August 2009
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PLANETARY #27: THE PREVIEW →
Yes, really.
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The Top 100 Science Fiction/Fantasy Shows Of All... →
This thing is pretty much designed to be argued over, but it’s an entertaining read (as much of Charlie Jane Anders’s posts for io9 are). I will say that #5 filled me with glee (AND WHY IS IT NOT ON DVD), #1 and #2 are pretty much gimmes, #7 probably should have been ranked higher (as in, it should have been at #3 instead of what’s there), agreement on #48, and I’m...
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Oh baby, just you shut your mouth. →
I’ve started contributing over at fuckyeahdavidbowie.
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New Scientist: Human sex from the inside out →
This is one of the most Cronenbergian things I’ve ever seen: an MRI of a man and a woman having sex. Not particularly safe for work, obviously.
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A Rorschach Cheat Sheet on Wikipedia? →
Did you know that Rorschach blots are standardized? I didn’t. And they’re now the centrepiece of a debate on Wikipedia, now that all 10 have been posted there along with common responses to each. There’s a follow-up article here.
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Cambridge 'punt wars' erupt between rival... →
A dispute between rival punting operators in Cambridge has escalated to one guy getting his boats sawn in half.
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Reblog with your school's mascot.
fleetfootedfox:
digitalbath:
lifeofryan:
acewepeel:
galvatron:
caitastrophe:
nataliejo:
thenicolasserhan:
RAIDERS.
I’M A MOTHERFUCKING ROCK.
I am not joking.
BRUINS.
Apparently it’s a bear!
When I was in school…
Cardinals
GAMECOCKS
the missionaries. and our unofficial campus cheer is ”missionaries, missionaries, WE’RE ON TOP!”
High School-Generals College-A dragon?
^^...
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“I swear… everyone in the world is turning into assholes who don’t know how to...”
– Unknown proofreader, posted at Overheard in the Newsroom
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The Guardian: Watch an exclusive deleted scene... →
“I don’t need fucking acupuncture. I’ll fucking acupuncture you; I’ll come over there and I’ll give you a fucking acupuncture; you’ll end up looking like the guy from Hellraiser and I’ll take a fucking phonebook and bash it against your face!”
(And that’s just the beginning.)
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“Washington turned out to be no less starry-eyed. On a fact-finding mission,...”
– From “In the Loop: Malcolm Tucker Hits the Big Screen”
(The commentary within this piece about US-UK relations is what really makes the piece interesting. Also hilarious for us American Anglophiles is Peter Capaldi’s comment on the American actors they worked with: “just so...
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A library's approach to books that offend →
chicklittumbls:
Interesting article on complaints received by the Brooklyn Public Library concerning offensive materials. Even more fascinating are the letters themselves and the library’s responses to them. Friends of ms. hangingfire should note that the library cited her Bookforum review of Daddy’s Girl in this response.
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It’s gratifying to know, at least, that my powers have been used...
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“I don’t want to give him anymore press. He doesn’t need it. But that Santino...”
– Tim Gunn on the tribulations of the Season 6 “Project Runway All-Star” special, interviewed here.
(When Tim Gunn smacks someone down that hard, you know they’ve gotta be a jackass.)
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“It is a tribute to the First Amendment that this kind of vile, contemptible...”
– Sen. Barney Frank, D-Mass, giving a piece of his mind to a protestor who called the health plan “Nazi”.
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“Who’s not going to pay money to see a man from Glasgow telling Tony...”
– Chris Addison, discussing In the Loop
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“What all these lists demonstrate, I think, is the narrow artistic range of the...”
– Jeet Heer on the comics mainstream
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“It’s a bit like Wind in the Willows meets Sin City.”
– Bryan Talbot describing Grandville in an interview with The Daily Cross Hatch.
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Has anyone else noticed
fleetfootedfox:
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that the SciFi channel is currently spelling it’s name SyFy?
I do not dig this.
Yes. It makes me very upset. Why are they trying to be cute?
I hate it too…i was like um…syfy? No!
I think it coincided with SDCC. A friend of mine poked some fun at the new name there.
The name change was announced a few months before SDCC to...
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“The caricature of Mr. Emanuel as a profanity-spewing operative has given way to...”
– From a NY Times profile of Rahm Emanuel
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On the many talents of Hugh Jackman
Peter: http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/9ambx/hugh_jackman_throwing_child_into_the_air_photos/
Me: "he could juggle three babies and two grenades while dancing and singing"
Peter: ... which oddly turns into one of the few times my dormant visual imagination kicks in
Me: yes. and I imagine him singing "Everything's Coming Up Roses" or something like that.
Peter: My mind clearly imagines a white suit and white hat à la The Music Man
Me: yes, of course.
Peter: I suppose he has to hook the cane over one arm while doing the ordnance/infant juggling
Me: well, at some point the ordnance and the infants are all sufficiently airborne that he can actually do something with the cane.
Peter: Exactly!
A quick spin and a mimed "shooting the cane at somebody"
And the big finish has HJ planted on one knee, holding all three babies, who in turn are holding the two grenades...
which explode...
in a cloud of GLITTER
Me: YES. JAZZHANDS!
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Your answers to 10 tricky children's questions →
lizlet:
From bbc.co.uk — tough questions with user-submitted answers and then expert opinions. I like this answer for “What is time?” —Some scientists may call time the flow of cause and effect.
ObWhoQuote: “People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it’s more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly,...
Watch…what did I just watch? What was that?
