January 2012
14 posts
“Polarization also has affected the two parties differently. The Republican Party...”
– The Obama Memos: How Washington Remade the President : The New Yorker
This article is a must-read.
I love ostriches. They are realists. They only believe what they see. When everything is going wrong, and the world is getting altogether too ugly, they only have to shut their eyes very tightly for the outside world to just melt away. - Jean Luc Godard
Preston Sturges’ Eleven Rules For Box Office Appeal:
A pretty girl is better than an ugly one.
A leg is better than an arm.
A bedroom is better than a living room.
An arrival is better than a departure.
A birth is better than a death.
A chase is better than a chat.
A dog is better than a landscape.
A kitten is better than a dog.
A baby is better than a kitten.
A kiss is better...
“It also concerns Streep that the part most people have seen her play is one she...”
– SimplyStreep.com - Magazines - Horizon Magazine (1978)
I swear I don’t usually frequent SimplyStreep.com
“A week after the death of JFK, Jacqueline Kennedy summoned White to the Kennedy...”
– Theodore H. White - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
December 2011
40 posts
“The American concept of wilderness has been criticized by some nature writers....”
– Wilderness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“in the 1980s, Winfrey took her show to West Virginia to confront a town gripped...”
– Tabloid talk show - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“A sooterkin is a fabled small creature about the size of a mouse that certain...”
– Sooterkin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“A mooncalf (or moon-calf) is the abortive fetus of a cow or other farm animal....”
– Mooncalf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The “small penis rule” is an informal strategy used by authors to evade libel lawsuits. It was described in a New York Times article in 1998:
“…For a fictional portrait to be actionable, it must be so accurate that a reader of the book would have no problem linking the two,” said Mr. Friedman. Thus, he continued, libel lawyers have what is known as “the small...
“In March 2010, authorities discovered a 13-year-old boy, Zhenia Barsukov, who...”
– Russian Girl Katia Popova Was Trapped in Her Apartment for Nine Years - The Daily Beast
“A joke in the Vatican tells that Pope John XXIII asked a bishop about the...”
– SPQR - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Papal humor sucks.
“Mr. Carvey began with straightforward mimicry, but through the 1988 campaign he...”
– Comparing Fred Armisen’s ‘SNL’ Obama to Dana Carvey’s Bush - NYTimes.com
Watch(via Vintage 1950’s hair Tonic Commercial - YouTube)
“Happy birthday smiley face,” was what Dani Klein heard a man say to his phone on...”
– Virtual Assistants Raise New Issues of Phone Etiquette - NYTimes.com
Sounds like a band name. Happy Birthday Smiley Face.
“3. Brain, spinal cord, and heart begin to develop.
4-5. Brain develops into...”
– Late-term abortion and fetal development: My debate with Ann Furedi. - Slate Magazine
I’m going to admit, I’m kind of pro-life. Pro-choice? What does that even mean? If we suggest that life begins at any time before birth, then pro-choice just means that women should have the choice to...
