December 2007
48 posts
“Holding a dove, and letting it fly away, in the last scene was never in the...”
– Blade Runner, revisited. Oh Rutger, bad call.
“The vast majority of bloggers out there are responsible correspondents doing...”
– Stephen Colbert
Slate | The steroids social network: an... →
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Note to self:What are the school zone speeds and times? The school zone speed limit is 30 km/h, and is in effect between the following times on school days: 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.Strathcona County
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: What I Would Be... →
Because it’s Michael Ian Black and it’s that time of year again.
stereogum: You Asked For It, You Got It:... →
instant “best of” gratification.
Knocked Up director Judd Apatow is on a mission to put penises in every movie he makes—and end America’s fear of male members. The filmmaker placed a penis behind actor John C. Reilly’s head in an orgy scene in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story and watched as audience members stormed out of a test screening in disgust.“I’m gonna get a penis in every movie I do from now...
eBay: Drive Someone Insane with Postcards →
— Mareen — david — gschuelerInspired. whatever amount this auction goes to, it’s worth it.
why?
When I post or reblog someone’s audio it shows up on my dashboard but not on my page. UPDATE: problem solved. (Thanks, Told or Known)
“I started tumbling at the same time as a few of my friends and I have met lots...”
– dalas verdugo, zetahydrae: The problem with tumblelogging Other people’s moblog type posts and little notes are some of my favorites, they are a big part of what gives tumblr the personal feeling that dalas talks about.
Bat for Lashes - I’m on Fire (cover) — rach
“I guess I, when I was in my twenties, like deep down underneath all the bullshit...”
– David Foster Wallace, from a 1996 Bookworm interview (via Kottke)
Ike and Tina Turner - Proud Mary (Rolling on the...
“Earlier this year, a secularist group offered $1,000 to the highest-ranking...”
– The Economist, America’s atheists: Believe it or not
“The idea came to me when walking through Manhattan while listening to my iPod....”
– Jakob Lodwick on the orgin of lip dubbing. I love doing what Jakob describes so perfectly. It works especially well with sound isolating headphones. You are the star of your own private movie.
Common Errors in English →
[via] — ofvarieddelights Oh wow, great list. All of the things I can never remember.
“According to a recent U.N. report, Britain is the worst nation for children...”
– Foreign Policy: The List: The World’s Worst Places to Be a Kid
Since 1982, the price of data storage has fallen... →
“if this trend continues, and the cost of storage continues to decrease, we estimate that somewhere around 2020, all the world’s content will fit inside an ipod, and all the world’s music would sit in your palm as early as 2015”
“But the rise in prices is also the self-inflicted result of America’s...”
– Economist | Food prices- The end of cheap food (via FPP who titled it “The stupidest policy on the face of the earth”)
box of Jack | They Are Playing The Same Old Songs →
I’m always amazed at how people can have full conversations in clubs while I can’t understand a word being said.
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WatchLately I have been watching a lot of vidblogs on Vimeo. They capture moments in time in such a visceral way, closer somehow to the way they are in your memory; the looks on peoples faces, the sounds, the mood. Even the more mundane ones are strangely compelling. I was surprised at how often I watched the videos all the way through, which is rare for me on the web. Some of the best ones are by...
linus and lucy - vince guaraldi — rach I was...
The Jews Who Wrote Christmas Songs →
This just blew my mind — ben
“Freedom requires religion, just as religion requires freedom… Freedom and...”
– MItt Romney How come more people aren’t talking about this part of the speech? Why isn’t it the lede?
“It is as if they are intent on establishing a new religion in America — the...”
– Mitt Romney WTF does that even mean?
“A questioner wanted to know whether the candidates believed in the Bible’s...”
– George Packer: “Romney’s Religous Test”
“Tolstoy can seem almost childlike in his simplicity, because he is not...”
– James Wood - The New Yorker: Movable Type
“Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice...”
– Bertrand Russell. The female hysteria wikipedia article reminded me of this.
Wikipedia | Female hysteria →
hahahhahahhahaha… this is my new favorite wikipedia article ever… the helpful illustration omg… “tendency to cause trouble”… oh olden times (via the header for the well named hysterical paroxysm) (previously)
:: rogerebert.com :: Commentary :: The best movies... →
“Yes, I know it’s a year late, but a funny thing happened to me on the way to compiling a list of the best films of 2006. I checked into the hospital in late June 2006 and didn’t get out again until spring of 2007.” It just wasn’t the same without Ebert.
“Keith and I caught an early screening of Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be...”
– OMG, There Will Be Blood | The A.V. Club
3quarksdaily | Angels and Demons: Three Drafts... →
