May 2008
23 posts
“‘We must be careful about what we pretend to be.’ […] That...”
– - First quote by Kurt Vonnegut, second from The AV Club in “15 Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone Else Has or Will,” written shortly after Vonnegut’s death last year. [via Romeo Juliet Sierra]
Death To False Meta : Fuck Weezer & Their New... →
“If implemented, President George W. Bush could, with the stroke of a pen,...”
– -NPR Bush appears to want to do something that people will appreciate him for in the future become “the Teddy Roosevelt of the seas”.
“In 1997, the Times looked at Mentos and Hanson and called us...”
– - Alex Pareene in ‘One millenial responds to Gen X’s discontents’ I am apparently on the cusp of being a millenial as I was born in 1982. It’s no fun being on the cusp. It is fun however to witness this tiff between the generations. GEN XERS SUCK, MILLENNIALS RULE!!!
“I won’t miss Citizens United Not Timid (no acronym, please), an...”
– -Marie Cocco, in her Washington Post editorial called “Misogyny I Won’t Miss.” She enumerates the things she won’t be missing when the primary is over. I’m an Obama supporter but a significant portion of the criticism directed at Clinton has been sexist. I’ve...
“Real hourly wages for most workers, on the other hand, have risen only 1% since...”
– Thomas Frank, Wall Street Journal.
Speed Racer
Don’t let the critics scare you away from seeing “Speed Racer.” I was one of the ten people who saw it on opening weekend and it was a lot of fun. Sure, it was about 30 minutes too long, but so is every movie these days. The visual effects are amazing, the dialogue is knowingly-cheesy (John Goodman’s grunts are a perfect call-back to the animated series), and the races...
The Giant Pool of Money →
If you’ve been wondering how exactly this whole mortgage crisis came about, This American Life breaks it down in last weekend’s episode. It’s definitely worth listening to.
“Is he Islamic or is he not?” Pasley says of Obama, who is Christian....”
– USA Today. Because all that controversy with Obama’s Christian pastor wasn’t proof enough for the citizens of West Virginia. Sigh.
“Transit stations at 2 a.m. are invariably cold and populated by desperate people...”
– Moe from Jezebel, in “Ten Days in the Life of a Tampon,” the grossest and funniest blog post I have ever read. Heed her warning at the beginning of the post, and read on if you have the stomach for it. She is a brave lady to share so much (so much!) detail.
Aaron Eckhart as Two Face →
A much more sinewy Two Face than we’ve seen before. Eep.
“I’m not saying HRC is George Bush. And I’m not suggesting economists have all...”
– Robert Reich’s Blog: Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Listen to Economists (via romeojulietsierra) I have been listening to Ben (whose father is an economist) complain about this for a week. Over 230 of the nation’s top economists wrote a letter to Clinton and McCain, telling them what a bad idea the...
Isabella Rossellini imagines the sex life of... →
Isabella is keeping it real. Real weird. I hope I’m as kooky as her when I am however old she is. [via Scott]
“The Census Bureau has tracked the economic fortunes of affluent, middle-class...”
– Larry Bartels, in the New York Times. I think a lot of upper-middle class folks (wrongly) think of themselves as ‘affluent’ and beneificiaries of Republican financial policy. [via Kottke]