February 2012
Me: So, why don't we grab some lunch?
J: I'd love to, but unfortunately for you, I'm doing yoga in my lunch hour.
Me: …
J: I've been doing it for ages.
Me: …
J: It's good for my back.
Me: I'll tell you what it's not good for.
J: What's that?
Me: Your reputation.
January 2012
Chinese New Year celebrations in Melbourne featured many appearances by Longcat.
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Just quickly on the SOPA blackout.
The SOPA Blackout protests are a typical response from people used to snivelling while their lunch money gets stolen. We’re turning the other cheek instead of doing everything we can to punch the other guy’s lights out.
So, you know, yay us.
By which I mean to say “Look at my huge dick, I read Foreign Affairs and shit”.
In 1978, it might have been economically feasible and perfectly legal for an...
– George Packer, “The Broken Contract”, Foreign Affairs Vol 90 #6 (November 2011)
And this push-poll tendency is shared by many of those who ask, “Why on...
– Puritan Pundits Should Chill Out — Here Are 5 Reasons I’m Happy I’ve Had Lots of Casual Sex | Sex & Relationships | AlterNet
Via ccake
December 2011
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
Serge Gainsbourg (42)
Sloan (33)
Beastie Boys (32)
A Plus D (19)
Titus Jones (18)
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If you’re out there right now, and you’re a pretty girl who may wonder from time...
– Kelly’s Krush Korner - Karen O | VICE
For over five years I have been the victim of a hate blog against me. On 9...
– Apology. - Marieke Hardy
Ouch.
PROMINENT columnist and author Marieke Hardy is believed to have paid about...
– Michelle Griffin in The Age Writer Hardy pays up in legal row over wrong online shaming
Apparently I trade on my good name, and therefore there’s a public...
– Hugh Grant, quoted in this article:
‘Privacy is for paedos’: The Leveson inquiry so far, in quotes | Online Journalism Features | Journalism.co.uk
Hey jerkfaces! Best of Bootie 2011 is out. You... →
Unless you hate mashups, in which case I can’t do nothin’ for ya, son.
The next thing I knew, it was two days later and I was lying hogtied and naked...
– I knew Christopher Hitchens better than you - Salon.com
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
Frank Black and The Catholics (36)
Wilco (32)
Girl Talk (26)
Mark Ronson & The Business Intl (23)
Beastie Boys (16)
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Founders are film directors. We get judged not by one film but by our body of...
– Jason Calcanis, Am I Happy about the Gowalla and Facebook Deal? - LAUNCH -
Both this quote and the thinking behind it make me very uncomfortable deep down in my gut.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-4) →
Serge Gainsbourg (43)
Sloan (40)
Beastie Boys (27)
Matthew Sweet (20)
The Aliens (20)
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