February 2012
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January 2012
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Correction to Murk Avenue: Ice Cube's 'Good Day'... →
It’s a compelling argument. I can’t believe that Cube managed to have a good day without being able to debate the merits of his calculations on the internet. lahatiel: It should actually be November 30th, 1988. I think I found some errors in Donovan Strain’s calculations about when Ice Cube’s “Good Day” occurred, and explain my own findings below. I feel somewhat silly making this...
Jan 31st
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MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY' →
Greatest problem solving ever: murkavenue: CLUE 1: “went to short dogs house, they was watching Yo MTV RAPS” Yo MTV RAPS first aired: Aug 6th 1988 CLUE 2: Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on: Feb 23 1993 CLUE 3: ”The Lakers beat the Super Sonics” Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release…
Jan 28th
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Jan 25th
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“A man who assisted in autopsies in a big urban hospital, starting in the...”
– Sunday was the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade (via motherjones)
Jan 24th
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It didn't sound pathetic until I said it out loud
Friend: What have you been doing today?
Me: I've been reading Sherlock Holmes, and it has all these references to historical events I've never heard of, like the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the Andaman Islands, so I've been researching them...
Her: Blank stare, smile, nod, back away.
Me: Oh, right...um, I should probably look at job postings (I then realized, and did not mention, I was wearing sweatpants over pajamas from when I moved the car for street cleaning. Mon Dieu.)
Jan 24th
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Did Americans in 1776 have British accents?
nickpatrick: Reading David McCullough’s 1776, I found myself wondering: Did Americans in 1776 have British accents? If so, when did American accents diverge from British accents? The answer surprised me. Read More
Jan 11th
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Jan 6th
December 2011
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“Nobody tells an actor, ‘you’re playing a strong-minded man.’ We assume that men...”
– Meryl Streep, on being told that she often plays “strong-minded women.” (via andyouhavetogivethemhope) #god had a second child #her name is meryl streep (via thequietworld) #and god cried because meryl streep is better than he is (via bannerisms)
Dec 31st
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Dec 26th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Priorities!
My day so far: Wake up a little after 6am Oooh! RezScore responded to my troll-y Tweet…must craft clever 140 character response why I think they’re science-y, not scientific. Cook up some steel cut oats. Forgot to buy milk…Yum, vanilla yogurt works well. On further reflection, RezScore is much better at PR than science, but who am I to judge? Continue to over-think it...
Dec 15th
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Why not Unicorns
Exactly. The world need more unicorns.
Dec 15th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 10th
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Dear Republicans in office,
thoughtsfromaneducatedwoman: I promise I am not hiding any jobs in my uterus, I swear. So please keep out and look somewhere else. Thanks, Katie
Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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Pepper Spray Cop is so Relieved →
Dear Rick Perry, Thanks so much for the video! ♥♥♥, Pepper-Spraying Cop unpopularopinionrickperry: Check them out over on Slacktory, one of them which will be: (so if you’re wondering why some things have not shown up on this blog it was because I did it for this listicle!)
Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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November 2011
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Nov 23rd
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October 2011
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Oct 26th
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It's w-h-o-a
Note to self: make president chart with correct spelling of whoa.
Oct 26th
September 2011
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Sep 24th
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August 2011
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Travels with Kyle, Dispatch #2: Boulder, CO and... →
I’ll see your Sturgis rally with a stand-up comic and indie rocker and raise you a Sturgis rally in my bubbe’s Lincoln Continental on a cross-country trip from Miami to Seattle. Let me know when you have an interesting story. We’ll talk.
Aug 23rd
Chris Mohney: Speaking of heteronormativity →
chrismohney: Can I register a small, non-judgey grammar objection to this term? Despite its relatively recent coinage and re-minting into even more recent currency, it’s a bad construction. A literal definition of its Latin roots would be “making the different normal,” but its intended definition is about… remembering our Latin…
Aug 18th
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July 2011
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May 2011
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The Dirty Talk Of The Town: Profanity At "The New... →
The Dirty Talk Of The Town: Profanity At “The New Yorker” via The Awl A dirty little secret of The New Yorker archives…a compendium of New Yorker firsts in vulgarity. I can’t believe I never thought to do this. Well played, The Awl. The Solzhenitsyn quote is horrifying, but is the correct/scientific use of the word ‘anal.’ He’s describing torture....
May 31st