December 2010
32 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-19) →
“Finally, it’s the idea of Facebook that disappoints. If it were a genuinely...”
– Generation Why? by Zadie Smith | The New York Review of Books
“When asked about the final line of the song (“I like your beard”)...”
– Your Love Is My Drug - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Ripley gets it wrong, as it happens; the Alien Queen is not a bitch. She’s a...”
– Ellen Ripley Saved My Life | The Awl
Whoring for the Awl again…
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-12) →
“Mike is a Christian, but I want to know more about how Christian he is. I always...”
– A New Mike Interview « Satellite News
it just gets worse and worse
Fun fact of the day
jasontheexploder:
Mike Nelson of *Mystery Science Theater 3000* is a devout Christian and Republican who loved “The Passion of the Christ.” GOOGLE IT
This is really fucking depressing. I hope its a prank.
Though the Judeo-Christian worldview has served us well for more than two hundred years and underpins the finest society in the history of the world, there are those fighting hard to throw...
Best Car
There’s a Prius parked out front of my apartment with two bumperstickers 1.) IMPEACH HIM 2.) 9/11 Was An Inside Job Really wish my iPhone had a flash so I could have taken a picture.
“victoria48: I don’t know about the rest of you but I have had people tell...”
– The Best Comments from Oprah Book Club’s Online Discussion of “Freedom” | The Awl
Oprah fans not also Franzen fans
Where Open Laptops Mean a Buzz of (Quiet) Activity... →
“There’s a recognition here,” he added, “that people come to a cafe to not be alone.”
Oh man, people bring laptops to coffee shops? Is this 1997?
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What If Tumblr Is Gone FOREVER??? | The Awl →
December 5-6 2010, Where Were You?
Never Forget
(Another) Day That Will Live in Infamy
“brutally real like a Hungarian abortion”
– F/M/K: Bill Murray, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase | The Hairpin
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-5) →
“Evi Quaid called from a pay phone in Vancouver to say that she and her husband,...”
– “The Quaid Conspiracy” by Nancy Jo Sales [Send Me a Story]
How can you not read a story that STARTS with that sentence?!
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THE PHONE THE PHONE HOLD THE FUCKING PHONE
sarahluz:
THERE’S A RESTAURANT IN FALLS CHURCH THAT SERVES AREPAS?
It’s been right here under my nose for two years and I had no idea.
Nothing will ever top Caracas, but if these even come close, like if these arepas are even playing in the same ballpark as Caracas, I’d be satisfied. I’ve been living in a Venezuelan food desert down here.
Can we get some confirmation here?
Nellie’s...
I don’t need you or your brand new Benz
Or your bougie friends.
I don’t need love, looking like diamonds
Looking like diamonds
Watchjasontheexploder:
Here’s the Walkmen, my favorite sad bastards in the world, singing “Holiday Road” from National Lampoon’s Vacation. It is such a joy.
You going to the show Friday at 930?
“But I’m also not going to let Nirvana be reduced to a load of hype signifying...”
– Part 5: 1994: Kurt Cobain is dead! Long live Soundgarden! | Music | Whatever Happened To Alternative Nation? | The A.V. Club