February 2012
“43% believe a group of people randomly selected from the phone book would do a...”
– I’d side with the 19% here, but acknowledge that this would be one heck of an experiment. Someone should make “Shadow Phonebook Congress” a reality show. [Rasmussen Reports™]
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“At one point Mikovits […] was hiding out on a boat to avoid being served...”
– Yet another high profile retraction from Science [#] complete with crazy upon crazy details that leave me longing for a Law & Order to rip this thing from the headlines. “Fallout From Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Retraction Is Far and Wide”[NYTimes]
Watch“Let’s just call it Fancy Entourage.”
(via bestrooftalkever)
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“No doubt there are worse things than being young and male and unable to throw...”
– Stephen Squibb, ”Late Patriot Football” [n 1]. Loving all of the post-Super Bowl deepthinkpieces. See also, an hour of Tom Brady having a sad that features a sprinting hug from Gisele Bundchen followed by a grief-induced Katy Perry neg [yahoo!]; Sascha Frere-Jones defending...
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“I have been in meetings where people look down and notice my socks, and there is...”
– Hunter Walk, YouTube gangbanger. In Silicon Valley, Socks Make the Tech Entrepreneur - NYTimes.com
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WatchCan’t help but hear this version whenever “Total Eclipse of the Heart” comes up to close out an evening with some last call ridiculous modern dance parody. (Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Video Version)
“They couldn’t even compete in the same Miss Universe pageant (a Trump...”
– Ana Marie Cox dissects the Trump endorsement. [guardian]
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January 2012
“It became widely understood that a closeted student at Rutgers had committed...”
– From Ian Parker’s long, revealing, story: “Tyler Clementi’s Suicide and Dharun Ravi’s Trial”. [The New Yorker]
The article really isn’t exactly about either of those things, and I’m sure that many people will read it very differently. For instance, I thought that it...
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“He wants sausages, not awards.”
– Michel Hazanavicius on the desires of Uggie, his film’s (mostly) retired Jack Russell Terrier and the campaign (endorsed by @Susan Orlean) to get him an Oscar. [The Press Association]
In sharp contrast, at least Christopher Plummer constantly sticks up for Cosmo, the dog star of...
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“Q: I thought you might explain why you support decriminalizing [marijuana] but...”
– Barney Frank, in just one of many LOL responses to a condensed interview with the Times magazine’s Andrew Goldman. [NYT]
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“I think me learning guitar might just ruin our band.”
– Matt Berninger talking to Matthew Perpetua about the National, the Academy Awards, and a follow-up to High Violet. [Rolling Stone]
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