July 2010
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Watchazizisbored:
This Between Two Ferns with Steve Carrell is hysterical.
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“Brain Teasers: anytime, anywhere.”
The challenge: Nintendo asked us to come up with an indoor promotion for Nintendo DSi Brain Teasers. The problem: in shopping malls prior to Christmas. And as we all know, they are a madhouse of noise and confusion at this time. So, how do we get anyone’s attention in there?
The idea: In every shopping mall there is a place where we can have people for...
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“Eventually, there were enough Indians in Edison to change the culture. At which...”
– Joel Stein on Immigration, New Jersey’s Indian Influx - TIME
fuckyeahthebeatles:
Beatle Juice!
“Harry Potter is about confronting fears, finding inner strength and doing what...”
– Stephen King (via lukehiatus, cigarettesandgreentea) (via ericmortensen) (via vubui) (via spytap, cigarettesandgreentea) (via evangotlib) (via mikehudack)
June 2010
14 posts
Ira Glass on Being Wrong →
jratlee:
One of the reasons I was interested in doing this interview is because I feel like being wrong is really important to doing decent work. To do any kind of creative work well, you have to run at stuff knowing that it’s usually going to fail. You have to take that into account and you have to make peace with it. We spend a lot of money and time on stuff that goes nowhere. It’s not unusual...
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Watching America: The History of Us episode about the 1920s and they pull up this map highlighting the major organized crime bosses bootlegging around the country during prohibition besides Al Capone. The names are priceless and worthy of a Scorcese film:
Lucky Luciano - New York
The Licavoli Family - Detroit
Frank “Chee Chee” DeMayo - Kansas City
Joseph “Iron Man”...
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serendipity
debbiestier:
““ Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change...
I wish bookstores were open all night.
I would definitely go to a bookstore/bar…someone needs to get on that…maybe I will…that’s what she said…(via palahniukandchocolate)
What I Learned Today: What's all that noise? →
That buzzing, that drone, the sound of an ”elephant in distress” during the World Cup matches. It’s the vuvuzela, of course.
The vuvuzela is a plastic blowing horn, developed in the 1990s by soccer fan Neil van Schalkwyk. In South Africa, sports fans used to bring homemade tin blowing horns…
Things I never said in the year 2000
OK guys I tried a new recipe, let me know what you think.
Can I have a Jack on the rocks?
My DVR is full again.
How is that not on YouTube?
Hey, check out my blog.
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Google Voice
Finally set up a Google Voice number tonight, eager to try the recording feature. Maiden call had to go to The Information, as he lived up to his name by answering yet another question of mine with “Google has that,” when I asked him if it was possible to record calls. Overall a great success, the playback was crystal clear, with Cliffe sounding as if he was in the room. Fun side...
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May 2010
7 posts
“The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be...”
– Charles Spurgeon (via 500daysofkissingmypillow) (via leavemethismess) (via bugseatbooks) (via booklover) (via dananewman) (via debbiestier)
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All you need is love -- and a Beatles degree
fuckyeahthebeatles:
They helped introduce the world to mop top haircuts, collarless jackets and yellow submarines — now a British university is launching what it says is the world’s first ever masters degree in the Beatles.
Liverpool Hope University, in the Fab Four’s home city, says its Beatles, Popular Music and Society course will be a long-overdue examination of the band behind songs such...
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Pulp Fiction If Written By Shakespeare
Julius: Your pardon; did I break thy concentration?
Continue! Ah, but now thy tongue is still.
Allow me, then, to offer a retort.
Describe Marsellus Wallace to me, pray.
Brett: What?
Julius: What country dost thou hail from?
Brett: What?
Julius: Thou sayest thou dost hail from distant What!
I know but naught of thy strange country What.
What language speak they in the land of What?
Brett: What?
Julius: English, base knave, dost thou speak it?
Brett: Aye!
Julius: Then hearken to my words and answer them!
Describe to me Marsellus Wallace!
Brett: What?
(JULIUS presses his knife to BRETT's throat)
Julius: Speak 'What' again! Thou cur, cry 'What' again!
I dare thee utter 'What' again but once!
I dare thee twice and spit upon thy name!
Now, paint for me a portraiture in words,
If thou hast any in thy head but 'What',
Of Marsellus Wallace!
Brett: He is dark.
Julius: Aye, and what more?
Brett: His head is shaven bald.
Julius: Hath he the semblance of a harlot?
Brett: What?
(JULIUS strikes with his blade and BRETT cries out)
Julius: Hath he the semblance of a harlot?
Brett: Nay!
Julius: Then why didst thou attempt to bed him thus?
Brett: I did not!
Julius: Aye, thou didst! O, aye, thou didst!
Thou sought to rape him like a chattel whore!
And sooth, Lord Wallace is displeased to bed
With aught save Lady Wallace, whom he wed.
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Hunter S. Thompson article optioned for movie →
One of Thompson’s last works has been picked up for feature treatment that would put a character based on Thompson onscreen again, this time as a crusader for justice.
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April 2010
8 posts
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whilst playing beatles rock band
Me: One day we should just play all the songs in a row. Would you be down for that?
Tooth: Hell yeah, I'm down for anything Beatles. I'd go to a Beatles Nazi rally.
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Curb: The Discussion →
A celebrity panel will watch each episode of the comedy and discuss ethical issues raised by the unorthodox behavior of David’s character.
very excited for this
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New Fruit: Episode III
The kiwi. Sure you’ve had it in fruit salad, but you know you never want to buy them in the store because let’s face it - it’s grabbing fuzzy balls. I bought a sack of six; why not take the plunge, right? None of us would even know about these things If it wasn’t for Snapple and other pioneers in the 90’s exposing us to unheard of flavors like Mango Madness and...
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The Chinese suck at zoos →
“This kind of mistreatment is very common in Chinese zoos”
Hua Ning, program director for the International Fund for Animal Welfare, on the 11 rare Siberian tigers that starved to death at a Shenyang zoo. Three more are in critical condition.
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Area 51 Vets Break Silence
mikehudack:
stevewyshywaniuk:
When the first jets were being tested at what Muroc Army Air Field, later renamed Edwards Air Force Base, a test pilot put on a gorilla mask and flew upside down beside a private pilot.
“Well, when this guy went back, telling reporters, ‘I saw a plane that didn’t have a propeller and being flown by a monkey,’ well, they laughed at this guy — and it got where the...
March 2010
15 posts
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yes
palahniukandchocolate:
loveyourchaos:tiresome:milktrees: Sapiosexual (n): a person who is sexually attracted to intelligence in others. Sapiosexual (adj): of, or relating to, finding intellectual stimulation sexually arousing.
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Unknown number: Back in the USA!
Me: New phone, who is this and where were you visiting? Did you have fun? Did you bring me anything?
Unknown number: This is Ted. Iraq. no. no.
Me: My bad...welcome back dude
Ted: No worries, rangers suck huh?
Me: Oh yeah
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FX's Archer renewed for second season →
“The show hasn’t drawn big ratings — it’s averaging a little more than 1.2 million viewers per week. But that falls in line with the cable channel’s other recent comedy launch, “The League” (1.3 million average in the fall) and is better than the first season of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” which grew in later seasons as more...
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Fruit 2
New Fruit - Part Deux
Next up in the fruit experiment - a Dulcinea cantaloupe from Guatemala.
They’re from Guatemala so you know it’s gotta be good. I don’t know what that means. But those Guats sure did clean the ol’ frat house good enough, so let’s just assume they know something about produce shall we? These ain’t your mom’s cantaloupes!...
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