November 2009
October 2009
“But he reminds us that being a man, and a human, takes more thought than just...”
– - Natalie Portman: Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals
Now you realize that this is from the same person who signed the petition to free Roman Polanski. I like Natalie Portman, but for the time being, she gets both the Gas Face and some deep guttural Princess Bride-style booing. BOOOO!
(via...
Nick: do you care about reading a thing about Mad Men?
Nick: if so i will link it
Duncan: what about Mad Men
Nick: the thesis is basically "what everyone says is great about Mad Men is what sucks about Mad Men, but don't get me wrong, Mad Men is great"
Nick: it ran in the Atlantic
Duncan: that sounds like something you would write if you ever wrote anything
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watch out for ATM skimmers →
IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT SKIMMERS ARE GET FAMILIAR. You can’t be too paranoid, because I thought I was paranoid and I still got skimmed (thankfully Bank of America reversed the fraudulent withdrawals). In fact I think I was skimmed not at an ATM but at a Metro-North automated ticket machine in Grand Central. If you are using your debit card and entering your pin you can never be too...
Sunday afternoon stat crunching: the Pitchfork 200...
Albums owned (all on CD† for what it’s worth): 63 (31.5%)
Breakdown: 10 (20%) of 200-151 +13 (26%) of 150-101 +16 (32%) of 100-51 +10 (33%) of 50-21 +14 (70%) of 20-1
Additional albums: 7 (3.5%) previously downloaded but not yet bought or deleted (I always do one or the other); 2 (1%) downloaded after having read the list, suggesting a modified total of 72 (36%)
Full list in comments.
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“WOW I JUST READ UP ON JANDEK
THANK YOU FOR THE COMPARISONS
HE IS A PURE...”
– Lil B 