October 2009
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I could care less if Stephen Fry gives up tha...
There, I said it.
Somali man aged 112 marries girl of 17 |... →
crowth:
I give it a few months, tops.
I wish them well, but I think the novelty will wear off. When she’s a leathery, wrinkly 40 year old, he’ll still only be 135. Young enough to dump her and start afresh.
Man charged for throwing pocket change at moving... →
up-schist-creek:
Driver could have stopped on a dime, but was concerned the assailant would give no quarter.
Exactly the same thing happened in London the same day. Is that what they mean by “strange coin incidents”?
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Exclusive: holocaust and incest jokes not a good... →
“In the week in which General Patraeus reported back to US Congress on the impact...”
– These findings come from a poll released today by ORB, the British polling agency that has been tracking public opinion in Iraq since 2005. In conjunction with their Iraqi fieldwork agency a representative sample of 1,499 adults aged 18+ answered the following question:
Q: How many members of your...
Field Trippin': One high school teacher's account... →
luminosa:
I remember reading a story a while back about a high school teacher whose student had drugged his coffee with LSD. I had a craving to read it again, so I googled “high school teacher field trip LSD” and lo, it came up immediately.
Apologies if any tumblr has posted this before; I couldn’t remember how I’d found this story originally. It’s a good one.
“But we don’t find that ally in Shepard Fairey. Instead we find a depoliticized...”
– Supply & Demand: The Hollow Magic of Shepard Fairey
Yes, I agree with this piece. No, I do not like Shepard Fairey (he’s a fucking hack, a phony, and a jerk far as I see it)
(via hungryghoast)
Report: Majority Of Newspapers Now Purchased By... →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25) →
The Little Girls (4)
Rubén González (4)
Clinic (2)
The Cramps (2)
The Vines (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Stepfather: So many awful things in the world. I like talking to you but I can...”
– You don’t know me ay?: I went to lunch with my mother and stepfather
Aww.
You Get Old →
buffleheadcabin:
You get old, you get your hair cut at Supercuts, $12 for seniors, and then let it grow for two months until it’s curling over your ears and you look like a French diplomat. You were young, you went to a fancy salon, where the pretty blonde massaged your shoulders while cutting your hair, for $65 and a $20 tip. You get old, your wife says, “You’re not going out like that!” You...
“Where the hell is the outrage?” →
everythingisok:
We are letting it disappear into angry blog posts. Blogging is the incandescent light bulb of protest: Lots of energy goes in but most of it just escapes as heat.
YES. We’re all staring at screens instead of smashing windows.
“Q: Where do whales go when they need to know how heavy they are?
A: A whale...”
– No Correlation
Snap, Crackle, Pop!
nostrich:
Rice Krispies, by language:
English: “Snap! Crackle! Pop!”
Canadian French: “Cric! Crac! Croc!”
Spanish: “Pim! Pum! Pam!”
German: “Knisper! Knasper! Knusper!”
Danish: “Piff! Paff! Puff!”
Finnish: “Riks! Raks! Poks!”
Dutch: “Pif! Paf! Pof!”
Afrikaans: “Knap! Knaetter! Knak!”
Related: Why Rice Krispies Go Snap, Crackle, Pop!
Also related (courtesy of archive.org): Kellogg’s®...
Coming Soon to a city near you... →
jmarie3:
(via poortaste)
Funny how when the banks bailed out given handouts, it’s condoned, but healthcare for all if fought.
If there ever was a reason for public hangings, this is it. Why aren’t people more angry? Instead they’re freaking about the swine flu, and wondering why life isn’t like a fucking Disney movie.
BNP & The Press - England
tsparks:
If you are following the Nick Griffin and the BNP controversy in England you should see this
I've only been awake half an hour and already I'm...
(via igather)
What on earth took you half an hour?
We Like It When Our Friends Become Successful
negevrockcity:
Back when I lived in Philly, Kurt Vile was a musician friend of a friend. I saw him at the Khyber and around the Rock Tits/Making Time scenes semi-often. Now the New York Times wrote a glowing profile of him in the Sunday paper. Congrats, dude.
Er, no we don’t actually. I’m with Gore on this.
one argument i really hate
igather:
isabelthespy:
it sort of reminds me, actually, of those annoying pretty pictures that pop up on tumblr like eight hundred times a day telling you that you can be anything you want to be (i swear i have a point). while the veracity of this statement for any given individual is up for debate, the fact of the matter is it can’t be true for everyone because there just isn’t enough room in...
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“Henry Kissinger once observed that being America’s ally can be more...”
– Eric Margolis: Americans pull strings in Afghan election
@meg: Bring it on, friend. And sort your disqus...
“I said to my wife that if I had enough money I’d have my arms lengthened.”
– Bill Bailey on cosmetic surgery
Iran Trying to Install Microsoft Windows 7 →
Comments now up on Public Communication
publiccommunication:
I am astonished and grateful that over 40 of you cool people now follow Public Communication. I thought it might be an idea to open it up for comments, so I can see what you think about the stuff I put up here.
Have at it.
Ruben Gonzalez - Almendra
Perfect Sunday morning...
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The lunch party from hell
Where I work, the traditional teaching (oops! I mean learning) format comes in two flavours, lecture and seminar. I don’t mind lectures so much. I get to stand and wave my arms around in front of some slides for 40-50 minutes. If I’m lucky, students a) turn up; b) stay looking in my general direction; c) behave as though they’re vaguely engaged in what I’m saying; and...
Thing 3
It’s Halloween next weekend. I GET IT