December 2011
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Touched by the spirit of the Doyle Owl.:... →
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themessmaker:
one of reed’s senior theses was entitled, i kid you not, “the lack of phallic imagery in herman melville’s seminal work or moby dick: total misnomer.”
i need to be at this school.
No it wasn’t — that’s the title of a fake thesis used in a mocumentary made in … 2001, I think? It’s an excellent film (“Behind the Thesis: Who Is Ruby Starr?”) starring several of...
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2011 playlist
I’ve made playlists with one song that most reminds me of each month of the past year ever since 2008. Here’s this year’s compilation:
January: “United States of Pop 2010 (Don’t Stop the Pop)” -DJ Earworm February: “December, 1963 (Oh What a Night!)” -The Four Seasons March: “ET” -Katy Perry feat. Kanye West April: “Keeper”...
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gingerhaze:
Helen Mirren wants to play the Doctor
Am I just super into this?
Yes
I don’t even care about Doctor Who unless it’s the pinball game, but I would care about it if Helen Mirren were involved.
"In an email statement regarding the death of... →
thejollymonarch:
motherjones:
Your “Yes, really” of the day.
Watching Rick Perry repeatedly annihilate his own campaign is literally the only enjoyable part of following American politics nowadays.
I was hoping he actually said it out loud…that would have made my day. Spelling it “Kim Jong II” in the headline of a press blast is a little bit of a let-down. But it also...
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I continue to be surprised, horrified, and delighted on a daily basis.
– While we’re on the Wiley Wiggins train, a quote from the AMA he did on Reddit. Part of a conversation on his philosophical beliefs and working on Waking Life. I like it a lot.
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It's Not For Everybody: Wiley Wiggins's resume →
I have this thing about actors who do other stuff. I don’t know how to explain it. The little kid from Dazed and Confused (“little kid,” what, he was 17 when he played an 8th grader) is fascinating to me because, while he has done a few other movies (including Richard Linklater’s other cult classic, Waking Life, which he also did animation for), he does...
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I’m pretty sick. But I took some…uh…that stuff that’s in...
– My roommate’s boyfriend probably regrets asking me how I’m doing
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Are funny women intimidating? →
“Then came the realization: This was never about funny women. It’s about weak men.”
Yes yes yessssss.
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I guess it’s kind of like having a baby, in that you’re not having...
– Coop makes her first quoted appearance on my blog since October 25th (she keeps track). Stay tuned for a guest post by her when I’m not consumed with finals.
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I further aim to synthesize this historical analysis with current research on...
– Trying to finish up the introductory section of my School Choice paper. Time for bed? Probably.
I think it’s really interesting that i brought the price so close to stealing...
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Louis C.K.—who made his latest album available for download for only $5 on his website—making an excellent point about internet piracy and corporate personhood (from his Reddit AMA thread)
Generally speaking, people feel much less compunction about stealing from Geffen and CBS than they do from...
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In Which I Imagine A Conversation Between Rumored...
Drake: I love you.
Rihanna: Let's fuck.
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Will do. Love 2 U! See you next 2sday. Mom
– Email from the matriarch.
Mom. Is the word “Tuesday” really so difficult? Also “love space 2 space U” is pretty much just as time-consuming as “love space you.”
Regardless, I love you, too. See you next Tuesday.
fuckyeahstephensondheim:
kellyld:
To find a rhyme for silver Or any “rhymeless” rhyme Requires only will, ver- Bosity and time.
– Stephen Sondheim
(From a letter to the editor of Time magazine, May 24, 1971.)
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If my crazy, ridiculous, melt-down of a night last night taught me anything, it’s that THERE IS NO REASON WHY I DON’T WEAR FOOTY PAJAMAS ALL THE TIME. Why in God’s name have I been wearing anything else for 24 years? So tempted to wear them to my study group meeting in an hour.
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Amy Poehler and Rashida Jones Perform a Duet on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
?UESTLOVE YOUR FACE. Your face plus the fact that you played “Lyin’ Ass Bitch” for Bachmann’s walkout song a couple weeks ago. These things mean we were meant to be together. Because I also have a face and a hatred of Michele Bachmann. That’s the recipe for a successful relationship, right?
My paper brainstorm keeps leading back to the same...
And the problem is, I don’t know.
hipsandhearts:
jeeby:
take a break from studying for finals
Kidz these dayz, with their finals and their retro fake-CDs that they can stream for free … when I was in school, we had to access the shared libraries on our network’s iTunes.
This looks like a pretty good mix though. Too bad I’m not in a library procrastinating with my earbuds, but manning the front desk at my job. #pambeesly
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