June 2010
49 posts
“If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.”
– W. C. Fields
WatchClay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world
I always enjoy a Clay Shirky presentation. ALWAYS.
The Problem With Giving Free Food To Hungry People... →
“I never really thought about it that way”.
An as always the discussion in the comments brings a whole new layer to the story (both on the original page and on the Facebook page).
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“The problem is that we think the opposite of funny is serious. It is not. In...”
– Terry Pratchett
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“Of course, everyone knows that fantasy is ‘all about’ wizards, but...”
– Terry Pratchett
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Neil Gaiman talks to BBC Breakfast about why... →
This man moves me to tears. It’s like he’s made of hope and joy and kindness.
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“My favorite was when I got to retell Snow White as a vampire story, in a story...”
– Neil Gaiman Talks Vampires
Of course!! Maaan.. it’s such a simple and obvious idea. I have to find the story now.
FUCK YEAH MATH: A Woman in a Bar (Math, Phy, Eng... →
A mathematician and an engineer are sitting at a table drinking when a very beautiful woman walks in and sits down at the bar.
The mathematician sighs. “I’d like to talk to her, but first I have to cover half the distance between where we are and where she is, then half of the distance that…
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“A stopped clock is correct twice a day, but a sundial can be used to stab...”
– John Hodgman in More Information Than You Require
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WatchKubrick vs Scorsese (by Leandro Copperfield)
25 days, 34 films, and 1 tribute
Ziua Tatălui - se pare ca de anul asta avem si noi... →
Ziua Tatălui şi Ziua Mamei au fost legiferate ca sărbători în România începand cu anul 2010. Legea cu privire la aceste două sărbători a fost aprobată de Senatul României în luna iunie 2009.
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German student attacks Hell's Angels with puppy |... →
A German student created a major traffic jam in Bavaria after making a rude gesture at a group of Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang members, hurling a puppy at them and then escaping on a stolen bulldozer.
WTF?!
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The ComicsAlliance Quiz: Which Lantern Corps Are...
Your idea of a perfect date is…
A) With a girl who is definitely underage, but she’s an alien and she doesn’t look like it so it’s okay. Or at least that’s what you keep telling us. B) Clothing optional. C) One where your date pays for everything. D) Ultimately insignificant in the face of cosmic horror. E) The prelude to a long night of shouting, throwing...
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The ComicsAlliance Quiz: Which Lantern Corps Are...
Question 6:
What’s your worst habit?
A) Insisting that “willpower” is an emotion. B) Public indecency. C) Taking things that do not technically belong to you, but should. D) Frightening children. And adults. And animals. And inanimate objects, once you figure out how. E) Attempting to replace your blood with emotions. Seriously, you cannot explain that to a hospital no...
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I'm quitting the Internet. Will I be liberated or... →
My (Probably Crazy) Plan To Give Up the Internet (via Scott Mccloud)
I think his motives are sincere, but the approach seems a bit gimmicky.
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Where’d All The Time Go? - Dr.Dog
She...
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“Crime once exposed has no refuge but in audacity”
– Tacitus
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“Since I’ve become so famous on The A.V. Club for hating Mark Millar that people...”
– Infuriating art on The A.V. Club
In part that’s my problem with Mark Millar. But I can’t see Geoff Johns in the same category as Garth Ennis, Jeph Loeb and Millar. At least not regarding the issues in the quote.
“I wanted to turn around and ask the people guffawing, “Who are you? How is this...”
– Infuriating art | The A.V. Club
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Tea For Two by Pink Martini
I’m...
Stardust by The Mills Brothers