December 2011
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“Overall, I think it’s a good time to have a girl in the 21st century...”
– Louis C.K.: The Next Steve Jobs Will Be A Chick | Fast Company
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Senators Demand the Military Lock Up of American... →
In support of this harmful bill, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) explained that the bill will “basically say in law for the first time that the homeland is part of the battlefield” and people can be imprisoned without charge or trial “American citizen or not.” Another supporter, Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) also declared that the bill is needed because “America is part of the battlefield.”
uh
what
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“If you are used to whipping off papers the night before they’re due, running...”
– David Foster Wallace’s syllabus: Is there any better? - Slate Magazine
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“Your tastes may run more to Leia or Galadriel than any of the women in Twilight,...”
– What Twilight Has That Star Wars Doesn’t — Vulture
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TV Fact-Checker: Getting Civic Duties Right on... →
What’s your typical day like?
“Myself and the other writer’s assistant are in the writer’s room taking notes, keeping a running log of every joke or story idea pitched in the room. And then at the end of every day we keep them organized by story, so if we want to jump back to Story X we can jump back and I have those notes ready for them. That’s one component. Another is that as script...
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PUBLIC APOLOGY
LAST NIGHT i was so excited about the events taking place in parks and rec that i started texting exclamations of excitement to cara. I COULD NOT CONTROL MYSELF. but from said exclamations, she was able to figure out what happened and thus I SPOILED IT. i am a spoiler monster. i am ashamed. i am sorry. DO YOU HEAR ME CARA I AM SORRY.
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“Oh you girls and Draco Malfoy (she shakes her head, crowd applauds)....”
– J.K. Rowling, 2006: Accio Quote!, the largest archive of J.K. Rowling interviews on the web
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thundercats are go
me: do you notice anything different about my hair?
chris: you kind of look like a thundercat.
me: ...
chris: what! that's not a bad thing!
i walk back to my desk
chris: thundercats have awesome hair.
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Climate change episode of Frozen Planet won't be... →
An episode of the BBC’s Frozen Planet documentary series that looks at climate change has been scrapped in the U.S., where many are hostile to the idea of global warming.
British viewers will see all seven episodes of the multi-million-pound nature series throughout the Autumn.
But U.S. audiences will not be shown the last episode, which looks at the threat posed by man to the natural...
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Watchherman cain on libya. this is all an elaborate borat-style joke, right?
Fulfillment And Inventory Choice: Two Ways Of... →
once again, I share a link to Linda Holmes:
So there’s really no disconnect between critics and audiences when it comes to movies not made to please critics. Everybody who reviewed Jack & Jill understood what it was, knew what it was aiming for before they got there, and undoubtedly understands that few people would be asking for their money back. Don’t envision those critics...
