December 2011
59 posts
Watchpopculturebrain:
Watch the Movie and TV Characters Dramatically Quit Their Jobs Supercut | Vulture
The fact that this doesn’t include That Thing You Do’s finger-snapping “I quit! I quit! I quit Mr. White“ is a vast oversight.
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Watchareasofmyexpertise:
As per the page-a-day calendar in my book, THAT IS ALL, today is the first day of RAGNAROK, a term borrowed from Norse legend and Marvel Comics encompassing:
-The collapse of the US dollar and the rise of THE BEEF JERKY DOLLAR.
-The failure of all world governments, including the Secret World Government known as YALE UNIVERSITY
-The wedding of robots and...
The Peoples Improv Theater: NEW! PIT Musical House... →
thepit-nyc:
We are proud to announce PIT Musical Improv House Teams! Performing every Thursday. Previews start in January - Full run start Feb 2nd!
Team Red- 7PM
Rich Hollman
Tom Lisi
Stephanie Griffith
Julie Katz
Jeff Scherer
Ruby Marez
Ross Taylor
I’m excited to perform with my new teammates. Sad to say goodbye to the Friday crowd, though.
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Best Albums of 2011: Ten lists combined into one
Stereogum was nice enough to share not only their Top 50 Albums of 2011, but also those of Paste, Q, Uncut, Mojo, New York magazine (actually a Top 10 list), Rolling Stone, NME, Spin and Pitchfork. I love and hate these year-end lists: love them because I like to know what I’ve been missing, and hate them because the amount of new music that I know nothing about is staggering.
I thought...
Watch this OCD guy flip out whenever he sees an El... →
“Wipe off that El Camino or something bad will happen.” That bizarre suggestion from a friend was enough to set off a major tic for one man with obsessive compulsive disorder.
“Nothing about Christopher Hitchens disagreeing with me depresses me. It means...”
– Penn Jillette
“I really like watching girls hobble around in high heels. There’s nothing hotter...”
– Nick Kroll, saying what I think every day, but in a much funnier way (damn it)
'Gentlemen, We Shot a Judge' and Other Tales of... →
Everyone should read this. A surprisingly serious topic for Gawker.
Meeting Boy: The Most Hated Buzzword →
meetingboy:
Few things irritate me more than buzzwords. Why? Because the person who spews buzzwords all over the office actually thinks people are impressed! But the truth is once a buzzword loses its magic, it has the opposite effect; we’re not impressed, we just think you’re a shallow idiot who thinks a…
Tracking annoying buzzwords is a pastime among some of my friends and coworkers....
fun →
halphillips:
1683: Kings County consists of six towns: Brooklyn, Bushwick, Flatbush, Flatlands, Gravesend, and New Utrecht. 1834: The Town of Brooklyn becomes the City of Brooklyn. 1851: Williamsburgh secedes from Bushwick to become the City of Williamsburgh. 1852: The eastern part of Flatbush secedes to become the Town of New Lots. 1854: Bushwick and Williamsburgh merge into Brooklyn. 1886: New...
The 90 Best Tumblr Blogs Of 2011 →
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mattstopera:
My year end list of the best blogs on Tumblr!!!!
WHY AREN’T WE ON THE LIST, MATT STOPERA?
CollegeHumor - let’s go teepee Buzzfeed’s house.
We’re in. LateNightJimmy, you bring the eggs.
Congratulations, Christian Nightmares!
“Really poor children in really poor neighborhoods have no habits of working, and...”
– Newt Gingrich. (Teens in Southeast D.C. beg to differ.) (And how exactly would you know what poor children do, asshat?)
hear my beaten heart exclaim: somerset: Tell... →
somerset:
Tell Discovery Channel: Air the climate change episode from the Frozen Planet nature series
“The Discovery Channel is refusing to show the shocking conclusions of its own documentary.
“Frozen Planet” is a seven-part series that serves as a gripping portrait of life at the ends of the Earth, featuring stunning shots of wildlife at the North and South Poles.
But when the series...
