August 2009
35 posts
Forget Teens: Gamers Are 35, Overweight — And Sad,... →
Hey, who are you calling overweight?
missing time
I remember a Fresh Air interview with Alan Ball years ago where he was bragging that he loved making shows for HBO because if he was in a jam and needed a few extra minutes for an episode, he could always get them.
Well the bill must have come because tonight’s True Blood was only 45 minutes long, and was just starting to get good when they pulled the plug.
I even checked, because it felt...
JFK Airport Is The Absolute Fucking Worst
bbook:
Ah, yes. One of the BlackBook staffers - guess who - is now stuck in JFK, or Hell In A Travel Hub, as many New Yorkers know it. Apparently, an Apocolyptic Rainstorm is coming our way, and a plane that should be taking your narrator home to Las Vegas is still in Washington.
Meanwhile, we’ve already had a hellish experience getting here. Typical. I hate this place.
It’s the third worst...
“It’s sort of a funny question. Would I trade 96% of the market for 4% of the...”
– Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on the iPhone (via John Gruber)
This was about a month before the launch of the iPhone, and shortly after the launch of Vista - with foresight like this it’s no wonder Microsoft is synonymous with business in the computing world. And I don’t think I would ever use the...
Coke Talk of the Day
coketalk:
I just spent a long, decadent weekend in Malibu celebrating the birthdays of four very close friends. I don’t know why I always end up surrounded by Leos, but a suspiciously large cluster of my inner-circle was born in mid-August.
One of the birthday boys made a shit ton of dot-com cash back in the day, so he and his wife have a ridiculous house at the very tip-top of Las Flores...
Watchdelbertshoopman:
Back in December2008 Dave told me about this project that he wanted to make… His project outlined a whole year of his life by only taking about 15seconds of video a day. In the end he would have a 72min documentary(ish) view of his 2009 (which I hope he screens somewhere). He’s been putting them out in monthly increments and I have to say that this is one of my favorite projects...
Underworld, Born Slippy (nuxx), from their 2002...
“B: I love graffiti. I love the word. Some people get hung up over it, but I...”
– bansky interview in Swindle Magazine, via bigcrush
My business card says “artist,” but most days it feels like a lie, something to keep me pacified, or worse, to create an excuse for when I behave petulantly. Oh, he’s an artist, just give him some space.
The truth is, I got into...
“I would have directed the shit out of that film”
– Neill Blomkamp talking about the aborted Halo movie, in an interview with Movieline.com
Advice from a law professor: don't talk to the... →
claytoncubitt:
(millions of poor people could tell you this)
Interesting. I may be wrong, but I believe the “outstanding Regent University Graduate, a student of [his]” he mentions up front is Monica Goodling, and she chose to take the fifth while being questioned about her involvement in the Attorney General firing scandal of 2006. I’m sure she was an excellent student and...
three feminist rants
In the interest of promoting some societal evolution:
3. A professional athlete recently told the foreign press that American women are fat and ugly, and it’s tragic that they don’t “take care of themselves.” His comments made me remember all of the times I have heard this phrase before, especially directed at fat women. One of my friends had a boyfriend who told her,...
“Welcome to Montreal, now get the fuck out.
This is not a funny t-shirt your...”
– the Vice guide to Montreal.
I’m going up there in a week. Can’t fucking wait.
Se7en end crawl, a "fascinating" story
So I’m at this bar and they just wrapped up a showing of Seven. First of all: great fucking movie. David Fincher has a better understanding of how to position a camera to add to the text of a film than just about anybody working in cinema today. But that’s not why we’re here, we’re here for gossip, and seeing this reminds me of a story that, fuck it, I don’t remember...
Enough apologies, I'm done.
suckafuck:
henryeatspeople:
Do I honestly need to give a reason why I’ve never seen Monty Python? Jesus, you’re all acting like I’ve commited some mortal sin. Relax. If it bothers you that much go ahead and ship me a dvd, other than that, get over it.
I’ve never seen monty python - it’s for boring white people who like radiohead and green-bean casserole sex
Whatever. I once found myself in a...
