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Comedy: Ur Doin It Wrong
I used to think that the A.V. Club had the best internet commenters. They may still have them.
But after their comments on the review of last night's South Park episode, I am proven yet again that "best internet commenter" is like being the tallest midget on the basketball team.
This was much funnier than that South Park anyway:
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Fun times with academic institutional idiocy
After struggling for months to find work, and struggling for guidance on how to find work, I finally found a job, because my current employer found me on a website ( Read more... ) -
Being Chauncey Gardner
I always used to hate Being There. I found Peter Sellers annoying, the plot contrived, and the world the film depicted ludicrous.
Nonetheless, I've noticed that I've been using three word sentences a lot more lately. I've been saying "I understand" a lot more too. At the same time, my life has gotten a lot better.
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The House Always Wins
So I asked my mom to edit my cover letter, which she is thrilled when I ask, but she always wants me to write them in this law firm way. In this case, she couldn't access the job site because it was blocked to people unless the signed up for the service. I copy/pasted the job listing on the email, then at the very bottom, in the same font, put " ( Read more... ) -
Roger Ebert is crazy awesome
In that he is crazy in an awesome way:
To: Bill O'Reilly
From: Roger Ebert
Dear Bill: Thanks for including the Chicago Sun-Times on your exclusive list of newspapers on your "Hall of Shame." To be in an O'Reilly Hall of Fame would be a cruel blow to any newspaper. It would place us in the favor of a man who turns red and starts screaming when anyone ( Read more... ) -
My problem
As a student of evolutionary theory and philosophy, I know that meme theory is bullshit and potentially dangerous. I know that even Richard Dawkins knows it, and is sorry he proposed the idea. The problem is if I refuse to use the term "internet meme" on principle, I'm an asshole.
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First day of new jorb
Highlights:- Realizing that, since the job requires me to read lots of law blogs, I will be making the same Arrested Development reference continuously under my breath 8 hours a day 5 days a week.
- Evil moment of the day: Recommending that an anti-discrimination law firm improve its search engine friendliness by segregating its content onto different ( Read more... )
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Punchline to the Stanislawski/Kaplan thanksgiving
"Can we leave before he shows me my dead grandfather's pants?" -
Now that I'm back I'm going to give you what you come here for: hardcore nudity!
So this is pretty much my favorite music video of the year:
THE BPA - TOE JAM FEAT. DAVID BYRNE & DIZZEE RASCAL
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Long time no speak
Hiya. It's been awhile. I have just cooked two exceedingly juicy soy burgers for the first time in my new digs, so with a full belly and 15 minutes before the Rangers game starts, I thought I'd provide the cliff notes version of my life since we last spoke
-Started a new job! Hooray! Quit after two months due to it being an exceedingly toxic work ( Read more... )
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