January 2012
2 posts
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Random Somewhat Out On A Limb Oscar Nomination...
(Although if you live on the East Coast, by the time you’re reading this, I will have probably already been proved wrong on all of these)
-The big stories will be the suprisingly good showing by War Horse and how Hugo has the second most nominations overall and is it now the new favorite to upset The Artist? (the anser is yes)
-There will be 6 Best Picture nominees. Midnight in Paris will...
Watchjess-agi:
jakefogelnest:
Mandatory viewing for 75% of the Tumblr user base. Thank you.
“I tried and therefore no one should criticize me.” So good.
So good. So true. In my dream world this is what all humor is like.
The SNL sketch of our generation.
December 2011
2 posts
“Now, just as there was in Teddy Roosevelt’s time, there’s been a certain crowd...”
– Barack Obama
Hey, there’s the person I voted for! Welcome back buddy, where ya been?
November 2011
8 posts
Do We Care About the Lyrics Anymore? →
In a ranking of things that most frequently occupy my thoughts this issue is definitely in the top 10.
(FYI, actual real-world human relationships are a solid 28th)
“I have toiled at loving the Houston Astros my entire life, even though the...”
– Whitney Pastorek, Occupy Minute Maid Park
For months now I’ve been wanting to write something about the impending destruction of my favorite sports team, but I kept holding out hope/being in denial that it would actually happen. But now D-Day has arrived and I’m too angry and sad and...
Grantland: Ratner Is Out, Now What? →
Yes Mark Harris, yes.
Yes. Yes. YES.
Also: yes.
“I saw this documentary on Ronald Reagan and it was like, ‘Whoa.’...”
– Eddie Murphy
This is what I think about all day every day.
Also, I too saw this documentary.
Chuck Klosterman on Andy Rooney →
I never thought I would say this, but Andy Rooney sounds like he was my kinda guy
October 2011
5 posts
Halloween or Williamsburg →
katespencer:
Best new Tumblr of the week. STOP MAKING ME MISS YOU, NEW YORK!
“Security is a kind of death, I think, and it can come to you in a storm of...”
– Tennessee Williams
“How cynical and lazy we have become! How complacent! We have lionized a bland...”
– Jay Caspian Kang
I am the 1%. #occupyBeyonce
WatchWhatever segment I previously declared the Daily Show Segment of the Year was not in fact the segment of the year. I was wrong.
This is the Daily Show Segment of the Year
September 2011
4 posts
1 tag
Megan Amram: Anniversary →
I too want to be not dead every day of my life.
Mostly so I can read things like this.
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Teenage Dream: The Majestic Mystery of Kathryn... →
My Katy Perry opus.
Suck it Mr. Holland.
August 2011
6 posts
1 tag
Stuff White People Like
Spending time with loved ones
Exchanging money for goods and services
The intake of food and slightly chilled fluids
The laughter of children
Music
Freedom
68 degrees Fahrenheit
The year 1963
Sometimes I Worry
Sometimes I worry that I will write the most perfect thing. The thing that explains it all. The thing that takes all of my experiences, thoughts, feelings, my every waking moment, and distills them into the most concise and perfectly articulated piece of prose ever written. It will be the sum total of my life, the essence of my existence. My one most flawless and lasting mark on the world. My way...
July 2011
4 posts
“Thirty seconds after it gets easy, you will forget how hard it was.”
– Dan Harmon
This whole thing has been really making the rounds today, but if you havent read it yet you should. It’s pretty great.
“Look, American television has been a juvenile medium for most of its existence....”
– David Simon, who is, as always, the best
June 2011
8 posts
"A Weekend With the MTA," By Samuel Beckett →
Lucas Kavner killing it as always
Chuck Klosterman: Space, Time, and DVR Mechanics →
See, I told you grantland would be fucking great!
Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naive...
Watchdavidfuternick:
braidsbraided:
brooklynmutt:
Jon Stewart Rips Donald Trump a New One Over His Questionable Pizza Choices
Yes, we all love to make fun of The Donald. But Jon Stewart’s nearly-eight-minute-long tirade on last night’s episode of The Daily Show takes the cake (um, pie?) when it comes to Trump dressing-downs. - villagevoicemedia
I watched this last night. It’s pretty great...
May 2011
10 posts
“In theory, art has the power to engage people’s minds and instigate real...”
– boringoldraphel
TV on the Radio - “Second Song”
I...
“Something that was said in the past, years before a current event happened, but...”
– someone who is dead (and probably never said it in the first place)
Oh Modern Life...
Is it weird that the experience of finding out about Osama Bin Laden’s death and finding out about Michael Jackson’s death have been shockingly similar?
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April 2011
6 posts
The Onion: Production Of 'Iceman Cometh' Canceled... →
This is so close to real life that I’m not sure it actually still qualifies as satire