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Can it be that Angels in the Outfield is not actually the...

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:02:28 -0500

Can it be that Angels in the Outfield is not actually the masterpiece I think it is? JGL is a Serious Actor now, but articles about his career always seem to omit that film. (Including this one.)

Brick, Mysterious Skin, 500 Days, etc. are all well and good, but not a one of those roles have made quite the impression on me that Angels’ Roger did. To me, JGL is still the little boy praying for his dad, Dermot Mulroney, to come back so they can be a family again.

Fun fact: Mulroney went on to star in The Wedding Date, in which he played a male escort. JGL played a male prostitute in Mysterious Skin! The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, apparently.

(image via film.virtual-history.com)

Odd little coincidence.

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:38:11 -0400

Odd little coincidence.

Couple Starts a New Life With a Clean Slate - NYTimes.com

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:38:53 -0400

Couple Starts a New Life With a Clean Slate - NYTimes.com:

Old, but so sweet: the wedding of two people who never really thought they’d make it.

"Of course there were experiments on children. But probably their fathers were spies."

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:02:00 -0400

“Of course there were experiments on children. But probably their fathers were spies.”

- a “72-year-old farmer, then a medical assistant in a Japanese Army unit in China in World War II” with regards to horrific experiments on humans by the Japanese military, as quoted in an old NYT article.

This is seriously disturbing stuff, and it’s even more disturbing that not too many people seem to know about it… and that part of the reason for that is that the US government helped cover it up in exchange for their data.

(Found this article through an earlier article I posted.)

Natalie Portman, you are making a damn fool of yourself.

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:47:00 -0400

On the Huffington Post (via Jezebel):

“[Jonathan Safran Foer] posits that consideration, as promoted by Michael Pollan in The Omnivore’s Dilemma, which has more to do with being polite to your tablemates than sticking to your own ideals, would be absurd if applied to any other belief (e.g., I don’t believe in rape, but if it’s what it takes to please my dinner hosts, then so be it).”

The rest of the article isn’t quite as silly… but sorry, Polanski supporters don’t get to condemn anything for its similarity to rape.

25 of the Scariest Science Experiments Ever Conducted

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:56:50 -0400

25 of the Scariest Science Experiments Ever Conducted:

danhacker:

If you want to be shocked, appalled and fascinated by what real life mad scientists are up to, you really should read this.

35mmpaul: fuckyeahlordoftherings: Philosoraptor asks a wise...

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:37:06 -0400

35mmpaul:

fuckyeahlordoftherings:

Philosoraptor asks a wise question.

instant velociraptor lord of the rings philosophical question reblog.

Patrick Stewart on Extras. It’s old, but it’s...

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:20:00 -0400

Patrick Stewart on Extras.

It’s old, but it’s amazing. I saw it a few days ago and have been cracking up just thinking about it ever since.

"If it is one minute late, I will go to the animal shelter and get you a kitty cat. I will let you..."

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:53:47 -0400

“If it is one minute late, I will go to the animal shelter and get you a kitty cat. I will let you fall in love with that kitty cat. And then on some dark, cold night, I will steal away into your home and punch you in the face.”

- And that’s how Sue “C”s it.

Seriously, all I want in life is a chance to say this to someone someday.

"Dear Journal, Feeling listless again today. It began at dawn when I tried to make a smoothie out of..."

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:32:00 -0400

“

Dear Journal,

Feeling listless again today. It began at dawn when I tried to make a smoothie out of beef bones breaking my juicer and then at Cheerios practice… disaster. It was unmistakable. It was like spotting the first spark on the Hindenburg…. a quiver. That quiver will lose us nationals and without a championship, I’ll lose my endorsements and without those endorsements… I won’t be able to buy my hovercraft.

GLEE CLUB!!!
Every time I try to destroy that clutch of scab-eating, mouth-breathers that only comes back stronger like some sexually ambiguous horror movie villain. here I am, about to turn 30, and I’ve sacrificed everything!—only to be shanghaied by the bi-curious machinations of a cabal of doughy, misshapen teens!

Am I missing something, journal? is it me? Of course it’s not me.
It’s WILL SCHUSTER. What is it about him, journal? Is it the arrogant smirk, is it the store-bought home perm?
You know, journal, I noticed something yesterday. of course…it’s coming clear to me now. if I can’t destroy the club, I will have to destroy THE MAN!

