June 2008
60 posts
Burying my Head in the Sand for a While
Lately, when I read the newspapers, the wire services, and lots of websites — that is, pretty much any news outlet — the news is so goddamned scary that I actually, seriously, honest-to-god start having anxiety attacks. No joke. As a result, I’ve decided that I have to go on complete news blackout, which translates to little or no web surfing, because it’s just too hard to...
bijan:
There’s A Light That Never Goes Out -...
Dimitri the Lover →
gelgels:
thewordunheard:
OK, the full story behind the voicemail below is way less amusing, and way more stabbity.
Creeper.
“Should people be killed for writing books? My view is ‘no.’ Even Dan...”
– Salman Rushdie, when asked about the 1989 fatwa calling for his death after he wrote The Satanic Verses
» The Douchiest Phone Message In History →
gelgels:
Umm… wow.
Ok, this is so douchy (douchey?) that I’m inclined to think it’s performance art rather than a real message, but if it’s real, this guy is the worst person in the world. Really.
Meme - Bands I Wish I Could Get Into
shutupinternet:
-The Rolling Stones
-Iron & Wine
Your turn. Go.
-Wilco
-The White Stripes
-The Cure
“Pessimism is a luxury we can only afford in good times; in difficult times it...”
– Evelin Lindner
Sex and the City: The Abridged Script →
Perfect. (Thanks to Jessica for the heads up!)
call me crazy
jessicap:
But I just don’t get Scarlett Johansson.
jessicap, my comrade! I must be crazy just like you, but there’s scarely been a phenomenon in the past five years that completely goes over my head the way Scarlett Johansson worship does. Only mildly attractive (I see half a dozen far better looking women on the subway every single day), and a mediocre actress, to put it kindly....
Pregnancy Boom at Gloucester High →
“By May, several students had returned multiple times to get pregnancy tests, and on hearing the results, ‘some girls seemed more upset when they weren’t pregnant than when they were,’ Sullivan says. All it took was a few simple questions before nearly half the expecting students, none older than 16, confessed to making a pact to get pregnant and raise their babies...
“This is almost hilarious the first 11 or so times he does it, but by the time...”
– The Love Guru - Movie - Review - The New York Times (via thelukaskaiser)
Naked Bikers Protest Gas Prices →
Boulder residents bike nude to protest gas prices. Quote of the day: “I think the ratio of wieners to boobs is a little off, but thumbs up nonetheless.”
Will McCain actually be the Republican nominee? →
marco:
(via azspot)
It’s a very interesting possibility: that McCain won’t accept the nomination, or the party won’t really give it to him officially in September, because he can’t win.
Oh, fuck.
How to nap →
Some of this might be hard if you don’t have a sofa in your office, but handy tips anyway.
“No way. Sleepless in Seattle can go fuck itself.”
– Guillermo Del Toro, responding to a question on whether he’d ever direct a romantic film
WatchWhen Album Covers Attack. Kind of bizarre, but oddly riveting.
Obscenity trial suspended after judge said he... →
“Alex Kozinski [chief judge of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals], who is presiding over an obscenity trial in L.A., admits he posted sexually explicit photos and videos. He says he didn’t think the public could see the site, which is now blocked.”
Hoo boy. I guess now we know why he had the porn filters taken off the computers at the Ninth Circuit.
Oh, the Guilt
I’m feeling slightly guilty because I just entered one of those New York Public Library raffles without actually making a donation. But you know, I broke up with the New York Public Library after I donated money to them and they sent me a letter saying (here I paraphrase), “Thanks for the donation! Now cough up some more,” and they actually enclosed a handy form with those little...
“If impeachment is off the table, truth is off the table. If truth is off the...”
– Dennis Kucinich, today, introducing articles of impeachment to the House. Finally.
“I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have...”
– Richard Feynman
New iPhone 3G!
marco:
3G networking
GPS
Thinner at the edges
Flush headphone jack
“Dramatically improved audio”
Feels even better in your hand
Metal buttons, black back
Same camera
Better battery life
Test of loading a complex website: 21 seconds on 3G, 59 seconds on EDGE.
$199 8GB, $299 16GB!
Available on July 11. (Damn, I really wanted to go out and buy this today.)
$199!! Woo!
Why Sex and the City sucks →
My future husband Anthony Lane: Nail. Head. Bang. As usual.
Down for Everyone or Just Me? →
jasonepowell:
Useful!
Extremely!
I know I know, get over it.
allgrownsup:
I always hate it when other people bitch about it, but it really is extremely annoying when you blog something and then weeks later someone else blogs the exact same thing and then it gets re-blogged a zillion times from them, meanwhile your original post is still sitting there all lonely and bored.
I must admit, although I know it’s childish: my sentiments exactly. Come on, I...
“The RNC’s anti-Obama site has the amateurish, red and black ‘militia...”
– Rafe Coburn
How to win the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest. →
“There is one mantra to take from this article, worth its own line break:
You are not trying to submit the funniest caption; you are trying to win The New Yorker’s caption contest.”
For example: For a cartoon showing elegantly dressed, upper-class people, put some trendy phrase into their mouths, such as, “Oh, snap!” or “Duh” or the like. Slays ‘em...
General Motors, Others Decide the SUV is Dead →
Nice that gas had to hit nearly $4 per gallon to make SUV owners finally come to their senses about being selfish, irresponsible assholes, but hey, whatever it takes.
