November 2011
55 posts
“Some 5 or 6 or 7 billion years from now, the Sun will become a red giant star...”
– Carl Sagan
(via kskrets)
“It is troubling that there’s this notion in our culture that if...”
– Be a Jerk: The Worst Business Lesson from the Steve Jobs Biography, The Atlantic
The Original Ending & Deleted Scenes Of THE... →
popculturebrain:
Devin Faraci reveals some changes that were made to The Muppets, that for better or worse would have made it a more cohesive film.
Not that I’m complaining, because I believe the ending worked well and isn’t out of the line with the rest of it or the greater Muppet canon or the genre itself.
I kinda thought they were setting up to have the homeless Zach Galifianakis give the...
“Quitting a job is like breaking-up with a girlfriend, except that I have to...”
– Ruminations
“I came to the Sun-Times with a lot of experience from the News-Gazette and the...”
– Roger Ebert
Revolution is a full time job, not a sleep over. →
The plane that cost more than Australia →
“All of this is part of Silicon Valley’s grand bargain to make consumption...”
– Our Internet is a paradise for consumers but a hell for citizens, Slate.com
“Data from a NASA planetary mission have provided scientists evidence of what...”
– NASA Probe Data Show Evidence Of Liquid Water On Icy Europa
Oh man…
Reasons why this thrills me:
I read Robert Ballard’s autobiography a few months ago where he talks about going down in Alvin and finding black smokers and finding an entire ecosystem that depended on that energy...
“Sure, Ben Stiller has become synonymous with vanilla comedy. Yes, Eddie Murphy...”
– History will reflect poorly on Adam Sandler, Vancouver Sun
Sasha Grey to critics: Porn past doesn't mean I'm... →
So we have parents out-raged that a porn star read books to their children.
If the past month is any indication, shouldn’t they be more concerned about the children’s coaches, Scout leaders, priests and other family members?
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“Rule 199: You’re not supposed to like your job.”
– Esquire - The Rules (via forbesy)
“Death is a distant rumor to the young.”
– Andy Rooney dead at 92
“What Brockie – and of course GWAR – wants is simple: to destroy celebrity, or at...”
– BEHIND THE MONSTER: GWAR’s human side also angry
Published today, the same day that it’s announced that Flattus Maximus is dead and only a few days after the Kardashian bullshit about marriage. Rings more true now than ever.
“All plans between men are tentative. If one man should suddenly have an...”
– Seinfeld
“Though we remember it for the effects, Jurassic Park feels … palpable in a way...”
– The cult of Jurassic Park 