June 2010
20 posts
“You’ve said that you’re beyond atheism. What does that mean?
I have trouble...”
– Penn Jillette Is Willing to Be a Guest on Adolf Hitler’s Talk Show | Little Gold Men | Vanity Fair (via Instapaper)
Valve releases Team Fortress 2 for the Mac →
What a great comic. What a great company. I plan on getting my ass shot up by grizzled veterans in my namby-pamby white earbuds this afternoon.
etinarcadia:
Guys it’s okay to call football soccer. We’re not the only country that doesn’t call it football. Just call it what you call it and don’t make that big a deal about it.
I like Mexico and RSA so much I want them both to get three points but a draw is fine.
We call it what we call it. More people in this world call them lifts and lorries and petrol and boots and biscuits and so...
Bros Ponying Bros →
1. When the song ‘Pony’ by Ginuwine is played for you, you must stop what you’re doing and dance. 2. If you have a phone or mp3 player with the song ‘Pony’ by Ginuwine on it on your person, you can block the ponying, and the original pony-er must then dance.
This is so much more awesome than bros icing bros.
Longform.org's World Cup crib sheet →
Great single page of text breakdown of all the teams in the Cup, and their schedules.
My favorite part might be the team slogans. They include the slightly incomprehensible but exuberant: “Greece is everywhere!” and Nigeria’s “Super Eagles super fan united we stand”. North Korea keeps expectations reasonable with “1966 again! Victory for DPR of Korea!”,...
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Red Dead Redemption
I’ve been playing Red Dead Redemption on my Xbox here and there when I get a bit of free time, and it has grabbed my imagination more than I had expected. It was an iffy buy for me, as I haven’t really liked Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto series, and early previews just screamed “GTA on horses!”.
What’s suprising is that it’s really the other way around. GTA is really RDR with buildings, traffic...
“We’ve become spoiled and lazy here in the States. Instead of crafting cocktails...”
– American Drink
“For all its power and majesty, the river in Twain’s work was often a source of...”
– A RIVER RUNS THROUGH HIM | More Intelligent Life
This article on Mark Twain’s relationship with the Mississippi just lost my serious attention when the author describes Huck and Jim heading north on the raft. North? Really?
(via Instapaper)
“For every man who ticks me off for being an overdressed popinjay there is some...”
– No More Excuses (via thisfits) (via putthison)
Vacation rentals, private rooms, sublets by the... →
This could come in handy for the honeymoon.
“If I knew more about the actual characters of Sex and the City, I would be able...”
– Tim Siedell: A Review of Sex and the City 2 by Someone Who Doesn’t Know Anything About It
Morgan Spurlock's 30 Days →
I had absolutely no interest in the movie that made Morgan Spurlock’s name, Supersize Me, because it seemed like another part of the Michael Moore school of sensational documentaries. I heard positive things about this series somewhere though, and it showed up on Netflix Instant, so I decided to check it out. It’s really really good. There’s a mix of “big issue”...