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this filled my lapsed catholic heart with joy. i’d be...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:29:32 -0500

this filled my lapsed catholic heart with joy. i’d be willing to bet the vatican thought of this idea for real.

"From Ms. Palin’s masterwork, we learn that the personal really is the political. Every encounter with a critic seems to be a skirmish in the culture wars, from the Alaska debate moderator who didn’t play fair once to the 'wealthy, effete young chap' who ran against her for governor but who, in one of the quickest transitions from anti-snob to snob in all of literature, is also said to have served as 'our limo driver at [her husband] Todd’s cousin’s wedding.' ”

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:22:48 -0500

"From Ms. Palin’s masterwork, we learn that the personal really is the political. Every encounter with a critic seems to be a skirmish in the culture wars, from the Alaska debate moderator who didn’t play fair once to the 'wealthy, effete young chap' who ran against her for governor but who, in one of the quickest transitions from anti-snob to snob in all of literature, is also said to have served as 'our limo driver at [her husband] Todd’s cousin’s wedding.' ”:

thomaswheatley:

maura:

Tom Frank on Going Rogue. Also:

The respect she shows history, though, is the kind of respect you show the flag when you soak it in kerosene and touch a match to it. “[W]e tried growing government to save the economy back in the 1930s, and it didn’t work then either,” Ms. Palin writes. It is a modest assertion, though, compared to the astonishing finding Ms. Palin reveals in the next sentence: “Massive government spending programs and protectionist economic policies actually helped turn a recession into the Great Depression.” If this is, as it seems, a reference to the New Deal, then history, per Ms. Palin, sometimes goes backwards, with the WPA and its ilk actually bringing about events that took place before they were launched.

Also: swoooon.

upon closer inspection, these are loafers. (via...

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:12:55 -0500

upon closer inspection, these are loafers.

(via eyeonspringfield)

twilight: a primer for adults.

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:09:00 -0500

twilight: a primer for adults.:

highlights:

Teenage vampires travel from high school to high school pretending to be incestuous siblings, because that is just a smart cover story.

When you transfer to a new school, it will somehow be prom right away.

Although vampires can hit baseballs very, very far, the outfielders must remain at a regulation distance from home plate during every at-bat, and then run fast into the woods to find the ball.

Vampires cannot go out in the sun because their skin sparkles and everyone will know they are vampires (or extras in a Lady Gaga video), but vampires CAN live in giant glass houses that let in as much sunlight as possible, no problem.

It only takes two hours to drive from coastal Washington to Phoenix, Arizona.

please allow me to geek out about this essay on 'extras' that uses all of my favorite theoretical notions about celebrity.

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:30:55 -0500

please allow me to geek out about this essay on 'extras' that uses all of my favorite theoretical notions about celebrity.

24hourpartypooper: (via secondperiod) Now home to Emporium...

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:22:36 -0500

24hourpartypooper:

(via secondperiod)

Now home to Emporium Beauty.

you absolutely have to read this description of the movie that curtis '50 cent' jackson directed.

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:55:56 -0500

you absolutely have to read this description of the movie that curtis '50 cent' jackson directed.:

to wit:

Shot with grandma’s camcorder on what appears to be a budget of several hundred dollars,Before I Self-Destruct, which 50 also wrote, produced and executive-produced, casts Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson as Clarence, a man once heralded as potentially the greatest basketball player of all time. Then he hurt his knee and was reduced to working at a grocery store to support his mother and younger brother, a 12 year old genius who’s been accepted to a slew of Ivy League schools before hitting his teens. Seriously. 50’s character seems to have just graduated from high school, which is odd, considering the actor playing him is clearly in his mid-30s. Oh well, if a 12 year old can go to Harvard then why shouldn’t a 34 year old act like his high school glory days had just ended?

When their saintly mother is killed, 50 gets a job killing a whole bunch of motherfuckers for veteran character actor Clifton Powell, the token “actor” in the cast. 50 proves very adept at the job, at which point the film alternates between scenes of 50 blasting giant holes in fools with a shotgun and gratuitous sex scenes. Sometimes 50 combines sex and violence, like when he’s assigned to kill a sexy lesbian, but not until after she’s done having hot, lesbiany lesbian sex with a fellow lesbian. Eventually, 50 gives his heart to a woman. This proves his downfall. The moment 50 told his girlfriend, “I love you” (a line that drew audible gasps from a crowd that, to be fair, gasped and hooted and tittered early and often) everyone knew his death was imminent.

james franco is gonna ace this general hospital gig.

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:06:13 -0500

james franco is gonna ace this general hospital gig.

tumblelikeyougiveadamn: Rock Music Quality Vs. US Oil...

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:54:42 -0500

tumblelikeyougiveadamn:

Rock Music Quality Vs. US Oil Production

Prepping for Oil: A Love Story this Thursday is teaching me all kinds of interesting things.

despite what you see here, he’s still the best rapper ever...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:07:45 -0500

despite what you see here, he’s still the best rapper ever to have been named after a tim allen movie.

(by the by, 613 is the area code of ottawa, ontario. gangsta.)

(via videogum)

(via fail blog)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:15:48 -0500

(via fail blog)

can’t argue with the truth. (via gds923)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:13:26 -0500

can’t argue with the truth.

(via gds923)

bingo. found this year’s most offensive halloween costume....

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:56:00 -0500

bingo. found this year’s most offensive halloween costume. finally. way to hit on two levels, man. you’re an american hero.

(via deadspin)

steak house or gay bar?

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:45:41 -0500

steak house or gay bar?:

so this is a thing now.

slaughterhouse90210: “Stupidity is the same as evil if you...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:23:16 -0500

slaughterhouse90210:

“Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results.”
— Margaret Atwood, Surfacing

this may be the most accurate slaughterhouse90210 ever.

Video

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:22:06 -0500

members of the roots let douchebag frontrunning yankee fan jay-z...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:51:36 -0500

members of the roots let douchebag frontrunning yankee fan jay-z know what they think about him after the yanks beat the phillies tonight to capture their 27th championship.

they speak for us all.

(via questo’s twitter)

oh, and phils: thanks for the great run, again.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! the autotune! it does nothing!

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:33:09 -0500

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

the autotune! it does nothing!

wow. this is just stone cold. i think i like it.

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:05:38 -0500

wow. this is just stone cold. i think i like it.

claude levi-strauss dies at 100.

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:31:01 -0500

claude levi-strauss dies at 100.:

wait, CLAUDE LEVI-STRAUSS WAS STILL ALIVE?