February 2012
don't worry, lars von triers' next movie WILL... →
i hate his movies so much.
sign i'm getting old case file of the day:
*my mother is watching one of those fast & furious movies with the sound off for some bizarre reason*
me: why am i supposed to think this is cool? they’re endangering the lives of everyone on the road with them!!
in my defense, this is probably at least partly because i deal with car accidents for a living.
RIP bill hinzman →
better cut off his head just to be on the safe side.
COULD EVERYBODY STOP GETTING CANCER PLEASE
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
penn jillette is a sexist pig. i am sarah's total... →
i know i’m supposed to be all “solidarity!” or whatever, because penn jillette is a fellow atheist. but he’s one of those libertarian jackholes who probably doesn’t believe in god because the idea of a supreme being conflicts with his gigantic ego. every single libertarian atheist i’ve come into contact with has given off toxic levels of racism and/or misogyny....
“We’re delighted to hear that Rep. Fleming is a regular reader of America’s...”
– The Onion, on a Member of Congress failing to understand satire (via blogonthe)
boardwalk empire declines to renew paz de la... →
season 3 just got exponentially better.
“You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. You want the physicist to talk to...”
– Aaron Freeman “You Want A Physicist To Speak at your Funeral” (source: npr)
This is one of the most lovely and comforting things I’ve ever read or heard about death and grieving, and I have been to more funerals than I can remember.
(via anachronistique)
“Funny that JC Penney thinks hiring an open homosexual spokesperson will help...”
– Onemillionmoms.com’s statement complaining about Ellen DeGeneres being the new spokesperson for JC Penny.
What’s really funny is that shaking off the old homophobes and “traditional families” is actually a major part of their brand revitalization. Their new CEO is an ex-Apple executive (it’s the...
sign i've been in louisiana too long case file of...
i saw the name “tniya” on a bill and knew without even thinking about it that it was pronounced “tuh-NIE-uh”.
I am really sick of people giving me that dumb...
NEWSFLASH: MY INSIDES ARE NOT MADE OF RUSTY METAL. also i’m pretty sure i piss it out within a couple of hours. it sure as hell ain’t staying in my digestive tract for no 24 hours. i drink like 4 or 5 12 oz. cans a week; never more than 1 a day. GET OFF MY TITS, HATERS.
January 2012
“I refuse to step inside the ring and fight like a gladiator against my own. I’m...”
– Shirley Manson, on being asked “You still stand out as one of the coolest women in pop. Think Gaga is nervous you’re back?”
My own opinion of Gaga is no secret, but sweet merciful christ, I love Shirley.
ALL Y’ALL BETTER BOW DOWN!
(via how-to-kiss-distinctly-american)
Her Majesty, Lady Manson...
overshare case file of the day:
one of my co-workers is telling the entire office in her strident, piercing voice (i don’t know what it is about cajuns but a lot of them completely lack the concept of “inside voice”) that she’s worried her 7-year-old son’s penis is too small. “it looks like a doorbell.” THANKS FOR THAT.
“To protest a bill that would require women to undergo an ultrasound before...”
– Huff Po (via rachelfershleiser)
This is the most beautiful thing. Can we send her flowers?
(via jaimealyse)
I will actually send her flowers like for real, I am on 1800 flowers RIGHT NOW because this is truly beautiful and probably actually a bit necessary?
(via homoviper)
oh man, let’s, she...
shorter* grover norquist: "so we just impeach a... →
*”shorter” format stolen from sadly, no!
OCCUPY VALENTINE'S DAY →
“We have this entire culture that’s telling people that there’s One Right Thing...”
– On Good Consent, Part One | No, Seriously, What About Teh Menz? (via sexisnottheenemy
)
one of my hospital bills has e-codes for cannabis...
data entry returned it to me with a post-it reading MODEL CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD stuck to it. i love my job.
ETA: this guy got in a car wreck and endangered the lives of everyone on the same road as him, in case you were thinking of being all HOW DARE YOU JUDGE ETC. ETC. i feel pretty comfortable judging this guy.
inappropriate outgoing voicemail music of the day:...
i hope this person isn’t currently looking for a job, because that would make a less than favorable impression on a potential employer. also, they’re not a teenager. they’re 2 years older than me. what are you, cheech?
“When the web started, I used to get really grumpy with people because they put...”
– Neil Gaiman on Copyright, Piracy, and the Commercial Value of the Web (X
)
Email from Oakland Police Chief to Mayor re: 19%... →
what are your favorite eps of MST3K?
i want to add some to my netflix queue. so far i have:
space mutiny
the final sacrifice
hobgoblins
i used to like joel better than mike, but i suspect that if i watched it again i wouldn’t have a preference.
ETA: and don’t say manos: the hands of fate, because that movie is so mind-numbingly terrible that not even those guys can liven it up.
3rd season of treme won't air until fall 2012 →
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so i've been netflixing the entire daria series
and i’m pretty sure that sandi griffin grew up to be meme roth.
to everyone whining about how WAAAAAH PEOPLE ARE...
i say it’s not when did we lose our civility, but when did we develop such thin skins and the complete inability to handle being told we’re incorrect about something? when i firmly (but without nastiness) and with unimpeachable logic demolish whatever point you’re attempting to make, and you have a total meltdown, the flaw lies in your character. not mine.
Watchthedailywhat:
What The Definition Of “Marriage” Is of the Day: Speaking out for the first time since divorcing Newt Gingrich in 1999, the presidential candidate’s second wife Marianne revealed to ABC News’s Brian Ross that Gingrich asked her for an open marriage after coming clean on his six-year affair with then-aide, now-third-wife Callista.
All this was going on while Speaker of the House...
dear medicaid recipients of louisiana:
medicaid money doesn’t just fall from the sky whenever you go to the hospital. it comes from somewhere, and there’s a finite amount of it. so when i call you because you were involved in an auto accident and i want to know where to send your bill (state farm, us agencies, etc.), don’t scream and yell at me to file your bill with medicaid. when there’s an auto insurance...
warchalking →
this is now relevant to my interests.
my co-worker has been allowed to talk to her son
the national guard’s explanation is that they are not isolating him to punish him for coming out, but for his own safety. some of the other students are there as an alternative to juvie, and they don’t know how they will react. on one hand, this is logical. on the other, is your program so out of control that you can’t stop students from beating each other up? there is no...
one of my co-workers' sons enrolled in a national...
he was supposed to be graduating from it in march with his GED and college assistance. he came out as gay to his unit yesterday. the national guard’s reaction to this is to lock him in a room by himself, not let him use the latrine when anyone else is in it, and hold him incommunicado from his family. apparently no one told them that DADT has ended. my co-worker is going to get him out as...
order anything from field notes today before... →
i picked up a northerly edition 3-pack! the hobo symbol guide is what sold me.
cigarettesdrinkingcoffee asked: I work at a comics...
stfuconservatives:
rjestudio:
stfuconservatives:
Ron Paul Atreides 2012! The Spice Will Flow!
But seriously, yeah Ron Paul attracts mid-twenties men with no concept of how the real world works but believe that their misunderstanding is, in fact, some form of superunderstanding. That kind of delusion is very prevalent among the most hardcore of nerds.
-Joe
oh my god this is the best...