November 2010
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"The West Wing" (sort of) predicts Sarah Palin.
C.J.: Toby!
[TOBY turns to face a jubilant C.J., dancing towards him.]
TOBY: C.J.?
C.J.: I'm... too sexy for my shirt... too sexy for my skirt... too sexy for the... other things.
TOBY: What in God's name is--
C.J.: He got the question!
TOBY: Who?
C.J.: The majority leader!
TOBY: When?
C.J.: Last night! Local news, Cleveland, Ohio. Oh me-o, oh my-o, oh Cleveland, Ohio!
BONNIE: What's the question?
TOBY: Why do you wanna be President?
BONNIE: And what did he say?
C.J. [clears throat]: The reason I would run, were I to run, is I have a great belief in this country as a country, and in this people as a people, that go into making this country a nation with the greatest natural resources and population of people. Educated people. [Beat; then mimics firing a shotgun.]
TOBY: I'll spread it around.
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One of my favorite things about "The West Wing" is how they could write any level of dialog and make it sound real, from "Eas en crucem" brilliant right down to "population of people" idiotic. That can't be easy.
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The usual, with a twist
When I leave work, one particular security guard is usually behind the desk at the door, and we usually exchange the same pleasantries:
Security guard: G’night.
Me: See ya.
Security guard: Take care.
Me: You too.
And I walk to my car.
It’s not quite “The Lord be with you” / “And also with you,” but it has some of the same flavor. We both know our lines,...
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Do you ever listen to the radio, and one of those...
No.
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WatchA Tourist’s Eye View of Bangkok
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Kuwait bans use of DSLR cameras for nonjournalists →
As the government hasn’t explained itself, the Kuwait Times make an attempt to divine what the ministries were thinking here.
Via
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"The New Rules of Holiday Drinking"
villagevoice:
Rule No. 372: Eggnog tastes sixty-percent better when wearing a sweater.
Rule No. 380: Apropos of nothing: Donder is the most underrated of deer.
(via: Esquire)
Donder, a/k/a Donner, was originally known as Dunder. I’m trying to think of a joke related to “The Office,” but nothing I come up with bears repeating. Maybe you’ll do better.
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Apple has the rights to sell Beatles music in... →
inothernews:
Eyeroll.
Indeed. Why would anybody need to buy Beatles music from the iTunes store? If I ever wanted to hear the Beatles, all I’d have to do is to play the songs in my head, without the benefit of a machine of any kind, because I’ve heard every Beatles song so damn many times over the decades that I have every note committed to memory. Unfortunately.
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Faking it →
bobulate:
Most people are surprisingly bad at spotting fake smiles. That’s why a site where you can test your ability to detect fake smiles is especially intriguing:
Fake smiles can be performed at will, because the brain signals that create them come from the conscious part of the brain and prompt the zygomaticus major muscles in the cheeks to contract. These are the muscles that pull the...
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Paris Dreaming
dreamcamera:
I want to go back to Paris.
I want to take more pictures, better pictures.
I want to drink wine and eat fresh bread.
I want to say, “Bonjour,” when I enter shops.
I really loved Paris, not for its dreamy reputation, but for its reality. And I still have vacation photos to post, if you can believe it.
{taken with Nikon FM2, Ilford Delta film}
Also, I’m...
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You know how some baseball players, when they get...
inothernews:
Perhaps you had to be there, but I smiled.
You didn’t have to be there. I smiled too. Nice little scene.
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thebronzemedal:
If you’re looking for an easy way to be a know-it-all jerk this weekend, you can correct people saying “Daylight Savings Time” and let them know that it’s actually called “Daylight Saving Time”.
Dude, it’s not supposed to be capitalized.
Some people. Don’t even know AP style. Sheesh.
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BLOGGING via TYPEWRITER.: theloveyoumake: NY... →
theloveyoumake:
NY TIMES: Keith Olbermann suspended by MSNBC for making donations to three Democrats. There’s a “World’s Worst Dumbass” quip to be made somewhere.
inothernews:
And yes, yes, yes, News Corp. has done virtually the same thing, but please don’t use that as a defense
(…)
It’s because MSNBC is a division of NBC News, and NBC News has a policy that prohibits its employees...
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“Yuanna knock it off with the yuan puns? Oy! It’s starting to peso me off - I’m...”
– A reader takes a Punt at our puns policy; pretty much hits the (Deutsche) mark.
The fun we have.
(via theeconomist)
:: This is rublely funny, but riyally, it would have been more liracal if they’d found a way to use “yen.” Makes me shekel my head at the lost opportunity.
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