February 2010
94 posts
Echo & The Bunnymen - Over the Wall
January 2010
159 posts
“Some wouldn’t have a chance. Madison’s idea of exercise was racing...”
– Timothy McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Chris White Answers Profound Questions About the Presidents.
MANSPLAINING
chanceler:
Mansplaining isn’t just the act of explaining while male, of course; many men manage to explain things every day without in the least insulting their listeners. Mansplaining is when a dude tells you, a woman, how to do something you already know how to do, or how you are wrong about something you are actually right about, or miscellaneous and inaccurate “facts” about something you...
Marijuana Policy Project is not a woman-friendly... →
yaldabaoth:
In 2008, Kampia dated a 19-year-old MPP intern.
“How was the NORML Conference?” a staffer asked Kampia one year. Kampia replied, “I got laid.”
At a staff happy hour, Kampia guessed a female employee’s breast size and told her that she would be “hotter with a boob job.” (Kampia denies the conversation occurred).
Kampia made it known that a female employee’s dress had “made an...
Ugliest website in all of government? →
sagansagel:
cederbee:
(via yaldabaoth)
WTF. I blame John Roberts for this design fail.
Looks like something Rehnquist did on his deathbed.
Scalia’s fault. His originalism extends beyond back assward readings of the constitution, all the way to believing that the Internet should be designed the way its founders intended, using Geocities.
“For some time now, the Pennsylvania courts have been relatively good at handling...”
– Huge LGBT Family Law Victory in PA « Feminist Law Professors
When a Chef Can't Taste His Food →
Grant Achatz is a badass. I can’t wait to eat at Alinea.
The International Jurassic Park Erotic Fan-Fiction... →
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Greenwald's writing on Citizens United v. FEC →
bthny:
catbus:
I want to begin by examining several of the most common reactions among critics of this decision, none of which seems persuasive to me. Critics emphasize that the Court’s ruling will produce very bad outcomes: primarily that it will severely exacerbate the problem of corporate influence in our democracy. Even if this is true, it’s not really relevant. Either the First...
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“To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a 500 percent excise tax on...”
– Alan Grayson’s H.R. 4431, the “Business Should Mind Its Own Business Act” (via harharhar)
ADVENTURES in yoga, pt. 1
I have been going to yoga for a week and no one has farted. This is very much unlike EVERY other yoga class I have taken, where someone accidentally lets one rip in the first five minutes.
“In professional American football, the Heidi Game (often referred to,...”
– Heidi Game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
kvl:
withoutrelevance:
violent femmes - add it...
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I have class tomorrow...
THEREFORE tonight =
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“I think that any writing I really like walks the line between severity and...”
– Dan Bejar, interviewed by doomandgloomfromthetomb and offering an excellent summation of why he is among my favorite lyricists/personal heroes. (via fallingandlaughing)
seriously - dan bejar/david berman/townes van zandt = trifecta
“Avatar really did look like a Lisa Frank binder had sex with a mid-’80s sci-fi...”
– Tiger Beatdown › Reasons I Laughed Out Loud, Offending Several Fellow Patrons, During The Major Motion Picture “Avatar.”
List of islands of the United States →
yaldabaoth:
notjenny:
yaldabaoth:
Grand Island, Nebraska not included. Hint: not an actual island.
want to pick berries and sunbathe nude on the same day? you’re in LUCK!
Sounds like I have new vacation plans. I bet I can clear out the beach too, and have people screaming “YETI! YETI! YETI!”
you’ll have to try REALLY hard. these nude sunbathers are stalwart.
WatchAchtung! Gong & Chimes Numbers Station on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
happy mystery monday everyone. NUMBERS STATIONS!
welcome to the palasades, bro.
kvl:
The catering crew from “Party Down” is back. And they’re all dressed up and going nowhere.
Season 2, premiering April 23, finds the struggling dreamers still working for tips while waiting for something bigger to come along. Follow this ensemble cast each week as they work all new parties, mingle with the guests and dabble in their dramas.
EVEN THOUGH MAH GIRL JANE LYNCH LEFT, I CAN NOT...
Blowing Up Cheese With Nitrous Oxide | Popular... →
“Mr. Waterhouse said that the obnoxious, dank flavor of a “corked” wine, which...”
– The Curious Cook - Wine Enhancement Devices Are Put to a Test - NYTimes.com
THIS WORKS!! amazing.