December 2009
37 posts
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In tribute to the ailing Rush Limbaugh, I give you...
Write Like a Man? →
“Today, Men with Pens blogger James Chartrand revealed that “he” is actually a lady with a laptop. After working under her real name for years, Chartrand was still struggling to make it as a freelance writer. Not only was her income negligible, but “I was treated like crap, too. Bossed around, degraded, condescended to, with jibes made about my having to work from home. I...
Coilhouse » Blog Archive » Ricky Gervais Tortures... →
Musical sleep deprivation techniques, similar to what you might see at Gitmo, but more kid friendly.
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“Enlarging your male tool will be the best revenge for your ex.”
– i am not totally sure how that works, spammers, but i appreciate the fact that you’re angling for different motives. (via isabelthespy)
The way this is supposed to work is this: When you are shagging new girls, with your freshly massive male tool, and somehow your ex finds out about this (through...
greynoisemedia:
After some whiskey and a serious...
Fuck off, cell phones. Fuck off, texting and... →
(via claytoncubitt)
I think Rude Pundit is wrong in most cases here, but it’s still an amusing read.
(And, be it noted, I don’t own a cell phone, and Caller ID is what actually allows you to not talk to people you don’t know, not cellphones. I use it on my landline phone to screen out debt collectors.)
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“Senate Democrats are requiring middle class families to give the proceeds of...”
– http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/12/15/health-care-on-the-road-to-neo-feudalism/ (via mollycrabapple)
this is why you cannot separate the health care bill from corporate giveaways.
(via champagnecandy)
This is why I suspect I’m going to get into trouble in a few years, for not buying...
“Dictionary editors, linguists and even radio DJs say we have entered a semantic...”
– The Washington Post diligently observes that there isn’t a name for this decade. (via andrewgraham) (via apsies)
Oh yes there is! This decade is properly called the Aughties.
(via amandaw)
In prepping our year/decade-end show at GRIT, we called it the Oughties, the Naughties, and then our guests...
Fill Your Stocking With Gristleism This Christmas →
Nice interview about the Gristleism. I more than kind of want one.
“Jesus did not say, ‘if I be lifted up I will draw some’.” Jesus said, ‘if I be...”
– Archbishop Desmond Tutu (via loveandzombies)
I’m pretty sure that Desmond Tutu is my favorite person alive. If I met him I would want to just hug him and cry.
(via champagnecandy)
I’m pretty sure the hugging and crying response is more or less standard. He’s pretty awesome.
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Usher GOOOOAT →
theremina:
I just done peed mah pants a leedle.
This should not really be as funny as it is, and yet…
Usher will now always remind me of this.
champagnecandy:
loveandzombies:
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Dilemma!
Since having had my spent-more-on-it-than-I-should-have bike stolen, I am face with a dilemma.
In early January, I will once again be somewhat flush with grad school cash, and I could do a couple of things.
I could buy a new bike!
I could take the bike frame downstairs, which MIGHT fit me alright, and build it into a new bike, probably with a multiple speed Sturmey-Archer hub, or something like...
Watchlacontessa:
onemoretimewithfeeling:
What English sounds like to foreigners
Italian singer Adriano Celentano wrote this song in 1972 using a made up language designed to sound like English.
via buzzfeed
Yes, but the dancing…
This is exactly the response that my GF had to this video. And frankly, I’m surprised more people haven’t commented on it. Because it’s fabulous.
THIS! →
Great little comic about climate change, and why the people who oppose taking action are a bunch of evil morons, if one allows me to paint with an enormous, pissed off brush.
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Social Science
jaeboogie:
Many people who call themselves vegans and animal rights activists, have little or no knowledge of social science; and, often, what they do know about the connections between society and nonhuman nature is loaded with conventional means. For example, it is not uncommon to hear vegans argue that it is the consumption of livestock which causes world hunger. After all, more than 80% of...
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“One of Brownstein’s general points—“the stifling concept of sincerity”—seems to...”
– Ladies and gentlemen, presenting: my side (which also happens to be the losing side) of every debate I have ever had with my gentleman caller about irony, “cool” (and the birth and/or death thereof), and sincerity. Which I did not write, obvs, but which sounds exactly like a speech I may or may not...
In C Remixed: Downloads/Notes →
I highly recommend heading to this site and giving a listen to the remixes of this lovely piece of music. Zoë’s piece is just beautiful, and the Bint’s Mix is incredibly danceable for a song with a randomized percussion track.
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Why there's no sign of a climate conspiracy in... →
I am so goddamn sick of dealing with people who are willing to ignore the world outside their door.
New Scientist:
“You can’t fake spring coming earlier, or trees growing higher up on mountains, or glaciers retreating for kilometres up valleys, or shrinking ice cover in the Arctic, or birds changing their migration times, or permafrost melting in Alaska, or the tropics expanding, or...
“Any action carries repercussions. Active and creative interaction and...”
– Robert Frippicisms - Aphorisms and Ideas from Robert Fripp
Invasive Species Lecture: An Outline
• Invasive Species
– ecological invaders
• The Basics
• Alien Species
– A species away from home
– Not necessarily a bad guy
– It’s all about your latitude
– Are in your sandwich, and on your feet
• Immigrants & Hitchhikers
– Who’s the most invasive of them all?
– Modes of Movement
• Hitch a ride (in your...
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