February 2009
“Brock (Idaho Falls, Id): So Pujols is lobbying to have the Cardinals offer Manny...”
– ESPN: Chat with Bill Simmons - SportsNation
I have no love or hate for St. Louis but I would try and watch every single game if they had Manny and Pujols as the heart of the order. Manny could hit over .400 with a healthy Albert behind him, and they could dwarf even the sick numbers a healthy...
“Lycans” is the shortest film of the humorless and bafflingly popular series,...”
– I really enjoy the Underworld movies, but with Kate Beckinsale-in-pleather absent from this prequel, my motivation to see it was diminished. However this review is so terrible it renews that lost interest. (via ponymalta)
Plus it’s pronounced the same as “Lichens”—you know,...
I need
herheadhurts:
almostnever:
buyalex:
almostnever:
billhinton:
karikarikari:
some lovin’ in my life.
Way over rated. And only ends in heartbreak. One person or the other.
Agreed, Bill. Embrace the single life, because the coolest person in your life is yourself.
and your hand.
correct.
Boys and girls alike.
Though a girl can do more with one finger than most guys can do…
Fucking Blue Laws (Or, How I Learned To Buy Booze...
Original Saturday night plans fell through (not in a bad way…and it turned out to be good timing, as I’ve felt hermit-esque today; sometimes staying in is better when one’s in a mood) but I did make my “I’m bringing good beer to this shindig” pre-Superbowl party beer run.
Why?
Because we can’t buy beer on Sundays; apparently our Gov. thinks we’ll...
Another temporary misunderstanding - Paul Krugman... →
indieandyy:
robot-heart-politics:thesmarttart:
This is the best, briefest explanation of tax cuts vs. spending increases I’ve seen yet.
“Who do you need? who do you love, when you come undone?”
– I think when posed rhetorically, this is one of the loneliest, melodic questions. (via kyleyoung) (via lindsayneedscoffee)
And I’m not ashamed to admit it’s also a pretty good Duran Duran song.
January 2009
eyeonspringfield:
Homer’s Rappin’ Ronnie Reagan...
Well, it's been that kind of afternoon
So, yes, I am going to be the guy who goes out to the drive-thru in PJs and a hoodie and sandals.
(In my defense the clothes I want to wear, and will wear later tonight, are still in the dryer, and I’m fucking hungry.)
Priorities
southpol:
Dylan Matthews:
Former Bush Chief of Staff Andrew Card thinks Obama is disrespecting the office of the presidency. Guess why:
CARD: I found that Ronald Reagan and both President Bushes treated the Oval Office with tremendous respect. They treated the Office of the Presidency with tremendous respect. And some of that respect was reflected in how they expected people to behave, how...
Saturday night is...
disappointingmonkey:
A beer in the shower.
A good hot water heater should be good for at least two. Or a tallboy or 40.
Gypsy guitar Super Mario 2 is nice and all, but I...
The 100 Most Beautiful Words in the English... →
whatcriscilikes:
havent-got-a-prayer:(via benjaminandhisblog)
Eh…maybe…
“CRIS CARTER HAD THE BEST HANDS IN NFL HISTORY AND CAUGHT SIDELINE PASSES LIKE NO...”
– Kissing Suzy Kolber » Blog Archive » Note To Hall Of Fame: I Hope You All Die Of Kidney Failure | kissingsuzykolber.com
“I want to give a really bad party. I mean it. I want to give a party where...”
– Tender is the Night, Fitzgerald
Happy weekend.
(via bblove)
Take note, Superbowl party planners…
To those of you already in February: no spoilers,...
inothernews:
:-)
Fuck that…tell me the results of the Superbowl, who scores first, and if more than 50 points total are scored in the game.
“I have been hearing people all over the TV today saying that it’s just...”
– Hullabaloo - Superstahs!
Read the whole thing.
Augie March - “The Glenorchy Bunyip”
A...
Governments across Europe tremble as angry people... →
butterflyeffects:
feastingonroadkill:
“France paralysed by a wave of strike action, the boulevards of Paris resembling a debris-strewn battlefield. The Hungarian currency sinks to its lowest level ever against the euro, as the unemployment figure rises. Greek farmers block the road into Bulgaria in protest at low prices for their produce.”
Bloody hell. Read this.
The burning out of cars...
“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche (via mayonegg) (via darylzarraga) (via skysignal) (via updown) (via applebottom) (via mudwerks) (via butterflyeffects)
“I’d be willing to bet that practically everyone of means in Capitol Hill...”
– Hullabaloo
And yeah, I’ve still got a problem with people who averaged earning 200+ million paying less than 2% more in taxes than I and my very meager salary.
msbojangles:
whatcriscilikes:
One of my...
inothernews:
snuh:
Bell Biv DeVoe: Poison
...
“Perhaps I should not be allowed to go free, perhaps I should be jailed with the...”
– Ladders To Fire, Anaïs Nin (via parasols)
Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto...
alexbalk:
The weakest argument made for excessive earnings is that only by offering a fortune do you attract the right person. It should always have been obvious that that’s a truism which proves its very opposite. If it’s only the fortune that makes the job suitable for the man then the man is by definition unsuitable for the job. Even banking – the one place where the rapacity criterion might...
Supreme Court Weakens the Exclusionary Rule →
squashed:
The exlusionary rule is the one that says that evidence obtained through police misconduct cannot be used at trial. This is a huge check against police misconduct. It also means that seriously guilty people (like Bill Ayers) may go free over relatively minor misconduct.
This case, Herring v. United States, holds that the exclusionary rule does not apply in cases of “isolated...
What's Going On?
kaytee:
The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon occurs when a person, after having learned some (usually obscure) fact, word, phrase, or other item for the first time, encounters that item again, perhaps several times, shortly after having learned it. This is a specialised version of the effect ofserendipity.
This is how I explain having heard the techno remix of What’s Up by Four Non-Blondes within two...
Fourteen Years Later, CBS Tonight Airs Bill Hicks’... →
winstonwolfe:
shorterexcerpts:tastypiesinc:azizisbored:
Pretty cool news.
This… is… AWESOME.
Oh fuck yes.
As an added bonus for all the Bill Hicks fans out there: Here’s Hicks closing the last set he ever performed. It includes the same routine, about pro-life & the Easter Bunny, that was censored out by the Late Show producers.
Via: veryshortlist.com
Beautiful. →
mandalay:
roesje:Nl
I like to imagine she’s a Hitchcock fan…
copycats:
“Let’s Get It On” by Jack Black
...
msbojangles:
indierawk:
INXS - Never Tear Us...
So...going to the gym after work? Baaaaaaaad idea
Pushing myself harder than I’ve pushed at the gym in many months? Even dumber.
However: this has significantly lowered my alcohol tolerance. Downside? I will likely pass out before 1am on a Friday, which makes me sad (as I remember many Fridays—even ones where I am up at the asscrack of dawn like today) where I could make it until 3-4am easy.
I’m not a morning person, but old...