August 2010
Aug 31st
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These people are scary. The most interesting part of all these responses is that they are unprovoked. The interviewer simply asked “Why are you attending the Glenn Beck rally?” The random smattering of answers suggests a total lack of understanding fueled solely by the Fox “News/Entertainment” machine, and the ignorance to accept that America is not a purely christian...
Aug 31st
Aug 31st
“ “If you send me into Guitar Center, I’d get laughed out of there,” he says....”
– Built to Spill frontman Doug Martsch talks
Aug 30th
Album Tacos
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Fockers in Chicago. Oh man.
Aug 20th
John Wilkes Booth likes this →
Aug 20th
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Tan Le: A headset that reads your brainwaves Whoa.
Aug 19th
“The truth is, we know so little about life, we don’t really know what the good...”
– Kurt Vonnegut at the Blackboard
Aug 19th
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Aug 19th
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This weekend’s webcast of the Emirates Airline USA Rugby Men’s Club National 7’s Championship. A fantastic game of rugby, the version of which will be featured in the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Commentary provided by yours truly, Alex Goff of rugbymag.com, and former Eagle 7’s player Jason Raven.
Aug 18th
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Aug 18th
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Among other absurdities, the ship has a $60,000 banister, a master bedroom that opens only to a fingerprint and a secret room designated specifically for “nookie,” which any owner of a ship like this surely has no shortage of.
Aug 18th
“ “So this guy’s sick, he stayed home from school. This is in high school....”
– Anna Kendrick discussing the worst breakup she’s heard of. It gets much, much worse.
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Aug 10th
JetBlue flight attendant arrested after NYC ruckus →
Ruckus.  Ha!
Aug 10th
Aug 10th
“And what about the economy’s future? Everything we know about economic growth...”
– Krugman, “America Goes Dark”
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Aug 2nd
“Is she dying?” one of the sisters asked me. I didn’t know how to answer the...”
– Hospice medical care for dying patients : The New Yorker A tremendous article about an extremely important issue.
Aug 2nd
“ “You’d figure an album bluntly called The Suburbs that focuses on...”
– Review of “The Suburbs”
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