quote out of context
But my exchange with the Tooth Fairy was delightful. Her tone was either flirtatious or something like a Disney character sounds moments before singing the movie’s second big number; it was difficult to discern.
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Forgive me for touting my own.
Merry Christmas, er, Happy Holidays, whatever floats the boat.
headline of the day, IV
‘Tell loved ones they are overweight this Christmas’
Funk songs from Vietnam GIs
If you didn’t get a Christmas present from me, it’s because I’m waiting till the New Year to buy you East of Underground: Hell Below. (Thanks to Valerie for the tip.)
In 1971 the US was pulling troops out of Vietnam, and its bases in Germany were full of draftees at a loose end. “You were painting shovels, picking up cigarette butts – it was a lot of busy-work,” remembers former serviceman Lewis Hitt. “There was a longing by everyone, especially the draftees, to get home and go back to what you were doing before.”
This was the crucible in which were formed scores of raucous funk bands made up of servicemen, four of which have just been compiled by Now-Again Records. Adoring crowd noise was crudely dubbed on top of their records, which were then distributed in recruitment centres. These bands were used by the army to present service as varied, even hip. But the songs they cover – the bitter, suspicious likes of Backstabbers and Smiling Faces Sometimes – undermine any potential propagandising.
headline of the day, III
‘Gay Robot’ Heckles Bachmann At Iowa Event
tweet of the day
“Nobody cares about science anymore. They want feelings instead of facts!” “How do you know?” “I got a hunch.”
— Zach Weiner (@ZachWeiner) December 23, 2011
headline of the day, II
Organizers of The World’s Premier Bacon Festival No Longer Hoarding Bacon
Recession Christmas
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My sister made up bedtime stories when I was little she called “Fortunately, but unfortunately.” Essentially they started like this: There was a princess living in a castle. Fortunately, she had a cat. Unfortunately, the cat smelled like rotten eggs. Fortunately, she loved the cat. And so on.
I like to think the telling of the stories raised her IQ. I also hope she has learned new storytelling methods for my nephew.
headline of the day
Obama Called ‘Skinny, Ghetto Crackhead’ On Fox News
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tweet of the day
Who wants my reeking “dish gloves” all up on them? They smell like a rented clarinet that has been used as a vagina for the last 20 years.
— Neko Case (@NekoCase) December 23, 2011
quotes out of context
In fact, The Oxford English Dictionary tells us that “occupy” once meant “to have sexual intercourse with.”
As a simple rule of thumb, just imagine every time you’re telling a good vs. evil story, you’re basically lowering your IQ by ten points or more.
The gay and lesbian community of Minnesota has issued a letter of apology to recently resigned Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch for ruining the institution of marriage and causing her to stray from her husband and engage in an “inappropriate relationship.”
The most outstanding piece is a seemingly innocent sampler with a border design — but the dots and dashes are actually Morse code that spell out “God Save the King” and “Fuck Hitler”.
Now a new study finds that simply cooling the brain area just behind the forehead can help.
Update:
Barely Feral answers the question: what if there was a porn site designed by cats for cats?
clusterflock in a Firefox for Android Tablets Commercial
Well, holy poop, clusterflock showed up in a Firefox for Android tablets commercial.
(thanks, Garrett)
U.S. Routes as a Subway Map
Graphic designer Cameron Booth re-imagined the U.S. Highway system as a subway map:
At long last, I present the latest in my series of transit map-styled designs. This time, we have the U.S. Highway system (that’s U.S. Routes, not to be confused with the newer Interstate Highway system – which as most of you well know, I have already mapped).
Angry Rats
From a year end compilation of scientific photos:
Rats don’t deserve their bad name, but this ball of fury won’t win over many murophobes. Russian scientists bred this aggressive rat strain to compare it with more docile creatures in a study on domestication that has teased out several genetic regions linked to tame traits.
headline of the day
2 women share 1st kiss at US Navy ship’s return
Google Image Search: Carlo Mollino Polaroids
Mistletoe Shortage
There’s a mistletoe shortage in Texas, due to drought. But some people don’t care.
“In 1901 you needed to be under the mistletoe to steal a kiss in public,” said Mr. George. “In 2011, you can do just about anything you want in public and it goes unnoticed.” When asked about the shortage, Mr. George was confident there would be no love lost.
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quotes out of context
This inspired the assembled lawmakers to chant: “Hold! Hold! Hold! Hold!”
But we do know that it’s a pretty robust phenomenon and that people with moderate to severe depression exhibit an unusual neural response when viewing pictures of their mothers, at least when compared to pictures of friends and strangers.
Flaubert, of course, was epileptic, and is also reported to have said that “People are like food.”
(Seriously, 2001 was really a banner year in tech history.)
Update:
He was unimpressed, too, by Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s “Team America: World Police”, in which he is portrayed as a marionette who supplies weapons of mass destruction to terrorists and turns into a cockroach.
How do I feel about this car?
The Struggle for the Occupy Wall Street Archives
I thought at first that this long article by Michelle Dean might strike most of y’all as Too Much Archives, which is to say too much shop talk and too narrow in its focus. More than you really want to read about the issues archivists face.
Then again, maybe not. Maybe this will draw you in.
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It’s no biggie
It’s no biggie takes the art of the animated gif to another level.
(thanks, Garrett)
