April 2009
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“People who claim to be “reporters” are obligated not only to provide...”
– Glen Greenwald on Salon.com
(Link via someone on Tumblr. Sorry, I lost the thread somewhere…)
WatchThis is such a better ending and it actually makes sense. The other one frankly ruined the movie for me.
think4yourself:
(via Alternative “I Am Legend” ending)
I enjoyed this movie except for the fact I knew what was going one and had read this article.
I just watched the alternative ending and I’m not happy with the fact that this ending was deemed “controversial.”
I guess it requires too...
Ten Tenets of Whole Living
Kinda new-agey, but still not bad advice.
sunnynsassy:thresca:
1. Happiness is a choice. Make that choice today and every day.
2. Good health isn’t a gift; it’s a habit you cultivate.
3. A healthy, fit body is not enough—true fitness engages the spirit.
4. Think more about what you should eat than what you shouldn’t.
5. Laugh at yourself. You’re funny.
6. Nurture your spirit. It’s your...
“I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a...”
– Thomas Jefferson (via marseeah:emilyelisabeth)
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South Africa Bars the Dali Lama
WTF South Africa? From travel website MatadorPulse:
The Dalai Lama has been denied a visa for a major international peace conference to be held in Johannesburg this week.
A spokesman for the President claimed the move was intended to prevent any distractions in the lead-up to the FIFA World Cup, being held on the African continent for the first time next year — but the truth behind the move...
Watch“A young man struggles against the pressure to Twitter his life away.”
Srsly. I started using RescueTime to track my computer usage, and I’ve discovered far too much goes into social media. No offense, but it seems weird that I spend as much time broadcasting to and reading you all, my virtual friends, as I do talking with or spending time with my real life friends.
(via...
“It is so obvious that something big has failed,” said Ángel Cabrera, dean of the...”
– NYTimes article, “Is It Time to Retrain B-Schools?”
“When someone demands to be told how we can replace newspapers, they are really...”
– Clay Shirky (via syntheticpubes)
People who go online to donate to charity for the... →
“Direct mail may not be a Maserati, but it’s very effective because it is very highly evolved,” said Lori Held, membership marketing director at Trout Unlimited. “We know how to ask for money using the mail, but most organizations are still trying to figure out how to do that online.”
Beer. It's what's for dinner.
sunnynsassy:
From this year’s Little Black Book reflections on Lent:
“In the Middle Ages, beer (which is made from cereal grains) was one of the safest, most nutritrious everyday drinks for northern Europeans - since grapes didn’t grow in that colder climate, and water was often polluted. Occasionally a batch would go bad, and people would blame the devil for the problem. To keep the demon...
think4yourself: Kiss Me I’m Irish - Gaelic Storm
think4yourself:blogonthe:
So Rick Santelli was on MSNBC today talking about how the AIG bonuses aren’t even that much money. Putting aside how absurd it is that MSNBC was reporting on a CNBC reporter as “news,” watching Santelli rant about how the bonuses weren’t that much made me think about how shocking it would be to see a Ted Stevens staffer ranting about how the bridge to nowhere really...
Fix CNBC! Jon Stewart made the case; now demand... →
think4yourself:notthatkindagay:
Dear CNBC —
“You knew what the banks were doing, and yet were touting it for months and months. The entire network was.” — Jon Stewart
These now-legendary words were a wake-up call. We’re asking you to wake up.
Americans need CNBC to do strong, watchdog journalism – asking tough questions to Wall Street, debunking lies, and reporting the truth. Instead,...
MacGyver being reassembled as feature film |... →
This could be the coolest news of my day. Scratch that — IS the coolest news of my day.
think4yourself: what?!?!?!
“If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come...”
– Chuck Palahniuk : eyeswideopen (via kristinacontes) (via sunnynsassy)
It's getting late in Shiraz, Iran, and I am afraid... →
If I have learned anything over the last 4 days, it is that there is a good chance I will be taken to his home, introduced to his entire family, and fed dinner. And I am NOT exaggerating. —This short post will shatter your preconceptions about travel in Iran. I want to go!
How CERN won't kill you. Probably. →
I’d finally stopped worrying about manmade black holes from the Large Hadron Collider destroying the planet. Then I find this website supposedly meant to reassure me, but instead I just have a whole new list of things to worry about. Strangelets? Vacuum bubbles? Magnetic monopoles? Thank you, CERN, for explaining to me in simple words how these things your making that I’ve never heard...
“Stewart is on solid ground: Voltaire, Swift, etc. all use comedy deadly...”
– Mills (via soupsoup)
“George Stephanopoulos will interview Senator John McCain via Twitter. That...”
– (via robot-heart-politics:Shakesville: Can The Media Be Any More Pathetic?)
Christopher Walken on Hot Dogs
Originally from The Onion (link lost to history):
Do you enjoy eating hot dogs? I hope you won’t be put off by my frankness when I tell you that I absolutely love them. In fact, I enjoy no food item more than a freshly-boiled hot dog. Now, I’ve done a lot of movies, and it’s true that I’ve worked with quite a few celebrities who did not share this opinion. I’m sorry...
WatchMike Rowe is unbelievable. Not sure I agree with is argument to NOT follow your passion, though. However, he does have a point that happiness does not always or even usually equate with our society’s notion of success.
Amateur Hour at the White House
absurdlakefront:
My number one issue politically tends to be US foreign policy and international relations in general. As such, I feel I have been too quiet and ignoring an Obama story that really does piss me off.
It seems trivial in comparison to the host of other issues facing the US, but the diplomatic gift exchange flap is really upsetting to me. This is diplomacy 101. This...
