May 2009
When Insults Had Class
truthordare: courtneymichele: aristobrat: “He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.” - Winston Churchill “A modest little person, with much to be modest about.” - Winston Churchill “I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.” - Clarence Darrow “He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.” -...
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“I say this to death, but Twitter is really a hyper-distilled version of how the...”
– Lifehacker - How Nerdist Chris Hardwick Gets Things Done - Chris hardwick I’m not a huge fan of GTD p0rn, but I haven’t found a better defense of Twitter than this…
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all you need to know for Wednesday, April 29, 2009
jaimeleighfairbrother: Tupac: still dead
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“People do not lack strength; they lack will.”
– Victor Hugo (via reluctantbuddha) (via kari-shma) (via witchindarkroom) (via hidama)
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This is what I think of when I see Jeff Goldblum on Law and Order: Criminal Intent.
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“He calls himself Shadowhare, and he wears a mask and a cape to conceal his true...”
– Cincinnati Superhero Patrols Streets Fighting Crime - Local News Story - WLWT Cincinnati (via hidama) Wow. Please watch the video, if only to see four out-of-shape people in homemade costumes. I really worry about their sanity.
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OK, fine, I'll do the first 16 tweets meme, too
Well, actually, it’s not even close to that, since it only goes back 3,200. Wow, talk about mundane. (to be fair, I’d been using it for about 18 months by then) @dzesika excellent. I’ve just used mine to aggregate twitter/flickr, but I twitter; it seemed redundant. Maybe I need to put more things up 2:54 PM Oct 1st 2008 Does anyone out there use tumblr very much? I’ve...
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Listenhellonurse: ronbailey: I’m planning on singing...
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“Like others called for jury duty, Mr. T will collect $17.20 for the day’s...”
– ‘I pity the fool’: Mr. T on jury duty :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State What he didn’t say, but likely thought: “I wish I’d invested my money better.”
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“Any luck finding out if Grant Wood was gay?”
– Me, in an e-mail to another staff member. Remind me why anyone would want to do anything else for a living? UPDATE: A reply from a former editor who apparently gives tours at the Grant Wood studio in Cedar Rapids. I just found this so you may have gotten your answer already. This question has been...
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“START THE KILLING NOW! I am willing to be the FIRST DEATH!,” read a tweet at...”
– Oklahoma City Tea Party protestor arrested for threatening bloodbath on Twitter OK, I think this qualifies as a lesson in why you don’t post things like this on the Internet. Just because no one follows you on Twitter doesn’t mean someone won’t be able to find your tweets.
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Playing with fire. A co-worker is leaving for bigger and better things and one of the people he invited to his going away party happens to be a circus performer.
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