mountains, Rivendell and The Shire from Steve Thomas Art. This guy is great, but I desperately want a Mines of Moria one. Sometime soon I’ll do the Mos Eisley, the Kessel Run and Yavin X wing show posters, which are similarly awesome. Vintage Lord of the Rings travel posters exist. Isn’t the internet awesome?
