January 2012
26 posts
“52. Super 8 (JJ Abrams)- Like most other people, I preferred the kid stuff to...”
– From A House of Lies: The Best Films of 2011, Part 3: Flawed but Likeable.
AKA, why I don’t really write movie reviews any more: because this is everything I think about Super 8, but about 5x as concise as my version would have been.
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“That’s one reason we want to fund startups that will compete with movies...”
– YCRFS 9: Kill Hollywood
Paul Graham’s venture fund ycombinator is now actively looking to invest in companies that threaten the movie and TV industries.
Should The Times Be A Truth Vigilante? →
hallekiefer:
soupsoup:
I hope this is a joke. The New York Times Public Editor wonders aloud if their journalists should be reporting the truth.
Seriously?
“I’m looking for reader input on whether and when New York Times news reporters should challenge “facts” that are asserted by newsmakers they write about.”
Oh my god, this is embarrassing. This is like if your office was preparing the...
Q&A With Douglas Reinhardt, Creator of "F**k Yeah!... →
skeetonmischa:
I talked about the origins and retirement of “Hey Girl”.
!!!
So What if Mountain Dew Can Melt Mice? →
I’m convinced.
December 2011
21 posts
"Offer Void In Nebraska" explained →
“Prospective investors and business partners, on the other hand, won’t take...”
– The Ryan Tate-iest sentence Ryan Tate ever Ryan Tated.
“When I purchased my first computer in 2005, just using the mouse was difficult...”
– The best Wikipedia fundraising message I’ve read — from 75 year-old Dr. Sengai Podhuvan. (via SJ’s Longest Now)
“The great tragedy of Hitchens’ life was that, toward its end, he aligned...”
– John Cook: Christopher Hitchens’ Unforgivable Mistake
Two pieces I wrote this year made it on to The... →
natashavc:
I worked really hard to be a good writer this year.
“He’ll look at it tonight, on TV, when his wife is making him a bacon...”
– Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp, regarding a call made by referee Chris Foy.
AKA
Why sports are better without an American-style commissioner.
November 2011
27 posts
Thankful for, 2011
At this point the thing I’m most thankful for is probably having a child who is so much healthier than I was at his age.
The only word to describe myself as a child is “sickly”. I have allergy-induced asthma that went undiagnosed until I was 11, and my fiercest allergy is dust mites. Until I was 12, we lived in a converted 19th century barn; coincidentally, every time (and...
