December 2008
11 posts
“A gasoline tax would do more for American prosperity and strength than any other...”
– Michael Mandelbaum, quoted in the New York Times
year in review: my top ten for 2008 (in no...
Mad Men season two Vampire Weekend President-Elect Barack Obama Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig!!! Milk Tomales Bay oysters Neal Stephenson, Anathem The Mountain Goats at the Fillmore home-grown tomatoes Once
plus, i forgot a very worthy #11:
Dr. Horrible
“An exclamation mark is like laughing at your own joke.”
– f. scott fitzgerald
fuck you, penguin: super-cute plus super-snark =... →
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in defense of teasing →
The reason teasing is viewed as inherently damaging is that it is too often confused with bullying. But bullying is something different; it’s aggression, pure and simple. Bullies steal, punch, kick, harass and humiliate. Sexual harassers grope, leer and make crude, often threatening passes. They’re pretty ineffectual flirts. By contrast, teasing is a mode of play, no doubt with a sharp edge, in...
the ultimate film personality test
based on an interesting idea from the triumph of bullshit & expanded on by kottke, namely, that your favorite movies by particular directors may be interesting & discussion-worthy in a way that your favorite-favorites are not.
first, the options:
joel coen - no country for old men, the big lebowski, fargo, the hudsucker proxy, miller’s crossing, raising arizona, etc. wes anderson...