February 2012
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January 2012
5 posts
Alan Hanson: The Hard Things →
daveholmes:
God, this is beautiful. I like how much and how well we’re talking this week. Let’s not stop.
lieslieslies:
Recently a soft and astute human being told me that a positive side to a bad experience I had was that it makes me uniquely qualified to help someone going through something similar. This was yesterday. And I couldn’t help echoing this thought in my mind as I listened to Todd...
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December 2011
7 posts
“Last night’s episode of The Closer was the best one I’ve seen. Fred Willard was...”
– My mother (via juliebrister)
We can put a man on the moon and yet we do not have a television show about Julie’s mother. I call bullshit.
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November 2011
18 posts
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Improv Nonsense: The Danger of Clarity →
improvnonsense:
Another pretentious theory post. I talked about this in the talk I gave this past Saturday at UCB, and by saying that I’m mentioning that I gave a talk at UCB on improv theory which was fun but is also ridiculous but below is some of what I talked about and hello! hello.
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The semantics of the…
Excellent stuff. Also, The Danger of Clarity would make a great James Bond...
At Occupy Berkeley, Beat Poets Has New Meaning →
chriscantwell:
ewilcox:
I realize a lot of you have probably already read Robert Hass’s account of what happened when he and his wife (Brenda Hillman) joined the protestors at the Occupy movement on the UC Berkeley campus, but I just stumbled across it today.
What the fuck.
UNBELIEVABLE AND INFURIATING.
Goddammit.
Watchtumblangeles:
5000candlesinthewind:
408 Deleted Scene | Leslie’s Stalling Techniques
Mel Cowan is a Los Angeles treasure.
hydeordie, otherwise known as Ji-Hyde, is a national treasure. The kind Nicolas Cage wants to find.
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“The odd thing about this life is always that you spend half your time trying to...”
– Tom Waits (via funeral)
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October 2011
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“She’s Amelia Earhart and Jane Goodall and Joan Jett all rolled into one. She’s...”
– Tom Waits on his wife and songwriting partner, Kathleen Brennan. (via nprfreshair)
Watchatencio:
steveagee:
my friends (Demorge Brown, Kyle Rieter, Matt Freund, Lindsay Ames, more) made something awesome! ladies and gents, here’s GUMBEL.
Holy crap, this is really great.
WATCH. THIS. NOW.
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If you listen to “Make Out Club” by...
kylekinane:
If there isn’t a drag queen with the name “Ben-Her” by now, they’re doing it all wrong.
Oh hey. It’s a perfect joke. No big deal.
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Watchsitko:
Portlandia!
YELLER.
September 2011
6 posts
“No country has been allowed to apply for membership or association with the...”
– Christopher Hitchens, “Staking a Life.” From our Crimes & Punishments issue. (via laphamsquarterly)
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Vonnegut’s Firefighters
thenewinquiry:
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By Gregory Sumner
I can think of no more stirring symbol of man’s humanity to man than a fire engine.
—Kurt Vonnegut
As we reflect on the heartbreaking, inspirational images of first responders this tenth anniversary of 9/11, I think of Kurt Vonnegut, who always held firemen in the highest regard, in his life and in his art. In October 2001 the author joined others...