February 2012
13 posts
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there are days when I wonder about my sanity for staying in journalism.
there are days when I can’t imagine being happy doing anything else.
today was both, but with a dash of masochism, a healthy helping of triumph, and maniacal laughter drizzled on top.
katydidnot:
i cannot believe this episode of the new girl just had the line “there is nothing less sexy than a man asking if he can kiss you”
Um, there might be a few things that are less sexy, but not many…
Watchfittythebone:
YEAH I STILL THINK WINDUP TOYS ARE COOL. SO WHAT.
Definitely cool.
The Emancipator V. The Killer
scottyiseri:
This is Little Richard in, probably, the mid 1960’s (64-65 from the looks).
http://youtu.be/opTM1pH154Q
This is Jerry Lee Lewis from about 10 years earlier.
http://youtu.be/8cgKIGu1QqY
As much as I absolutely love both Jerry Lee and Little Richard, I feel compelled to point out how much harder JLL has to work to pull out a similar amount of Rock (or rather “RAWK”).
“There are some things that you just can’t imagine happening in your life. This...”
– Mitt Romney, on Donald Trump endorsing him during a joint appearance in Las Vegas. (via officialssay)
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Fact: Every time you equate free speech with the ability to be published at your pleasure, an angel gets its wings chopped from its body without anesthetic.
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“It was the worst meeting I’ve ever had in my life, honestly.”
– U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, on her meeting with Edward DeMarco, acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. According to Boxer, DeMarco said “his interest is making sure Fannie [Mae] and Freddie [Mac] do well financially,” not making homeownership more affordable. (via officialssay)
Don't Be the Worst: On Crying →
sparkerpants:
“I never know what to do during these moments. I tend to view crying in its most literal sense: as fluid squirting involuntarily from an orifice, and I react accordingly. You know, like if you’d severed your femoral artery and blood began spraying everywhere. In both cases, I might offer you a tissue and go, ‘Don’t…do that.’”
January 2012
59 posts
“Nothing in this world happens unless white folks says it happens.”
– -James McBrade, Spike Lee’s “Red Hook” co-writer
I suggest reading the whole piece. He’s got a good damned point.
“Divorce me, untie, or break that knot again,
Take me to you, imprison me, for...”
– John Donne, from “Holy Sonnet XIV” (via luxehours)
“Newt Gingrich is an idiot of great renown. There is something so hopelessly...”
– Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, on the Colbert Report.
(via allanmjoseph)
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Watchgiantstepsproductions:
love love love this. The Dalles LIVE from inside the state capitol building, Austin TX.
“The minivan’s interior, the band members told Terry Gross of NPR’s “Fresh Air,”...”
– Best mention in the New York Times ever….which was quoting this interview with The Black Keys. (via nprfreshair)
babesofnpr:
Kai Ryssdal: financial know-how, everyman sensibilities, bedroom eyes. Let’s do the numbers.
Submitted by Queer South
Hey, Kai? Call me. Let’s do “the numbers.”
I Don’t Think I Want Kids →
sparkerpants:
“A single guy who’s barely making rent saying he doesn’t want kids is like a horse saying he doesn’t want an iPad. Of course you don’t. Those things are not for you.”
And how…
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i have a gorilla suit now
i hope my roommate realizes that means she is always ALWAYS at risk for a gorilla attack. the pets better watch their steps too.
nprfreshair:
Here’s the audio from a 2008...
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“If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn’t have went down like it did....”
– Mark Wahlberg, who can DIAF, talmbout how he could have prevented the hijackers from crashing the plane he was scheduled to be aboard on 9/11. He changed his flight to go to some film festival in Canada or something.
What a self-aggrandizing piece of shit.
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“So, rather than just look at how legislation can be stopped, ask yourself: Where...”
– -The Obama administration’s response to petitions against SOPA and PIPA
If you do ACTUALLY care about this, I suggest you read the response in its entirety.
Yelping with Cormac: Chevy's Fresh Mex →
yelpingwithcormac:
Palo Alto, CA
Cormac M. | Author | Lost in the chaparral, NM
Two stars.
The Sheriff stood over a table cleaved cleanly in two. Around him wellheeled young people lay newly dead. What do you have there deputy, he said.
Deputy Stevens leaned over the ruined bar and looked behind it. I got two…
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“Fuck Keith Richards. Fuck all those dudes that survived the 60s flying around on...”
– Dave Grohl, in “Lemmy”
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Oh, Texas...
There’s an ad at the top of my gmail window right now that says, “Free Wild Hog Hunting - www.HogHuntingHogHunting.com - Texas is over-run with hogs Help! 3 day/2night with meals and lodging.”
“Numerous historians and political scientists have documented that the war on...”
– Michelle Alexander on President Reagan’s War On Drugs. [complete interview here] (via nprfreshair)
“Jerry Lewis once said that he didn’t think women were funny. So I’d just like to...”
– Judd Apatow’s acceptance speech at the People Choice Awards for “Bridesmaids” snagging Comedy Film of The Year. (via msandrogynous)
(I mean, there’s an irony in a man accepting the award, but, you know…)