”

- Sue Sylvester

(and corrections)

(via karinanotcinerina)

Jane Lynch, I love you.

I do not care how or why. Teacup-sized pigs are FUCKING...

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:54:54 -0400

I do not care how or why. Teacup-sized pigs are FUCKING ADORABLE.

"[T]he modern conservative movement, which dominates the modern Republican Party, has the emotional..."

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:35:23 -0400

“[T]he modern conservative movement, which dominates the modern Republican Party, has the emotional maturity of a bratty 13-year-old.”

- The Politics of Spite - Paul Krugman, NYTimes.com

"He made good movies, THIRTY YEARS AGO. Even Johnnie Cochran don’t have the nerve to go,..."

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:59:00 -0400

“He made good movies, THIRTY YEARS AGO. Even Johnnie Cochran don’t have the nerve to go, ‘Well, did you see O.J. play against New England?’”

- Chris Rock on Roman Polanski, watch the full clip from Leno here.

Esquire continues to underwhelm with its Sexiest Woman Alive...

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:14:00 -0400

Esquire continues to underwhelm with its Sexiest Woman Alive choices. Like, yawn. How about someone who’s actually interesting, like Rachel Weisz or Christina Hendricks?

(photo via The Blemish)

Edit: I realized I never actually mentioned who the sexiest woman alive is. It’s Kate Beckinsale.

"[W]hile most customers had encountered cupcakes before, there was initial confusion. “There were a..."

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:48:17 -0400

“[W]hile most customers had encountered cupcakes before, there was initial confusion. “There were a lot that would say, ‘I’ll take that muffin, and one of those muffins,’ ” Mr. al-Rabaa said. “Please, these are cupcakes!””

- American-Style Cupcakes Find a Niche in the Middle East - NYTimes.com

I find this article really cute. But I guess most things involving cupcakes are pretty cute, even if I’m kind of over them.

In the Middle East they apparently have things like “Ramadan cupcakes in flavors like pistachio with orange-blossom frosting.” Whoa. That could make me care about cupcakes again.

This guy is living the Jonathan Coulton song “Just as Long...

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:19:00 -0400

This guy is living the Jonathan Coulton song “Just as Long as Me”:

It’s a sad and awful story
And the shorter folks don’t care
I’m a man who’s simply way too big to love

Sultan Kosen is 8’1” (!!) and lonely:

“To this day, I haven’t had a girlfriend because, with my height, they’re generally frightened,” he said.

“But eventually that’s one thing I really want to have - and she doesn’t have to be as tall as me.”

Tallest man in the world - 8-foot-1 Sultan Kosen - visits New York City

asharkwithknees: (via blownspeakers)

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:55:41 -0400

asharkwithknees:

(via blownspeakers)

Diablo Cody Goes to Sweet Valley High | /Film

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:39:01 -0400

Diablo Cody Goes to Sweet Valley High | /Film:

OMG, what?

Like everyone who used to be a 10-year-old girl, I was once a huge fan of these books, but this sounds like kind of a terrible idea. From what I recall, these books are less Juno and more Gossip Girl by way of Full House with a healthy side of Malibu Barbie… I was gonna say I thought Diablo Cody’s tone was all wrong, but actually, after re-reading my last sentence, I think the books might be better forgotten altogether.

You know what else I used to read when I was a kid? Lurlene McDaniel. All of her books were about teenage girls with terminal illnesses, and for some reason my friends and I could not get enough. Seems way morbid in retrospect.

The AHT Guide to Hamburger and Cheeseburger Styles | A Hamburger Today

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:48:00 -0400

The AHT Guide to Hamburger and Cheeseburger Styles | A Hamburger Today:

The most comprehensive burger style guide of all time. A thing of beauty.

danhacker: Friday Night Lights‘ Adrianne Palicki and...

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:30:32 -0400

danhacker:

Friday Night Lights‘ Adrianne Palicki and Dollhouse’s Alan Tudyk are a couple!?!

I’m not usually into Hollywood gossip and who’s-dating-who, but this pairing really caught me off-guard.

Click here to see an interview of them together (they are kind of adorable together).

Wut?! Well, it’s better than Derek Jeter.