September 2009
August 2009
“I watched the whole fucking episode and thought it was ridiculous. They’ve...”
– Skybarn
While I don’t feel as strongly as skybarn, I’m beginning to wonder what is going on at the show. The 60’s were fucked, yes, but the entire decade is RIPE with material; incidents and history that can be shaped into storylines. How they are able to not discuss ANY of it, in the context of an...
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postpunk:
The Top 35 Or So Songs of the 80’s
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Cheney Says He Was Proponent for Military Action... →
Today in entirely unsurprising headlines…
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The C Word: The Most Taboo Term in English |... →
‘Thinking Outside the Box’ was the original, and better, hedline for this…
WatchToday in fun
Honestly, I refuse to be ashamed to admit I like...
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Rare Centuple Play Ends Mets' Season →
Ha
“My flight lands at 9:30 on Sunday…You want to watch what? What the fuck is mad...”
– (via @shitmydadsays aka the best Twitter ever) (via sarahfrank)
Search Harper's Index: Numbers and statistics for... →
For AK…
Man Vows To Eat A Slice At Every NY Pizzeria →
lindsayrobertson:
OR: Unemployed man forced by girlfriend to see “Julia And Julia,” gets idea to solve all of his problems, in the areas of both finance and revenge.
Sigh. I wash I’d thought of that…..
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In Which We Learn Steven Brill Listens to This...
and, years after, writes about NYC Ed. Dept.’s Rubber Room. It’s a good piece, but misses some of the emotional impact of the radio program.
I am liking Mad Men, yes.
Dude: Perpetuating lies... how do you sleep at night?
Don Draper: On a bed made of money.
True. Though Draper stole that line from Rainier Wolfcastle . . .
“http://bit.ly/Gvksy - Doctors remove cast from Pope’s broken wrist”
– huffingtonpost
Why would you remove a cast from a broken wrist?
(via skybarn)
Because God needs no assistance…
Personas
Mark: Oooh, pretty ... http://personas.media.mit.edu/personasWeb
Andy: But not very accurate. It says I’m a gay, jet-setting magician and motivational speaker who’s the shittiest reunion host ever. I beg to differ.
peterfeld:
josephweisenthal:
“Eliminating web offerings would save precious dollars now being spent on a product that does little more than undercut the printed paper.”— Paul Farhi of the Washington Post, American Journalism Review (via soupsoup) (via mikehudack)
The thing is, he’s right and obviously so. Digital has done nothing to staunch the demise of newspapers like WaPo (NYT the verdict...
5QQ – A.J. Daulerio →
charitini:
I like this one. Fav answer:
3. What’s the biggest story the media has missed this year? (Or last week): How the people leaking the names of the players on this mysterious steroid list are more morally bankrupt and breaking more laws than the players they’ve illegally outed.
More. Also, I encourage you all to read some old “Rock and a Hard Place” interviews. They’re pretty...
peterfeld:
icanseenewyorkcityfrommyhouse:
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“They kissed and caressed in hotel rooms and restaurants in New York for months...”
– Madoff Lover Stayed On Because of Tenderness, Lust (Update1) - Bloomberg.com
This is how my breakfast dies, not with a bang but with a kiss and a caress. Then I vomit.
(via skybarn)
Actually, I think it did die with a bang…
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The Human Condition : Brett Favre in a Vikings... →
This is me
On Those "Entitled" Twenty-Somethings
youngmanhattanite:
squashed:
“Maybe there was a time, relatively recently, when young job seekers could weigh different offers or meaningfully negotiate salaries.”
Firstly, there was, for about 3 years during the dotcom boom when recent college graduates were running companies. That went really well. Aside from those few years, the only thing young job seekers could weigh was weed and the only...
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If magazines die out, where will people in...
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Gawker Media, obvs.
TMFTML →
skybarn:
Back in the day…
Damn. It’s really gone…
The average life span of a 15th century man in...
jayparkinsonmd:
mikehudack:
fuckyeahfacts:
(The World’s Greatest Book of Useless Information)
We often forget how far we’ve come. Please allow this to be a reminder.
A 65 year old today lives 6 years longer than a 65 year old in 1900.
The greatest things modern medicine have brought us are vaccines, antibiotics, and sanitation…the things that allow us to survive childhood.
Is bankrupting...
brianvan:
I’m listening to that Matrix-produced Liz Phair song that made everyone hate her… but I can’t remember the name to it. Was it, “Theme to Guantanamo”? “Satan’s Whisper”? “Career Death”? “Future Katherine Heigl Project”? I’m drawing a blank otherwise.
“Extrordinary”?
Watchsarahfrank:
Newsweek’s ‘Project Runway’ Roundtable.
More here
Honestly, I’m not really a viewer of this show. But this video might change my mind…
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LINK: Grrrr. Newsweek's Wonderful Town-Hall... →
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Grrrr!
“If humans are seeking machines, we’ve now created the perfect machines to allow...”
– Call me a hater. But you can’t deny the sad, scary truth about all this.
The powerful and mysterious brain circuitry that makes us love Google, Twitter, and texting. - By Emily Yoffe - Slate Magazine
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When Zombies Attack!: Mathematical Modelling of an... →
The more you know…
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“As for the potential health risks? “It might be dangerous,” he said, according...”
– Bronson Arroyo of Cincinnati Reds flouting MLB, union guidance on supplements - ESPN
Hey, look who just won the Real Life Kenny Powers of The Month Award.
(via skybarn)
Bronson Arroyo is my new favorite player.
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