January 2008
39 posts
The perfect way to horrify friends and loved ones... →
“The way I would put it is, before you have some dip at a party, look around and...”
– Professor Paul Dawson, regarding a study he did on double dipping in the NY Times. (via Kottke)
“It depends on what your definition of sanity or insanity is. I personally just...”
– Biographer Frank Brady in response to the question of Bobby Fischer’s sanity on “On the Media.”
After Arrested Development
Tonight, while watching some Season 2 of Arrested Development, I got to wondering what Mitchell Hurwitz, the creator of the series, was up to now. Turns out he wrote a script for a pilot of “The Thick of It,” which is based on a BBC series of the same name. I’ve seen one episode of the original - and it was brilliant and funny. (Think The West Wing meets The Office but meaner.)...
WatchSee Malcolm Gladwell sing “Let My People Go.” Related: What can’t Stephen Colbert do? I wonder when his album is coming out…
“Everything I’ve made can be deleted.”
– Ben’s six-word Memoir, over at Smith Mag.
“While most movies, especially horror and monster movies, require some suspension...”
– Amelie Gillette, and my favorite review of Cloverfield.
“In my opinion, the sad clown theory of stand-up comedy is baloney. There are sad...”
– Jesse Thorn
“FUCK ALL Y’ALL”
– Brad Renfro’s tattoo, inked two days before his death
“Do we live in a democracy so we can just keep electing the same families?”
– Win Butler of Arcade Fire
“Situations get fucked up / and turned around sooner or later,”...”
– Merlin
“Hatewatch, v, to watch something bad just to hate it (usually with friends):...”
– Lindsayism
Warm and Fuzzy Feeling (video) →
via Skampy
What I have been watching during this writer's...
Star Trek, Season 1 I now know what the T. in James T. Kirk stands for. And I’m not ashamed. Metalocalypse They took the sad-funny “Some Kind of “Monster” and made it funny-funny. Plus animation. Helvetica Watching old white men get all agitated while discussing a typeface font was not as fun as I was thought it would be. The Wire, Season 1 I’m finally...
“To summarize: hang it up, Ben Silverman.”
– Jesse Thorn, on the pettiness of a certain NBC exec (and former executive producer of “The Office”) regarding the WGA strike.
How Vegetarians Can Survive an Apocalypse →
Noted.
“I didn’t compete because no one wants to be beaten by a short pregnant...”
– -Kori Gardner of Mates of State. For the record, I’m looking forward to their new record.
“In the old days, a bitch came on with all guns blazing, talons sharpened and a...”
– Bring back the red-blooded bitch
“I had to patiently explain to this country bumpkin about my indie hipster cred,...”
– David Cross, defending his decision to appear in “Alvin and the Chipmunks. Go read it, it’s funny.
One of many great exchanges between Spock and Dr....
Spock: I've noticed that about your people, Doctor. You find it easier to understand the death of one than the death of a million. You speak about the objective hardness of the Vulcan heart, yet how little room there seems to be in yours.
Bones: Suffer the death of thy neighbor, eh Spock? Now you wouldn't wish that on us, would you?
Spock: It might have rendered your history a bit less bloody.