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Hannibal Buress on Letterman
This is popping up on a lot of comedians’ Tumblr blogs. There’s a consensus that Buress nailed it. Just love this guy. First saw him on Louie and really fell for how his understated delivery and slight mumble lulled you … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Aziz Ansari, Comedians, Craft, David Letterman, Fuck Yeah Standup, Funny, Hannibal Buress, Humor, Jokes, Louie, Louis CK, Skills, Stand Up, Thoughts, Writing
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Jim Fallows on Throwing Like a Girl
[image via Andrew Side A] Two things: 1. Natural movements aren’t always innate. 2. We need to stop with the ‘throwing like a girl’ talk. Jim Fallows: A surprising number of people think that there is a structural difference between … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Angela Vasquez-Giroux, Arizona State Softball, Baseball, Beautiful, Culture, Education, How Stuff Works, Linda Wells, Opinion, Science, Skills, Smarts, Softball, Sports, Tennis, The Atlantic, The Idler, the sandlot, Thoughts, Vic Braden
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Douglas Coupland’s Predictions for the Coming Decade
I read this a couple of months ago, but only now, in these early days of the new decade*, does it feel right to stamp out the ubiquitous optimism with some good doubt. Douglas Coupland, a Canadian curmudgeon, lists 45 predictions for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Culture, Curmudgeons, Douglas Coupland, Education, Food, Future, Futurism, Music, Opinion, Philosophy, Photobucket, Predictions, Scary, Singularity, Smarts, The Browser, The Globe and Mail, Thoughts, Wikipedia
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Christopher Hitchens on How to Make a Proper Cup of Tea
[image via The Thinking Blue] I envy Hitchens’ writing style. He takes confident chances with the language and they work. Now that “the holidays”—at their new-style Ramadan length, with the addition of Hanukkah plus the spur and lash of commerce—are … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Beautiful, Christopher Hitchens, Curmudgeons, Education, Food, History, How Stuff Works, John Lennon, Opinion, Paragraphs, Philosophy, Sentences, Skills, Slate, Smarts, Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, Tea, The Browser, Thoughts, Words, Yoko Ono
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Jimi Trout’s Top 10 Yarn Tastings of 2010
Submitted by: Coraghessan A. Cat 1. STITCHES South Knitting Expo Yarn Tasting Atlanta, Georgia; www.knittinguniverse.com/stitches/south/ Easily the highlight of the 2010 yarn tasting season. This year’s 50g skeins were divine, featuring subtle hints of nepeta and lemon. Breathtaking. 2. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Adorbz, Art, Beautiful, Cats, Craft, Culture, Education, Funny, History, Humor, Jimi Trout, Jokes, Opinion, Philosophy, Smarts, Thoughts, Top 10, Trout Mask Replica, Yarn, Yarn Tastings
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Julia GP Haupt’s Top 10 Knife City Creamery Posts
So lucky to have Julia as a reader! What a lady!! Julia: The following is not a Top Ten List of your ten best blog posts. It’s my top ten list of posts that stuck with me (some for good … Continue reading
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Tagged Amyland Cake Company, Bicycles, Cake, Culture, Dude Craft, Food, Gconnect, Julia GP Haupt, Knife City Creamery, Luke Johnson, Opinion, Santa, Sean Connery, Smarts, The Name of the Rose, Thoughts, Top 10, Umberto Eco, xkcd, Yoke
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Liz Selbst's Top 10 Pieces of Unsolicited Advice She Wanted to Give in 2010 but Bit Her Tongue Instead
10. if you’ve spent more than an hour on the internet researching symptoms, it’s time to stop reading and make a doctor’s appointment. 9. you can use your smartphone’s accelerometer to collect data on your sleep cycles. check out “smart … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Beautiful, Culture, Education, How Stuff Works, Liz Selbst, Opinion, Philosophy, Thoughts, Top 10, Wisdom
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The Cringe at the Heart of Christmas
[image via TV by the Numbers] Giles Fraser from the Guardian blasts it. Christmas can be a bad time for those of us with an allergy to all that Jesus-is-my-friend theology. As the angels sing, the eternal mystery pulsing through … Continue reading
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Tagged Animated GIFs, Baby Jesus, Christmas, Clint Eastwood, Discourse, Education, Giles Fraser, Ideas, If We Don't Remember Me, Jesus, Music, Omnipotence, Opinion, Philosophy, Religion, Shabazz Palaces, Smarts, The Browser, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, The Grinch, The Guardian, Theology, Thoughts
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Who Cares About Kanye West?
[image via the Bygone Bereau] Passion of the Weiss is my favorite rap blog. Last month their host of contributors held a roundtable discussion on Kanye West’s new album. The idol worship you’ll find at Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and PopMatters … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Matthews, Abe Beam, Critique, Culture, Disco Vietnam, Discourse, Discussion, Doc Zeus, Douglas Martin, Education, Floodwatch, Funny, Hip-Hop, Humor, Jeff Weiss, Jokes, Kanye West, Music, Opinion, Passion of the Weiss, Philosophy, Pitchfork, PopMatters, Rap, Rolling Stone, Sach O, Smarts, the Bygone Bereau, Thoughts, Writing
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F___ You if You Don't Like Christmas
[Drew Toothpaste via Rats Off!] It’s always OK to dance. [via Julia Segal]
