Chlamydia
“They say a moonlit deck is a woman’s business office.”
From The Lady Eve (1941). Directed by Preston Sturges. Starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda.
by the dog!
Every Andrei Tarkovsky is available online for free! (via kottke)
There is thunder in His footsteps and lightning in His fists
i hate this hip hop version its just for the sound and not the gory of the lord
son of a –
“Going to see him is one of the joys in life,” Mr. Nicholls said. “The holy spirit dwells in him.”
A slightly more nuanced than would make for a snarky introduction article on the public relations make-over of serial killer David Berkowitz.
(via marginal revolution)
have you seen what Old Spice is up to lately?
This ad campaign they have going is pretty clever. They’re responding with videos to people who mention their product. This is the response to a Starbucks twitter post:
I guess I’m most impressed with the output/production. They’ve kinda taken this social media advertising thing to the next level.
An Ancient Thought
What does it mean that I saw that?
from the comments
“I don’t see immediately that I am wrong. That’s enough to go ahead.”
The whole history of scientific revolutions is in that statement (which is not to say that this new observation about gravity is one). Scientists–and philosophers–butt their heads against intractable problems for years, and then someone finds a way around the problem rather than solving it in the expected way. A new way of seeing a situation often leads to room for movement when there was none, and, strange as it may seem, this new room to move may lead to a better overarching understanding even when the new questions have not yet been resolved.
In this case, gravity has long been viewed as a basic force of nature. We know of such a force by our viewing of the effects of that presumed force that are consistent in their behavior. But intricate behavior may result from a side-effect of another force–which means that a closer look at that force might be a better path to accounting for what gravity appears to be. Imagine, for instance, that I lived in a very constricted world, and I had always believed that the production of ice was caused by a waterhose left running on certain days. Perhaps I then realize that the water hose had little to do with what made the water freeze. The facts are still in place: water coming from the hose freezes at certain times. But it’s the freezing point of water that matters, and not the hose. We will certainly continue to fall when we jump–but maybe it’s not a force (like electro magnetism) causing it. Maybe we fall because some other force makes the state of falling possible.
Absolutamente nada
Political movement out of context
“I am disinclined to take lectures on racial sensitivity from a group that insists on calling black people, ‘Colored,’” Mark Williams, national spokesman of the Tea Party Express, told CNN.
Not the tack I would have taken, but I suppose compromise has fallen out of favor.
something, 50
Somebody asked if happiness lived in my belly.
note to self: Kenpō might not be for me
In Kenpō, the style of karate I do, when you are promoted to an upper rank the presiding master delivers something called the birth of pain. It is a rite of passage that marks your awareness of where you’ve been, and affirms that you are seeking greater skill and wisdom. It’s typically a powerful kick to the stomach, and if you aren’t prepared, it will do major damage. Sometimes, for favorite students, all the senior instructors join in.
Doug Ammons, in an article about kayaking, not Kenpō
photo out of context
GodBlock
GodBlock is a web filter that blocks religious content. It is targeted at parents and schools who wish to protect their kids from the often violent, sexual, and psychologically harmful material in many holy texts, and from being indoctrinated into any religion before they are of the age to make such decisions. When installed properly, GodBlock will test each page that your child visits before it is loaded, looking for passages from holy texts, names of religious figures, and other signs of religious propaganda. If none are found, then your child is allowed to browse freely.
via: Rob Greco
Epic (We’re on a boat)
Deron: This cruise sucks.
Me: The information design is lacking.
Me: I feel way backed up now.
Deron: This cruise can suck my balls.
Deron: This cruise is like a shitty mall.
Deron: Everything is bad but not in a good way.
Me: I think I see Cuba.
Deron: It’s like being in prison at Alcatraz Mall.
Me: Hey ocean, I’m naked!
Deron: Freestyle Cruising, y’all!
Deron: I hate humans.
Deron: I had to punch the wall in the bathroom.
Deron: Everything on this boat is an assault.
Me: I want to see some type of fish.
“Your Naked Ghost Comes Back at Night and Flies Around My Bed”
On – Your Naked Ghost Comes Back At Night by _type
Trippin’ Charlie Brown
Mesmerizing. (via)
Dispatches from a London Suburb
I am hoping Lucy will not mind. I’d ask, but I know that she’s racing ’round London now in all her mad glory and it’s no good trying to email her.
Selections from last night’s talking:
I’m here with whippets, in the suburbs, singing them David Bowie songs. THEY LOVE THIS SHIT.
I am playing Major Tom to whippets. Who are loving it.
These whippets believe in me.
I have spent a night and a day now inside in the suburbs, playing guitar to whippets and drinking ale and soon to eat a can of creamed rice. Because I am in the English suburbs and I want to fit in, naturally.
That wasn’t all. There was, for instance:
Jesus, where do you find a boy like that these days?
But I hope it’ll do ya for now.
Life like colored pencil drawings
Julia Randall draws these. With a colored pencil.
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One Time 2
INT. NICE HOUSE – DAY
AMANDA, 24, is lounging in her bedroom watching the Ellen Degeneres Show an Ozu movie and taking copious notes. There is a KNOCK at the door. She arises, curious, and opens it to see FREDDY, 19, standing before her.
FREDDY: So, you’ve been handling the mail? Has anything come for me, like a debit card?
AMANDA: Nope, not that I know of, let’s go check.
What Gravity?
What is new, he said, is the idea that differences in entropy can be the driving mechanism behind gravity, that gravity is, as he puts it an “entropic force.”
That inspiration came to him courtesy of a thief.
from the headlines
Truck driver chokes on pork rinds, ends in ditch
Honey Pie (NSFW)
A tour inside the Real Doll factory
“My brand!”
100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time
This is real good. Here’s a list of all the movies.
