If it weren’t so fun hearing my last name butchered at the supermarket checkout, I’d be really put off by the huge invasion of privacy.
Dec 12 2007 8:09pm
When you say “that’s funny” before I’ve gotten to the funny part, you show me you’re not listening. Now I don’t want to finish my story.
Dec 12 2007 6:04pm
9-year-old in a bike helmet reviews the XO laptop

Dec 12 2007 12:44pm

wildwest.tumblr.com

A short list of poached tumblr subdomains, not one of which is worth a damn:

Dec 12 2007 12:12am

Ungerunding Movies

A McSweeney’s classic, but since I just saw an ultraspecial sneak preview of “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” (alt. title “Forgetting We are Marshall”) and it touched off a very brief remembrance of gerunded movie titles (e.g., “Finding Forrester”, “Drowning Mona”, “Raising Arizona”), I revisited this clever list of ungerunded movie titles.

Favorites: “The Cube, Gleamed”, “John Malkovich Has Been Been”, “Helena Is in a Box and We Made This Piece of Shit Movie About It”

Dec 11 2007 11:40pm
The girlfriend just treated us to a Thai massage. Because we like our yoga done for us.
Dec 11 2007 8:15pm
Gave myself the perfect haircut. Then I kept on cutting. Now I’m Mia Farrow ca. Rosemary’s Baby, and Frank is gonna hit me.
Dec 11 2007 5:13pm
VH1 Greenlights Telenovela Game Show

In the new series “Viva Hollywood!” 12 bilingual Latino and Latina contestants will learn the “7 Deadly Sins of Telenovelas” — passion, lust, charisma, drama, fire, seduction and scandal — in order to impress the judges: actress-singer Maria Conchita Alonso and singer-songwriter Carlos Ponce. Astrologer Walter Mercado will give the contestants guidance.  The winner will land a role on a Telemundo telenovela, representation from management company Latin World Entertainment and a $100,000 prize. The hourlong series, from World of Wonder (VH1’s “What Perez Sez”), premieres in the spring. — soomos

Besos… y Lagrimas

Dec 11 2007 12:49pm
Merry Titmas This, from an LA Weekly-featured World of Wonder exhibit of Christmas Boob-inspired art. Here, a titular [sic] take on the iconic image of Flick from Bob Clark’s “A Christmas Story” (1983).  Apropos considering the eventual path Scott Schwartz’s career took as an adult. Flick’s act of courage in the face of many dog-dares has inspired some hilarious and dimwitted copycats. Thanks, Hankins.  Thankins. 

Merry Titmas

This, from an LA Weekly-featured World of Wonder exhibit of Christmas Boob-inspired art.

Here, a titular [sic] take on the iconic image of Flick from Bob Clark’s “A Christmas Story” (1983).  Apropos considering the eventual path Scott Schwartz’s career took as an adult.

Flick’s act of courage in the face of many dog-dares has inspired some hilarious and dimwitted copycats.

Thanks, Hankins.  Thankins. 

Dec 11 2007 11:56am

Charles Mingus: Productivity Guru

Be productive with the Mingus Method:

  • Don’t second guess yourself. Just go.
  • You don’t play alone. Work well with others.
  • You have to learn the rules before you can break them.
  • Play it by ear.
  • Limits and boundaries inspire creative solutions. Embrace them.
  • Start simple. Jump off from the common and be uncommon.
  • When you fall down, find a creative way back up.

via lifehack

Dec 11 2007 11:23am
Birdhouse — A notepad for Twitter