July232009

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This is the first Google Voice voicemail I received.

Sounds about right.

July222009

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leo:

Very moving wedding moment (via TheKheinz)

SO cute!

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Reblog with your height…

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July162009

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Holy crap, the internet is on fire today. via @plasticbugs.

Chase Dat Gold: The LARP Rap (via VacantManifesto)

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This is something else. (via proshura84)

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soupsoup:

National Geographic’s Best Pictures of the Year (via @chrisdimare)

Can’t decide if my favorites are the polar bears or the penguins…

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aprilini:

Food for thought by Jay Smooth on Michael Jackson, media and us.

“And yet at the center of all that tragedy, this same camera and microphone that gave him a life without peace, also filled his life with these transcendant moments of grace. They let him connect with us in a way that way only an artist can and share that purest kind of joy that only an artist can create. And with these tools, he got to share that with us a billion at a time.”

July142009

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Bastille Day Special: French Films in a Nutshell

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twentysomethingtales:

In combination with browsing the French Films section [of Netflix] and watching several of them, we came to realize that French movies fall into the following categories, almost exclusively:

1. Post WW2 stories of war heroes, or reconnecting, rebuilding. Fair enough.

2. Teachers, usually in the countryside, who are failed artists or geniuses, who expose the great talents of one or a body of students, and thus reclaim their glory.

3. Pools, which are often coupled with murder and questioning of sexuality.

4. Lesbians, threesomes, bisexuality, coming-of-age sexuality stories, which make up the bulk of the French films on Netflix. Sub-category: Strippers.

5. Cyrano de Bergerac, and other 17-18th century historical figures.

6. Gérard Depardieu. Self-explanatory.

(Note: Of course, this list applies mainly to contemporary films, and ignores the New Wave, Catherine Deneuve, and Brigitte Bardot. This is because these films are actually good)

So, knowing these themes, I have come up with the plot for France’s next blockbuster hit. It is as follows:

In 1946, Jean-Claude Dupont, a swimming teacher at a small school outside of Strasbourg has a secret: he is gay. Nightly, Napoléon appears to him a dream, telling him that he is a coward for hiding his sexuality, that coming out is nothing in compared to Napoléon’s conquests, and if at the 30 years of age, he could conquer and rule the French, then so too could Jean-Claude become master of his own world. The roles of Jean-Claude and Napoléon are played by Gérard Depardieu, naturally. But the overbearing town preacher, Père Moreau, is on an anti-homosexual tirade, constantly addressing its sins in his sermons. Yet, even under the watchful eye of the Catholic church, Jean-Claude struggles. As a swimming teacher for the boys of L’école de St. Clément, the young Jean-Claude struggles to look at his students without a rumbling in his loins. As a distraction, he concentrates his efforts on Audrey Tautou, the History teacher, who, in fact, has a dark sexual persona. She is a lesbian who moonlights as a stripper in the local speakeasy. One night, Jean-Claude follows Audrey Tautou to her strip job, and the two experience a connection, one that is brought about by a third party, an androgynous transsexual. All three fall in love and decide to shock the townspeople by declaring who they are. Le Père hears their cries in the town square, and comes out with a spear to kill them, stopping only before he jabs the heart of Jean-Claude, dropping his weapon, and commencing to cry, because he, too is gay. The threesome flees the town happily, off to Paris, where they rent a room in a huge apartment on the Canal St. Martin filled with International bohemians, that they love and come to call L’Auberge Espagnole.

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"When a visiting pitcher is taken out of a game (usually because they have been shelled or left a lot of runners on base), how about the Jumbotron says, “play him off keyboard cat!” and then they play the Fatso video. I’m surprised they aren’t already doing it."

— My mom just emailed this idea to me. Tell me this isn’t the greatest idea you’ve ever heard. I love her.

July132009

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mikehudack:

fredseibert:

antoinetta:milkdrop:fuckyeahmadmen: Cant waittt! nadiaisobel:bohemeaMad Men Season 3 Poster

HAPPYHAPPYDONDRAPERJOY.

July62009

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David Rees, Numbers Expert, on "Pick Fours" »

yourmonkeycalled:

You think you know numbers? David Rees knows how to pick numbers, dummies:

I picked a 71 to round it off on the strength of how badass 71 looks; I remember a few years ago “Number Pickers Digest” listed it as one of the top-twenty toughest-looking numbers under 100. You never mess with “Fat 71.”

Go read this ASAP before he realizes he could charge $1,000’s for this advice.

Who is this funny numbers man? I enjoy him!

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A mostly nonsensical IM convo about a breakfast burrito someone agreed to order for me and then deliver to me because I am hungover

  • him: spinach tortilla?
  • me: yeppers
  • thank you kindly
  • and CHEESE
  • CHEESE FOR THE MASSES
  • CHEESE FOR EVERYONE, ALWAYS
  • him: no venice wraps, they don't serve breakfast this late
  • me: that is horseshit garbage
  • my day is ruined
  • what will i do
  • him: just convinced them to make you one
  • me: wow, that's amazing!
  • you're a shining star in a sea of turds

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