Wow. Kinda beautifully poignant.
“Son, is it weird that I hate the Golden Globe Awards but love the Hollywood Foreign Press Association?”
“I noticed you had enough time this afternoon to post two witty status updates on Facebook but not enough time to return my text message.”
Bernie Sanders on tax-cuts for the very rich
In case you don’t have time to watch Bernie Sanders’ 8 1/2 hour tax-cut filibuster on CSPAN, here is a 13 minute speech he gave earlier this month touching on the same issues. In case you don’t have 13 minutes to spare right now, here is what I took away from it: supporting huge tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires while at the same time claiming to be concerned about decreasing the national debt is an incongruous stance to take; instead, corporations and billionaires should be held accountable while at the same time we should help the middle and working class by creating jobs by investing in US infrastructure.
“Of all of the Schnapps, I think that peach is the best. Not just in terms of flavor, but also in terms of all around Schnappiness.”
The Sandino Book Club: The Catcher in the Rye
when we read a book, it really affects us…
A sketch comedy show at the UCB theater on Thursday Dec. 9th at 6:30pm.
Tickets $5.
Written and performed by the members of Sandino.
Directed by Nate Dern.
“You’re right, son. It would be irresponsible of me to stay home from work to play WoW and level up a Worgen. I’ll do a Goblin first.”
Chris Kelly: Because I'm Gay, Here Is My DADT Post →
Let’s get Chris Kelly on Rachel Maddow.
The problem with these “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” hearings is the problem with the entire country’s discourse about homosexuality: it’s still debated like there are two sides to the issue. Like there are people who support gay rights and are entitled to their opinion, and people who don’t support…
“If Jack Black, actor, and Jack White, musician, had a baby…it would be a medical miracle. Because, you know, they’re both men.”
The taste of phlegm
This is going to be a little gross. My med school and epidemiologist friends please take note if you have a minute to spare.
I get sick about every two or three months. Usually starts out as a sinus situation that becomes an upper respiratory event.
My most recent sickness has lasted about six weeks. Last week I was nearly feeling better and then I took for a turn for the worse. Cough and congestion was joined by fever and aches.
Once the fever subsided, something interesting happened: the taste of my phlegm changed.
As I said, I get sick a lot and it is usually a fairly similar set of symptoms, so I think I have experience in this area. And this mucus tastes different. Unlike any mucus/expectorated substance I’ve ever had the pleasure of having in my mouth.
So. What does this mean? Anything? Is it a different strand of the common cold? Have I stumbled upon the mutated form of the disease that is going to wipe us all out? Am I patient zero?
Advice/knowledge/words of comfort would be appreciated.
Also, in the same way that ‘travel writing’ is a genre, is ‘personal minor ailment’ writing a genre? If so, I could really see myself enjoying getting into that.
I think you’re on to something here, Mr. Tanouye.
I’m excited about my new podcast series, where I ask my guest just one question. Most podcasts are too long, mine is just right!
I was lucky enough to get Terry Gross to be my inaugural guest. As the host of Fresh Air, she is a role model for me and her interviews have inspired me in my work as an interviewer.
I hope you enjoy it.
Spotted Mr. Donald Glover in a Gap ad.
You're probably related to everybody alive today
przy:
by no greater separation than 50th cousins.
“People populate the darkness; with ghosts, with gods, with electrons, with tales.”
“[O]ur credibility, Mr. Limbaugh, comes from actually driving and testing the car, and understanding its advanced technology. It comes from driving and testing virtually every new car sold, and from doing this once a year with all the all-new or significantly improved models all at the same time. We test, make judgments and write about things we understand.
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If you can stop shilling for your favorite political party long enough to go for a drive, you might really enjoy the Chevy Volt. I’m sure GM would be happy to lend you one for the weekend. Just remember: driving and Oxycontin don’t mix.”
Motor Trend in response to Rush Limbaugh’s criticism of their choice of the Chevy Volt as the car of the year.
source: The Atlantic Wire
Noah and Dru - Ep. #7 - “Literary Agent”
Noah and Dru are great in this, as usual. Special thanks to Ben Rameaka for helping us out with a great performance.
In June of 1908, a blast of approximately 15 megatons (roughly 1,000 times as powerful as the Hiroshima bomb) rocketed the desolate Tunguska River Valley in central Siberia. The explosion felled 80 million trees and sent so much dust into the stratosphere that Europeans as distant as Paris reported that the night sky was so aglow you could read by its light. Despite pseudo-scientific conjecture - aliens! doomsday! a black hole tunneling through Earth! Tesla’s Wardenclyffe Tower gone awry! - the consensus now is that the blast was caused by a meteoric air burst, the largest meteor strike in the last 10,000 years. The study has also identified the meteor, which passed around June 27, 1908, and will be passing close to Earth again in 2045.
"Slow down."
I think the “social experiment” part of this is somewhat problematic, but an interesting conversation starter and a good message nonetheless.
via reddit
“Son, have you seen my fanny pack? No, not the red one, the blue one. No, not the trashy blue one, the nice blue one. I’m going out.”