What is this, 1999?

illtemper: [on the assumption that it’s only illegal to say...

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:55:06 -0700

[on the assumption that it’s only illegal to say they’ve been there if it’s true…] (via librarian.net : five technically legal signs for your library)

EBN - Ten years too early | RUINEDNATION

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:14:29 -0700

EBN - Ten years too early | RUINEDNATION: Yeah, seriously. Although politics have always been kind of fucked. Honestly, if you think of them as some sort of oracle-futurists, then they seem more in place. No one believed Cassandra, either.

“Jackson and Elea” by Jason Schupp

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:59:39 -0700

“Jackson and Elea” by Jason Schupp

ernie: Douglas Haddow: “Way back in 2005, I was living in Tokyo...

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:25:48 -0700

ernie:

Douglas Haddow: “Way back in 2005, I was living in Tokyo working as a menu translator slash photographer’s assistant and I launched a film project that tragically never ended up seeing the light of day.”

The Decemberists “16 Military Wives” (via...

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:27:47 -0700

The Decemberists “16 Military Wives” (via KillRockStars)

Still good.

Marble adding machine (via Matthiaswandel and Clusterflock)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:26:13 -0700

Marble adding machine (via Matthiaswandel and Clusterflock)

illtemper: CNN reporter criticizes TSA, finds self on terror...

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:16:17 -0700

illtemper:

CNN reporter criticizes TSA, finds self on terror watch list (via SubmitMeToDiggDotCom)

You had too, go and beat me at the grammar bee, Ray!

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:58:00 -0700

You had too, go and beat me at the grammar bee, Ray!

Muppet Central News - Meet Leela, Sesame Street’s newest cast member

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:05:34 -0700

Muppet Central News - Meet Leela, Sesame Street’s newest cast member: Leela’s Indian-American. Rad.

Journey At The Center Of The Earth (via wwwBLACK20com)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:43:10 -0700

Journey At The Center Of The Earth (via wwwBLACK20com)

courtney: Blondie - The tide is high (via 123poedie) Hah, I...

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:17:26 -0700

courtney:

Blondie - The tide is high (via 123poedie)

Hah, I didn’t remember that (something akin to) Darth Vader played a part in this video. Awesome.

Two Phrases That Destroyed American Culture

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:13:41 -0700

Two Phrases That Destroyed American Culture:

cygnoir:

via djwudi:

The phrase ‘The Customer is Always Right’ is the single worst philosophy that has ever been adopted by American culture. It gave an entire generation of people the green light to be as impolite, unreasonable, and demanding as their little hearts desired because they were always going to be considered right.

The Movie Review: ‘The Happening’

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:36:00 -0700

The Movie Review: ‘The Happening’: The lead-in: “This film is so bad that I feel compelled to make a spoiler-laden list of its most laughably terrible parts rather than review it.” He delivers. Spoilers, many of them. (Via Su.)

"The surest way to fail as a creator is to set some shining example of perfection in front of you and..."

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:06:19 -0700

“The surest way to fail as a creator is to set some shining example of perfection in front of you and then spend all your time measuring the horrible gap between your example and what you’ve done. When you are engaged in that measurement, you are not paying attention to the thing in front of you, the thing you’re engaged in making. My students are so consumed with the drawing they’re not making, they literally can’t see the still life in front of them. Those that learn to have a productive non-judgmental relationship with failure stand a good chance of going on to becoming artists. ¶ Those that can’t usually stop making anything. When I started to work towards becoming an artist I had to drop the security of my righteousness about how other people made things. It was keeping me from an understanding of the nuts and bolts of how things worked. I couldn’t keep seeing works of art and artists as shining Idols, anymore, to be knelt before or kicked over, at my whim. I had to stop reading my aversion to certain works are being a a personal betrayal of my trust on the part of their makers.”

- Nayland Blake, “Why I left…”

“The Legacy of Empire,” Cat and Girl by Dorothy...

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:42:02 -0700

“The Legacy of Empire,” Cat and Girl by Dorothy Gambrell under CC

Buffet Libre

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:28:23 -0700

Buffet Libre: (via gwen) Covers of 80s songs with an absurd/fun opening movie. Score.

Dopp Juice » PLEASE Don’t Give Websites Access to Your Address Books!

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:58:16 -0700

Dopp Juice » PLEASE Don’t Give Websites Access to Your Address Books!: Couldn’t agree more.

JPG Magazine: Photos: “No vampires yet” by Jason...

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:16:18 -0700

JPG Magazine: Photos: “No vampires yet” by Jason Schupp

JPG Magazine: Photos: “The boardwalk isn’t the...

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:32:52 -0700

JPG Magazine: Photos: “The boardwalk isn’t the safest place” by Jason Schupp

Slasher Girls

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:45:56 -0700

Slasher Girls: “In an online phenomenon known as “bandslash” or “bandfic,” thousands of people, mostly women, have been quietly building thriving online communities by writing and sharing largely homoerotic fictional stories about their favorite bands.”