August 2011
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This either says something about the Internet or...
It was only now pointed out (and only now noticed by me) that my Lady Gaga/Boy George macro, which currently has over 1,700 notes and which I originally posted almost a month and a half ago, has a really, really, really egregious typo in it. REALLY.
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The Decline of the Ottoman Empire?
marathonpacks:
Another thing about Nitsuh’s article: the main argument he makes in it is that entertainment-producing corporations such as Viacom/MTV are increasingly and knowingly producing very dumb, and/or at the very least very shallow programming as social media fodder. Particularly, fodder that allows audiences to not only complete the joke/narrative as much as create their own parallel...
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How Jeopardy! Defines Us →
Here is a story I wrote about Jeopardy!. I’ve been working on it for about three months. I got to interview writers and producers and contestants. It was super fun, and I hope you like it.
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New York is Painfully Small Sometimes
kicksabound:
I went on an okcupid date last week. Prior to the date we emailed a lot, and about 5 emails in it came out that he was still living with an ex-girlfriend that he had recently broken up with, and while I wished I had known that earlier (like before we made plans to go out maybe?) I was kind of whatever about it. So we went out, just for a couple drinks, and it was fun enough, but I...
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Lawbloggin
My future sister-in-law, a fashion blogger, got a cease-and-desist letter for using the phrase “Chicag0 str33t style” as a descriptor, as in like “I take photos of Chicag0 str33t style.” The other party says they own the trademark on “Chicag0 str33t style” and so her use is an infringement etc. etc. Any thoughts and/or lawyer recs would be welcome whether in the...
American Theocracy Revisited →
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barthel:
Ross Douthat:
First, conservative Christianity is a large and complicated world, and like other such worlds — the realm of the secular intelligentsia very much included — it has various centers and various fringes, which overlap in complicated ways. Sometimes teasing out these connections tells us something meaningful and interesting. But it’s easy to succumb to a paranoid...
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In Defense of Offensive Art →
I am going to stay out of it, dude today, so I’ll just leave this here.
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American Theocracy Revisited →
Ross Douthat:
First, conservative Christianity is a large and complicated world, and like other such worlds — the realm of the secular intelligentsia very much included — it has various centers and various fringes, which overlap in complicated ways. Sometimes teasing out these connections tells us something meaningful and interesting. But it’s easy to succumb to a paranoid...
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"Shortly after daybreak in Nags Head, N.C., on the... →
I know everyone’s pretty freaked out about the hurricane and all, but that’s no reason to wedge nine clauses into a single sentence, Dan Berry.
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It All Goes Back To Lil Jon →
dalatu on Lil Jon’s continued influence, if not presence, on the pop charts.
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WatchI know the unsustainable is a little nervous these days, so just for her, here is a video of a skydiving pug.
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WatchI hear those of you in other parts of the country are having some problems? Well, around here we are dealing with deer wandering into hospitals! It’s an epidemic!
The Impossible, Inevitable Redemption of Michael... →
I hear people are mad about a magazine’s profile of Michael Vick? Well, here is Will Leitch’s version of same from GQ, which is very good and you should read it.
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My review of The Weeknd's "Thursday"
R&B hasn’t been doing much lately. Aside from Timberland’s beats on Alicia Keys’ “Flyin’ Like a Bird,” the Dirty Projectors’ “No Intention,” and Bon Iver, it’s just been bling-bling this and melisma that. Luckily, The Weeknd (stage name of Darius Rucker) has come along to bring some independent values to “the game.” His...
I need a wedding DJ in Chicago. You know what I like. Any suggestions?
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"In an unusual tactic, Mr. Turner, a Roman... →
I love everything about this sentence.
"His committee spent money on advertising in Iowa... →
I mean…not really? Only if you think the Iowa straw poll is a baby. It’s more like the straw poll is a chicken everyone pretends is a baby, and by eating it, Colbert is making a point about its real importance.
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