January 2009
10 posts
“I’ll bring in Missy Elliot next time. We’re tight.”
– Dr. Duvall, one of my professors, on how the geographic distinctions in Reagonalism are very similar to those in Regional Hip Hop.
Trebuchet Toaster - I Want One →
My birthday is coming up… If someone buys me one of these, I’ll be their new bff.
mad-azn:
How much and where?
msprufrock:
Appliances that fling food at you. Awesome!
You say shark, I say, "Hey, man... Jaws was never...
Apparently someone tried to steal my bicycle. My ghetto-ass, $50 bicycle. Really, homeless guy? The breaks don’t work… you can have it.
Sea Kittens →
I’m all about saving animals… but calling fish sea kittens? Come on, PETA.
"No Snickering: That Road Sign Means Something... →
“Several months ago, Lewes District Council in East Sussex tried to address the problem of inadvertent place-name titillation by saying that “street names which could give offense” would no longer be allowed on new roads.
“Avoid aesthetically unsuitable names,” like Gaswork Road, the council decreed. Also, avoid “names capable of deliberate misinterpretation,” like Hoare Road, Typple...
WatchApparently, Stephen Colbert isn’t a big fan of Andrew Marvell…
msprufrock:
Trying to embed this video from colbertnation.com is a bit of a pain, and keeps screwing up my formatting, but I’m willing to put up with it because I thought this interview was awesome. Colbert talks with Elizabeth Alexander about “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, the difference between ‘metaphor’ and...
I've been watching too much Dr. Who recently......
Shakespeare: To be or not to be
[pauses]
Shakespeare: Oooh that's quite good.
The Doctor: You should write that down.
Shakespeare: Bit too pretentious?
