Archive for the 'Thinking stuff' Category
Holy crap – this is like suicide bomber movie version of THE OFFICE. The clip is pretty funny – but we’ll see if the movie can sustain itself.
I think they tried to do a dramatic TV series about this, but never a comedy. My suspicions are that they should have stuck with a half-hour sitcom [...]
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Tags: Controversy, Four Lions, Offensive, Suicide Bomber Comedy, The Office
I love the Onion and I don’t have much to say today, so I hope you enjoy this video!
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Tags: Effeminate Son, Gay, Halloween, Onion
Ugh – this is just so sick. Yet I sometimes wonder how it doesn’t happen more often. Definitely feels like a real life scene from SIN NOMBRE. So sad…
By Alex Renderos and Tracy Wilkinson, Tribune Newspapers
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — – The day before he was killed this week, Christian Poveda, veteran photojournalist [...]
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Tags: Alex Renderos, Christian Poveda, El Salvadorian gangs, La Vida Loca, Sin Nombre, Tracy Wilkinson
Calif. tax officials: Legal pot would bring $1.4B From AP:
“SAN FRANCISCO — A bill to tax and regulate marijuana in California like alcohol would generate nearly $1.4 billion in revenue for the cash-strapped state, according to an official analysis released Wednesday by tax officials.”
1.4 Billion in revenue? (Eyes go wide, I spitspray out my drink [...]
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Tags: California's Budget Crisis Solved!, Legalized Marijuana, Marijuana
Afterbirth: It’s What’s For Dinner
By Joel Stein
So I usually wouldn’t be so fascinated and laughing out loud (that’s right, that would be LOL) while reading articles about placenta cooking and eating, but I have to say, Joel Stein’s article in this week’s TIME is interesting and pretty damn haa-larious. Here are some excerpts:
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Tags: Joel Stein, Placenta, Placenta Eating, Time Magazine
Mean people suck
Note: please tune in regularly for more hilariously poignant catch phrases from the 90’s.
While perusing through Yahoo’s most emailed photos this morning, a mugshot of a middle aged woman caught my eye. I clicked on the picture, thinking it’s going to be a suspect of some bizarre crime or whatever else kind of nonsense [...]
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Tags: D.U.I., Joyce DeWitt, Mean People
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you probably know how much I hate Twatter (aka Twitter). So it’s no surprise that the annoying times of the swine flu hysteria were not only generated by the mass media but also helped brilliant minds who use TWATTER (not to mention a lot of [...]
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Tags: More reasons to hate Twatter, Swine Flu Hysteria, Twatter, Twitter
Great article from today’s New York Times – CLICK HERE TO READ
Here is an excerpt:
“Perhaps most striking about the comments was the considerable number who were defiantly upbeat despite grim circumstances. Many artists echoed Ms. Holland, testifying that the recession had strengthened their commitment to their work or allowed them to concentrate on their art [...]
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Tags: "Tight times loosen creativity", NYT, Recession
The Internet as Imagined in 1969
This is from LiveLeak and it’s a must see. I love that the wife is just lounging around at the house, spending way too much money and the husband is busy at work, paying off her bills.
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Tags: Internet in 1969, LiveLeak, Vintage video clip
