October 2011
R.I.P. Google Reader
philk:
200whenever-2011.
God, it is so horrendously unreadable. (Ironic, too.)
Condolence Cards To Kim Kardashian
“Honestly, we couldn’t handle one more person in the family whose name begins with a K.”
“I always thought your soulmate was really that nice boy from the video.”
“Let’s just get some cosmos and some collagen injections and forget the whole thing ever happened.”
“I hear that the best way to get over a breakup is to start producing a line of...
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theblueprint replied to your post: They want government to prioritize the needs of citizens above the needs of corporations generally
all of the OWS stuff has me wondering: precisely how much better off would we be if lobbying was outlawed? (and the SCOTUS “corporations = people” decision were reversed)
How much better off would we be without lobbying? Hmm, I don’t know. How much better...
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They want government to prioritize the needs of...
They want government to prioritize the needs of citizens above the needs of corporations generally
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Cities around the world began outlawing excessive horn honking as a safety measure as much as a way to improve quality of life. Officials found that too many drivers used horns instead of brakes when they saw a car or a pedestrian in their way. Jeffrey Muttart, a crash safety expert at the University of Massachusetts, says that these days many drivers use their horns to “chastise” others, and...
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"Nice read. Like the part where your dad slowly... →
1. Dad cuts off your allowance and gives you a bizarre chore.
2. Mostly fail at chore.
3. ???????
4. PROFIT!!!!
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Is Halloween Over Yet?
I enjoyed the last New York Giants victory this season. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have… hobbies to learn.
“U MAD? U MAD? U MAD?”
– Qadafi’s last words
foreignspell replied to your post: “Congratulations on the win, boys. I mean, it’s…
The answer to a lot of those questions would be a resounding NO. Who are you rooting for tonight? I say the Eagles, because Cowboy losses are always funny, and I feel like the Eagles have more Collapse-Down-the-Stretch potential.
I’d think the opposite. Dallas has perpetual Collapse-Down-the-Stretch...
Too cold to go out, so we're hate-reading NYT's...
andrearosen:
Here are the worst parts:
”[‘Tower Heist’ is] my best film, as far as my maturity as a filmmaker is concerned.’”
“After inviting Mr. Ratner to an early screening of Ron Howard’s 1994 comedy-drama ’The Paper,’ about the operations of a fictional tabloid, Mr. Grazer recalled, ‘He just said: ‘Well, who’s going to see it? It’s kind of highbrow.’ It had never really occurred to us. He...
Merge with Mediaite? I don’t even think Spiers reads Mediaite.
Abrams needs to find someone who’s rich, bored, stupid, and lacks taste. In other words, not Elizabeth Spiers. And not Jared Kushner.
It’s just too bad Arianna Huffington is not bored at the moment, eh?
BREAKING: There is weather
I think the only news here is that global weather patterns are joining in with the corporations in breaking the social contract. We’ve had some nice weekends here and there, but we, like, need to have weekends. They’re not optional. ALL WORK AND NO WEEKEND MAKE HOMER SOMETHING SOMETHING
(complete that phrase)
Also, isn’t it so convenient that something as minor as...
Kick The Throne
philk:
“It sucks— it’s cliché shit. Diamonds, cars, aviator shades, Gucci, half-naked bitches, wack-ass beats. When Jay-Z was the only one rapping about that stuff, it was cool. Now it’s just so fucking old. Who gives a fuck?”
Newly minted Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky on current New York City hip-hop. (via pitchfork)
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Final results for Project Runway pick-em league: I picked the winner, but Carolyn’s overwhelming point advantage from the initial weeks (7 of my 10 picks were vaporized quickly) and the even-scoring of the weeks since then were too much to overcome. She wins the league by roughly 10 points. Oh well. BTW, we’re both OK with the winner. We won’t spoil it for you, but both of us are...
“You don’t want to be the Spanish interrogation.”
