February 2012
27 posts
“If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you’re reading this in English,...”
– A bumper sticker I just saw. I don’t understand it. Would anyone care to explain to me exactly what this yoho was trying to convey to me with these words on a filthy van?
January 2012
30 posts
You know that cliche from action movies...
…where bad things are going down, but the cute little animal makes it out in the nick of time? The War Horse is an entire movie of that cliche.
As sappy as it is, I really quite liked the movie in general. It’s kind of stunning to look at.
So now that I’ve seen all nine Best Picture nominees, here’s how I’d rank them:
Hugo
The Artist
Midnight In Paris
War...
The greatest feeling in the world...
…is having a trip planned!
Today I made it official that I’m taking a brief trip to NYC in September for the purposes of seeing a single Broadway show, for which I have paid $360.
Yes, that’s just the price of the ticket. Just my ticket to the show. Our four tickets combined were $1442.50.
Yes I’m serious, and yes I still expect you to interpret this posting as a...
President John Tyler's grandchildren are still... →
What? WHAT? This can’t be true. SERIOUSLY, Mental Floss? If this is true, it is completely amazing.
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Here’s a NSFW (but catchy!) song from Trey...
41
Sure, it’s cool and all that it’s my 41st birthday, but there’s a much cooler numerical milestone coming up. The one that comes 25 days AFTER the 41st birthday.
If none of you will take the bait & show off that you know the significance of 25-days-after-the-41st-birthday, don’t worry. I’ll be sure to post some exaggerated excitement over it 25 days from...
My immediate reaction to the Oscar Nominations
(The nominations)
Jonah Hill is now an Oscar Nominated actor.
Gary Oldman is now an Oscar Nominated actor. FINALLY. Like I tweeted my friend Jodi, Tinker Tailor is a tough sit-through, but I’m still stoked that Gary Oldman finally has a nomination.
Melissa McCarthy is now an Oscar Nominated actress!
Jim Rash, the kooky dean from Community, is now an Oscar Nominated screenwriter (The...
I hate that I like this
kellyoxford:
Sorry this is basically a sony ad, but the results ACTUALLY freaked me out. I’m sure there are a ton of these around, but this was the first I’ve seen. Stare at the red dot on her nose for 30 seconds. Look at the ceiling and blink really quickly. WHAT THE FUCK BRAIN!?!?!?! WHAT THE FUCK….
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Here's a friendly reminder:
caffeinatedfeminist:
-You cannot be sexist toward men. Sexism is based on a system of oppression. You CAN be discriminatory, rude, inconsiderate, and/or prejudiced against men but you CANNOT be sexist toward them.
-You cannot be racist towards white people. Racism is based on a system of oppression. You CAN be discriminatory, rude, inconsiderate, and/or prejudiced against white people but you...
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“I was at the movies yesterday and before the movie started they had this long ad...”
– Mindy Kaling (via flordemort, megalong) (via swansoning) (via nom-chompsky) (via stfuconservatives)
Tonight during work, I decided to check out a new local radio station, K-TWIN. The DJ was telling some little anecdote about how there was a hidden camera in a public restroom, and he said they were filming people “dropping Cosbys”. That was the expression he used.
So, I guess we can all just scroll on past 96.3 on our FM dial in the Twin Cities from now on.
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Dexter - a quick rant
I’ve been making my way through Dexter on DVD. It’s pretty good, suspenseful, entertaining, and all that. I’m up to the fifth episode of season 4.
Michael C. Hall plays a forensic blood spatter expert in Miami with a secret serial vigilante hobby on the side. His character is supposed to be pretending to have a soul that he doesn’t really have. He plays this character...
Nifty anagram
My friend Kai just pointed this out to me:
To be or not to be: that is the question, whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arros of outrageous fortune
is an anagram for
In one of the Bard’s best-thought-of tragedies, our insistent hero, Hamlet, queries on two fronts about how life turns rotten.
Thanks Kai!
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The name Zawmer
I made it up when I was in my 20s, when I was coming up with different little handles for different places I put my name. The idea was to track where my junk mail was coming from. For instance, I always knew that this one magazine gave some company my name because I subscribed to them as “Poose Meir Amaden”, and got lots of junk mail with that name.
I came up with...
M,M,&I: dictiosus: 16-Year-Old Jessica Ahlquist... →
dictiosus:
16-Year-Old Jessica Ahlquist Wins Fight Against School Religious Display
Of course, now she is being threatened on twitter. Go follow and give her some love and support, would you?
@jessicaahlquist
eeeegads:
Submitted by AUSCS on Jan 12, 2012
By Rob Boston
Warm Minnesota Winter
It’s been a warm winter in Minnesota. It’s been above freezing for most of the last week, which is unheard of in January. And it’s made me realize something I like about winter. It’s just a little thing.
I’m a very lazy homeowner. I find it very easy to blow off the autumn-time task of raking the leaves in my front yard. Whenever we get that first big snow, I...
And then...: Bathing suit in January. →
sinxo:
Last week was a friend of mines child’s birthday party. She’s actually my best friends aunt. Which means that my best friends little sister was at the birthday party. Her name is Leah.
Now Leah is only six. She’s amazingly funny. Smart. Adorable. Everything most 6 year olds aren’t. And after…
I like this story.
Goddamn Truvia commercials
apricotica:
Every time I hear even a half second of those stupid songs I find myself wishing the singer would end up urethra-fucked with a taxidermied porcupine.
I have no idea what commercials she’s talking about, but that doesn’t mean this sentiment doesn’t merit reblogging.
8 things: I've...
1) …sung for an audience of 8000 with ABBA’s Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulveas on guitar & keyboards
2) …served eviction notices and a foreclosure notice upon people I’m acquainted with
3) …fired a pregnant woman
4) …offended John Carpenter to the point of him telling me to fuck off
5) …written (from scratch) and recorded six original songs in a 24-hour...
