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Patton Oswalt - “America Has Spoken” Keeping with the patriotic spirit of the last...
Mar 3rd
Fuck yeah, America.  Reblogged from: johnbrissenden / Post...
Mar 3rd
“These Noridge motherfuckers are getting on my last damn...”
— Me, yesterday. Seriously, go...
Mar 3rd
kayfabe: Yes, the same zoo with the tiger. (via Adam Riff) ...
Mar 1st
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50 Years of Leap Year Billboard #1s Yeah, i know i should’ve put this up yesterday, but i got...
Mar 1st
From Erotic Falconry. I take back what i said earlier. THIS...
Mar 1st

A new coat of paint

So i switched templates and messed around with the layout a little bit, at least as much as my...
Feb 29th
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This is the video for a PC game currently in the works called Crayon Physics Deluxe and, boy, does...
Feb 29th
“I thought Yacht Rock was hilarious. And uncannily, you know,...”
— Michael McDonald. It’s...
Feb 29th

SXSW: Something for everybody

Are you a fan of Rachael Ray? Are you a fan of the musical stylings of Holy Fuck? Well, while i...
Feb 29th

Sound advice

Alissa: He's just trying to win her trust before he eats her head off.
Me: Well, he's very patient.
Alissa: those lions are very crafty.
Never trust them.
If you ever meet one, just turn around and walk away.
Feb 29th
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I don’t know how many times i watched this. His paws are fucking huge. (via...
Feb 29th
From Tom Judd’s daily sketch blog. The stuff he...
Feb 29th
Play MASH Online
Feb 29th
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I suppose it’s no wonder New Line went out of business. (via skeetonmischa)
Feb 29th
Oh LOLspeak, is there anything you can’t make better?...
Feb 29th
Why Did William F. Buckley Jr. Talk Like...
Feb 29th
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effin-a: Turns out Philip Glass made me love rainbows! I had totally forgotten about this video. I...
Feb 29th
jessicagoldharalson: A paternal dog has adopted an abandoned...
Feb 28th
Prince Harry on front lines
Feb 28th
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kayfabe: Super Mario Bros on Atari I wonder what system this is on, cause it actually looks pretty...
Feb 28th
Listen Listen
The Misfits - “Attitude” This is for Ace. As you travel to another country, remember to...
Feb 28th
katydid: As soon as the arrow was pointed out to me a few...
Feb 28th
InContention.com: Looking Ahead: The 2008...
Feb 28th
“I love that VH1 is showing Roll Bounce for Black History...”
— Mindy. Me too, honey. Me too.
Feb 28th
While i wish the “Fatal Attraction” part was...
Feb 28th

End of the (Firing) Line

William F Buckley Jr. died today, which, coming not so long after Norman Mailer’s death, means...
Feb 27th
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So apparently they’re going ahead with a live action remake of Akira, with Leonardo diCaprio...
Feb 27th
Elvis Costello and Clover reunite to play My...
Feb 27th
This guy’s name is Will Laren and he is hysterical....
Feb 27th
Listen Listen
Hot Chip - Ready for the Floor (Smoothed Out On An R&B Tip Version) This isn’t a remix,...
Feb 27th
What Europeans think of each other
Feb 27th
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A little birthday present for Ace.
Feb 27th
Today is Action Pap’s birthday, so in honor of that...
Feb 27th
BG is your new bicycle
Feb 26th
Let there be no doubt how i feel about food with faces. ...
Feb 26th

Two birds with one stone

I came up with these after reading about Jakob Lodwick’s new political blog, The Invisable...
Feb 26th
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M.I.A. - Paper Planes (DFA Remix) I don’t know if it’s better than the original, but...
Feb 26th
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Tilda Swinton in her breakthrough role. (via kottke.org)
Feb 26th
The artist’s name is Nixon and he’s got some...
Feb 26th
“I know it’s a waste of time to get worked up about a...”
— Alex Balk: If you hate this...
Feb 26th

Good News/Bad News

Bad news first: the final episode of The Wire will not appear on On Demand a week early like the...
Feb 26th

The Top Ten Shots of 2007

I know, i know, now that the Oscars are over it’s time to move on, but this is a really cool...
Feb 26th
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This is for Whit, and anyone else needing a pick me up this morning (ha).
Feb 26th
Jamie Lynn Spears Gets Her GED
Feb 26th
Abstinence-Only Driver's Ed.
Feb 26th
Me and Jackie, 3(!) years ago. Not much has changed.
Feb 26th
New LCD Soundsystem - "Big Ideas" (Stereogum...
Feb 25th
“The Clipse are the Derek Zoolander of rap: Every single song...”
— Jeff Weiss (scroll down)....
Feb 25th
bagel: Poteet Strawberry Festival 2007 (via bceichman02) I...
Feb 25th
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peterwknox: Forgetting Sarah Marshall - Red Band Trailer This is pretty great, but i’m...
Feb 25th
The Ebb and Flow of Movies: Box Office...
Feb 25th

Are they out there?

