July 2010
22 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25) →
Earl Sweatshirt (38)
The Cars (24)
Georgie James (21)
Arcade Fire (17)
Eugene McGuinness (16)
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The word processor is a stupid and grossly inefficient tool for preparing text...
– Word Processors: Stupid and Inefficient
Good stuff.
Later:
I am suggesting, therefore, that should be two distinct “moments” in the production of a printed text using a computer. First one types one’s text and gets its logical structure right, indicating this structure in the...
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Sadly, an incident like this is something you never want to happen.
– David Glanzer, Comic-Con Director of Marketing and Public Relations, after a fella got stabbed in the eye with a pen.
Care to rephrase?
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-18) →
John Vanderslice (19)
Dr. Octagon (18)
Sun Kil Moon (9)
Idlewild (8)
Sufjan Stevens (8)
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However, “we sell more bones to artists than we do to science,” says...
– An artistic body of work’s bone of contention
This is an interesting article!
Tangentially, if you’re an art-head and you know me IRL ask me about my Damien Hirst rant.
Not a fan.
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I couldn’t find a published study that empirically compared God-attachment...
– Experimental Theology: The Psychology of Christianity: Part 6, Jesus and I
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My biggest beef with the New Newsroom, though, is what has happened to...
– Gene Weingarten - Gene Weingarten column mentions Lady Gaga.
Also:
Early this year, the print edition of The Post had this great headline on a story about Conan O’Brien’s decision to quit rather than accept a later time slot: “Better never than late.” Online, it was...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-11) →
Earl Sweatshirt (24)
Big Boi (24)
Mew (17)
Mogwai (14)
Eugene McGuinness (13)
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In 1989, Broward County Sheriff Nick Navarro banned the sale of our album, As...
– Luke of 2 Live Crew
Elena Kagan helped 2 Live Crew and blacks, so confirm her already - Miami New Times
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-4) →
Mindless Self Indulgence (15)
Curl Up and Die (5)
Say Hi (5)
Morrissey (3)
Slayer (2)
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If you’re a small-business owner,” Johnson says, “you get up...
– Conservatives use Pelosi as face of liberalism in campaign ads
June 2010
37 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-27) →
Radiohead (20)
Emmy the Great (18)
Jeremy Warmsley (17)
John Vanderslice (14)
Doves (12)
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Lower-nose accoutrements are often associated with certain professions, such as...
– The ‘stache caucus - Emily Schultheis - POLITICO.com
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Kafka Makes You More Patriotic - The Chronicle of... →
But does reading Kafka threaten our sense of meaning? To find out, researchers had participants read either the parable “An Imperial Message,” about a hopeless messenger and his futile mission, or the “Tortoise and the Hare,” the Aesop classic about why it’s good to be slow and steady. And also why hares are jerks. … The theory is that when a person’s...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-20) →
The Drums (42)
Emmy the Great (36)
Maps & Atlases (21)
Lil B (19)
Scissor Sisters (14)
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The one primary role for government is to protect people who are being taken...
– Joe Biden on Joe Barton: “Incredibly Out of Touch” | Blue Wave News
Execution by firing squad
squashed:
It happened last night in Utah. And, apparently, a lot of people are uncomfortable about it. Get over your squeamishness.
Was it barbaric? Yes. Disgusting? Yes. A rare unmasking of the barbarity we try to cover with a myth of civility? Yes.
The death penalty is a terrible thing. We waste money on it because we’ve decided we like killing—even when it’s unnecessary. If we’re going to...
Public prosecutors are conducting investigations, but the case is complicated....
– Lucrative Business in Danger: Falcon Breeder Hit by Mystery Deaths in Germany - SPIEGEL ONLINE
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"Let us strangle the last king with the guts of...
johnvanderslice:
Attributed to Diderot (1840)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-13) →
Talking Heads (20)
Face to Face (18)
Say Hi (17)
Elkland (14)
Blitzen Trapper (13)
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Describing Emeralds’ music feels a little like capping that underwater oil...
– Seriously Pitchfork?
Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Emeralds: Does It Look Like I’m Here?
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Dear Adidas US,
Help customers solve their Adidas problems in the medium of their choice!
- Phill
I contacted the company three different ways, each time they pointed me to a different place.
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