Just North of Something Important

Mar 4th

Mar 4th

The Aquatarium, aka Shark World.

Mar 4th

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filigree: Here, have some fainting goats. (At :50 they all fall down.) Not as good as the...

Mar 4th

Mar 4th

Florida's Lost Tourist Attractions

Mar 4th

spiegelman: The stimulus package gets a logo.  This emblem...

Mar 3rd

I was unaware you could fit so much DO NOT WANT into a...

Mar 3rd

Behind the Open Door, an Exercise in Politics...

Mar 2nd

See, Fiddy, if you weren’t so out of touch, you could...

Mar 2nd

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This really is a good song.

Mar 2nd

Idolator: A Brief Tribute To "Ball-Hog Or...

Mar 2nd

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Thurston Moore meets Mike Watt.  Wait for it.

Mar 2nd

Idolator: Bono Has An Identity Crisis

Mar 2nd

Short ribs stew.

Mar 2nd

X-Entertainment: The Worst Breakfast Ever

Mar 1st

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What I learned from The Soup: apparently there is a young Jerri Blank on Idol this season.

Feb 28th

Stuff white people like: underdogs, because it validates...

Feb 28th

Say what you will about Rob Dyrdek, the dude has some pretty...

Feb 28th

Mock Rachel Ray SXSW party flier by Maura and Christopher R....

Feb 27th

Hey look, it's the Israeli Mallard Filmore.

Feb 27th

Huh huh huh

Feb 26th

Boris Vladimirskij, Roses for Stalin, oil on canvas, 1949.

Feb 26th

Why I don't follow most of the prominent...

No offense, but I’m old enough now that I no longer find emotional problems charming.

Feb 26th

“The combined effect of the two revenue-raising proposals, on...”
— Obama Plans Major Shifts in...

Feb 26th

mikehudack: highlow: One of my favorite moments from...

Feb 26th

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Watched Hamlet 2 again.  One of the many high-wire acts the movie pulls is to make a basic act of...

Feb 26th

Why Chuck More should stop drawing broad...

dhk: I love how the Katrina story was used to illustrate how horrible The Government is....

Feb 25th

Like Having Medicare? Then Taxes Must Rise

Feb 25th

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A shiny silver dollar to whoever mashes up Jindal’s speech with the nihilists from The Big...

Feb 25th

Things people on Tumblr are angry about...

The Kindle Lent

Feb 25th

Famous last Google searches

“raining blood tab”

Feb 25th

“The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the...”
— Maximilien Robespierre (via...

Feb 25th

This dude is actually named Rex Tugwell. His full name is...

Feb 24th

(via skeetonmischa) Or is it Andrew WK?  Wait a...

Feb 24th

Music roundup

2009 so far has been the best period for albums I can think of since at least a few years ago;...

Feb 24th

No Lunch Left Behind

Feb 20th

Key lime ice cream pie from Beet = crazy delicious.

Feb 20th

(via maura)

Feb 20th

I know you’re just recruiting for your focus group,...

Feb 20th

“No no, all Israelites are full of hatred for an amazing...”
— Rachel explains Israelis for...

Feb 20th

Feb 19th

Squashing Squashed on the Minimum Wage

stryker: There are many things in Squashed’s defense of raising the minimum wage that made me...

Feb 19th

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Jennifer Hudson - Pocketbook I missed this when it came out, I guess because I’ve never been...

Feb 19th

Intrigued but wary

Feb 19th

Obama Plans $75 Billion Outlay to Fight...

Feb 18th

“Unfortunately, it’s not easy for the U.S. left to oppose...”
— Alas, a blog » The Left...

Feb 18th

Ben & Jerry's created the "Yes Pecan!"...

teamsassypants: They asked people to fill in the blank to the following statement: For George W. we...

Feb 18th

I’m sure the photo editor at the New York Times could...

Feb 18th

"The founder of an Islamic television station...

Feb 17th

I firmly believe

…that true pleasure is always accompanied by elaborate swearing.

Feb 17th

Oh my god you people are driving me...

Feb 17th

Wikipedia: Chicago 7 (Disambiguation)

Feb 16th

“Imagine it’s the year 3000 and you’ve just done a Google...”
— Vint Cerf (via azspot) (via...

Feb 16th

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It worked out pretty well, yes.

Feb 16th

Frank Rich got my back

Feb 15th

Bandana

Feb 15th

This makes me want to write fan fiction...

Tonight, at the benefit’s buffet dinner over at Roseland, she’s content to scarf down an entire...

Feb 14th

“In size and scope, there is almost nothing in history to...”
— Obama Scores Early Victory of...

Feb 14th

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ericmortensen: asprettyasasong: theduty: Ricky Gervais on Atheism. “For or...

