December 2011
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Thought of the Day
This Jerry person must have been quite a resourceful fellow. Also, is there some school where everyone has learned to rig things using his method? I have surely not received my acceptance letter.
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Marvel Comics to Actively Support SOPA →
suddenbutinevitablebetrayal:
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The birth and death of a dictator
Kim Jong-Well came into power in 1998. In 2002, he spent too long outside making snow people and became Kim Jong-bitofacough. Kim Jong-ill’s condition worsened in 2008, and, in 2011, Kim Jong-dead left this earth.
"In an email statement regarding the death of... →
cheatsheet:
motherjones:
Your “Yes, really” of the day.
*Face palm*
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Why I will forever love David Foster Wallace
bookriot:
“David Foster Wallace is kicking my ass. I’m currently reading Consider The Lobster, his collection of essays, first published in 2005. His effect is two-fold. Primarily he makes me want to forgo all work and food and retreat into a darkened corner to suckle at the teat of amazing, insightful and reflective writing. But there is also a dark, instructive undertow. He also makes me feel...
New research finds out stuff about whatever →
jtotheizzoe:
Welcome to 99% of science reporting:
“We are keenly aware of our responsibility to move human knowledge forward one micron at a time, or backwards, depending on who’s sponsored the study into whatever, and we understand the dangers of exposing people to stuff about whatever without a context that will help them compartmentalize that stuff and forget about it effectively and...
