December 2009
44 posts
I want to go over the side.
Pretty sure I am going to spend the next decade worshiping Justine Bateman. She does not mess around. See what I mean:
tanya77:
I want to go over the side. And I don’t mean in the conventional sense of cutting your hair off, getting some piercings, leaving your husband after having some outrageous affair, or moving to Europe or Idaho.
I mean Next Fucking Level. Going where people haven’t gone...
“There were a total of 674 passengers, not counting crew or the terrorists...”
– Seriously, everyone chill the fuck out.
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Odds of Airborne Terror (via mikehudack)
Once again, Nate Silver is the voice of rationality. Except, of course, that terrorism is an act of man, and lightning an act of God; in theory, we can do something about the...
Spencer Family Menus
Christmas Eve Chicken Marbella Andrew’s Hot Sauteed Broccoli Lemon Risotto Salad - Tomato and Mozzarella Rolls Plum/Pear Tart Vanilla Ice Cream Christmas Day Beef Tenderloin Roast Potatoes Au Gratin (or something easier) Green Beans Green Salad Cranberry Sauce Rolls Pear Cake Vanilla Ice Cream Other things Lentil Soup Cookies for Dad
WatchIt’s moments like this that remind me that yes, God does listen to all our bullshit wishes and makes them come true. Merry Christmas, me.
joemande:
Move over, Jersey Shore. It looks like I just found a new favorite television show.
(My girlfriend’s right, the only thing that would make Pit Boss any better is if the dude ran a pit bull talent agency and little person rehab center.)
New Yorkers Predictably Pissed Off About Being... →
“Maybe you should look into preventing, like, the next swine flu or something, instead of spending your resources getting all up in people’s business and, like, making judgments about how some people have chosen to live in tiny ridiculously expensive apartments and to spend their days surrounded by a bunch of fellow strivers with delusions of grandeur, working and competing and...
“And you know what I figured out how to do? Make photocopies!”
– My dad. He figured out how to print photos of his camera. Otherwise known as “photocopies.”
“And now here we are. Right here in your own backyard, an American company...”
– Fake Steve Jobs to Randall Stephenson of AT&T (via davidkaneda) (via soupsoup)
My hatred for AT&T has gone from being somewhat of a complain-y bit to absolute loathing. It’s gotten to the point where I’m anxious that if my dad calls with news about my grandparents’ very...
“Zac Efron threw rumors out the window of his love life being on the rocks when...”
– Sometimes the “writing” on Perez Hilton makes my brain ooze out my ears. Someone get that asshole and his blog-slaves an editor.
Oh, and by sometimes I mean always.
Watchjoemande:
Videogum’s perfect retrospective of the best viral videos of 2009.
“It isn’t the things that are happening to us that cause us to suffer, it’s what...”
– Pema Chodron (via psychotherapy) (via villagevegan)
Sunday Brain Farts
Anthony: What's the name for the place where all the cows go by and there are people slicing them?
Me: Slaughterhouse?
Anthony: YES.
BFF Dinner Menu for Tonight
Kale and Avocado Salad
Vegetable Paella with Quinoa
Roasted Fingerling Potatoes with Rosemary and Sage
Upside Down Pear Cake
Bellinis
Twilight
I want to talk about grief, loss and the holidays
I’m genuinely curious about this, but I’m not sure anyone will answer. Regardless, here is my question: If you’re someone who experiences sadness around the holidays due to loss and grief, when does it kick in? How do you experience the holidays since your loss? Or has nothing changed? Do you get annoyed at the assumption that you should be sad around this time of year? This is...
“Woods’ union, if you can call it that, is obviously something he likes...”
– Ted Casablanca at E! Online.
This has been said before, but it’s always a good point. There’s no such thing as sanctity of marriage when the people who are allowed to actually have one have turned it into a farce.
Cancer From the Kitchen? →
Worth reading.
WatchBabies. A movie about babies.
Your ovaries will want to see this.
“You have to be patient. You have to give yourself a chance. When you’re...”
– Former “Colbert Report” head writer/executive producer Allison Silverman, offering advice to aspiring comedy writers in And Here’s The Kicker, aka the best book ever.
When I first read this, I thought, ‘what great advice for my improv students!’ Then I re-read it and...
Download Maria Bamford's Christmas Special for... →
molls:
(via kl7)
I've Been Seeing Phish For 14 Years.
My first Phish show:
Thursday, 12/28/1995 Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA Set 1: Split Open and Melt, Gumbo, The Curtain > Julius, Guyute, Horn, Rift[1], Fast Enough for You > Possum Set 2: Timber (Jerry) > Theme From the Bottom > Wilson[2] > Buried Alive > Tweezer[3] -> I Didn’t Know, Uncle Pen, Slave to the Traffic Light Encore: Fee > Tweezer Reprise
Last night:
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WatchNY State Senate gay marriage vote happening now.
This is important.
[Edited to add: the bill did not pass. STATE FAIL.]
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fun.
