December 2009
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“I just have one thing to say to Domino’s, Dell, UNICO and all the other...”
– The ever-so eloquent Snooki.
You Probably Don't Have the Worst Job Ever
Hold your head up high when you return to work in the new year.
You’ve heard of the world’s best job but one San Francisco company’s offer might be on the other end of the spectrum.
The controversial adult festish site, Kink.com is looking for a helping hand as it shoots videos devoted to BDSM fetishes. The job pays $15 an hour and minimal experience is required. But that is...
“It’s possible drugs just might have been a factor in a Southern California...”
– NBC LA
“The butthead who won that insane “get paid $100K to live on an island and blog...”
– ‘Best Job’ Winner Stung By Venomous Jellyfish: Links, Pics, Videos, and News (via heyitsnoah) (via adamiss)
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TMZ Gets Hosed
An “exclusive” photo that gossip behemoth TMZ.com posted Monday — and touted as something that “could have altered world events” — was actually published in the pages of Chicago’s own Playboy in 1967.
The photo, showing several naked women and “a man appearing to be” JFK lounging on a yacht, was first published in Playboy’s...
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Instant Holiday Newsletter →
“When a source is reluctant to go on record, suggest CD or cassette tape as...”
– Fake AP Stylebook
I never noticed the banner at the bottom of the page, “If you use this you will get fired!”
Twilight Spawns Its Own Reality Show in Forks, WA →
caro:
First, life imitated art when The O.C. became the inspiration for a little reality show called Laguna Beach. Then, Desperate Housewives served as the basis for the original Real Housewives, and now it looks like The Twilight Saga may be spawning its own reality show too.
Once upon a time, Forks, WA was a sleepy little town in the middle of nowhere, but thanks to Stephanie Meyers, who set...
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“Released in ‘99, “The Matrix” was a genre-exploding film that...”
– Steve Bryant for NBC Chicago discussing how we’ve made a cultural 180 shift in how we think about virtual worlds in the past decade.
“IT’S - contraction of ‘it is.’ ITS - possessive form of ‘it.’ ITS’ - the most...”
– @FakeAPStylebook (via thegrammarnazi) (via faithandbegorrah)
Best Twitter account, ever.
(via dailyhuff)
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“To marry someone of the same sex. Also used hyperbolically to mean to form an...”
– The NYTimes definition for “gaymarry, gay-marry” one of the Buzzwords of 2009.
Thoughts on this one?
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“The two who came out with perfect length ratios and perfect width ratios were...”
– NBC San Diego covering new research on the so-called “golden ratio,” or the “Optimal relation between the eyes, the mouth and the edge of the face for individual beauty.”
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“I’ve long been frustrated by the inability of big media sites to have a real...”
– Newsweek: Interview with Mark Coatney of Newsweek Magazine’s tumblr (via meaghano) (via soupsoup)
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Snooki: I Got Fired Because of "Jersey Shore"
How shocking.
The pint-sized “Jersey Shore” reality starlet said she got served with walking papers from her job when she told her boss she was skipping town to do appearances on the West Coast related to her role on the controversial MTV hit show, according to E! Online.
“I was a receptionist at a corporation,” Snooki told the network. “I was getting good money,...
Before They Were Movie Stars, They Were Just Guest... →
Nothing is better than Jason Alexander circa 1981 in a swimsuit.
urlesque:
That Looks Like… is a YouTube channel that features clips of famous actors at the beginning of their careers.
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Watchniffin:samann:iammattjordan:michaelmcgee:bmichael:
Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down (live on The Colbert Report)
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“A bald man with a gray beard and tired eyes is sitting in his oversize...”
– The lead-in to Time’s pick for “Person of the Year” — Ben Bernanke
WatchTips for the Sensitive Christian via the New Yorker
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Best Movies of the Decade? So says Drew Magary
1. Zodiac (directed by David Fincher)
2. There Will Be Blood (directed by Paul Thomas Anderson)
3. Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster (directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky)
4. The Pianist (directed by Roman Polanski)
5. The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy (directed by Peter Jackson)
6. Kill Bill: Volume II (directed by Quentin Tarantino)
7. No Country For Old Men (directed by Joel and Ethan...
Watchthemattsmith:ardenashley:supersonicelectronic:
Alice in Wonderland Trailer
Need I say more?
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Design THE NYC condom
Always wanted to design a condom wrapper? Well, now’s your chance.
All New Yorkers ages 17 and older now have a chance to put their innovation and artistry to work – to design a condom wrapper that represents the city of New York. While the NYC condom wrapper will retain its classic image, the winning design will grace a special limited-edition package that debuts next fall.
Craving more...
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Miami Herald Asks for 'Voluntary Donations'
“If you value The Miami Herald’s local news reporting and investigations, but prefer the convenience of the Internet, please consider a voluntary payment for the web news that matters to you,” the donation page reads.
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Marijuana legalization could be on California... →
joemuto:
California’s medical marijuana statute is a bit of a joke, basically a back-door legalization. But it may be moot in a year:
A measure to legalize marijuana in California has enough signatures to qualify for the November 2010 ballot, advocates say.
The Tax and Regulate Initiative has far more than the nearly 434,000 signatures needed to make the statewide ballot…
The proposal would...
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Spreading Some Holiday Cheer →
Willard and other waitresses told NBC Philadelphia that the couple started the chain reaction by paying double: for their own meal and for the tab of another table of diners at the restaurant. There’s no evidence that one group of diners knew the others…
For the next five hours, dozens of patrons got into that same holiday spirit and paid the favor forward.
(via...
“What happened to “Snooki” was a crime and obviously extremely disturbing. After...”
– MTV Pulls “Jersey Shore” Punch Clip (via burningdinner)
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WatchToo much Christmas?
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Wrigley Field to keep troughs, awkward silences →
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“I’m an unmarried heterosexual woman, and since I probably won’t be...”
– Jamie Frevele selling her right to get married on eBay (via urlesque)
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“Obviously, running time was no detriment to the success of “Titanic.” But think...”
– Drew Magary on Avatar’s reported 161 minute runtime. (via culby)
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SantaCon
What is SantaCon? According to organizers, it is “a not-for-profit, non-political, non-religious and non-logical Santa Claus convention, attended for absolutely no reason.”
Rule No. 1: Dressing up is mandatory. And that doesn’t mean phoning it in with a red hat. You need to go full Santa. Creativity is encouraged – some host suggestions include takes like a Santasaurus, the Santichrist,...
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Say what?
The New York Times published a gift guide for people ‘of color’ this year, with the first paragraph readin:
Somali fashion, do-it-yourself henna kits, children’s books that draw inspiration from the lives of Barack Obama and Sonia Sotomayor: it’s not hard to find gifts created for and by people of color this holiday season.
What can you look forward to? Check out...