Here’s a question to any one in a big city (o a city with a lot of cabs): have you ever had a...
Feb 25th
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Mulatu Astatke - “Yèkatit (February)” I can’t talk about African music from the...
Feb 25th
So you say you like Vampire Weekend? Well, that’s...
Feb 25th

Oscar Thoughts

For the first time that i can remember, i’m happy with the outcome of the Oscars. I felt like...
Feb 25th
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It’s Monday, wake up everybody.
Feb 25th
goldenfiddle: omg. why do people do this? you see it...
Feb 24th
NoCheatersDate.com
Feb 24th
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Our cereal comes in a can. (Just so you know, Sifl & Olly clips are now going to replace Liquid...
Feb 23rd
Season 4 of Radiolab starts today
Feb 22nd
If impregnating teens is a “job”, i think...
Feb 22nd
Kinda hard to argue with that.  Reblogged from: yumwatch /...
Feb 22nd
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I imagine that’s probably exactly how it all went down. (via maniacalrage)
Feb 22nd
The A.V. Club - Interview with Michel Gondry
Feb 22nd
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The best music video ever. And i mean ever.
Feb 22nd
George Clooney's Oscar Pool Picks
Feb 22nd

Cons: not enough people wash their hair;...

To anyone who is familiar with the bar scene in Athens, GA, this collection of City Search reviews...
Feb 22nd
Nick Hornby interviews David Simon, creator...
Feb 22nd
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A clip from Jon Stewart’s recent appearance on Larry King. I thought the comment on the...
Feb 22nd
“Question: Does Romney’s endorsement seal the deal? Is McCain...”
— The McLaughlin Group...
Feb 21st
20 Tacky Religious Products Guaranteed to...
Feb 21st
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peterwknox: Where can I get these apps?  Seriously. Where can i find that DS music sequencer? 
Feb 21st
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Self - What A Fool Believes This was my jam for a long time back in the day. I put it on every mix...
Feb 21st
A still from Return to Oz. For Jackie. Click the picture for...
Feb 21st
How’d it get burned?: 22 film remakes...
Feb 21st
No one is too good for meetings. I know how the one on the...
Feb 21st
“Does it bother anyone that the current spy satellite/missile...”
— Maniacal Rage. Holy shit, i...
Feb 21st
I'll bet Jay Leno can't wait to make an "in...
Feb 21st
sardonicme: Couldn’t have made this up if I wanted to. I...
Feb 21st
Israeli MP blames quakes on gays
Feb 20th
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When did they ever show a Dinosaur Jr. video on VH1?
Feb 20th
“that was a very early test with the sole purpose of just...”
— Spike Jonze, regarding that...
Feb 20th
That's A Wrap!
Feb 20th
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Goodie Mob - “Goodie Bag” Back in high school, Ace and i loved to show off to everybody...
Feb 20th
This is one of my favorite books, one I try to read every...
Feb 20th
The 15 Most Annoying Video Game Characters...
Feb 20th
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White people, yay!!!
Feb 19th

The Indiana Effect.

alexbalk: I haven’t seen it anywhere yet, and I’m wondering why more people aren’t talking about how...
Feb 19th
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Madvillain - Money Folder (Four Tet Instrumental Remix) This is one of those songs that’s...
Feb 19th
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I know everyone has posted this, but there’s a reason for that. It’s fucking brilliant....
Feb 19th
Where is this from? It’s hysterical. I would’ve...
Feb 19th
I don’t think i’ve ever seen a truer picture.  ...
Feb 19th
From Garfield minus Garfield: Who would have guessed that...
Feb 18th
me: Have you seen the new Where the Wild Things Are clip?
Jackie: That's that movie with Nev Campbell?
Feb 18th
“Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the...”
— Anthony Bourdain. Wish i knew...
Feb 18th
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Last year sometime, I came across the website for the White Glove Tracking Project. The purpose of...
Feb 18th

