April 2012
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WHEN YOU REALIZE MOST OF YOUR FAVORITE AUSTIN...
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…Favorite Austin things hell. Favorite things, no modifier needed.
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Expletives Not Deleted: The profane satire of... →
One morning, Iannucci was shooting an episode at Camden Yards, the home of the Baltimore Orioles. Members of the team, playing themselves, gathered on the field, in uniform, waiting for a scene in which Meyer would have a brief photo op with them. At this point in the episode, she has a lot on her mind, and Louis-Dreyfus played her with feverish social energy. Her laugh, with its emphasis on the...
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So this chittering noise from outside got the cats’ attention tonight. […]
That’s not a bird at all! That’s the scolding noise made by a squirrel.
Aha! Thank you very much! (No wonder it got louder and more pissed-off the closer I got.)
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So this chittering noise from outside got the...
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Goth For Life—Alexis Petridis in the Guardian →
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They might tone down their look for work, or leave clubs and gigs earlier than they once used to, but neither Chandler, Hodkinson, nor any of the goths the latter interviewed for his research plan to hang up their crimpers and black lipstick in the foreseeable future. “Being a goth is just something that I am now,” says Chandler. “I don’t think it’s...
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Suddenly, Team Stannis
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Davos: And it’s four less fingernails to clean.
Stannis: Fewer.
Davos: Pardon?
Stannis: Four fewer fingernails to clean.
Me:
I liked Davos Seaworth from the start (I have a lot of affection for “the only sane person in the room” characters); reading the books, Stannis and Melisandre took much, much longer to grow on me. But the fact that they’ve made...
The 13 Most Useless College Majors (As Determined...
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newsweek:
1. Fine Arts
2. Drama and Theatre Arts
3. Film, Video, and Photographic Arts
4. Commercial Art and Graphic Design
5. Architecture
6. Philosophy and Religious Studies
7. English Literature and Language
8. Journalism
9. Anthropology and Archeology
10. Hospitality Management
11. Music
12. History
13. Political Science and Government
(Ed: Your...
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The Convergence of the Twain — Thomas Hardy
(Lines on the loss of the “Titanic”) I In a solitude of the sea Deep from human vanity, And the Pride of Life that planned her, stilly couches she. II Steel chambers, late the pyres Of her salamandrine fires, Cold currents thrid, and turn to rhythmic tidal lyres. III Over the mirrors meant ...
WHEN YOU ARE PRETTY SURE THAT'S ANTHONY BOURDAIN...
wheninatx:
GPOY.
wheninatx proprietor, do I know you? I swear this tumblr is my life.
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Full transcript of interview with Peter Rogers on...
For anyone who might be interested in these things, here’s the full transcript of my IM-based interview with Peter Rogers on his work in The Professor, which formed the backbone of my article on the show for Tor.com. I didn’t quite manage to work all of it in (obviously), so here it is for the curious.
Thanks also to Justin Davis for answering several background questions I sent to...
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Dinner time for Muji & Oliver. (soundtrack by Franco Falsini)
om nom nom nom WHY U FILMING ME nom nom nom
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“You know, I was with the VP earlier when he met with storm victims, and I can...”
– Samantha Bee on the Daily Show, September 2005.
I was going through some old files on my laptop and found this saved as a text file, dated Sept. 11, 2005—clearly from a TDS episode not far in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. This is one of a collection of handy reminders of why I don’t plan to...
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