December 2008
51 posts
Jennifer 8. Lee hunts for General Tso
The Day Traitors
Bailout!?
Cindy McCain
GET YOUR WAR ON
This stuff is gold.
Accomplishment
I consider the past three days to be the most accomplished days of my life. In total, I watched 5 five movies (with help form this website, thanks john). So here’s my recap…
First, The Visitor
I had heard about this film a while ago but never made the effort to go see it in theaters. I came across it again a few days ago so I decided to download and it check it out. Overall,...
The Madoff Economy →
I liked where Krugman says:
Meanwhile, how much has our nation’s future been damaged by the magnetic pull of quick personal wealth, which for years has drawn many of our best and brightest young people into investment banking, at the expense of science, public service and just about everything else?
Oh yeah, and one of Madoff’s investors committed suicide today.
erockappel:
If the Academy Award nominated “Shawshank Redemption” was made in 1983, this is probably what the last twenty minutes would look like.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
Dolorean (26)
Ben Kweller (25)
Bruce Springsteen (5)
Albert Hammond Jr. (5)
The Hood Internet (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
I have just come to the stunning conclusion that The Incredible Hulk is a...
– Cameron Kenley Hunt (via tmblg)
Apparently someone is making a movie about our... →
Long Island PTA Mom Caught with 13-Year-Old Boy →
Woohoo! Long Island always keeps it classy!
…if something’s fucked up in your liver, then you can’t live....
– Jonah Takalua
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-14) →
Common (22)
Peter Schmalfuss (12)
The Mountain Goats (12)
Bon Iver (12)
The Mountain Goats & Kaki King (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Get busy living, or get busy dying.
– Andy Dufresne, The Shawshank Redemption
There are several ways to kill a zombie, but the most satisfying one is to stab...
– Dwight K. Schrute
When I’m in writing mode for a novel, I get up at 4:00 am and work for five to...
– Haruki Murakami (via adamfrucci)
Recent MBA Can't Find Work, Resorts to Taxi... →
dihard:
Me in 5 months?
blakewhitman:
Charter for Compassion (via Vimeo)
Wow, religion based on compassion – what a novel idea.
My dashboard today has had an overflow of humanity related posts and I think this one tops it off.
On a side note, do yourself a favor and watch this video fullscreen in HD. It’s really brilliant.
The Girl Effect →
(via gauntlet, snickerdoodle, babybitch, morganism82, soupsoup, adamiss)
Pretty eye-opening
Apple users! Help me!
unalone:
How do I stop iPhoto from opening when I plug in my iPod? It ticks me off.
Love, Lazy Rory
Try going to the iPhoto’s preferenes and changing the action for “Connecting camera opens:…” and choose No Application.
If the artist is excessively dependent on simply being “liked,” so that her true...
– David Foster Wallace (via gregbrown, dailymeh, leahcreates, and align)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-7) →
Jack Johnson (55)
Little Joy (49)
Coldplay (25)
Raphael Saadiq (15)
Jay-Z (12)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Scarsdale Adjusts to Life Without Advanced... →
I was pretty happy to see this after Kristen Wiig’s failed attempt at a Digital Short. Samberg is taking over.
Let me take off my assistant’s skirt and put on my Barbara Streisand in The...
– Tobias Funke (via tmblg)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-30) →
Raphael Saadiq
Coldplay
Sigur Rós
Q-Tip
Kanye West
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
The Hood Internet →
These guys are really amazing. I’ve been wanting to try out some mash-ups for a while.