There will be blood

So Whit and i started watching Dexter last night. Not the network version, though. We saw it through...
Feb 18th
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The National - Abel This has become a jam for me recently. 
Feb 18th
Top 10 Rock Songs Black People Love
Feb 18th
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This Beulah video is awesome.
Feb 17th
Obama a Hit in Japanese Town
Feb 17th
Hillary Clinton bragged about not having a TV
Feb 17th
energyface: I ffffound this to be funny. I hope no one gets...
Feb 17th
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jstn: Big L & Jay-Z radio freestyle from 1995. They’re both amazing, but at the time no one had...
Feb 16th
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I can’t think of a better way to close the work week than by watching a 17 year old Biggie...
Feb 15th
This is just one of the many awesome patterns and paintings...
Feb 15th
“Of course I am a Spice Girls fan. I love everything that...”
— Michael Kors. Well, doy-ee.
Feb 15th
Great Olan Mills photos
Feb 15th
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i should’ve know YouTube would be full of Jesco White clips. If you’ve never watched...
Feb 15th
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Modest Mouse - “Shit Luck” Just in case your Valentine’s Day didn’t go as...
Feb 15th
Fuck the Indy 4 Trailer, Here's the...
Feb 15th
An agreement was finally settled upon, putting to rest the...
Feb 15th
Pray this girl makes more videos.
Feb 15th
This is my last Valentine’s related post, but if...
Feb 14th
I know this is going to be reblogged a ton, but it deserves...
Feb 14th

Free Pass TV Shows

For some reason, i started thinking about the shows that you love so much that anybody who’s...
Feb 14th
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Another great Valentine’s Day song, of sorts. Was Wayne Brady in Next?
Feb 14th
“I don’t think zombies can run. Their ankles would snap! And...”
— George A. Romero
Feb 14th
EA Confirms Rock Band for the Wii.
Feb 14th
Hard to argue with that statement. Reblogged from:...
Feb 14th
Listen Listen
De La Soul - “Eye Know” But for everybody else, there’s this, one of the best...
Feb 14th
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britticisms: “Your Ex-Lover is Dead” by Stars The best ANTI-Love song. Everyone keeps on talking...
Feb 14th
Barack Obama came to see your play
Feb 14th
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I didn’t see Morris Day on the Grammys the other night, but i’m pretty sure it...
Feb 14th
Court overturns Texas ban on sex toys
Feb 14th
“Many Americans found it charming and funny when McCain sang...”
— American Exceptionalism. Kinda...
Feb 14th
Every year i come across a site that lets you print these...
Feb 14th
Stuff White People Like
Feb 14th
“You are Barack Obama’s newest contact!”
— Flickr Mail. Sweet!
Feb 13th
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This is great. This is the nightly sign-off HBO used back in 1979 before they went 24 hours. And to...
Feb 13th
I love this. The rest of the set is cool too.  Reblogged...
Feb 13th
The 33 1/3 Odyssey: One Man’s Quest to Be A...
Feb 13th
Experience
Feb 13th
The second film of our Sunday double feature was Persepolis....
Feb 13th
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onemoretimewithfeeling: There Will Be Bell “Remember that “special episode” of Saved By The Bell...
Feb 13th
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Madvillain - “Raid Feat. Medaphoar” Man, when is their new album coming out?...
Feb 13th

Achewood - 2/11/08

Ray Smuckles: Would you drink . . . Earl Grey with your ass?
Cornelius Bear: Only if the safety of my countrymen depended on it, but it is difficult to imagine a scenario in which a foreign enemy would structure its demands in this way.
Feb 12th
Top 10 Bizarre Mental Disorders
Feb 12th
On Sunday, Whit and i took in a double feature, so we could...
Feb 12th
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This is awesome. Totally takes the hassle out of moving, as long as you don’t mind having a...
Feb 12th
Vulture's Poststrike Encyclopedia: When Will...
Feb 12th
Frank Chimero has started a project in which he illustrates...
Feb 12th
“There were really just two nominees for the 1978 Grammy for...”
— The 7 Most Unforgivable Grammy...
Feb 12th

I know you gonna dig this

Some amazing person has uploaded the entire first episode of Liquid Television onto YouTube (part 1,...
Feb 11th
All you need to know, really. Reblogged from: maniacalrage...
Feb 11th
The Girls of The Hills Visit Iraq.
Feb 11th
Saturday night, Suze, Whit and i went to see 4 Months, 3...
Feb 11th
McDonald's Drops 'Hammurderer' Character From...
Feb 11th
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I’m really digging these GOOD Magazine info-graphic videos. You can find more on their...
Feb 11th
Roy Scheider  1932 - 2008 
Feb 11th
“I was on the Hill just this time last year, and I had all of...”
— Tim Gunn. (via Frangry)
Feb 11th
Robot cupcakes! Reblogged from: bagel / Post was created...
Feb 9th

Waiting is the hardest part

For the first time since the series has been on the air, Whit and i are finally caught up on The...
Feb 9th
Lost: A theory on time travel
Feb 8th
celebzaredum: The Fresh Prince of Science Projects This...
Feb 8th

They're thinking Arby's

Does anybody know why The Simpsons picked Arby’s as the fast food resturaunt to call out by...
Feb 8th
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As long as i keep finding Liquid Television clips, i’m going to keep posting them. Although i...
Feb 8th

Lemonhead and Jay Ski are never far from...

