January 2012
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“For the most part, it hasn’t affected it much. There have been a couple of...”
– The Vegan Experience, Day 13: The Halfway Mark | Serious Eats I’ve been following J. Kenji Lopez-Alt’s “The Vegan Experience” series closely, as it mirrors my own experience changing my diet. Whatever your eating persuasion, do go read his writing. It’s a really...
Jan 31st
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“It comes in voters’ own words, often registered onto the clipboards of...”
– Project Dreamcatcher: How cutting-edge text analytics can help the Obama campaign determine voters’ hopes and fears. - Slate Magazine A crazy ambitious data-mining project for the Obama reelection campaign, which they call “microlistening.” Can algorithms read into voters’ stories...
Jan 26th
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“We have one main ski mask. We have a couple decent backup masks, but the one you...”
– Jon Glaser | TV | Interview | The A.V. Club You haven’t watched Delocated? Why not?!?!?! Jon Glaser is absolutely an underrated comedy genius.
Jan 25th
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“you see Smith spitting, cursing, and telling an early audience: “Don’t be afraid...”
– The Mother Courage of Rock by Luc Sante | The New York Review of Books An overview of Patti Smith’s career as poet, musician and irresistible animal of a woman.
Jan 25th
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The Best Time I Doped by Accident
This morning, in the shower, I thought about my easy progress coming back to running since re-injuring my back in November. I began running again early last week. Half mile at first, but quickly adding up to 2 miles, my leg muscles feeling so supple I declared to my chiropractor that I was running even better than before my original back injury that put me out. Then, I remembered I forgot to take...
Jan 19th
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Jan 13th
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Jan 13th
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Jan 8th
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“For starters, whatever camera phone she was using had a piercing, distracting...”
– Patton Oswalt | IT WAS THAT GODDAMNED EYE-ROLL This incident is getting some attention. Never understood camera phone people at shows, comedy or music, who are hell bent on preserving rather than living the moment. Does a performance not feel real unless you see a shittily lit version of it on your...
Jan 7th
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Jan 7th
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Jan 6th
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“According to my pitch, as the final show wrapped up, the real Late Night set...”
– How to Kill a Joke (and Your Boss) - Culture - GOOD Is it too late for me to become a comedy writer, where you can render your boss as a horse masturbator and pitch it to his face?
Jan 5th
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Destroyer covering New Order “Leave Me Alone.” This filled a hole in my soul. A likeness I never noticed between them.
Jan 4th
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Before taking on the stage name Lana Del Rey, she was just “Lizzie Grant.”
Jan 3rd
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Portlandia Season 2 Episode 1 available online! Here! Now! Wow!
Jan 3rd
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““We’ve always been about social and about connection,” Ms. Anderson said. “And,...”
– Tostitos’ New Spokesman Is the Product Itself - NYTimes.com This whole entire article is rendered in creepy, skeevy marketing newspeak. It’s fun to read, but also makes you want to strangle and kill. When did humankind get so weird and disingenuous?
Jan 2nd
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“You see them all across the country, in shopping malls and street corners,...”
– Bankrupt Chain Restaurants Are Still Holding On - NYTimes.com The business of feeding America. Time to stay home and cook instead of feeding these zombies.
Jan 1st
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Jan 1st
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