Archive for September, 2008

Quote of the day

Friday, September 26th, 2008

If the Bacon Council of Elders knocked on my door one day and informed me that I am delicious and therefore must become bacon, I would not hesitate to hand over my measly life.
- Bill Corbett
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It’s like Robocop meets Gone With The Wind!

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

In the heady, high-concept, coke-fueled days of 80’s Hollywood, it was rumored that some movies got produced simply on the basis of having an easily-communicated premise, like “Think ‘Gremlins’ in the Sahara!” Frequently, these premises would simply be a joining of two different movies into one (”It’s ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’ meets ‘The Godfather!’”1).
Thankfully, two decades [...]

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A Crude MS Paint Version of a Graph I Was Shown Yesterday

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Some of you already know what this represents.
Those of you who don’t - any guesses?
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2008-09-18 asides

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Curse you Dangermouse! I can’t hear the Beatles’ “Julia” without hearing Jay-Z saying “Y’all tuned into the muhfuh greatest!” now. #

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He Leaves

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

It strikes me that EXIT signs would look to a native speaker of Latin like red-lit signs that say HE LEAVES.
David Foster Wallace - Infinite Jest
I don’t have many favorite authors, but David Foster Wallace was one of them. Something about the way he could be incredibly intellectual, deep, funny, nonsensical, and yet, down-to-earth (sometimes [...]

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