October 2011
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“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be...”
– Steve Jobs (via ovariesbeforebrovaries)
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Pop Deal: 'Six Feet Under' The Complete Series for... →
popculturebrain:
63% off the $113.99 list price.
(via /Film)
This seems like an amazing deal but then I think of all of the money I’ll have to spend on therapy to manage watching this show again and it cancels out the discount.
“No one, least of all me, is suggesting that running a newspaper company is a...”
– David Carr gives media execs who lay off workers while lavishing bonuses on themselves the SMACKDOWN. Worth a read. (via cmonstah)
This is a really important point that doesn’t get made enough: A lot of big media’s wounds are self-inflicted. To take an example from one truck that ran out of gas,...
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“Sometimes I leave the house and I’m like, “I know I’m missing something.” And...”
– I’m So Sad I Could Eat a Horse: A Foodie’s Guide to Eating Your Emotions.
Why is the mug of tap water so on point, and so real?
(via whydoihaveablog)
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hannibalhannibal:
Here’s my interview on WTF...
Worst College Essays →
I recently re-read some of my rather ridiculous college papers, and though they were written in the 21st century, there is no doubt some of the titles alone would belong on a list of “Worst College Essays.”
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Sarah Silverman & Jeff Goldblum to guest star on... →
Holy crap, The League is getting some outstanding guest stars this year. First Seth Rogen as Dirty Randy and now Sarah Silverman to play Andre’s sister and JEFF GOLDBLUM as Ruxin’s dad.
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“I know for sure that you can tell how smart people are by what they laugh at.”
– Tina Fey (via ovariesbeforebrovaries)
“We’re dealing with a generation of girls that have their shit together like...”
– Julie Klausner, WTF with Marc Maron, Episode 217 Live at the Bell House (via fatgirlinohio)
I love that people are quoting this, I just wish I didn’t say “like” so much. :(
(via julieklausner)
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Support a new home for independent comedy in the... →
adamconover:
If you’ve spent any time in New York comedy, you know Carol Hartsell and Kambri Crews. Carol (among many other things) produces the ECNY Awards and runs countless shows; Kambri was (among many other things) the force behind Ochi’s Lounge, the much-missed independent comedy space at Comix. And seriously, those “among other things” are like, two dozen things each; they’re each...
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A New York City Transit Subway Conductor Answers... →
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discoverynews:
This is fascinating.
Not only is this subway conductor full of statistics (136 people committed suicide on the subway tracks in 2010) but also full of movie knowledge (good horror subway flicks—Midnight Meat Train? Snakes On A Train?)
So interesting. Just learned about “pointing at the board.” But weirdly, that figure for 136 suicides includes “accidental deaths,” which...
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Setbacks: When Back Surgery is Funny →
New (and soon to be regular) post on my other site detailing my sometimes awkward, sometimes painful, and always funny experiences of undergoing 3 back surgeries. Whether you’ve been sliced open or not, I hope it is, at the least, mildly enjoyable to read, and at the most, makes you laugh out loud and be really happy you aren’t making a habit out of this kind of thing like I am.
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Splitsider: Due West: A Roundtable Discussion on... →
leilacohanmiccio:
Today in anxiety attacks!
No, it’s cool, I totally wanted conflicting views on a cross-country move from comedians and writers on both coasts that I respect. That anxiety can supplant the anxiety I was already having today about my general career trajectory. Let’s throw geography into the mix!
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“The Phantom Tollbooth” is not just a manifesto for learning; it is a manifesto...”
– Norton Juster’s “The Phantom Tollbooth” at 50 : The New Yorker
This is just a really great article about a really great book.
(via ryeisenberg)
Wonderful article about one of the most clever, engaging, and inventive books I have ever read. A few years ago I got to meet Norton Juster at...
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“I know I’m only marginally qualified to be giving advice. I’m not married, I...”
– three cheers for Mindy Kaling: The Office’s Mindy Kaling on Why You Need a Man, Not a Boy
(via glamour.com)
This book cannot come out soon enough.
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“There is an “Oh My God” moment almost near the end. It’s like hold your head;...”
– Bryan Cranston teasing the season finale of Breaking Bad to Marc Maron on WTF (via somuchfunithurts)
Okay, first of all, this is how every season of this show ends. Second, I’m probably not going to sleep between now and Sunday’s finale because I’ll be thinking about this.
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'Stop SB 48' Doesn't Want California Students To... →
vintageanchor:
“In the history of the world, gays and lesbians have made invaluable contributions to many different societies: from the father of computer science, Alan Turing, to civil rights leader Bayard Rustin to one of America’s greatest poets, Walt Whitman. “If you are American,” once wrote literary critic Harold Bloom, “then Walt Whitman is your imaginative father and mother, even if, like...
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