December 2010
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Videogum - The Best Viral Videos of 2010 bravo.
Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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larry david, on tax cuts →
the best way to express outrage over things we cannot personally change, or at least directly change, is jokes! humor! laffs! and larry david has the luxury of doing just that in a new op/ed piece for the new york of times. sure sure, he hardly represents the common person’s, or middle class for that matter, household income - but i appreciate the sarcasm nonetheless. however, my favorite...
Dec 21st
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martha’s b-day 10-09-1985 by new picture agencies saw video on splitsider today. granted, there are very personal biases at play here, but i think this is one of the most hilarious videos i’ve seen in a long time.
Dec 20th
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Dec 17th
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sexuality, television and a teenage girl walk into... →
A Parents’ Television Council sounds more like a Cromwellian nightmare to me than a necessary watchdog, but I suppose somebody has to get hot and bothered about television. Most recently, they have decided television has hyped up the sexualization of teenage girls to unacceptable levels and even created a montage of “proof” as shown above. The PTC may actually have a point, but...
Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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Jens Lekman Makes Up With New York, and I Was... →
for me, the stand out was his 3-piece rendition of “Sweet Summer’s Night On Hammer Hill.” i’ll never feel too old for audience sing-a-long participation- especially if that’s your closer. i’m oft too crabby to stand in crowded spaces that compose the concert scene of new york, but one hour set and two encores later of the jens, i fell in love with live shows all...
Dec 13th
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On a Personal Note
Someone just pointed out the following to me: L aundry T anning G ym I don’t like this developing LTG situation.
Dec 9th
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Columnizing the Free World, One Am I Right Ladies... →
this week: brassieres.
Dec 9th
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GChat analysis: How do I live without you, Tumblr?
Laura: okay tumblr we get it haha, joke's over....give my life back...
Julianne: HAH! i was JUST talking about that with 7 different people. our tumblr is supposed to launch next week -- not great timing for convincing CNN this is a reliable platform
Laura: i keep finding fun stuff on the webs, and i'm not able to embed it anywhere.... it's not a healthy thing
Julianne: if it makes you feel better, i feel like i want to tumble this chat. IRONY
Laura: cruel cruel irony. save the gchat in your gchat archives. those will never crash. NEVER
Dec 8th
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Navigating Past Nihilism - Sean D. Kelly, NYTimes.com Base not your understanding of nihilism on the last 5 minutes of Fight Club, on Nietzsche’s “God is dead” mantra or the above bath tub scene from The Big Lebowski. There’s more to the nothingness in which Flea and crew profess belief. The New York Times Opinionator has an interesting piece on the modern state of...
Dec 7th
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 2nd
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Dec 1st
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TSA: Newly Banned Items When it comes to safety, there’s no such thing as overreaction. Evidence of my burgeoning career as a hand model. Also, I produced this!
Dec 1st