July 2008
June 2008
“Jesus was persecuted, and I’m going to get persecuted, ya know?”
– –Heidi fucking Montag, comparing herself to Jesus Christ. (via frangry)
EQUALS No Chance
EQUALS Very Good chance
Alison by Jack Radcliffe
Not sure if this has made the rounds or not but Alison is a really powerful photo portfolio Radcliffe did of his daughter from childhood through adulthood. I included a photo just to give a feel of his work but the sixty seconds or so it takes to scroll through it are both haunting & intimate. Anyone with an appreciation for photography and/or the dynamic between a father & his...
some under the radar Movie Love
There is a lot of well deserved buzz for Wall-E, & to a lesser extent Wanted, going on around here, but I just wanted to add to the list a great 1st installment of a planned trilogy that started this weekend. Mongol is the story of Genghis Khan’s life and is surprisingly good. Now, it’s a foreign film with subtitles so that may cause pause for many but there’s something to be...
It feels like all my friends are married
foodinmouth:
elin: Read the long but very good blog here
you said it better than i could about our friends getting married.
Hmmm. Even when on vacation, like I am now, I have a hard time falling asleep on Sunday nights. I was fairly confident that my yet to be married ass would have been pondering this theme at 3:00 in the A.M. Then bag coffee blogged this site and I am now just as confident...
“went to the park to get the scoop
knuckleheads out there cold, shootin some...”
– coz the boys in the hood are always hard
The New Yorker: Bush & Co. prep for one last war... →
Germ. vs. Spain Euro 2008 Final today 2:30
Amazingly I have a chance to come out ahead on my Euro 08 wagers today. Way ahead. No shit. Far ahead enough that if I win I promise to spend at least half of my winnings on a trip to Barcelona in the next 12 months to celebrate. That should tell you what country I am letting almost all of it ride on. If I lose I will punish myself by watching Das Boot while eating nothing but sauerkraut for 24...
Dear Soupsoup,
frangry:
1994 was almost 15 years ago. So yes, it is. xo, Frangry
I don’t want to bust balls here but pretty sure Kids was ‘95. It’s marked right here in my diary: 8/7/95 Saw a movie called Kids today. Cool as shit. Should not have smoked that extra bowl before seeing it though. Ending was a f*ckin bummer. I can’t wait to get the hell out of WPB, FLA. and back up to NYC...
joelaz:
Violent Femmes - Crazy
It’s cover day...
“I drink Brass Monkey and I rock well
I got a Castle in Brooklyn - that’s...”
– Beasties
As Eddie Vedder & Ben Harper belt out No...
the evolution of the douchebag...
biteofpythias:
Has anyone ever done a taxonomy of douchebags?
Or even better a phylogenetic tree diagram documenting the various evolutionary nodes where different species of douchebag emerged over the decades and how they differentiated from each other in different geographical regions and social strata. I mean what group of guys would have qualified as the humankind’s first douche?
If this has...
One more chance at Friday afternoon fun!! →
Married Flirters
jeralyndwile:
Yesterday I was at the chiropractor’s office waiting for my appointment when I saw a very interesting thing take place.
A man came into the office with his young son and started talking to the secretaries who are in their 20s. He starts kind of teasing them and joking with them. It struck me as rather strange since I noticed a wedding ring on his finger. I didn’t think much more...
i refuse to let this day get to me like yesterday...
edatrix:
wait…speaking of SYTYCD, ya know who got bonus points for correctly guessing the boy AND girl to get eliminated last night? THIS GIRL. woot!
My gift to SYTYCD fans, or anyone for that matter, who are barely surviving the week & who need some mindless entertainment today at work: http://www.davidbessler.com/pulldown/pipecleaner_dance3.swf
Red buttons are tunes & other...
Tumblr today
With all the news & debate on tumblr today on the death penalty (touch a child you die), the right to bear arms (what do we take away next?), a lurking bombshell, maybe two, in the financial world (what everyone should really be worried about), and the retirement of a millionaire internet persona(I’m gonna miss you lil’ guy *sniffle*), maybe it’s time to discuss something a...
Baseball: Where athletes trying to choke out their... →
“John McCain is aware of the Internet,…This is a man who has a very long...”