Feb 14th

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Feb 14th

Hell yes

Feb 14th

“Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy — the bankruptcy of a...”
— Eric Hoffer (via hit-or-miss)...

Feb 13th

What song defines every half decade?

tomewing: This makes sense. “Defines” is kinda meaningless, but then again not (cos so many people...

Feb 13th

What song defines the 2000s?

soupsoup: Katie and I were debating this. It was a pretty lame decade of music. “Smells Like Teen...

Feb 13th

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Click play and close your eyes, and then try and tell me you don’t think it’s a Cascada...

Feb 13th

Hey everybody, did you know there is a thing...

Feb 13th

Eleanor and Franklin.

Feb 12th

Americans aren't against bailouts and...

In the comments to the previous post, CNJ said, “The vast majority of Americans were against...

Feb 12th

Late to the Debate

crazynutjob: I have no idea why this just occurred to me (actually, it was this short post by...

Feb 12th

Ah, the Obama administration: when passing an $800 billion...

Feb 12th

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There’s a burn, and then there’s this.

Feb 12th

Lykke Li review

towerofsleep: - Wildbirds & Peacedrums stole the show. They were mind-boggling. They’re great...

Feb 12th

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Feb 12th

“Scott, if your life had a face, I would punch it. I would...”
— Kim Pine. So uh yeah, Scott...

Feb 12th

“It is still referenced in hipster crowds as an...

Feb 11th

A Tribute to Fallen Sodas

Feb 11th

“Also, you know, what difference does it really make if Ben...”
—  Cr4Bdbgs - Death Cab for...

Feb 11th

Salma Hayek breastfeeds some strange baby.

Feb 11th

Gawker now just reblogging Daily Show clips

Feb 11th

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Having spent time now around two people who say “FAIL” in real life with some frequency,...

Feb 11th

For Some Sri Lankans, Dissonance in M.I.A.’s...

Feb 11th

The new euphamism for "Is he Jewish?"

“Did he invest with Madoff?”

Feb 10th

The Republicans are not actually evil...

The American public gives President Barack Obama a strong 67% approval rating for the way in which...

Feb 9th

#1 on Google Trends right now

Feb 9th

How strict are the libel laws in the UK?  So strict that the...

Feb 9th

Michael Phelps owes Chris Brown a fruit...

(via lastbutnotleast)

Feb 9th

Dear Eddie Argos, I want to be the...

Eddie responds: At first, wanting to be ALL of The Kaiser Chiefs looks like an impossible task. It...

Feb 9th

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We gotta rock-a rock-a rock-a nonstop tonight Uh huh, at the government center make the...

Feb 9th

It would be considered rude to leave “I don’t care” as a comment on...

Feb 9th

As seen in the prestigious Journal of Research.

Feb 9th

Sadly, Salon does not mean that literally.

Feb 7th

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southpol: Obama delivers fiery speech to Democrats on stimulus (1 of 2). We always knew he was...

Feb 6th

“I don’t share the sense of panic expressed by some Obama...”
— Talking Points Memo | His Real...

Feb 5th

A word of advice: if you are going to watch [REC]—and...

Feb 5th

thenotes: Violence — Slavoj Žižek I saw Žižek speak in...

Feb 5th

Feb 4th

Elections have consequences

dloosely: Here’s the definition of “bipartisan” according to Webster: of, relating to, or...

Feb 4th

southpol: Ryan Avent: Tax cuts, as everyone knows, make...

Feb 4th

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Trailer for “Good Luck With That” (2007) Tagline: “Real pain, real stunts, no...

Feb 3rd

Oh, and that is significant because it means One Tree Hill is ending in exactly the same way...

Feb 3rd

You guys!  You guys!  James van der Beek is on One Tree...

Feb 3rd

“Turns out I can still apply to Oberlin!”
— Blair Waldorf, after getting...

Feb 3rd

Feb 2nd

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Fight Like Apes - “Digifucker”

Feb 2nd

Fight Like Apes Make Us Laugh, Think

Feb 2nd

In Defense Of Bruce Springsteen's "Queen of...

Feb 2nd

Especially the Polk one.

Feb 2nd

Seen on an article about a Chinese novelist.  Whoops!

Feb 2nd

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Max Tundra - “Lights” Only last week, I noticed that the colours of the lights in my...

Feb 2nd

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Hot Chip - “Nothing Compares 2 U / In the Privacy of Our Love” (Live)

Feb 2nd

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s awesome tie.

Feb 2nd

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hellopoindexter: Did anyone catch Neil deGrasse Tyson on Jon Stewart two nights ago? He was talking...

Feb 2nd

During the halftime show, the people in...

Bruce Springsteen begins playing “Born to Run.” Dude 1: I don’t even know, like,...

Feb 2nd