September 2010
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I have $15 and space on my iPod
I want recommendations!
I want YOUR FAVORITE SONGS and I will put them in random order and listen to them and tell you what I think in another blog post.
I have only one caveat:
NO GRATEFUL DEAD
Sorry, that’s nonnegotiable.
If you want to know what I already listen to and what my tastes are like, go to my Last.FM profile. But PLEASE do not let my own tastes influence you, if...
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“All that happy horseshit sounds great, son, but can you make it more like Lost?”
– how I imagine the pitch meeting for The Event went
Audentes Fortuna Iuvat
My family goes back a long way. Everybody’s family goes back a long way, of course, since we’re all descended from the same nascent eukaryotes of billions of years ago, but the main difference between my family and perhaps that of the neighborhood wolf spider is that we kept records.
For instance, one of the foremost names in my family is McKennan. Like most fancy Scottish clans,...
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Watch“You know what would make her feel a lot better? A HUNDRED CHAIRS.”
“But couldn’t good
Be good enough?
Cause nothing ever doesn’t...”
– Ok Go - “White Knuckles”
I Studied Abroad in Africa! →
my new favorite blog; priviledged white kids who went overseas to get their white messiah on.
Pinboard: bookmarks for jamesforeman →
I like the idea of web services that cost money to use; the price to join Pinboard is small but increases as time goes on and as more people join - the money defrays the costs to run the service and…
Dr. Gregory House: [examining a baby] No fever, glands normal. Missing her vaccination dates.
Young Mother: We're not vaccinating.
Dr. Gregory House: Think they don't work?
Young Mother: I think some multinational pharmaceutical company wants me to think they work. Pad their bottom line.
Dr. Gregory House: ... You know another really good business? Teeny tiny baby coffins. You can get 'em in frog green, fire-engine red, really. The antibodies in yummy mummy only protect the kid for six months, which is why these companies think they can gouge you. They think that you'll spend whatever they ask to keep your kid alive. Wanna change things? Prove 'em wrong. Few hundred parents like you decide they'd rather let their kid die than cough up forty bucks for a vaccination, believe me, prices will drop really fast.
“Leave all your love and your longing behind
You can’t carry it with you...”
– Florence and the Machine - “Dog Days Are Over”
Light painting in stop motion with the iPad →
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a special audio mix - "Autumelancholy"
This is a very James-y mix, as anybody who knows me will agree. What do you expect from me, a Tom Selleck-y mix?
If you know me and you want a copy I might be able to arrange it.
There are ghosts and cold weather and dead leaves and sadness here, because that’s autumn to me. It’s also my favorite season ever.
John Williams - “Double Trouble (from Harry Potter 3)”...
Herding 100 Cats at IKEA →
Globe Genie: random teleporter for Google Street... →
Benny Hill-ifier →
also could be called the Yakety Saxxer - put in your youtube video, watch with appropriate soundtrack
Jenny Slate to leave 'Saturday Night Live' →
NNNNNOOOOOOOO!
Anonymous asked: is Zach Galifianakis the God of hipsters everywhere?
Andrew Bird - "Tenuousness" [iTunes Link] →
One of Bird’s best songs and probably one of the best examples of his best and most recent work, and you can get it on iTunes RIGHT NOW for $00.69! DO IT.
Yellow Fever Bro →