January 2012
59 posts
“I just don’t see how Blaire could marry Prince Lewis when she’s clearly in love...”
– Mike Bloomberg Hangs with ‘Gossip Girl’ Cast - New York News - Runnin’ Scared (via zainyk)
In shipping Nate and Vanesse, Bloomberg has ensured his legacy is forever ruined.
Screw Rock 'n' Roll: Some snarky things I need to... →
screwrocknroll:
Look, I’m pleased it’s happening too. But when it comes to food and gimmicky ideas, Sydneysiders can’t help but dumb out, and they’ve greeted this news with all kinds of dumbness.
“Stop dreaming about those LA taco trucks…” says TimeOut. Sydney is “following” “trendy and affluent Santa…
Every single thing Jonathan says here. EVERYTHING.
We’ve joked about starting...
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Walking down the street, get sexually harassed
So I kind of casually mentioned on twitter today that it’s a pretty common occurrence for some men to make comments at me when I’m walking down the street. The response was crazy. Heaps of women shared stories of how often it happens to them, and heaps of men were genuinely surprised it happens at all.
I blogged a little bit about it here.
Now, I’m hoping to get other people...
I hate hugging (I know, I’m weird), but I could really do with a metaphorical hug right now.
Not one of my better weeks.
"Call Me Doctor" - brought to you by Rachel Bilson...
fakeempire:
Not buying Rachel Bilson as a doctor on HART OF DIXIE? Here’s what she has to say (or rather, rap) to you in response. In her words, “Haters get two words / Doogie. Howser.”
Written and produced by Wilson Bethel, the video also features Scott Porter and was directed by Dugan O’Neal.
Call Me Doctor with Rachel Bilson from Rachel Bilson
This is about 7 million kinds of awesome.
Just to clarify:
Nobody on Tumblr has been mean. Quite the opposite. Most people on Tumblr are TOTALLY AWESOME
I would like to be able to write more honestly about my life and not worry about who from my “real” life is reading it, thus the new blog.
I will happily share said URL with preeeetty much anyone on here. I just don’t want to make it public in case aforementioned other people see it.
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On the advice of Martin Douglas, I have a new blog that is where I can whinge a bit and not worry that my mother is going to read it.
Inbox me if you would like to follow it, and I’ll share the link.
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I really wish I had a Tumblr that the nice people from the internet who I like followed, but nobody who knows me IRL did.
“The problem with major league baseball,” he said, “is that it’s a...”
– - Moneyball.
This is so true of football in Australia, and even more true of the football media.
“I don’t have any political opinions, I just am very curious. And it’s very...”
– Louis C.K.
I love that.
Budget Fashionistas: Real women have/are/do/don't- →
douglasmartini:
whatfreshhellisthis:
Do us all a favour and shut the fuck up before you even try to finish that godawful sentence.
I’d like to amend this statement to also include men.
Real human beings are people that are alive and exist in the world. There is no handbook on how women and men should…
Yes. This.
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“Online piracy necessarily costs the economy as a whole nothing. There are two...”
– Matt Bruenig, “Piracy really costs the economy nothing”
Sums up what I’ve thought for awhile pretty well
(via redrabbleroz)
I’d venture there’s a third kind of pirate: those who would purchase if they could, but have to resort to pirating in order to get material in a timely way....
YouTube.com/AzizAnsari →
azizisbored:
This is my new YouTube channel. It has clips from my standup, Human Giant, Parks and Rec, and more. Check it out!
This is the best news I’ve read today.
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“Close to 50 percent of the young people we surveyed thought that Rihanna was...”
– NPR’s All Things Considered on Chris Brown, Rihanna and young women and domestic violence and how race effects it all.
Something to make you vomit and/or cry on a Tuesday morning!
(via monsterpussy)
oh isn’t this fanfuckingtastic
(via somethingdarkiscoming)
This is the problem. Right here.
“Pricing mechanisms in a very unequal society operate not by allocating resources...”
– Matt Bruenig, “Revisiting pricing out the poor”
While far from a perfect scheme, Bruenig’s argument encapsulates why it was essential for the recently adopted carbon pricing scheme to provide permanent compensation to lower-income households through redistribution.
(via redrabbleroz)
Except it...
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“Pricing mechanisms in a very unequal society operate not by allocating resources...”
– Matt Bruenig, “Revisiting pricing out the poor”
While far from a perfect scheme, Bruenig’s argument encapsulates why it was essential for the recently adopted carbon pricing scheme to provide permanent compensation to lower-income households through redistribution.
(via redrabbleroz)
Except it...
Hey Australians
Before you go paying out money in American politics, remember, in the United States:
You cannot donate more than a comparatively small amount to an American politician
All donations are public immediately
You cannot coordinate with an American politician when spending as a third party.
Also remember, during the last Australian Federal election, an individual donated 1.5 MILLION dollars to a...
“This whole idea of personal autonomy, well I don’t think most conservatives hold...”
– Rick Santorum on personal autonomy. A good reminder that conservatism isn’t homogenous, and shouldn’t be spoken of as though it is. (via naysayersspeak)
I wonder if free market conservatism will always, inevitably, spring back into being compassionate/big government/social engineering...
“This whole idea of personal autonomy, well I don’t think most...”
– Rick Santorum on personal autonomy. A good reminder that conservatism isn’t homogenous, and shouldn’t be spoken of as though it is.
Penultimo: Is the Monorail on its last legs? →
penultimo:
For all those of you still harbouring the dream of quitting your day job and retraining to become a Monorail Driver, we’re sorry to say, the future of the Monorail looks grim. See this story about the Monorail by Jacob Saulwick in today’s Sydney Morning Herald. Also, here’s a history of…
Most days, I walk to work. But if I’m running late, or I’m sick, or...
