November 2010
“Monique smiled as she recalled Matthew getting down on one knee with a wine cask...”
– Schoolies lovers to wed | The Daily Telegraph
“But it’s worth reflecting that employment as a TSA agent is a good job in...”
– Where I draw the line - Roger Ebert’s Journal
$12.85 an hour is $26,728 a year.
The ‘poverty line’ in Australia is $34,395 per year.
Holy fuck.
Yep. I just called bullshit on Dylan. Fuck Dylan.
Why don’t I have any friends?
“How many times must a man look up before he can see the sky?”
– Bob Dylan (via crookedindifference)
One. That song is fucking dumb.
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Hammerito is a sexy bitch. Let’s just all come out and say it, ok?
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-21) →
Girl Talk (49)
The New Pornographers (35)
Mark Ronson and The Business Intl (29)
Johnny Horton (22)
ToTom (15)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“The established practice is that the banks also use the signal to move other...”
– Peter Costello, Bank kerfuffle has Canberra mired in its usual confusion Fight Over Banking Reforms
“[…] the type who really puts the spit shine on your junk.”
– Dear Coke Talk: On cable.
“THE state government’s plans to introduce ethics classes into primary...”
– School ethics classes appear doomed at final hurdle
Insanity.
“Brandon Walsh: Dylan, at this point in time, I’m just about the only...”
– The people who wrote Dylan for Beverly Hills 90210 would really get me, you know?
If the film 'Unbreakable' were a comic, it would...
If it were a cartoon his song would be:
Incredibly Stoic Raincoat Man/ He’s very stoic/ Not very heroic.
Incredibly Stoic Raincoat Man/ Kinda got a wife/ And quite a shitty life.
Incredibly Stoic Raincoat Man/ A son, but no daughter/ allergic to water.
RAINCOAT!
To me, the most distinctive thing about M Night Shyamalan’s films is not their twist endings, or their constant flirtation with the supernatural. It’s that they exist in a universe where people live in a state of almost constant emotional coldness.
Where did Adam's sons get their wives?
One answer is that there was no prohibition of incest at the time described by the book of Genesis. Another answer may be that only men’s births were recorded and noted. Women may have been born to Adam and Eve, but their births were not recorded. More sexist things have happened.
Anyway. Totally incest. It just wasn’t illegal then.
Get yer Mashups… →
Currently enjoying (and hating myself for enjoying) Best of Bootie 2008.
Overdub, Come As The Starlight (Nirvana vs The...
Last one before I go to battle over colours and...
I do not claim to speak for all men, or even very many men. But I do know that if you’re at least a somewhat mentally capable white man, you are likely to have internalised the idea that in some way you are at the root of society’s inequalities, and that there are struggles in which you may not participate.
This is not a justifiable reason to ignore those struggles, but it does...
rartastic asked: So...is it right for anyone to speak up for anyone but themselves?
I think I understand your perspective on the whole men-speaking-up-for-women issue, but I'm wondering how far you would extend the principle.
I think I understand your perspective on the whole men-speaking-up-for-women issue, but I'm wondering how far you would extend the principle.
“BLOOD makes up about 8 per cent of our body weight and within it lies a gene...”
– Cancer researcher recognised for pursuit of ‘holy grail’
This guy and I got up to some mischief at university. Now he’s a recognised genius and I’m going to argue with clients about colours all day.
The aristocrats.
“Nationals senator Ron Boswell had earlier challenged Labor MPs who backed gay...”
– Hollywood expat Portia de Rossi takes on Prime Minister Julia Gillard over same-sex weddings | Herald Sun
Ron Boswell is a neanderthal.
It’s not for men to speak on behalf of women, and it’s certainly not right to be castigated when women don’t kick up enough fuss themselves. What I take sharp umbrage to is the idea that now that men are speaking up, somehow they’re in the wrong for not speaking up in the past.
That is some bullshit. Women are distinctly capable of speaking in their own interests. They do...
“Still, despite near parity with the American dollar, the Beatles catalogue also...”
– Apple deal bears fruit as Beatles rocket up the iTunes charts
The idea that one may be born into a grievance — that one may inherit a grudge — is likely the worst aspect of human civilization. At best it creates a politics of special pleading. At worst it provides a seemingly respectable veneer to motivations for violence.
To the production manager at my client's web...
No, I will not supply you with Windows versions of the typefaces used in this job. You claim you’re a professional outfit so here’s two things I have to tell you:
1. Typefaces are something you buy. So buy them. 2. The typeface is Univers. If you don’t own Univers, or you don’t have a single designer in your studio that can recognise Univers by eye, then hang up your...
“Dangerous words. Loaded words. Beautiful words that the easily offended would...”
– On the thought police. - Dear Coke Talk
It’s almost superfluous now to praise Dear Coke Talk, but damn. This is beautiful.