February 2012
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December 2011
1 post
attack the block
undrawn:
probertson:
awesome movie
Fuck yes.
Allow it.
November 2011
2 posts
October 2011
1 post
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September 2011
1 post
August 2011
1 post
July 2011
1 post
My favorite part of the trailer for Contagion. I like to imagine her motivation was thinking about making out with Michael Douglas in A Perfect Murder.
June 2011
2 posts
May 2011
2 posts
On Bin Laden Killing Tech Blogging
parislemon:
The information in the image above is not surprising at all. But still pathetic.
Imagine that, you write 35 200-word posts featuring the words “Bin Laden” in the headline and they pull in traffic on the day it’s one of the most searched terms ever.
Were any of those stories really about technology? A few, maybe. But none were given the actual attention that a story of such...
April 2011
4 posts
March 2011
3 posts
Modern Logic Puzzles →
You are attending the wedding of your ex-girlfriend and Charlie. It’s a lovely ceremony. She cries a bit at the altar. You have a 5-cup thermos and a 3-cup thermos, and a large Costco bottle of Popov in the trunk of your rental car. You know from experience that it takes exactly 4 cups of vodka before you can’t process emotions. How do you measure out precisely 4 cups of Popov?
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Paying For The Times At SXSW →
soupsoup:
David Carr at The New York Times
When I was in Austin, I would fall asleep each night to bad dreams, prompted by cable ranting that the world was melting down, principally in Japan. And each morning I would wake up to reporting that described in very careful detail what was actually known, not feared, about the nuclear crisis in Japan. Throughout the day, I checked my alerts to make...
February 2011
5 posts
From 'Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays' by...
p. 154, “Homage to an Exile: Thoughts of a Canadian Abroad”
My comments on universal health care as published in ‘Rolling Stone’ elided a central point I was attempting to make: the welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience. It would be easy, however,...
January 2011
4 posts
December 2010
3 posts
My Tenure as Holiday Party Planner Was Long,...
A list myself and Ed Fairchild wrote up for the holidays is over at McSweeney’s. It’s gonna change your life.
November 2010
7 posts
"Pop has embarked on a never-ending race to find... →
maura:
It is happening again.
The only end of year list that matters.
Came in, sipped some coffee, made a few Stephen Baldwin skateboarding .gifs. Thursdays, you know?
October 2010
3 posts
September 2010
10 posts
All Kanye West Wants to Do Is Apologize to Taylor...
(as written for my day job)
SNL Departures Sadden Don Draper
saddondraper:
Don Draper feels like Jenny Slate was the only castmember on SNL who really knew him.
My Photoshopping skills are finally recognized over at Sad Don Draper. (I have no Photoshopping skills.)
