December 2008
“Milk… passed a city ordinance guaranteeing equal rights for gays and...”
– ‘Gotta Give ‘Em Hope’: The Legacy Of Harvey Milk
a dose of my own personal brand of crazy
spiegelman:
Upon hearing this afternoon’s sonic boom, my first thought was “oh, I guess the invasion’s started.”
And then I receive this email:
From: Molly McAleer Date: Nov 30, 2008 1:40pm Subject: did you think you were breaking a terrorist attack on tumblr? To: Eric Spiegelman hahahahhahahahhahahahahahhahahahhaha hahahhahahahhahahhahahhahhahahahhaha.
and by “personal brand of crazy,” I...
November 2008
Creating Our Own Happiness
allthiscanbeyours:
‘I believe we have the power to create our own happiness. I believe the real magic in the world is done by humans. I believe normal life is extraordinary.
‘I was sitting in my car at a stoplight intersection listening to the radio. I was, I guess, lost in the moment, thinking how happy I was to be inside my nice warm car. It was cold and windy outside, and I...
“First they came for the verbs, and I said nothing because verbing weirds...”
– Peter Ellis (via inky)
Bizarro World Newswire
topherchris:
A worker at a homeless shelter was trampled to death Friday during a rush of thousands of eager volunteers and wealthy donors.
Violence breaks out over last open slot in area soup kitchen.
Over one million homeless children in America counting their blessings that they had no chance of being shot at a Toys “R” Us today.
“[Harwood] maintained that the world would continue to suffer damaging...”
– Yes, Virginia, All the Big Recessions and Depressions ARE the Same
“Two people were shot to death in a crowded toy store on Black Friday in a...”
– More Black Friday madness: The only thing that differentiates this quote from any lede about gang violence is the word “toy”.
“I saw the best mimes of my generation trapped in boxes, starving hysterical...”
– antichrista (via merlin) (via natashavc)
Jonathan Coulton — Skullcrusher Mountain:...
Porn For Girls By Girls →
(via topherchris) Omg.
As I said before--If you can't spell it, you can't... →
(via eve-l-mind)
He is spelling it right. He wants to watch a woman fuck Bill Frist in the ass. Now can he have it?
Watchabrichar:
Beaker sings Ode to Joy.
This made me unbelievably, bouncingly, happy.
This is awesome. Please note that Statler & Waldorf seem to have been watching it on an Apple ][ from the beep, but that’s an old school IBM PS/2 mouse, if I’m not mistaken.
Judge overturns Florida ban on adoption by gays →
(via abrichar)
Good on Florida’s single judge with a fucking conscience! But check out:
The state attorney general’s office has appealed the decision.
[Judge Cindy S. Lederman] said there is no moral or scientific reason for banning gays and lesbians from adopting, despite the state’s arguments otherwise. The state argued that gays and lesbians have higher odds of suffering...
“In doing the research for the “Bailout Nation” book, I needed a way...”
– Barry Ritholtz, Boing Boing
“Hubba Hubba Zoot-Zoot” —...
youtube
datn: say, did you notice that youtube is suddenly 16x9?
abrichar: no, lessgo see
abrichar: WHY THE FUCK IS 2 GIRLS 1 CUP ON MY RECOMMENDATION LIST?!?!?
abrichar: gah!
datn: hahahaha
datn: LOL!!!
abrichar: sheesh
abrichar: argh
datn: hahahahaha
abrichar: oh right, deb and i watched a bunch of reaction videos to it last week
abrichar: ooops
abrichar: oh weird, it's all widescreen
Nebraska's 'Butt Bandit' suspect faces charges →
The Butt Bandit of Cherry County strikes again.
This will be the strangest thing you have ever... →
(via lickystickypicky)
Clearly you never read Tao Lin’s novel, “Eeeee Eee Eeee”, which is not (as you might think) a love song to the Eee PC.
Bacon has jumped the shark?
Tumblr bacon back lash! Note maximum density of catchphrases like “X is the new Y” and “jump the shark”. … Oops.
um, all of the sudden, YouTube is in 16:9?
(via spiegelman)
Yep, just noticed that myself. Merry Xmas. About damn time.
How not to write a sex scene →
topherchris:
Extracts from some of the books shortlisted for this year’s Bad Sex award.
No one had ever done this to her before. She shivered, barely able to control herself.
‘Lovely!’ he said.
She was so ashamed she actually hid her face in her hands. ‘Just don’t!’
‘See if you can pretend it isn’t happening!’ was his suggestion as he buried...
“From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an eerie, surreal...”
– worst analogies ever written in a high school essay. if my tumblr friends insist on tumbling things without attribution, i must step in.
WatchProfessor Hans Rosling’s TED talk, debunking third-world myths with amazing statistics. But that’s just an example, because what this talk is really about is making valid statistical information publicly and searchably available.
This is the freshest perspective on statistics and their value I have ever seen. More on Rosling and his org’s website, Gapminder.
