July 2008
23 posts
favorite. article. ever.
New Linens-N-Shit Opens via the onion
The photo caption makes the article: “The store even offers a service for customers to pull around back and strap a bunch of shit to the tops of their cars.”
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the conditions that surround him. The...”
– George Bernard Shaw (via topherchris)
I disagree, the reasonable man is necessary to create progress because you can’t develop as a person without the ability to adapt internally to the external. As the unreasonable man works tirelessly to alter his surroundings, he fails himself by not learning...
news?
Newspapers are using the midsummer doldrums as an excuse to run more bogus trend stories than ever. It’s a growing—and troubling—phenomenon. [via gawker]
“I am learning to get online myself, and I will have that down fairly soon.” -John McCain
reason 48372 that I will be voting for Obama despite my predominately republican views
side note: my grandma can get online, where have you been McCain?
Stuff White People Like: Unpaid Internships
“In most of the world when a person works long hours without pay, it is referred to as ‘slavery’ or ‘forced labor.’ For white people this process is referred to as an internship and is considered an essential stage in white development.”
“White people view the internship as their foot into the door to such high-profile low-paying career fields as...
Economic Leaders Get a Face-Lift For Slow Economy
The Wall Street Journal has resketched images of business and ecomonic leaders to make them look a little less excited next to articles about our economy tanking. (via gawker)
my new bike--not as exciting as biking as a kid
Turns out riding around traffic, on real streets, in a one foot wide bike lane/”we have a 22 year old bike accident victim” lane is scary.
it's always sunny
jeffrubinjeffrubin:
FX has ordered fifty two new episodes of the criminally underrated It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. There will be 13 episodes in the coming-soon fourth season, and then 39 past that.
(source)
I can’t even begin to explain how excited I am about this.
aw poor a-rod...
it must be tough being so rich and famous and banging 80’s pop icons. also, that kid’s expression makes this picture.
the facts:
I remain amazed at the continuous stream of good bands coming out of brooklyn.
the day Jeopardy lost me as a viewer
Wow. This is the $1,600 dollar question under the category “TV Women” on last night’s Jeopardy. Sadness.
Stolen from here.
Oh hai...can i haz last year's news todayz
” The Wall Street Journal would like to inform you about 4chan.org, a “website” that starts “memes” such as “LOLCats,” which is “humorous images of cats with loud text beneath them in a fake language,” and the “Rick Roll,” an “online bait-and-switch” that sends you to “the music video of Rick Astley’s...
the wind
Epuron Wind from Christos on Vimeo. Found this commercial a while back, but had completely forgotten about it until I came across it again today. Hysterically funny, and ingenious. I wish all advertisements could be so clever.
“Overfed.”
– My German hausguest Kai Toepel when asked to sum up his two months in the States. (via zachklein)
on a need to know basis
“Google’s logo is unaltered, which means there is nothing to know about today.”
-via WHAT THE FUCK DO I NEED TO KNOW
what you need to know about the day, summed up in one sarcastic, hilarious sentence.
Jake and Amir: they've still got it
Scissors from Amir on Vimeo
This reminds me of the old jakeandamirs that I know and love. See all of them here, though I personally suggest the earliest ones.
Why Vimeo is Better Than YouTube
Vimeo is exponentially better than youtube in everyway. Sadly, the tacky and mostly uneducated masses that flock to youtube and myspace will never know this.
