January 2011
2011 was a year
In 2010 I lost my job, my girlfriend moved away, and my apartment of nineteen months was abandoned.
A glorious end to the most stagnant year of my adult life.
I am not sad at all.
I am ready for 2011.
This next year will be far more dynamic than 2010. I’ve already begun to explore my new neighborhood. In a few months I will head to SXSW with a press pass. I may head to a friend’s...
December 2010
Urlesque: 2010's Memes in the Mainstream - How Bed... →
I wrote a guide to some 2010 memes that broke into the mainstream.
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Antoine Dodson is an anagram for:
“No Anon DDoS tie”
HOLY SHIT, DOES THIS MEAN THAT ‘BED INTRUDER’ IS A SIGN FROM ANONYMOUS?!?
Whoa LA homicide rates are the lowest since 1967! →
That’s great news. Though not so much for the 18 year-old who was shot a block from my house on Christmas.
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the beatles set the bar
the beatles are a good band. their influence transformed rock and roll and pop music and avant-garde pop music and all rock that plays on radios. they ‘set the bar’ for what’s great music.
and that sucks. we were born after we had a chance to ‘set the bar’ ourselves. the canon was established before we could even compete. we learned that the best band in the world...
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does anyone on tumblr not watch tv?
i dunno… im not into tv. it seems like a waste of time. and if im going to waste my time i think i’d rather do it on the internet.
i know what’s happening on tv, because i see peoples animated gifs about ‘mad men’ and ‘community.’
but like isn’t tv super boring?
when i come to my parent’s house i get overwhelmed by all the channels they...
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“Selling pig parts is probably less profitable than shipping off-label...”
– Jonathan Gold, 12/15/10, LA Weekly
One of the best sentences of the year.
hannah and her family are wonderful.
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“Visions of sauerkraut.”
– 1909 photograph
My bucket list is pretty short: Just gimme one...
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The King of Holland calls his kingdom, his Nether-region.
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New MC Name...
HELLER - His Elegant Ladies Love Eradicating Racism
Was Truffle-gate the best “-gate” of the year?
rat in my room: the final chapter
i woke up this morning when a rat jumped onto my shoulder. he scampered off into the corners of my room. i was surprisingly unperturbed by the rodent. last night when i trapped him in the side room i felt like i’d won that round. this morning’s escapade really showed that this rat was a worthy adversary. i also figured that this would be our final battle.
i opened the door to the...
and that concludes the
“First ever rat-based liveblog ???”
(justin)
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the rat was hiding inside the couch. we were able to extract him. but he ran into the other room. i closed the door and that is where he now lives.
i moved into a basement. there is a rat in here as we speak. i know because i discovered rat poop on the couch. then i was typing at my desk and saw him pop out of the little pipe used as an airduct for dryers. he jumped onto the couch and i had him cornered between some pillows. i went across the room to pick up a shoebox. i tried to capture him in the shoebox but he jumped behind some...
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17th century farts via Ngram Viewer
Google Labs’ new Books Ngram Viewer shows us that the word “fart” was most frequently used 340 years ago.
We can imagine gentlemen with ruffled collars writing theses about the passing of gas. But upon further inspection it is revealed this may not be the case.
Google thinks has confused the 17th century letter “p” for an “f.” 1670s writers were...
Israeli Feminists Storm Offices Of Tel Aviv... →
negevrockcity:
Around 150 Israeli feminists launched a flash-mob that invaded a Tel Aviv office that claims to teach men to seduce women using the hypnotic techniques of American pick-up artists like Neil Strauss and “Mystery.” Money quote from article (note: written by a fellow dude):
Officials at the Tel Aviv center maintain that their techniques are intended to promote romantic relations and...
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WIRED: Tron Guy Reviews Tron: Legacy, Says Sequel... →
He liked the movie, but he’s pissed that he wasn’t in it.
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Getting out of jury duty
There is a misconception that the number one way to get out of jury duty is by saying something completely racist. That’s not really cool, because saying racist stuff even for show isn’t really cool.
The completely cool way to get kicked off a jury is by stating that you are in favor of the complete decriminalization of all drugs. The prosecution kicks you off the case because...
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“orgiastic organism
from the content continent
whose conscious couscous...”
– The poem is about a North American octopus who makes mind-altering Middle-Eastern cuisine that appears in cooking magazines. You want to eat it, but unfortunately the lunch break has just ended.
An Andean panflutist is playing for an Aztec dancer on Olvera street.
Urlesque: Fat Indie Bands - Twitter Hash-Tag →
I just extracted a metaphor from this Twitter trending term.
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