February 2012
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WatchDavid Chase on Charlie Rose, 2001
Sometimes I get into these moods where I feel defeated and as a result the only thing I do is read, listen to and watch David Chase, creator of the Sopranos, interviews.
There’s something about his uninterested, fatigued way of speaking that’s so comforting. You can see the contrast of personalities and dynamism especially with Rose’s overly...
FINGAL: Do you have any documentation of that, like notes from your trip?
D’AGATA: You’re asking for evidence of a rumor?
FINGAL: If you’re saying that there was a rumor, I have to find out whether there was in fact a rumor, even if I ignore the truth value of the rumor. Do you remember the name of the company that ran the tour?
D’AGATA: Are you serious? No, I don’t remember the name of a tour company from more than fifteen years ago. Sorry, readers are going to have to feel factually unfulfilled here.
FINGAL: Then what about the notes you took during that trip?
D’AGATA: In 1994 I was a sophomore in college, studying Latin and Greek—not writing—and on vacation with my grandparents. We were going to Hoover Dam on a thousand-hour bus trip through the desert without any air-conditioning. No notes were being taken, Jim.
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Daphne Guinness and 'The Legend of Lady White... →
markcoatney:
womensweardaily:
How Daphne Guinness wound up appearing in “The Legend of Lady White Snake,” the short film that will introduce GK Reid’s Genghis Khan collection, shows just how entwined the fashion world is.
Honestly, everybody knows Lady Whitesnake is Tawny Kitaen
I Am James Fallows. AMA →
theatlantic:
James Fallows, our long-time national correspondent and former speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter, is diving into Reddit for a Q&A in r/IAMA. Ask him a question!
It’s already starting off better than Woody Harrelson’s, so congrats James!
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“I chose J.C. Penney because I think it’s the single biggest opportunity in...”
– J.C. Penney CEO Ron Johnson • Remarks in an interview with the AP’s Anne D’Innocenzio. Johnson made news in the world of department store retail when he first took over, announcing a reduction in unique sales events coupled with a 40% across the board price cut. In this interview, he expands a bit...
January 2012
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WatchSNL Digital Short: Jack Sparrow
I am losing my mind cus I’ve been watching this all day and cracking up every time.
The biggest laugh comes from when Samberg raps ‘Watch your girl cus I ain’t ya Mr. Nice Guy/more like to take you home and fuck you twice guy’ to some model.
HAHA.
“The greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been”
– Fidel Castro on the Republican primaries (via peterfeld)
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Scientists find that "English is an overwhelmingly... →
kateoplis:
From The Atlantic:
To verify their findings and check if English is inherently positive or negative, the scientists analyzed billions of words from Twitter, a half-century of music lyrics, 20 years of The New York Times, and millions of books going back to 1520.
After finding the 10,222 most frequently used English words from these four sources, they asked a group of volunteers to...
“Apple employees and their projects are pieces of a puzzle. The snapshot of the...”
– The secrets Apple keeps - Fortune Tech (via felixsalmon)
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MPAA Responds to SOPA Protests →
soupsoup:
The following is a statement by Senator Chris Dodd, Chairman and CEO of the Motion
Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) on the so-called “Blackout Day” protesting anti-piracy legislation:
“Only days after the White House and chief sponsors of the legislation responded to the major concern expressed by opponents and then called for all parties to work cooperatively together,...
“I thought becoming rich and famous would make me happy. Boy was I right.”
– Mitt Romney, page 200 (via think-progress)
Not that I support Romney but pretty sure most everyone who’s encountered this scenario would agree with this sentiment. Being rich and famous surely beats being nameless and poor.
Watchbarackobama:
President Obama to Betty White: Where’s your birth certificate?
Consider this my vote for 2012.
“The King’s Speech was a superb film, but it’s essentially Rocky for stammerers....”
– Charlie Brooker on why David Cameron’s plans for the British cinema industry are misguided (via guardiancomment)
“What liberals have never understood about Obama is that he practices a...”
– Andrew Sullivan: How Obama’s Long Game Will Outsmart His Critics
He lays out exactly what I’ve been trying to say for a long time, in a better way than I could have ever said it. Very much worth a read - even if you disagree, because it will force you to THINK A LITTLE to defend your own POV.
(via...
Should The Times Be A Truth Vigilante? →
soupsoup:
I hope this is a joke. The New York Times Public Editor wonders aloud if their journalists should be reporting the truth.
Seriously?
This is RIDIC. Do your job as a reporter NY Times, how about that?
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