August 2009
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Iron & Wine, “Waitin’ For A...
nedhepburn:
Paul hates Jesus.
whaaaaa?
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Limp Bizkit, “Nookie” (The Disco...
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The Bloody Beatroots feat. The Cool Kids –...
“It’s really sary that a retin like Glenn Bek is one of the gatekeepers of what...”
– Mark Shea (via ayjay)
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“WD40, vice grips, and some duct tape. Any man worth his salt can do half of his...”
– Clint Eastwood, in character as “Walt” in Gran Torino
best. gif. ever.
via roflfactory
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Disney’s Robin Hood (Original Animated Ed.)...
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“Opponents suggest that a “government takeover” of health care will be a...”
– The Times’ Nicholas Kristoff, in a piece called “Health Care Fit for Animals.”
The article goes on to describe standard insurance-industry practices which maintain high stock-prices and corporate revenues by denying clients’ claims, many of which Mr. Wendell Potter helped...
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Phoenix - “Love Like A Sunset (Parts I &...
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“Chickens may live for five to eleven years, depending on the breed. In...”
– Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I saw the documentary “Food Inc” last weekend. It’s already causing me to think differently about food…especially the part about physically mature Chickens being killed at 40 days old, whereas in the 1960’s it took 3 months to raise a...
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“Time to Pretend” by Paul Dempsey
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Why Bike Shorts Should Be Black →
A convincing argument.
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Two good reads on Tumblr this morning:
From the always interesting Steven Phibbs (aka “poortaste”), “10 Reasons Why You Should Never Buy Diamonds”:
“The diamond engagement ring is a 63-year-old invention of N.W.Ayer advertising agency. The De Beers diamond cartel contracted N.W.Ayer to create a demand for what are, essentially, useless hunks of rock.”
The linked information is brief, but well documented with...
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NY Times: It’s Hip to Be Round →
THIS summer the unvarying male uniform in the precincts of Brooklyn cool has been a pair of shorts cut at knickers length, a V-neck Hanes T-shirt, a pair of generic slip-on sneakers and a straw fedora. Add a leather cuff bracelet if the coolster is gay.
In truth this get-up was pretty much the unvarying male uniform last summer also, but this year an unexpected element has been added to the...
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Calvin Harris - “You Used to Hold Me”
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Samuel Barber - “Adagio For Strings”...
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“The Funny bone is almost as cruelly named as Design Within Reach.”
– James Nord (via mikehudack) (via molls)
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livejamie:
Calvin Harris - Flashback
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Carly Comando - “Everyday” (Original...
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Carly Comando - “Everyday” (8-bit...
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Metric - Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright (Bob...
BBC News: Answers to 10 Tricky Questions Kids like... →
The BBC Answers to many of life’s age-old questions, such as:
Why don’t all fish die when lightning hits the sea?
How much does the sky weigh?
Why can’t people leave other people alone?
…and,
Why is water wet?
Word has it that if you participate in "SNPD"...
…your boss/coworker/college entry application reviewer will probably find those pics.
“Just sayin”…for all the youngins’ out there.
This has been my first and last SNPD post. Ever.
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I'm sick of my theme.
It’s going bye bye. Soon.
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“We are half-hearted creatures, fooling around with drink and sex and ambition...”
– C. S. Lewis (via thebladeissharp) (via beautifulordinaire) (via jhnbrssndn) (via reconnoitre)
Top 10 Weird Uses for Vodka →
Weird, but slightly interesting.
Kfan's "Tumblarity Song" →
For those of us who remember Tumblr before Tumblarity.
(via kfan)
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Radiohead - Nude (HIPSTER RUNOFF Remix)
this >...
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"This morning I woke up and decided to hate the...
This morning, I was awoken by my alarm clock, which is powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly and regulated by the US department of energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the muicipal water utility. After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC-regulated channels to see what the National Weather Service of The National Oceanographic and...
“Without its subway, New York City would probably be dotted with parking lots the...”
– A salient argument for Public Transportation from The Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com