October 2010
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“I don’t have good memories of growing up in Cypress, even though it will forever...”
– Asher Brown’s Suicide Hits Home | DISGRASIAN™
September 2010
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USA TODAY: Rahm Emanuel expected to announce he... →
inothernews:
Kidding on the last part. I hope.
Wait, so the bit about the steel cage match isn’t true? *Pouts*
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“Actually, don’t message me if your body type is full figured or curvy. Being...”
– OkCupid | Welcome Home!
Online dating sucks.
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i'm sure it's nothing
But it’s not a big deal if the ultrasound tech returns after taking the first set of images to take some more because “the doctors saw something small”, right?
Four teenage boys have commited suicide in 3 weeks...
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“A hall full of elderly white people in Medicare-paid scooters, railing against...”
– Matt Taibbi Among the Tea Partiers
Alternet via RollingStone
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Irony, they haz it.
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“‘Britney/Brittany’ is what people who say Glee is awful are talking...”
– “Britney/Brittany” | Glee | TV Club | TV | The A.V. Club
(Bad night for Glee, but Heather Morris killed it.)
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Forgotten Ship: A Daring Rescue As Saigon Fell :... →
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The Mike & Molly Fat Joke Tracker: 'I Look Like... →
Movieline will continue running its weekly Mike & Molly Fat Joke Tracker so you can relive the best and worst sizest disses from the night before. Note: If you find jokes comparing an obese fellow to Shrek, an elephant and a UPS truck offensive, then you probably will not want to proceed.
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“Ultimately, I’ve come to believe that actors and actresses don’t...”
– Why Are Kate Winslet and Jodie Foster Working With Roman Polanski? - Alyssa Rosenberg - Culture - The Atlantic
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Heading East: Secret Societies of the Morning F... →
Secret society of guys who nod to other guys even though they have no idea why they are nodding. Secret society of artists who look might be drawing you, but are actually drawing monsters. Secret society of men who are probably pirates.
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In Tall Buildings →
Saw these guys open for Zee Avi last night. They were good.
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“On some level the homophobic pastor who is secretly engaging in gay sex is the...”
– Long Odds - Ta-Nehisi Coates - National - The Atlantic
(Jelani Cobb wrote this after visiting Eddie Long’s church yesterday. Read it. h/t my friend Michael for sharing this via Google Reader)
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“Politics are politics, crime is crime, but in Chicago they occasionally overlap....”
– Saul Bellow - Feb. 20, 1983 - Second City Police Blotter
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“Let me take this opportunity to thank in particular Abe and his co-workers in...”
– Op-Ed Contributor - March 18, 1972 - Mr. Auden’s Neighborhood - NYTimes.com
Killing Time At The Dealer Part Two: I Test Drive...
Me: This really is a beautiful car...
Dealer 2: So you think you're going to buy it?
Me: That depends... I have about $300 to my name and bad credit. Will that affect my ability to buy this $40,000 car?
Dealer2: You can pull over right there.
Killing Time While I Wait For An Oil Change
Me: Can I test drive this Prius?
Dealer: Sure, are you interested in buying one?
Me: not for awhile. I'm really interested in going down the street for a Starbucks.
Dealer: That seems fair.
Me: Awesome, let's go.
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“He is part of an expanding population of nearly 11,000 foreign husbands in the...”
– A Thai Region Where Husbands Are Imported - NYTimes.com
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“The 61-year-old candidate herself walked onstage in a pink suit and pearls,...”
– The Connecticut-Conuntry-Club Crackup: Can Linda McMahon Win in a State That Defines Preppy? - NYTimes.com
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“My dog, a shepherd mix named Cooper, doesn’t care where we are or what...”
– A Few Rules To Run By | Active.com
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“Of course, the question all TV critics get asked at this point is, “Why...”
– “Anthropology 101” | Community | TV Club | TV | The A.V. Club
(Updated to shorten the quote, so you don’t end up reading so much long text on the dashboard. Please do click through to read the whole thing, okay? And then watch Community tonight.)
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“I am happy to pay my taxes. In fact, I would gladly pay more to help out those...”
– Nothing is sure in life but… « American Family (via apsies)
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“When I’m shooting, I’m up at six. I take a shower very quickly and...”
– Alec Baldwin Quotes - Interview with Alec Baldwin on Fashion - Esquire
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Glee post-mortem: Sunshine of my Corazon
Brittany has her own doll of herself! I wonder if she reserves it for occasions when she falsely accuses adults of touching her, or if she has it just for funsies.
I always mute the tv whenever Rachel has a solo.
Check out the abs on Mike “Other Asian” Chang!
Cheyenne Jackson is always welcome on my tv, espesh. when he’s storming off screen wearing a miniature Hello Kitty...
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“Monkey On Your Back
One of the most-cited WTF pitches by insiders who deal with...”
– Fertility Island, a Bachelor With Transvestites, and More of the Weirdest Rejected Reality-TV Pitches Ever — Vulture
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“Asked by her postwar debriefers how she kept up hope, she replied: “The will to...”
– Eileen Nearne, Wartime Spy, Dies at 89 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com
"jasmined.com writes like a man in his best age.... →
Thanks, urlai.
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“I’ll admit here to a certain bias toward the superhero genre. Because for titles...”
– Our Man In Chicago: Comic books are for girls - Essay Fiesta, September 20, 2010
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Google Map: Chocolate City →
Making a map of places I’d like to check out while in DC for the March to Keep Fear Alive/Rally to Restore Sanity. Do you have any suggestions for places I should visit, things I should see and, most importantly, food I should eat?