Halloween: Let Your Geek Flag Fly!
So while everyone is going to the store and buying their pre-packaged, Chinese made Halloween garb with names as creative as “Sexy Nurse” or “Sexy Witch” or “Sexy Construction Worker” or “Sexy [INSERT JOB-TITLE HERE]” – these fine folks actually spent time and effort (and sometimes blood sweat and tears) on their costume. I trolled the internet looking for the best costumes, well actually mostly I trolled reddit and picked the costumes I like. So, without further ado. Here are The Mudflats most awesome – referential – best done – cool costumes of 2013. If you think we missed one…
Open Thread: BP Continues to Leak [only water…]
I found this photo on reddit titled “Water bottle leaked and ruined my laptop. Definitely should’ve seen that one coming…” It made me think about the fact that while all the Federal Parks are closed to normal citizens, they’ll continued to be open to drilling. From ThinkProgress: ….because Congress allocates resources to federal agencies through a complex mix of funding sources, public lands and waters would likely remain open to most oil, gas, and mining operations. This is even true for national parks. Drilling is currently happening in 12 national parks, including in Padre Island National Seashore in Texas and…