– McCain tech aide Mark Soohoo, while also confirming McCain’s awareness of Google. McCain told Soohoo he enjoys playing it even more than Celebrity when he has friends over for Friday night game night.
Watchmaryrambin:
I am in love with this Oscar De La Renta dress from my mom’s designer resale store: Goodwill but without the good will.
It’s now been worn only twice ever(maybe) and is on sale from Lord-knows-how-much to $450. This dress is gorgeous, but worn, and an absolute example of me stealing your $$!
If you love it too, it can be yours. To me, it’s in between a 4 and a 6, which I think...
Attention: young women filming a youtube video for...
Kudos to Kevin. As pathetic as it sounds they have not created a brand, far from it. Instead they have become their own paparazzi.
It will be Obama/Gore
squashed:
I haven’t made a precise, completely wrong prediction in a while, so I thought I’d go out on a limb here. Al Gore will be Obama’s VP candidate. He’s the only person that makes sense. Here are some reasons why.
Obama needs to appease Hillary’s supporters. This means having a very good reason not to choose Clinton. Gore is the only Democrat who isn’t named Clinton with a profile...
What's the truest cliched life lesson you know?
It’s not you, it’s me. I feel as though most people think it’s bullshit when they hear that. But what about when you say it? Saying “it’s not you, it’s me” is a simple way of stating to someone that you feel as though they are so fucked up that you can not deal with them anymore while being able to feel comfortable in life. A contradiction? Not so much....
Dynamic Tower Skyscraper: Every Floor... →
edatrix:
whatonearth:
this is the craziest thing I have ever seen…it’s like giant, solar-powered Jenga!
Very interesting. It’s too bad that some of the bigger cities here in the U.S. have zoning and neighborhood groups that would restrict progress.
“I fucking hate people who think quoting lines from a movie constitutes a sense...”
– (via antikris) Me too! It’s the most annoying thing on the planet. And then you feel like an idiot for not knowing the movie. Sorry, but I didn’t watch The Big Lebowski twenty thousand fucking times and don’t know what the fuck you are talking about. (via frangry)
…looking around sheepishly...
"You know somethin' people don't talk about in...
maryrambin:
“putting something on a t-shirt doesn’t make it art. i can put a picture of baby...”
– Mirna: the most recent commenter (via ryanbrown)
Sums up the challenge I face in my career on a daily basis in just two sentences.
Someone please invent
A lighter sized device that would have the following vocals on demand:
1. You’re an asshole - (sung in a sing song voice)
2. Fuck you w/two settings. - a.)emphasis on Fuck or b.) emphasis on You
3. Wadda dick - I would like to volunteer my voice for this one. My boss has an assistant who just declared she had never heard the phrase uttered with the right level of base(sort of a low...
Don Imus is a shitty human being
Let’s, for a moment, give him the benefit of the doubt. Let’s assume that when saying “now we know” when learning Jones was African American, he meant the police were picking on “Pacman” Jones because of his race.
However Imus said two things today so disturbing it shows that the guy is clueless. First he felt the need to emphasize that his show has a black...
My Morning Conversation
Me: What up Dude?
Coffee Guy: Dude. What up?
Me: Just a large black.
Coffee Guy: Italian Roast cool?
Me: yeah, sounds good
Me: (now staring at wall, with a grin, while thinking of someone)
Coffee Guy: She's that cool huh?
Me: (startled) wha?
Coffee Guy: Just an observation man. You just got that "look"
Me: Really?!? What "look"?
Coffee Guy: buck fifty
Me: Thanks
Coffee Guy: Dude, just try not to get hit by a car out there.
Me: (walking out & trying to pull a door that needs to be pushed)
“The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone...”
– George Carlin
Barack Obama, marketing genius
frangry:
jakoblodwick:
The man is telling you exactly what you want to hear.
Totally, and it makes me sort of nervous.
You know who Jon Favreau is right? The director of Iron Man and buddies with Vince Vaughn? Vegas Baby!! Nope. Actually this Jon Favreau is the 26 yr old chief speechwriter for Barack Obama. If you find that interesting read on.
Jakob was slightly off target but who can blame...
“People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not.”
– Giacomo Leopardi 