– Julia Allison on the Today Show. (via biteofpythias)
And, all told, the idea of having a meme-themed costume party is probably a beneficial concept, because if you have just one costume concept, better for it to be something nerdy/obscure from the Internet, and it’s good that you can go to at least one party where people will recognize it - but then you can go to all the other parties with their slutty zombie Michelle Bachmans and slutty...
interweber:
U MAD
No hate at all for the party itself! It’s a good thing people are still having Halloween parties, actually! (My wallet declined to participate, though. And my head cold made the vote against a landslide. I am probably junking the entire possibility of any costume this year, not just the meme costume concept.)
Yet Tumblr itself is always annoying when everyone is...
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So, um, everyone went to an Internet people party last night, and ten different people took pictures of everyone who was there, and now everyone who’s in each of those pictures is reblogging each gallery? Am I correct on that?
::checks calendar year::
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I originally read this as “TOM MORELLO Breaks Up Rock Show After Screaming Match”
wrt something I just emailed to Katie Bakes, I did not know that both Drew Brees AND Carson Palmer were born in 1979. Then I saw that John Krasinski and Mindy Kaling are also on that list, and suddenly I’m having this weird moment where the pace for achievement in life (until now mostly set by actors who started as teenagers) is suddenly that much higher. Well, maybe higher than Carson...
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“Instead of goodbye, I’m going to tell the universe that one day Richard and I dreamed up a show called Departures, which is a procedural where Cherry Jones plays an obituary writer who solves crimes.”
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THINGS THAT WILL NOT SURPRISE CHRIS O’LEARY: Autumnation is perhaps overhopped.
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You know, I could handle living in Central Florida if it meant tagging along on frequent golf-cart stealing misadventures with Ryan Gosling and Justin Timberlake. No homo.
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Another point to keep in mind: these kids are out there protesting because, basically, they feel like the establishment (or whatever you want to call it) broke the social contract by lording over the economy/fiscal goverment and refusing to yield property, resources, or opportunity to anyone who doesn’t fully play along (and in a lot of cases to people who have been entirely compliant, too)....
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creeperstatus replied to your post: The defining moment of white-people protest…
So you’re saying I should arm myself now, right?
Ha, no, that would just turn you into history’s next “terrorist”.
Think more closely about the problem. If you openly protest the establishment, and the establishment kills you, and if the result is that TIME Magazine writes a soulless...
The defining moment of white-people protest culture from the late 60’s - early 70’s (when it was a big thing) were the shootings at Kent State. People got arrested all the time for protesting back then, yet few journalistic or reference materials bother to get into it. When they do talk about the four students who were MURDERED for doing little more than irritating the National Guard,...
Andy Rooney has been hospitalized after serious...
You know what irritates me? All these people trying to imitate Steve Jobs.
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seagull:
“Looking for photography studio in the Austin, TX area for location for a no budget, thriller, short film “I SEE YOU.”. We don’t have the funds to pay, but will include the name of the studio in the film and cast owner as a featured extra as photographer in the scene. The scene is short and won’t require very long to shoot, 2 hours tops. Please contact me asap. Thank you.”
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artyucko replied to your post: rachelfershleiser replied to your post: Haven’t…
dude if I ever become a “Tumblr of Substance” please do me a favor and shoot me.
dude, at least you’re amusing. If you ever become one of those people who writes a long Steve Jobs eulogy following a Kickstarter pitch for one of meaghano’s sex diary projects, I will not just shoot you but I will beat...
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rachelfershleiser replied to your post: Haven’t been checking Tumblr much lately. Today I…
Since you asked, yes, I read lots of interesting things about books and politics and food culture written by lots of people I like and respect. Maybe change who you follow?
For this I have two points, and I think they’ll resonate with other users who don’t value Tumblr much for its...
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Haven’t been checking Tumblr much lately.
Today I scan the dashboard and immediately see five+ things that infuriate me or look utterly embarrassing for the subject (and are thus worthy of snarking).
I wonder, who is happy with this stuff lately? Do you feel like you’re getting anything done on here, or is it just another thing to numb the pain of living?
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Ninety9 reblogging a report about a zine that...
Ninety9 reblogging a report about a zine that comments on reviews on Pitchfork
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Ten years ago we had Bob Hope, Johnny Cash, and Steve Jobs. Now we have LMFAO