Tyler Town: marlee matlin is going to be on dancing with the stars
me: i saw that
does that bother you?
Tyler Town: no
i'm just curious to see how that will happen
i guess if heather mills can dance with one leg, marlee matlin can dance with no hearing.
me: all the songs will have to be super bass heavy
so like all 69 Boyz or something
Tyler Town: kudos for the first 69 Boyz reference i've heard in thirteen years.
me: Shit, you're hanging out with the wrong people. That's my second reference this week.
Feb 8th
These kitten and bird pictures are killing me. Hope this...
Feb 8th
Stephen Colbert: Huge Neutral Milk Hotel fan
Feb 8th
Listen Listen
GZA - “Shadowboxin” When i got off the train this morning there was some dude who...
Feb 8th
This is the first page of the amazing 5 page comic...
Feb 7th
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“Should Animals Be Doing More For The Animal Rights Movement?” Fuck the water buffalo. 
Feb 7th

Project 365 - Week 5

So i’m in week 5 of my first Project 365 and things are going pretty well (you can see the...
Feb 7th
Is It So Wrong to Have Liked Juno a Little?
Feb 7th
I just recently discovered Siggi Eggertsson (i think that...
Feb 7th
Cliche Finder
Feb 7th
Listen Listen
Four Tet - “As Serious As Your Life (Jay Dee Remix)” I kind of have an aversion to...
Feb 7th
vasta: Jessica’s absolutely right. 2 Girls 1 Cup will...
Feb 7th
FutureMe.org
Feb 7th

Blast from the past

In my senior year of high school, i had the best English teacher in the world. Her name was Mrs....
Feb 7th
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Note: This video is almost 9 minutes long, but i’m only posting it for the first 40 seconds of...
Feb 7th
From “Again With the Comics: An Elegant Gallery of...
Feb 7th
“Real religion is about reducing our egos, whereas all the...”
— John Cleese, in an Onion A.V....
Feb 7th
Pickles have souls, too (and faces, apparently). Don’t...
Feb 6th

You shred it, wheat!

This collection of slang from the 1930s is pretty interesting, especially when you compare it with...
Feb 6th
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No one is safe these days. Not even Jesus. Be sure to click to the page and read the follow-up in...
Feb 6th
Twenty-Six Types of Animals
Feb 6th
Listen Listen
Sam Cooke - “Bring It On Home To Me” (live at the Harlem Square Club) Idolator linked...
Feb 6th
Now, more than ever. (via peterwknox)
Feb 6th

Fuck Enterprise Rent-A-Car

I won’t go into the details, cause it’s a long story, but fuck these guys. I’m...
Feb 6th
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It’s hard to hear in the video, but there are a lot of neat little things going on in the...
Feb 6th
“Also — and this is not some sort of joke — I am...”
— Patton Oswalt. Perhaps he can...
Feb 6th
Is a ‘Wet Hot American Musical’ on the Way?
Feb 5th
This is a brilliant idea.
Feb 5th
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Boy, did i ever love “Stick Figure Theater”. Though i might wish otherwise, i’ve...
Feb 5th
Obama vs. the Phobocracy
Feb 5th
How did i post this before Ugly Yeti?
Feb 5th
This is one of the most useful things i’ve seen in a...
Feb 5th
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I hope this isn’t the end of Carl’s special commentaries.
Feb 5th
“Let’s all just take a moment to thank our lucky stars...”
— Matthew Duss. Just a little...
Feb 5th

Pitchfork (stupidly) gives new Hot Chip...

I won’t link to it, as you know how to find it. Britney has a great take-down of it here. The...
Feb 5th
DAFT PUNK ROB BANGKOK BANK
Feb 5th
— yumwatch  — bullshit
Feb 5th
Am I Awesome?
Feb 5th
— energyface  — angad  — puscic
Feb 5th

Finally Home

Well, we may have picked one of the worst days to travel the roads, but we made it any way. Be...
Feb 5th

Heading North

Alright, everybody, Whit and i are headed up to see her family in Wisconsin today, which means...
Feb 1st