November 2009
“When I get a business card this size (not 3.5 x 2 inches), I think that that...”
– Client, after reviewing a 2 inch square business card proof (via clientsfromhell)
No, I kid. Testicles are the real mistake.
"And for those that claim religious reasons, one...
Yes.
“For example, Entertainment Weekly gave the 1995 film Se7en a “B”...”
– How do movie blurbs work? - By Christopher Beam - Slate Magazine
“If ‘Australia’ ($38 million) and ‘Mao’s Last...”
– Last chance to see - Film - Entertainment - theage.com.au
Every single year versions of this same story are written. They lament the Australian film industry’s decline and suggest the problem is somehow the fault of external factors. It’s not.
The Australian film industry is in tatters...
“POLICE will soon have sweeping powers to search people at random, including...”
– Police to have power to strip-search at random
And just like that, liberty was lost. The laws will be in place by Christmas. The thing about this country is that it’s never had a revolution. Nobody ever shed a drop of blood for the rights that we are now losing, and as a result we feel no...
“Plumbbob released 58,300 kilocuries (2.16 EBq) of radioiodine (I-131) into the...”
– Operation Plumbbob - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
i've been freaking out about my life a lot lately
molls:
but I keep repeating this one thing over and over again in my head and it makes me feel really good about where I’m at:
“I am only 25. I am only 25. I am only 25.”
I may not hit until I’m 30 or 40. I may have nothing to show for my entire life at any given point aside from some really exceptional Google search results, but I’m only 25.
I have at LEAST five years before I need to go to...
“Watching the imbroglio from Victoria, political analyst Nick Economou said he...”
– Nothing dull about SA saga of sex and politics
The populace may not be as puritanical, but the journalists certainly are.
“A British scientist who wrote a racy blog and a best-selling book about being a...”
– Belle de Jour writer ‘misses old job satisfaction’
The way that this story has confounded people’s expectations of who sex workers are has pleased me no end.
“Koko has been involved in a number of sexual harassment lawsuits.”
– Koko (gorilla) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“The emotions of cats have also been studied by science. It has been shown that...”
– Emotion in animals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“You see, Melbourne men are deeply disadvantaged by discrimination. They sit in...”
– women only travel tours | Travel Sisters | sex discrimination
Again, Ms Bastow with the eviscerating counterpoint.
I’m thankful that you guys voted the right way last year.
Does This Ad Make YOU Want To Read Essential Baby?... →
Worth your moment.
“In a global context, most of the world is profoundly religious, and there...”
– Atheists cross as religious forum secures taxpayer funding
So what you’re saying, Reverend Costello, is that religion is at the centre of world conflict?
I don’t think an atheist could have said it better.
I was somewhat annoyed by this point.
Guy: I've got your quote, and you're five times as expensive as this other quote I received.
Me: Really? Who's quoted it for you?
Guy: Firm X
Me: Well, we're ten times as good as they are so really we quoted you 50% too little.
“Mediaite swapped emails with Fark’s founder and impresario Drew Curtis about the...”
– Fark Teams Up With USA Today — More Partnerships In The Future? (Update) | Online | Mediaite
I wish the guys at Fark every success, but I wish I could understand their strategy for the site these days.
“The following actors have appeared at least once in both Boston Legal and...”
– List of Boston Legal Star Trek References
YES, LARROQUETTE. LAR-RO-QUETTE.
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ETAOIN SHRDLU →
From that great list of the 50 most interesting Wikipedia articles.
“ETHICS classes will be introduced in NSW schools, offering an alternative to...”
– Ethics and schools | Nathan Rees | Religious education | Education
Wonderful news.
Men-only clubs in Melbourne are to be continued to... →
I’d be up in arms about this, but I think in a society where we allow women-only gyms and gay-only pubs to exist, it’s hard to tell old crusty men that they have to associate with women if they don’t want to do so.
I don’t think there should be any exemptions to anti-discrimination laws, but if you’re going to have exemptions, then this is what you get. Don’t...
“The Housing Industry Association is tipping a 56,000 home shortage in 2009,...”
– Reserve Bank says we can cope with higher house prices
“Change your apps name. Not that big of a deal.
Steve”
– Steve Jobs’ personal reply to a letter sent by the owner of The Little App Factory, pleading with him to call off the lawyers and let him keep using the name his app has had for six years.
This story in The Age has the skinny.
Kinematic are having their album launch Thursday. →
It’s at the Newtown Worker’s Club, one of Jerome Borazio’s many great venues. Come along why don’t you?
SXSW: How to Get in Free and More | lalawag →
nickdouglas:
I’m doing weekly posts for lalawag now. They’re a sexy little blog about LA’s tech scene.
I get a certain fulfillment from having my words placed on such a classy-looking website, especially next to an ad for Frank Sinatra.
I look forward to finding out which room you’re staying in and charging my drinks to your tab.
Sometimes, they make it really hard to do the...
Sloan have released 11 or so albums over their generally excellent career. On the Australian version of iTunes Music Store, only one is available for purchase. Does that seem right to you?
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-22) →
Weezer (76)
Kinematic (60)
Blur (31)
You Am I (21)
Blitzen Trapper (18)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
