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Nov 22, 2009
@ 6:14 pm
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the internet Beckons you

“The Plan was for [his followers] to spend more money on Glenn Beck, The Brand. Observe his two key points from the manifesto written on his website:

- I have begun meeting with some of the best minds in the country that believe in limited government, maximum freedom and the values of our Founders. I am developing a 100 year plan. I know that the bipartisan corruption in Washington that has brought us to this brink and it will not be defeated easily. It will require unconventional thinking and a radical plan to restore our nation to the maximum freedoms we were supposed to have been protecting, using only the battlefield of ideas.

All of the above will culminate in The Plan, a book that will provide specific policies, principles and, most importantly, action steps that each of us can take to play a role in this Refounding.

“Kinda sounds like a cross between Avon and the Left Behind series, right? Except with scarier salespeople who have drier hands.”

comment: “Good news, everyone! With my 100-year plan, I’ll never have to actually deliver on any of my schemes! It’ll be your children that have to sort through the detritus of the failed Beck prophecies, and I’ll be long dead by then—also, buried beneath a gigantic golden sculpture of my own pudgy face!”

via gawker.


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Nov 21, 2009
@ 11:24 pm
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Sisters and Bitches

Byron Hurt: Do you feel like men sexually objectify you?

Woman at BET festival: That's a man for you, though.

Byron Hurt: So you don't have a problem with men who objectify you at all? You know? That focus on your body parts?

Another woman at festival: That's their opinion. That's their problem.

Byron Hurt: How do you feel about images of women in rap music?

Yet another woman: Well it's not directed towards you, personally. It's just what they say. Sex sells. If you don't take offense to it, then hey.

Byron Hurt: You don't have a problem when they say "bitches and hos"?

That same woman: But I know that he's not talking to me. I know what I am.

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(Right before the interview with these women, Byron asked a man why rappers call women sisters and bitches. The man said, "Well, some of them ARE bitches. See those right there? (points to the above women) They bitches. Sisters don't dress like that. Look at how they dress, with they ass hangin out. I might just go over there and slap it.")

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Byron Hurt: It's funny when I hear women say, "these rappers are calling women bitches and hos, but they're not talking about me." It's like, yo: they ARE talking about you. If George Bush was to get on national tv and make a speech, and he started calling black people "niggers," would you be like, "I don't know who George Bush is talking about, but he ain't talking about me"?


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Nov 21, 2009
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Hip hop culture is not separate from the rest of American culture. Objectified female bodies - those images are everywhere as well. Those images are in advertising. Those images are in movies. Those images are in tv programs. The really negative thing about music videos and about advertising is that that is the ONLY way in which women are presented. And so the only way in which men are allowed to make a connection in the popular culture with women is through sexuality. It is only through their own desires.

— Sut Jhally (in this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGol7fha8uk )



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Nov 17, 2009
@ 8:27 pm
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As sad as we were...

At the funeral, I had to chuckle a bit when the bishop said “blog” in his sermon.

(referencing this blog: http://lifedeathandcancer.blogspot.com )


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Nov 16, 2009
@ 2:10 pm
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Cormac McCarthy discusses The Road, among other things »

(Thanks samnite)

Messrs. McCarthy and Hillcoat [director of The Road] showed easy affability in their friendship, despite what could have been a prickly collaboration.
Mr. Hillcoat told him, “You relieved a huge burden from my shoulders when you said, ‘Look, a novel’s a novel and a film’s a film, and they’re very different.’”
In a soft voice, chuckling frequently and gazing intently with gray-green eyes, Mr. McCarthy talked about books vs. films, the apocalypse, fathers and sons, past and future projects, how he writes—and God.

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Nov 16, 2009
@ 3:51 am
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Design - Mistakes in Typography Grate the Purists - NYTimes.com »

Type snobs, unite! (But seriously, that Lucida Handwriting in the Mad Men opener is just reprehensible.)


(awful)


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Nov 15, 2009
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nevver:

ShareSomeCandy: Aaron Gresham

nevver:

ShareSomeCandy: Aaron Gresham


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Nov 15, 2009
@ 5:33 pm
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nevver:

Grape Frogg | Design You Trust

I don’t know what this is supposed to be, but it’s pretty rad.

nevver:

Grape Frogg | Design You Trust

I don’t know what this is supposed to be, but it’s pretty rad.


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Nov 13, 2009
@ 3:23 pm
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More twatting. @joshbelville

Coworker (female): Oh nooo!

JB: What?

Her: I spilled my seeeeeed!

JB: ... WHAT?

Her: My pumpkin seeds, I spilled them!

JB: Oh, okay then.


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Nov 13, 2009
@ 2:53 pm
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As seen on twatter

chris: 'wichcraft needs to work on its receipt abbreviations: chick salad.

amanda: Clearly I need to get myself to 'whichcraft, I wouldn't mind, uh, tossing some chick salad (groan, sorry that was awful)

me: chick pee salad. WRONGWRONGWRONGWRONG

amanda: Nooooooo watersports! Aahhhh! (I giggled, though.)


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Nov 13, 2009
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I pretty much adore the new Killington logo. Maybe I’ll finally learn to ski now? Snow tube? I mean, it’s no Swiss Alps, but I can dig it.
What do you think of the redesign?

I pretty much adore the new Killington logo. Maybe I’ll finally learn to ski now? Snow tube? I mean, it’s no Swiss Alps, but I can dig it.

What do you think of the redesign?


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Nov 12, 2009
@ 2:42 pm
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Cell Size and Scale »

This is awesome.


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Nov 12, 2009
@ 1:17 pm
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35 Amazing Science Fair Projects. Wow.

35 Amazing Science Fair Projects. Wow.


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Nov 11, 2009
@ 9:43 pm
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samnite:

An awesome analysis of Choose Your Own Adventure books
The analysis is very interesting, but the beautiful infographics and animations are the real draw.

samnite:

An awesome analysis of Choose Your Own Adventure books

The analysis is very interesting, but the beautiful infographics and animations are the real draw.