May 2011
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April 2011
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“It took 2 hours to convince me to do this,” he said. “I saw the look of...”
– For a change, Carrot Top plays it straight - The Kats Report - Las Vegas Sun
Carrot Top got a blowout and someone wrote a whole article about it? America, yay! (Click thru for photos.)
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“Citing the research of evolutionary psychologists at the State University of New...”
– Sexism Charges Divide American College of Surgeons - NYTimes.com
So, the guy who made the weaksauce cum joke for a Valentine’s Day article in the American College of Surgeons journal resigned because there was such an uproar about the joke. It was barely a cum joke—it was more of a...
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“After the first week, the teams were allowed to tweak their bot’s code and to...”
– Are You Following a Bot? - Magazine - The Atlantic
Programmers created twitter bots that engage real human users and fool them into thinking they’re talking to humans. Companies and the military is interested in using such technology to astroturf or spread propaganda through social networks.
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“A summer dress always looks best without tights or stockings. It is about limbs...”
– The perfect summer dress: It must be sleeveless but not too short. - By Geoff Dyer - Slate Magazine
A treatise on the summer dress from a man’s perspective. Funny, in an effort to bolster my breezy summer dress collection, I bought a simple red cotton jersey tank dress with asymmetrical...
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“I must have sat there for 10 or 15 minutes. Finally, I called a violin-expert...”
– Experience: I crushed my £1m violin | Life and style | The Guardian
The story of falling down stairs and crushing a £1M violin that was paid off over many years. But there’s a slight twist ending to this whole ordeal, if you click through.
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WatchBackstage scene from today’s Liege-Bastogne-Liege race is almost more memorable than Philippe Gilbert’s seemingly effortless coup de grâce against the Schleck brothers to complete his Ardennes sweep.
Sometimes, I wonder if we fans are way too down on guys who race their hearts out. One’s harshest critic is usually oneself, and even without the Internet peanut gallery, the...
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10 Charts About Sex « OkTrends →
There’s interesting ways of slicing data here, but it’s not necessarily robust analysis? At its most basic, the info here is great party small talk. But sinking your teeth into the methodology, data set, etc. and trying to poke holes in them is kind of schadenfreudy fun.
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““I wear Dockers,” he said, though he was clad in baggy gray...”
– Biz Markie, Dockers Team Up - WSJ.com
Aww, WSJ put Biz on the spot about shilling for Dockers. Leave the beatboxin’ teddybear alone, evil Murdoch publication!
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“Analysts say the condoms, which contain a gel that helps men maintain a firmer...”
– New Condom Nears Approval - WSJ.com
Dear Science, as long as it’s a certain level of firmness (or size) making it firmer (or bigger) does not matter much.
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“But when the new rules concerning issues from airline fees and bumping to tarmac...”
– Peanuts on planes protected by law - CNN
Hurray peanuts! I haven’t flown in a while but I’m easy to please; I get excited by free peanuts and ginger ale on the plane. Exactly how many people had horrific peanut allergy deaths mid-flight?
It would be a travesty if Mr. Peanut could not...
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“Life with a contrarian is always stimulating, but it comes with conflict, says...”
– Three cheers for contrarians « Psychologies
Explains the Lockhorns? Finding another who is as contrarian and ornery as I sounds exhausting and stressful.
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“Too much writing about sex tries to either make it prettier or more serious,...”
– Paris Review – Sex and Salter, Alexander Chee
How to write about sex in fiction without being cheesy and laughable. But really, it applies to all of writing because the act of writing is more often than not the brain having sex with ideas and making word babies.
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Swansea house looks like Hitler complete with naff... →
Seriously, the Daily Mail is the Simon Wiesenthal of things that look like Hitler. Also, I really think the Daily Mail should get a psych screen because it’s seeing Hitler everywhere.
