February 2012
3 posts
3 tags
January 2012
4 posts
When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined...
– Neil Postman (via azspot)
I'm Classically Untrained
20-month-old: Ming?
Me: You want me to sing?
20mo: 'es.
Me: Ok. ♪ Lullabyyyy...and goodniiiight ♫--
20mo: No, Daddy. No ming. 'ead book.
December 2011
18 posts
3 tags
In a very small area, less than 10,000 square miles, we have counted more than...
– Shock as retreat of Arctic sea ice releases deadly greenhouse gas - Climate Change - Environment - The Independent
Methane is 20 times more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. This is really bad. Possibly “short-term” really bad.
GOP Clowns Take Over the Circus →
The two most likely consequences of this situation are: 1. the ruination of the Republican Party or 2. the ruination of the United States. The more likely Republican nominees for president would put the Republican Party far to the right of “mainstream” America.
All things being equal that should mean electoral disaster (the ruination of the GOP) in November 2012. But, of course, sometimes...
Boy: When I grow up, I'm gonna still live with you!
Wife: Oh yeah?
Boy: Yeah! And I'm gonna be Daddy's Daddy!
Wife: You are? Why's that?
Boy: So he can remember what it's like to have a Daddy again!
Me: *choked-up silence*
One summer afternoon in 1917, Royal Flying Corps trainee Graham Donald prepared...
– Exercises | Futility Closet
November 2011
23 posts
The local Xmas Fire Truck Parade, or, as I like to call it, The Culling of the Epileptics.
5 tags
Customers hit by pepper spray at Wal-Mart describe... →
♪ Happy Holidaaaaaaaaays ♫
Hey, at least it was non-violent.
erinmargrethe:
thememegeneration:
Holy shit. I remember this book. Obviously I had it. It feels like that was plucked straight out of my memories.
Claude The Dog: A Christmas Story
Yes, there always going to be rich and poor. But we used to live in country...
– “Cookie_monster” explains #OWS in a comment thread on a review of The Muppet Movie on The A.V. Club
Her: What're you thinking about?
Me: Wondering what size rubber bands Captain Lou Albano used on his face.
Her: ...
Me: I think they might've been #16s, but the source video isn't great. Tough to say.
Her: ...
Me: Don't ask how the sausages are made, honey.
October 2011
16 posts