November 2010
“The point, it seemed to me, was that politics isn’t all there is to life,...”
– Sullivan on the Stewart/Colbert rally
October 2010
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bestrooftalkever:
Because we know, instinctively, as a people, that if we are to get through the darkness and back into the light, we have to work together. And the truth is there will always be darkness, and sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel isn’t the promised land.
Sometimes, it’s just New Jersey.
— JON STEWART, closing out the Rally to Restore Sanity.
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“‘Well, and what if I’m mistaken?’ he suddenly found himself exclaiming. ‘What if...”
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment (Submitted by northernpoint)
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“According to the analysis, Osbourne has about 300,000 novel variants, a figure...”
– Ozzy Osbourne is related to Colbert
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“I know these women and their lack of scariness is what makes them so damn scary....”
– Natasha Vargas-Cooper reports from Sharron Angle HQ in Nevada
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Say aa
When people ask why I chose the pseudonym Aatom many years ago, it’s a little embarrassing to admit that it was mostly because I love words with two aa’s in them. From a very young age, I was often fascinated more with the sound and look of words than their actual meaning. I encouraged my brother to nickname me “lice,” for instance, because I liked the way the word sounded....
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“I don’t care who anybody sleeps with. If a couple has been together all that...”
– Betty White, on marriage equality (via danielextra)
I HAVE TO SAY IT: Thank you for being a friend, Betty.
misterhippity:
misterhippity:
Q: Why is Sarah Palin the most farsighted person in the world?
A: She can see Russia from her house, but she can’t see sarcasm when it’s staring her right in the face.
I should mention that it was this post from aatombomb (who is da bomb) that originally called my attention to Palin’s tweet. (I would have re-blogged aatom’s pic instead of posting a new one, but...
Wait, I think I just had a moment of clarity on...
The whole point is to prove that hey, any old entertainer can have a fucking rally on the Mall. It doesn’t make you a spiritual leader, it just makes you a man with a lot of permits.
Am I the last person to jump on this clue train? Probably.
High-Quality Relationships May Have Long-Term... →
The quality, not quantity, of social networks may have a long-term protective effect against dementia, new research suggests.
“The important result for clinicians is that promoting favorable social interactions in elderly people seems to have beneficial impact on cognitive aging,” lead study author Hélène Amieva, PhD, researcher in Neuropsychology and Epidemiology of Aging at the University...
"that's who they are"
Gay men have to go through something to own their - who they are. They get beat up. They get ostracized. Whatever they go through, if they survive it, they come out very confident people.
They come out having been tested and having to really figure out who they are to get through it, because I think that’s how you get through any kind of a test is by really finding your strengths and...
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Just A Theory
daveholmes:
If you believe in a God who’s so involved in our affairs that he decides the outcome of football games, sends earthquakes to countries that practice religions he dislikes, and allows Mary J. Blige to develop self-esteem every two years, what if He made gay people too?
I can’t stop laughing at this Mary joke.
brooklynmutt:
“Nation, I have some news. It is official. Yesterday, October 26, journalism died. In the end it wasn’t the internet that killed it. It was a Wall St. Journal cover story featuring a stipple drawing of Snooki. I didn’t really recognize her until I filled in her face with an orange highlighter.” - Stephen Colbert
The Murdoch Effect.
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EXCLUSIVE: I Got Blueballed by This Famous-Ass...
Anyway, long-story short, we get home and get naked and the CIA will kill me if I tell you what happened — obviously a bunch of dope ass shit happened with this famous chick, and it’s true, otherwise this website wouldn’t be paying me to tell you this — but out of respect for the lady, I’m not gonna say what happened. There’s a reason that’s in bold, yo....
Best "View From Your Window" Ever. →
Oh shit. This one took me a minute. Hi Andrew!
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“I’m a big enough man to admit when I say something wrong. I am going to resign...”
– Arkansas school board member Clint McCance, who resigned live during an interview with Anderson Cooper last night. People were calling for McCance’s departure after reading disgusting comments he wrote on Facebook: “They want me to wear purple because five queers committed suicide. The only way I’m...
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Food Service Halloween FAIL
Our corporate cafeteria has Halloween-themed dishes today, with incredibly clever names like “mummy meatloaf.”
I couldn’t stop laughing at this one, though: grilled salmon “ella”
While food-borne illness is undoubtedly quite frightening, I can’t believe someone actually thought this was a good idea.
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Turnabout is fair play →
Hai there, Brad Kurisko! Met any potential Senators recently?
They're just like us!
pareene:
The sad thing (in addition to the existence of people who think and act like Anonymous, which is itself a sad thing) is that a smart editor — or an editor who gave a shit about the integrity of the site in addition to the site’s mission to run stories that will get a lot of attention — could’ve handled this in a way that didn’t end up being both an endorsement of slut-shaming and a...
I bet the rest of the Gawker staff loves that all...
What's your favorite creepy song?
yaldabaoth:
It’s Halloween time. Mine is “Permafrost” by Magazine.
Rawhead and Bloodybones by Siouxise & the Banshees!
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youngmanhattanite:
I’m confused. If The New Yorker reblogs you, which side has to report it to the FTC?
I love it when I get a YM joke.
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WatchI hate to say this, because I love this song, but is this video kind of… boring? Compared to her other amazing videos?
I CAN’T DECIDE. AND THAT’S PROBABLY NOT GOOD.
tylercoates:
Robyn - “Indestructible”
WHY HELLO THERE!
The Playboy Revolution
It became an old joke that people said they read Playboy because of the articles. But Hefner tried much harder than necessary to maintain a high editorial standard. His issues #2 through #4 serialized Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. He championed Vladimir Nabokov, Margaret Atwood, James Baldwin and Jorge Luis Borges. His Playboy Interviews were newsworthy, and his editors must have smiled...
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David Karp tells a bunch of advertisers at the... →
newyorker:
Leon, you have been reblogged by The New Yorker.
I think he might have meant reblog people that don’t work for other major media outlets.
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