February 2012
1 post
“Proposition 8 served no purpose, and had no effect, other than to lessen the...”
– Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt, Kick-Ass Mega-Judge (via jessethorn)
December 2011
2 posts
“AliceBlue, AntiqueWhite, Aqua, Aquamarine, Azure, Beige, Bisque, Black,...”
– CSS Color Names
November 2011
3 posts
“I have never seen such an inappropriate and improper use of chemical agents.”
– Kamran Loghman, the guy who invented pepper spray.
“Then he dragged me in front of a dump truck that was backing up… He said,...”
– Mother Jones reporter Josh Harkinson describing his removal from the Occupy Wall St. site by an NYPD officer. Josh was one of the few journalists who manage to slip past the blockade imposed on other reporters.
October 2011
5 posts
“Stanley Kubrick on Life Playboy: If life is so purposeless, do you feel its...”
– Stanley Kubrick in interview for Playboy, Stanley Kubrick Interviews, University Press of Mississippi, 2001, p.73 (via amiquote)
“Watch out! It’s the new theory of relation-tivity. You want to put it in...”
– Flula Borg, on “the proof is in the pudding.”
via laughingsquid
“I don’t believe in God. I worship hard work.”
– Sanjay Patel, Pixar Animator
Regarding Last Minute Design Change Requests...
Once again…
September 2011
5 posts
“Subgenres of jizz included the styles of jizz-wail, aubade, and glitz. Also,...”
– The Wookiepedia entry on Jizz, a musical genre in the Star Wars universe.
Han shot first.
1 tag
August 2011
15 posts
“I was just 16 years old, so without even telling my parents, I went and...”
– Sid Krofft, on joining the circus as a child. As an adult he went on to make some unsettling acid trippy shit that gave kids nightmares.
WatchAziz is always hysterical.
azizisbored:
Here’s my interview from the Conan last night. Have I done enough talk shows and shit to get you to go see 30 Minutes or Less on Friday? It’s good, just go and don’t be a fucking asshole ok?
“My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly...”
– Warren Buffett
New GOP Strategy Involves Reelecting Obama, Making... →
July 2011
7 posts
“I am lazy, sadly, like everybody, and a coward, like everybody. But nobody was...”
– Philippe Starck, having an epic fit of self-loathing and misanthropy. He hates you, God, design, capitalism, and most of all, himself.
“Charlie has a bag which contains a laptop and papers which were private to...”
– The spokesperson of Charlie Brooks, Rebekah Brooks’s husband.
To reiterate, the laptop, phone, and papers that Charlie Brooks attempted to dump into the trash bin of a random parking garage have nothing to do with the phone hacking scandal.
via The Guardian
“The death is currently being treated as unexplained, but not thought to be...”
– From the Guardian article: News of The World phone-hacking whistleblower found dead. Because there’s nothing suspicious at all about the impeccably timed death of a guy whose testimony implicated News Corp executives, public officials, and the police.
Is Sarah Palin Running For President? →
June 2011
12 posts
Perfection →
“You get to the point where you evolve in your life where everything isn’t black...”
– Republican State Senator Roy McDonald on his support for gay marriage in New York. A quote for the ages.
via Daring Fireball.
Go to Wikipedia and click “random article.” This...
merlin:
“Citation Needed.”
No bullshit, mine was Cockle Creek Power Station.
Samuel L. Jackson reading the new children’s...
“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably...”
– Daniel Burnham, Chicago architect. (1846-1912)
Via daringfireball.
1 tag
The Tell
There isn’t much I can add to the discussion of Paul Ryan’s budget proposal that’s not already obvious. Like most Americans (including Repbulican voters), I think it’s a bad idea. And I find it fascinating that Republicans thought they could sell such a drastic reduction of services, while championing tax cuts for the rich at the same time, and not suffer...