2008

Smashing the hyped-up ACORN story

“the chief principle of banana-ism is that of kleptocracy,...”
— America the Banana Republic

Twitter: An Antidote to Election Day Woes?

Knock Out: CNBC Confirms Lehman CEO Punched...

“a Swedish adman and former CEO Dag Soderberg is leading a...”
— Bible as Glossy - Boing Boing

“feeling powerless increases superstition. Brains are...”
— Of Jock Straps and Conspiracy...

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Jason Robert Brown Turns Teenage Trauma Into...

“I couldn’t leave. Eventually I did, but for a few...”
— Faith and Fear in Flushing ::...

“Because to me, being a fan has nothing to do with sitting in...”
— SNY.tv: Flushing Fussing, Ted...

“Many readers thought I was hinting at something under the...”
— Douglas Rushkoff » No...

Will You See All The HDTV Resolution You...

Planning For Winter

Never write him off: how Kenneth Branagh...

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“The inspiration you need to take away from this is the idea...”
— The Wire: Writing Into Your...

“For more than 100 years — since the end of the Civil...”
— Why is a U.S. Army brigade...

“…Schools tend to mistake good behavior for good...”
— How Children Fail: angry...

“The MP3 fools the ear by eliminating the least essential...”
— Tom’s Diner, a History

“If Tim Burton taught us anything, it’s that this kind...”
— LAist: The Worst Idea In...

“I have tickets and will be there with my dad, and I am far...”
— Me too, Matt. Me...

“But there’s another reason that these new media tell...”
— Internet Evolution - Cory...

“Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this...”
— DealBook - A Bailout Above the...

“I have done a report of some kind on the Fred Merkle story,...”
— David W. Anderson - More Than...

A beautiful piece o' writing from my friend...

“This did not change, as I hoped it might, the way that...”
— How Children Learn: classic of...

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“The current culture wars, as I understand them, are between...”
— Rushkoff Here - Boing Boing

Barack Obama dreams of Jed Bartlet

On the Today Show, Cybele takes on Hershey's

“Goth is a look that simultaneously expresses and cures its...”
— Cintra Wilson on goth - Boing...

“Karl Marx, were he still about, would surely be interested...”
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A conversation with Nick Cave: 'Our intention...

“The sooner you “drop out” of the speculative economy and its...”
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Cybill Shepherd: The Hollywood Interview

“the fact is that in the day to day trenches of adult...”
— David Foster Wallace -...

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“The United States has just invaded Cambodia. The name of...”
— Quagmire, Phase 2: The...

The Key to Wedded Bliss? Money Matters -...

“And in the seventh year after the fall, the dust and debris...”
— ROGER COHEN - In the Seventh...

“She’s gone. She’s gone and it’s over. What...”
— I can’t let go of the...

“If there is any hope, the hope lies in the American...”
— Zinn: US ‘In Need of...

It's not you, Coffee. It's me.

I have to quit drinking coffee.Not caffeine, though.  Just coffee.  I’ve been drinking coffee...

The books Sarah Palin tried to ban

“What makes you feel less bored soon makes you into an...”
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“This is the paradox of ambient awareness. Each little update...”
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Alton Brown And His Tech Toys

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“I usually don’t feel uneasy when I put those filters on, but...”
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“So, please, leave off the “not a real word”...”
— Chillax - The Boston Globe

“When I was in school, I had no idea how trapped I was in...”
— Life Without School: Is...

David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That...

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“In 1856, a fisherman from a tiny hamlet on the New England...”
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“Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails has been in talks in with...”
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“I made too many mistakes. I would give anything to go back...”
— Why didn’t Studio 60 work?

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“Lucas’s vision and fierce independence have led him to...”
— The Lord of the Light Side -...

The Hollywood Interview: Harlan Ellison: "I...

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Hamlet...

Nassim Nicholas Taleb: the prophet of boom...

“Of the world’s authors, only Shakespeare generates more...”
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"Nosh" vs. "A Nosh"

Rehearsal Video - 13 The Musical

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“I was able to say to them, I know that everyone here knows...”
— Smiling Through - Dick Cavett

Neal Stephenson: Science Fiction as a...

And what did YOU do this weekend? Played an...

The dying art of the knuckleball

“The irony is that you have to be somebody before anybody...”
— Television - Ed Burns, Now...

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“First off, Lasseter says success doesn’t just breed...”
— Pixar’s secret...

Flipswap: Send in your old iPhone for $$$

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“The big problem, for me, is the clarity of the Second...”
— Truthdig - When Common Sense...

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“We cannot differentiate between illusion and reality. We...”
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“When he writes “Mad Men,” he doesn’t sit down and start...”
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“he used to say that the two greatest things in collaboration...”
— Moriarty Chats With Mike...

“In this way, our compulsions take the form of metaphors, and...”
— Cary Tennis, on addiction

“Thus Spake Zerstreutheit”
— “Zerstreutheit”...

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““There is a risk that, at the very moment when television...”
— U.K. shuts out product...

“Our basic charter cannot be contracted away like this. The...”
— SCOUTS strikes down...

“That got Mr. Clough, who is the sort of person who has a...”
— Mystery on Fifth Avenue -...

“Mr. Reznor has no global solution for how to sustain a...”
— Music - Trent Reznor’s...

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“The danger in Brand Obama is that our focus on a heroic or...”
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“Can any of us honestly say we haven’t experienced...”
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People died so tonight could happen

“In 1979 Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon of the Clash asked...”
— Bo Diddley, Who Gave Rock His...

Are YOU a Stereotypical Homescholer?

iPhone Apps Worth Jailbreaking For

The Great Friendster Diaspora

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“In that sense Star Trek looks ahead to the society we live...”
— Mr. Spock: The ‘Mystery...

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The Letter in the Pond

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“The thief was Michael Kenneth Williams (Omar on “The Wire”),...”
— Michael K. Williams is in ‘The...

“Much of the plot setup and some of the dialogue in Martin...”
— panopticist: The Scandalous...

“And then there was Sept. 21, 2001, the first baseball game...”
— A Farewell to Mike Piazza -...

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The Ninja vs. Salman Rushdie

Sports Night - The 10th Anniversary Edition

“My entire career has been a Secret Plan to get this...”
— Steven Moffat Takes Over...

“Shadow Unit, for those of you joining us in progress, is a...”
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“the humaneness of Scandinavia and the drive of the United...”
— John Carlin on why Iceland has...

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