December 2009
io9: 15 Reasons To Live For The Next 10 Years →
“The 2000s left us feeling battered, but the 2010s are looking awesome. Thanks to recent scientific research and an explosion of cultural interest in science fiction, there are at least 15 brilliant reasons to stick around for another decade.”
click for the list at io9
“What I was thinking, as like a New Year’s resolution, is to stop getting so...”
– Angela Chase, My So-Called Life (via aprilmarcheson)
“There’s a group out of Washington, and in several cities around the country,...”
– Jim Traficant: ‘I’m going to run’ - POLITICO.com
I’m speechless. He’s running for Congress in 2010.
(via sexartandpolitics)
“Only one carry on? No electronics for the first hour of flight? I wish that,...”
– Bruce Schneier
“My other resolution is to start using twitter for the one line jokes potential;...”
– My Little Sister
HuffPo: The 12 Weirdest Right-Wing Conspiracies... →
“I wish I had an origin story for you. When I was four, I was bitten by a...”
– Neil Gaiman, on how his interest in mythology started, in an interview with Bookslut (October 2006)
WatchCurrent TV’s Viral Video Film School wraps up the best viral videos of 2009 in the form of a “final exam”.
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Question: How long will airlines be able to get...
(posted from American Airlines flight 2752 to Boston)
Girl: So why didn’t your dad like Giuliani again? Boy: I think it was the casual fascism. —72nd St & West End
via Overheard in New York
Dave Barry's year in review: 2009 Dave... →
(via allstory)
“JUNE:
… when pop superstar Michael Jackson dies, setting off an orgy of frowny-face TV-newsperson fake somberness the likes of which has not been seen since the Princess Diana Grief-a-Palooza. At one point experts estimate that the major networks are using the word the word “icon” a combined total of 850 times per hour. Larry King devotes several weeks to...
-The global packaging market is worth $429 billion.
-Nearly 1/3 of Americans’ waste is packaging. Just 43% is recycled after use.
-In 2007, Americans threw away 78.5 million tons of packaging—520 pounds per person. That’s a 71% increase from 1960.
-Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, Americans produce more than 1 million tons of additional garbage per week.
-If every...
Lisa Simpson: Mom, I know your intentions are good but aren't the police the protective force that maintains the status quo for the wealthy elite? Don't you think we ought to attack the roots of social problems instead of jamming people into overcrowded prisons?
Marge: ... Look Lisa, it's McGriff, the Crime Dog! [uses a hand puppet] Lisa, help me bite crime! Ruff, ruff!
“Eight years later, the Bush administration’s dreams of a Pax Americana and...”
– From “A Holiday Season of War” by Tom Engelhardt
“I don’t want to live. I want to love first, and live incidentally.”
– Zelda Fitzgerald
