December 2010
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“I don’t really think that wanting Robbie Williams to jizz over your baps...”
– Freddie
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“The problems with mixology begin with the word itself, a clumsy cocktail of...”
– Sarah Deming on exactly what’s wrong with the world of drinking. Go read it, take it in and remember that the bar should be the public house, the nexus of our neighborhoods and an oasis from the pervasive bullshit that soils our day.
Threepenny: Deming, Against Mixology
(h/t Buzz Anderson)
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Wipe Your Feet: I have not been to the dentist in... →
tesslynch:
I have not been to the dentist in like three years and
The longer I wait to go to the dentist the worse I
Dread going to the dentist because I know that he or
She will look at my teeth and say “I notice
That you have not been to the dentist in
A while and when you neglect your teeth your
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I think this is my favorite thing that has ever shown up on TL’s tumblr...
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“A Bears victory would ensure them of at least the No. 2 seed.”
– Weaksauce, Trib copy editors.
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Conversazioni in cucina
Mamma, mi sono innamorata.
Lui come si chiama?
Dino.
Quanti anni ha?
106, circa.
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Just learned how to Dougie from the morning news.
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“God loves appreciation.”
– Oprah, in all seriousness
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“God loves appreciation.”
– Oprah, in all seriousness
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What the American justice system is all about:
This court takes no pleasure in depriving any defendant of his or her liberty. The court has had the painful duty to take such action in circumstances more compelling than these—where a young defendant with little education or resources is the sole support of small children, or is the only caregiver for a disabled relative, for example. Any sensitive judge realizes that a lengthy prison term...
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“Is this what the American justice system is all about?”
– George Ryan, Jr. on his father’s failing to get preferential treatment from the American justice system.
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Ex-Gov Ryan to remain in prison, judge rules →
Again, no comment.
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Margaret Drabble reads 'The Doll's House' by... →
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Pink Nasty, “Burn” (orig. Usher)
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Pink Nasty, “Burn” (orig. Usher)
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2010 in Reading (almost)
According to my research, I’ve read 51 books this year (I guess I still have almost two weeks to get to 52, but I just yesterday started the 700-page Hermoine Lee biography of Virginia Woolf, so…). Without further ado, the year in review.
The best of the best:
Michael Ondaatje, Running in the Family
George Orwell, Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Isak Dinesen, Winter’s Tales
Paul...
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DeAndre Jordan just shot an airball on a free...
And 21,000 people in the United Center went to their feet…
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Drunken man jumps on shark's head, kills it →
fuckyeahsharks:
[Reworded for clarity and emphasis added for fucking badassery]
Dragan Stevic of Serbia is a new Egyptian hero who accidentally killed a large shark that had previously terrorized numerous tourists (killing one and injuring four) at the Egyptian resort Sarm El Sheikh.
Milovan Ubirapa, a friend of Stevic’s who witnessed the incident, explained that Dragan had decided to go to...
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“I think that the word ‘minority,’ from our standpoint, should mean...”
– One of the 82 people running for mayor describing how he wants affirmative action to work. Want to guess which?
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“I think that the word ‘minority,’ from our standpoint, should mean...”
– One of the 82 people running for mayor describing how he wants affirmative action to work. Want to guess which?
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Source: Kerry Wood, Cubs close to deal →
Love it. I continue to blame Dusty Baker for ruining…well, everything, including Kerry Wood (ignoring that hot tub), but if there’s anything Kerry’s time with the evil empire proved it’s that he can be an effective setup man. (Whether or not he should be the setup man for Carlos Marmol is a separate issue.)
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Roger Ebert gave Julie Taymor's 'The Tempest' a... →
Who’s going to see it with me anyway? The catch: I don’t know when it’s going to show up in theaters in this hick no-film-debuts town of ours.
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I thought you should know
otherwiseiwouldforget:
that I might actually be terrified of my furnace. I mean, its really loud. And will probably come to life and devour us all.
Lemme know when Joe Pesci shows up, m’kay?
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“Sophie Amundsen was on her way home from school. She had walked the first part...”
– Jostein Gaarder, Sophie’s World (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994 - trans. Paulette Møller)
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