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February 03, 2012
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My Five Favorite Episodes of “The Big Bang Theory”

(Note: I have never seen “The Big Bang Theory.”)

  1. The one where Big Bang and Duckie accidentally reinvent cheese.
  2. The one where they play laser tag for the whole episode.
  3. The one where Big Bang and Oren (killer Kevin James guest spot) open an exotic meat store.
  4. The one where Big Bang learns his dad is gay—and blind.
  5. The one where Duckie falls in love with Katie Couric.
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January 30, 2012
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I was in a book store, eavesdropping on the conversation of two black ladies: BL1: I finally got around to seeing The Help.BL2: Oh yeah? How was it?BL1: (weary laugh) Oh, you know.BL2: Yup.  (image via seoulbrother)

I was in a book store, eavesdropping on the conversation of two black ladies:

BL1: I finally got around to seeing The Help.
BL2: Oh yeah? How was it?
BL1: (weary laugh) Oh, you know.
BL2: Yup. 

(image via seoulbrother)

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January 15, 2012
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It’s not often that you can tell exactly what a person was doing when they had the idea for a product.

It’s not often that you can tell exactly what a person was doing when they had the idea for a product.

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January 13, 2012
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HOW ‘BOUT A NICE SWAN BIRYANI?

If you love Look Around You as much as I do, you’ll superlove (as I superdid) this video that the guys made for a recent evening screening of the series.

(via)

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December 14, 2011
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New Diet

We give you a rabies shot and a PowerBar and drop you in the middle of the slums of Lagos.

If you make it home, you’ll definitely be several pounds lighter. Even better: you won’t care about meaningless shit like dieting anymore.

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November 01, 2011
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Artists Featured on the Next Quentin Tarantino Soundtrack

Shumka is the best. My 2 favorites:

  • Smug Chuggley and the Analog Snobs
  • If Dracula Had a Band

Read the full list.

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October 10, 2011
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Google: Actively assisting the onset of my senility.

Google: Actively assisting the onset of my senility.

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September 27, 2011
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PEOPLE … PEOPLE HAVING FUUUUUUNNNN

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September 23, 2011
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daveshumka: Just got back from Graham’s beard painting show.  This one is called “All Giamatti.”  Pretty good. Pretty good, Graham. Prett-y good.

daveshumka:

Just got back from Graham’s beard painting show.  This one is called “All Giamatti.”  Pretty good.

Pretty good, Graham. Prett-y good.

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September 15, 2011
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"I have married broken spoke charging smoke wheels
Spit and swallowed opioids"

— I like the new Wilco song as much as the next plaid-wearing 401(k) holder, but this could have come from a javascript Jeff Tweedy lyrics generator.

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September 06, 2011
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1838 “the daguerreotype required very long exposures to form an image on the surface of a silver plate. It’s likely that this was a busy street at the time, but because the image would have taken several minutes to form, only the figure standing still—getting his boots shined?—shows up.” Nicholas Jackson : “The First Photograph of a Human”

1838

“the daguerreotype required very long exposures to form an image on the surface of a silver plate. It’s likely that this was a busy street at the time, but because the image would have taken several minutes to form, only the figure standing still—getting his boots shined?—shows up.”

Nicholas Jackson : “The First Photograph of a Human”

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September 06, 2011
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WALTMINKWALTMINKWALTMINK

If you went to college in Minnesota in the mid-90’s, you had lots of opportunities to coolly ignore Walt Mink whenever they played First Ave or one of the local colleges. At least that’s what I imagine everybody but me did, because no one I mentioned them to since that time has heard of them. 

Until a couple months ago, when suddenly everybody is like “Walt Mink this,” or “Walt Mink that,” or “Walt Mink something something.” 

I’m very happy to see these guys get some attention again, because even if you don’t like the music, you have to admit that they are T.A.S. (Tight. As. Shit.).

Side note: before I heard Nick Drake’s sleepy original “Pink Moon,” I knew about the song from these guys. Which kind of ruined the sleepy version for me.

Also: Great video work, Chris Butler!

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September 04, 2011
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As your

unleashed pit bull approached my children, you said: 

“Don’t worry, she’s friendly!”

But I heard:

“Hello, I am a stranger! There is my biting machine! Which I choose not to control!”

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September 02, 2011
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Comme de longs échos qui de loin se confondent

What ho, look at this! My pal luckyshirt also recently went gaga over checks:

luckyshirt:

Dear person writing a check for your groceries:

…

I understand that there are outlaws about, and that carrying your fucking gold bullion around is a terrible idea, but check this shit out: we have these little plastic bits of sorcery called “debit cards”. 

…

And don’t you worry your solid gold ass about me or the line around the fucking equator that’s waiting for you to fill in the memo space to remind yourself that this wasn’t for a new longsword or passage on the fucking Titanic. You go on and keep your records in order, Pharaoh. 

The whole thing is great (if slightly angrier than my take).

Tags: rant

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September 02, 2011
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Oh sorry,

I should have pointed out, in case you weren’t aware, that “checks” are pieces of paper that old people use to promise money to each other.