January 2011
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Americans Must Realize What Makes NFL Football So... →
Oh, Bill Maher. You funny.
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The Facebook Setting You Should Change as Quickly... →
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The Greatest 911 Call Ever Placed By A Little Boy... →
Santa should really have his own hotline so kids don’t have to tie up 911 phone lines to report on their parents’ naughtiness.
Top 10 Words With Remarkable Origins →
From Merriam-Webster, the fun etymologies of eavesdrop, muscle, trivia, bedlam, handicap, phony, avocado, fiasco, slapstick, and hazard. (I would have included tawdry.)
The Top 10 Greatest "Classical" Composers →
Anthony Tommasini of the New York Times comes up with this very personal list. The list and the articles leading up to it are worth reading for his justifications, and especially for the video in which he demonstrates why Bach was his choice for #1.
“The show keeps happening. The Steven Tyler apparition is getting increasingly...”
– Paul F. Tompkins, in his first American Idol recap for Vulture
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“What I am definitely saying, and I will argue this in a court of law, is that...”
– Videogum’s incorrigible Gabe Delahaye, in I Honestly Hope The Spider-Man Musical Is Delayed Forever And Ever
“What Mr. Loughner knows is that he has the full support of a major political...”
– Rush Limbaugh, on the suspect in the Arizona shooting
Dot Dot Dot →
A dramatic reading of an illiterate kid’s irate videogame review, now with Cee-Lo-Fuck-You-style animated typography. Highly recommended.
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Imagine A Jump [John Lennon vs. Van...
“This country has had toxic political rhetoric since its birth pangs, and there...”
– Harry Shearer in The Huffington Post
