February 2012
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MARTIN SCORSESE’S film school: THE 85 FILMS YOU... →
How many have you seen?
“Lots of rain in the forecast while I’m home in NOLA next week. I’m...”
– I’m looking at you, Brooklyn. Who has fog when it’s 45 outside?
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WatchTrying to remove myself from this disgusting weather in New York today.
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“You know what I say we ought to do at these churches? Tax them…If...”
– George Carlin, What am I Doing in New Jersey? 1988
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Sacha Baron Cohen Banned from the Oscars →
Seriously? Seriously.
If Common Sense Was Used in Government and the...
Citizen: I don't believe in abortion.
Government: Then don't get one.
Citizen: I don't believe in birth control.
Government: You don't have to use it.
Citizen: I think gay marriage is a sin.
Government: Don't marry the same sex then.
Citizen: I want my kids to learn about creationism.
Government: Take them to church.
“I guess the best kind of work is the kind you didn’t realize you were...”
“So you uploaded a poem via submishmash for consideration on our blog, but you...”
– This editor.
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Letters of Note: David Foster Wallace would have... →
With Infinite Jest written and soon to be published (to huge acclaim), Wallace was faced with a problem: although the quality of his writing was improving, he was having less fun in the process. The following letter was his request for advice…
“Happy Mardi Gras, everyone. I’m not sure why I’m back to work today.”
– #homesick
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Predictions for Season 3 Episode 1 of Downton
Matthew hit by lightning, in coma.
Bates gets dysentery in prison, may not survive.
We find out Bates’s wife had a sister who also consequently wants to ruin his life and he LETS her.
Sybil joins the IRA and her husband plots to use her family connections to bomb something, anything, in Britain.
The middle daughter continues to have no luck, not even Mary’s leftovers.
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Warmer Planet Could Be Dominated by Mosquitoes,... →
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“Rich, white, own a condo in Manhattan, stay-at-home wife problems: Omg I...”
– So tired of these blogs.
Everyone I know wants to stay alive for as long as...
tomesandtalismans:
and other strange conditions of the 21st century.
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Why Are Men Dominating the Debate About Birth... →
Republican politicians are treading into murky (read: sexist) waters in the contraception debate. Earlier today, in protest of House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa’s refusal to allow women onto a panel of witnesses at the hearing on the White House mandate to require employers and insurers to provide contraception coverage, Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Eleanor Holmes...
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1927 Lists of Don't and Be Carefuls for the Silver... →
“The Don’ts and Be Carefuls”
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, 1927
Resolved, That those things which are included in the following list shall not appear in pictures produced by the members of this Association, irrespective of the manner in which they are treated.
1. Pointed profanity — by either title or lip — this includes the words “God,”...
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On learning that Mat's best friends are leaving...
Me: Russell and Julie are moving to Austin/Pflugerville in March.
Mat: I saw. Must be a job-related thing.
Me: Probably much better schools! I'm putting another hash mark by Los Angeles. Tick. There it is.
Mat: Lol
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William S. Burroughs on Saturday Night Live, 1981 →
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“When editing someone else’s work never edit STYLE only copy.”
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Iran War Would Cost Trillions: Will the GOP Pay... →
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WatchAbraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
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Functional bathtub made from books →
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“When you reblog things and add your own absurd diatribe instead of simply...”
– If you get so bent out of shape about EVERYTHING you don’t agree with on the internet, LIFE is going to be so hard on you.
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