June 2010
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“ “It is better to spend money like there’s no tomorrow then to spend tonight...”
– P.J. O’Rourke (via whiskeymonologues)
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Artie Shaw - Begin the Beguine
This song always...
“In most elevators, at least in any built or installed since the early nineties,...”
– Nick Paumgarten: Up and Then Down. (Told you so, everyone who has tried to convince me that our elevators’ door-close buttons did anything.)
I've begun adding song titles to my cursing...
bebelestrange:
Such as “Sweet Home Alabama!” Any other suggestions?
“Betcha By Golly, Wow!” but you have to say it with extreme sarcasm (see: Jules Winnfield “Check out the big brain on Brad!”)
“It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing...”
– Dale Carnegie
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“People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a...”
– Banksy, from Cut It Out
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The Rentals - Friends of P
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drinkyourjuice:
srsly:
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - The...
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“I mean, consider that the 2006 tournament cost the United States $1.2 billion in...”
– David Hirshey does good work in this piece, Triumph of the Will.
2010 World Cup: Biggest win for U.S. soccer - ESPN Soccernet
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Crazy lede or craziest lede ever?
jeffcagle:
A German student “mooned” a group of Hell’s Angels and hurled a puppy at them before escaping on a stolen bulldozer, police have said. [story]
Thanks, Mark, for assuring that I will probably never read a more bizarre opening sentence to a true story, ever.
My personal favorite from last week’s news:
American Detained in Pakistan Had Sights on bin Laden | NYT
ISLAMABAD,...
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avalanche:
Morrissey - The First of the Gang to...
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R.E.M. - Man On The Moon
Automatic For The People...
Watchsarahspy:
Swagger Coach w/ Taavon - a new Funny or Die video sketch starring Zach Galifianakis and Aziz Ansari
I call hoodies “hoodles.”
Prince's interview style
crumbler:
As reported by Chuck Klosterman in Eating the Dinosaur, Prince once had an unusual approach to talking to reporters:
During most of the 1980s and much of the ’90s, Prince declined almost every interview request he received. On those rare occasions he granted an interview, he always made a curious demand: The reporter could not use a tape recorder or take written notes. The reporter...
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All Your Summer Songs - Alcohol
“One rarely falls in love without being as much attracted to what is...”
– Alain de Botton
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“We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and — in spite of True Romance...”
– Hunter S. Thompson (The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967)
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The Ramones | My Brain is Hanging...
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“I don’t want to earn my living; I want to live.”
– Oscar Wilde
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“In a Philadelphia program people prescribed warfarin, an anti-blood-clot...”
– For Forgetful, Cash Helps the Medicine Go Down | NYT
So we have to game ourselves into staying healthy and alive? Got it.