I am having some sort of post-sickness relapse where I've been gagging on medication and throwing up, then coughing for twenty minutes -- I don't know what it is but it sucks. I fell asleep to the television and woke up groggily through an hour+ of "male enhancement supplement" infomercials, which was totally giving me nightmares. Now I can't sleep ( Read more... )

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"Post-Apocalyptic Escape Route Blues" w/ me on drums & the rest of my band on everything else, including the ever-lovely Lana Carroll. Only one horrible mistake on my part, but then, you know. Hopefully just something I am cringing about and nobody else.

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This is really just worth it for the INCREDIBLY DRAMATIC MUSIC. Also, American Idol is the new front in the culture war, obviously.

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http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2009/04/how_wrong_is_it_to_use_a_kitte.php

BEST USE OF GRANT MONEY EVER

"The catch was that they had rigged a trash can near the experimenters' desk with fart spray. Some respondents read and ( Read more... )

I don't really get the part with the duck at the end. But other than that, yay schoolhouse rock lives.

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I am in that "so tired your brain doesn't realize it needs to go to sleep" state. So I ended up watching shorts from Saturday Night Live on Hulu, of course. I have to admit, somewhat guiltily, that I was kind of amused and kind of skeptical / sketched out by Samberg's early efforts for SNL, the semi-famous "Lazy Sunday" and Natalie Portman's filthy ( Read more... )

I was 15 years old when Anita Hill testified before Congress. It was a fascinating moment to watch, not only because a brave woman was standing up and describing the disgusting and misogynist things her boss said to her, but because terms like "is that a pubic hair in your coke?" and "Long Dong Silver" were right at the forefront of national media ( Read more... )

• It's totally metal when YOU DON'T EVEN NOTICE WHEN SOMEONE CUTS OFF YOUR HAND, AND KEEP PUNCHING THEM WITH THE BLOODY STUMP. (Sidenote: Irish bar fights are usually pretty metal. Hat tip to theo.)
  
  
• It's totally metal when YOUR GRANDMA HAS A BELT SWORD:
  
  
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