November 2008
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365 Love Songs: Love is trying to remain tall in...
I kinda love this: http://www.mytweet16.com/user/mcoatney
“When you get that nice celebration coming into the dugout and you’re getting...”
– Phillies outfielder Matt Stairs on hitting a game-winning homerun. I know this is from last month, but I came across it today cleaning out my inbox, and I tell ya, it cracks me up every time.
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365 Love Songs: Love is giving ourselves one more...
Today in Awesome: Charting Films by Color Scheme →
This is fun: A program that analyzes the colors in every frame of a film and comes up with its palette. See it here:
A Way With Color: Sofia Coppola’s ‘The Virgin Suicides’,…
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365 Love Songs: Love just goes to take pictures
“Nielsen Co. just reported that home TVs are turned on for an average of 8 hours,...”
– Chicago Tribune. Okay, WHAT?!?!??! THE??!! FUCK@??@?!??!>!
HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE?!?! I don’t SLEEP 8 hours and 18 minutes a day! How can ANYONE watch this much television??!!!??? And this is the AVERAGE?
Am I missing something here???????
(via juliaallison)
Some Possibilities:
A)...
Guy just rolled up in a tricked out escalade with monster stereo. The song? ‘the little drummer boy’
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365 Love Songs: Love is going nowhere
This is pretty awesome: The case for Somali pirates: http://tinyurl.com/62aonq
Hmm. A provocative question that I think we all know the answer to: http://tinyurl.com/5u8t9a
“Remember, making mistakes and becoming smarter is the job of an entrepreneur;...”
– Robert Kiyosaki (via meghanasha)
Yeah, and making dumb, semi-fascist statements is the job of Robert Kiyosaki. This is the kind of reasoning that views employees as mere tools, like a copier or something, rather than thinking, reasoning assets that can make a company better through, yes, making...
Um, These People Do Know What Central Park is Like... →
A New York city councilman wants to show the Obama inaguration on big screens set up in Central Park.
Posted in New York, politics
Well, That's OK. I Mean, We Weren't Using That...
inadvisable:
bebelestrange:
(via The Big Picture-Barry Ritholtz)
“Whenever I discussed the current bailout situation with people, I find they have a hard time comprehending the actual numbers involved. That became a problem while doing the research for the Bailout Nation book. I needed some way to put this into proper historical perspective.
If we add in the Citi bailout, the total cost now...
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365 Love Songs: Love is whenever I think about you
Um, That Would Be Every Business in the World
bikerfish:
bunnynico:
customer: Excuse me. Can you please tell me where the self-help section is? employee: (chuckles) Doesn’t that defeat the whole purpose if I tell you?
You know, the staff at the Strand are jerks. Last I was there, they were making fun of these people who were having trouble finding the buy-back line. WELL IT WASN’T CLEARLY MARKED! What kind of place makes fun of its own...
In Which Jim Fallows Earns My Undying Admiration... →
Re. the constant use of the term “Team of Rivals” as applied to an Obama cabinet:
Nothing against Doris Kearns Goodwin, who in prehistoric times was my professor in a college course on the…
Today in Both Cool and Annoying: Project Plantir →
A video of visual representations of global Facebook use. Cool because, well, duh. Annoying because it’s just a video–I want an actual ap to play with:
Posted in Web Tagged:…
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365 Love Songs: Love is problems
“It’s not your salary that makes your rich, it’s your spending habits.”
– —Yeesh. You’re right. Got to stop eating those condor egg omlets
This is my problem.
Charles A. Jaffe (via maririvera) (via justlia) (via erickd)
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365 Love Songs: Love is standing in the hall with...
Dear Wolfgang Petersen: This Has You Written All... →
NYC Rondout-West Branch Water Tunnel
Honestly, this crying out for a film. From today’s Times:
All tunnels leak, but this one is a sieve. For most of the last two decades,…
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365 Love Songs: Love is knowing then what’s...
“yeah! MAC Cosmetics has teamed up with Sanrio Global Consumer Products to create...”
– MAC Says ‘Hello’ to Kitty Collection - Beauty Industry News - WWD.com (via marrina)
Paging Inadvisable…
whatcriscilikes:
doinmusic:
Cut Copy - Far...
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365 Love Songs: Love is girls who are boys
This Week on 'Shut Up, Weirdo': Worst Movies Ever!
frangry:
shutupweirdo:
Plan 9? Heaven’s Gate? Leonard Part 6? There’s a lot of contenders for worst movie ever, but we want to know what criteria do you judge by? Was the plot a mess? Was the acting horrible? Did it go on forever? Or did it just make you feel bad about yourself when it was over with? Call us and tell us this Friday, Nov. 28, at 6pm Eastern, at 201-209-9368. WFMU, 91.1 in the NYC...
upsider:
I have nothing positive to say about President Bush, but seeing him snubbed at the G20 summit is just so wrenching. Even though I don’t like him, I feel bad for the guy. What must it feel like to be condemned and despised by the entire world?
True. That can’t be fun. On the other hand, I suppose I’d take it over being shipped off to Syria and beaten for 10 months because of...
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365 Love Songs: Love is so confusing
Nate Silver. Is There Anything He Can’t Do? →
If you haven’t seen this, Silver’s interview with John Ziegler—the guy behind the Zogby poll that sought to support a thesis that the U.S. media was in tank for Obama—is pretty amazing. A…
For Frangry →
Today in Awesome: Life Goes to Kansas →
Kansas Doctor, Frank J. Strick. Photo: Thomas Mcavoy
This, from the great new Life pix collection on Google, looks so much like my great-grandma’s farm it hurts.
Posted in…
Well, Honestly, If I Didn't Follow You Guys There...
whatcriscilikes:
I like to tell myself that people who are following me do so because of the content of my blog, common interests, or that they know me personally (because that is just awkward!)
I am in denial that people could be following me simply because I follow them, because of photos of myself or my friends, or to mock me.
There are thousands of tumblrs in the sea, don’t bombard...
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365 Love Songs: Love is much too fast
The Funny Thing Is, When They First Introduced the... →
Sometimes, not. From the NYT:
Murder Suspect Has a Witness That Doesn’t Lie: His MetroCard
When Jason Jones was arrested in a fatal shooting in the Bronx in May, he told the police that he…
Today in unfortunate Christmas ornaments: http://tinyurl.com/6fcmyr
Today in awesome: This interview, in which Van Damme hits on our Nwk reporter, is pretty fantastic: http://www.newsweek.com/id/169176
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365 Love Songs: Love is dying for you
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WatchMarrina: True. But I love this version…
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WatchToday in corporate promos that we’d do even if we didn’t work there: Jess Bennett and Sarah Frank’s urban chicken video is pretty fun
Watchlindsayrobertson:
I think if I’d posted this on Videogum Gabe would have quit, but the point I’d like to make with it is this: if a company asks you to participate in a frank discussion of bodily functions and/or sex for their online video show, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SAY NO.
(Also, that’s your girlfriend.)
Steph: say that not all girls have those stories Me: I know! Right? Steph: because jesus...
Hey! Where’s My Talk-to-Google iPhone Ap? Didn’t they promise this last week?
Honestly, We’ll All Be Doing This Before the... →
AP: Somali Pirates Seize Supertanker Loaded with Crude.
Hmm. Mad Max really is the future, isn’t it?
Posted in World Tagged: Pirates