February 2012
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I Always Wanted To Be Wes Anderson
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I’ve thought about Wes Anderson a lot lately.
I think there’s a trough, as your age becomes equidistant from Max Fischer and Steve Zissou, where it’s important that you act all better than Wes Anderson. At least, it seems to be an important rite of passage for most of my friends and contemporaries. It was probably most acute for people exactly my age (I’m twenty-seven) who were in...
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“Unfortunately, I do not realistically expect the partisanship of recent years in...”
– Maine Senator Olympia Snowe making the surprising announcement that she will not retire in 2012.
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“I remember asking him if he’d like to have a conversation with me about the...”
– London strip club owner Peter Stringfellow discussing an encounter he had with famed physicist Stephen Hawkings.
Seriously, dude? Like Hawkings was actually going to choose the former.
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How Colonialism in Africa Helped Launch The HIV... →
A fascinating exploration of how the quest for Ivory and Rubber may have contributed to the rise one of the world’s deadliest diseases.
(via Washington Post)
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“One man’s overshare is another man’s self expression”
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If you watched last night's Oscars,
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then you might be following Angelina Jolie’s right leg or Jennifer Lopez’s partial nipple slip on Twitter.
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“I have some great friends who are NASCAR team owners.”
– Republican presidential candidate MITT ROMNEY, who only hangs out with “NASCAR team owners” and other rich people who are rich like he is.
How many more times can he use his foot to stick his silver spoon in his mouth?
(via The Atlantic)
Mittens “Mitt” Romney - man of the people
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Can someone please explain to me what is so impressive about “The Artist”? I just don’t get it.
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“..and thanks for letting me skip nursery school so that we could go to the...”
– Alexander Payne dedicating his Oscar to his mother
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“You’re only two years older than me, darling. Where have you been all my...”
– Christopher Plummer addressing his Oscar statuette at the 84th Academy Awards
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Whoa! Gandolf just won the Oscar for Cinematography
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“Nothing can take the sting out of the world’s economic problems like...”
– Billy Crystal’s opening number at the Academy Awards
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Sasha Baron Cohen, dressed as The Dictator, just spilled “Kim Jong Il’s ashes” on Ryan Seacrest on the Oscars red carpet. Seacrest is not a happy camper.
Anyone have a pic?
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The 90 Best Albums of the 1990s →
The soundtrack of my youth…
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Santorum: Democratic Party An Orgy Of Sex And... →
Personally, I think that the DNC should adopt this as their new tag line
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From “viable” Presidential candidate Rick Santorum. Man, this guy is the gift that keeps on giving. Also in the same article, Santorum explains how it’s impossible to be a liberal and a Christian. A comic genius, he is.
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WatchStephen Colbert’s Wheat Thins Sponsortunity
Some helpful notes from Nabisco
“There are also some brand ‘dont’s’ listed here, which is always important. One thing that is important to note is the we can’t show overconsumption. A serving size is 16 crackers, so if Stephen were to eat the crackers (which is in no way promised), he shouldn’t eat more than 16. In other words, he shouldn’t...
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Why don't our digital assets have confidence?
It makes me smile every time someone refers to a web page or a pixel or something along those lines as being “insecure”.
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“I had more fun in this business than anyone could believe”
– -Steve Kordek, the inventor of the Pinball Machine Innovator.
Mr.Kordek, who continued to design games up until 9 years ago, passed away on Sunday at the age of 100. RIP.
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Maryland Senate Approves Gay Marriage →
After clearing both houses, the bill now goes to Governor O’Malley who has pledged to sign it
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“I don’t know a lot about business but he did an Internet and now the...”
– Jenna on 30 Rock
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The next great political tool: Grindr →
Grindr, the free mobile app that helps gay men to be able to find local “companionship”, just announced Grindr for Equality.
The gay hookup app is essentially looking to capitalize on its extensive network of connected LGBTers and will start using the network as a means to mobilize bodies for LGBT causes.
I’m interested to see how this new feature plays out in the upcoming...
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“It is patently unfair that men can avoid unwanted fatherhood by presuming that...”
– Georgia Representative Yasim Neal just introduced a bill that would ban men from having vasectomies.
Nicely played, Rep. Neal.
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Dirty words of 1811 - Boing Boing →
10 points to anyone who is able to incorporate one these phrases into their normal parlance today. Double points if you do so during a business meeting.
noraleah:
See the whole (long!) list at Project Glutenberg. Below, a few favorites…
APPLE DUMPLIN SHOP. A woman’s bosom.
BASTARDLY GULLION. A bastard’s bastard.
BELLY TIMBER. Food of all sorts.
BELL SWAGGER. A noisy bullying fellow.
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Happy Birthday, Nina Simone.
“The median age of primetime PBS viewers is approximately 62, but both...”
– ‘Downton Abbey’ and How PBS Got Cool - The Daily Beast (via apsies)
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Aimee Mullins: A Work In Progress
As a young...
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The Republican presidential candidates star on...
RICK GRIMES: Walkers!
SHANE: Shoot them!
ROMNEY: No!
GINGRICH: No!
SANTORUM: No!
PAUL: Don't tell me what to do! You're not the government! The government should not be in the business of killing zombies!
(A ZOMBIE bites into RON PAUL'S shoulder.)
RICK GRIMES: Oh my God!
SHANE: They're eating Ron Paul! Shoot the bastards!
ROMNEY: We're pro-life, duh.
GINGRICH: Yeah, duh.
SANTORUM: Seriously.
(ZOMBIES begin eating the other three candidates.)
RICK GRIMES: You idiots!
SHANE: You fools!
(GRIMES and SHANE run away.)
ROMNEY: This is Obama's fault!
GINGRICH: I'm gonna miss Super Tuesday!
SANTORUM: Jesus sweatervest Christ, THERE'S SANTORUM IN MY PANTS!
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ESPN apologizes for insensitive Jeremy Lin... →
Dear ESPN,
It’s probably best if just stick to the puns involving his last name.
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