February 2012
stuck in the middle with you
It’s Leap Day of the leap year. The temptation to title this short story “leap of faith” is strong, very strong, but I shall resist the urge -not that “stuck in the middle with you” is much better, but perhaps the two titles work together…
read more: it’s a half-bake! of ideas!
“my vibe
will be to get loaded
on the plane
so i can sleep like baby rex”
– Anonymous
“i bet she’ll have a beautiful baby
she is such a sensitive and articulate...”
– Anonymous re [Snooki]
Today in fucked-up things state legislatures are... →
needle scratch on the record: whuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut?
stfuconservatives:
somuchdependsupon submitted:
South Dakota’s state House of Reps recently passed a bill on the definition of domestic violence, complete with amendments that modify an “intimate partnership” or “relationships” with the clause “with a member of the opposite sex.” So, gay man in an abusive relationship? You’re not victim of...
“A: what a fcking…
I’d say ‘pussy’
but my pussy...”
– Anonymous
N. Korea agrees to suspend uranium enrichment,... →
via The Washington Post | “your new leader is weak” -Anonymous
“Email her your laundry as an attachment to save on carry on space”
– Anonymous
How to delete your Google Browsing History before... →
via Digital Journal | “With just a week to go before Google changes to its new privacy policy that allows it to gather, store and use personal information, users have a last chance to delete their Google Browsing History, along with any damning information therein.”
The new policy is being implemented 3/1/2012.
“you can definitely do laundry here… but more importantly, you’d have...”
– Anonymous
Anonymous: Don't Forget the bacon fat in the...
A: in true azn heathen style, I am eating breakfast bacon cold. Q: do you think if I switch to a diet of pure bacon I'll live longer?
B: Don't Forget the bacon fat in the fridge for garnish
A: OMG
A: how could I forget?! I am gonna live *4EVAH*
B: Yea. Go large.
A: I gave up the bacon. I want to die with bacon in my arms, but not today.
B: Why would you deny yourself corpulence via bacon abstainment
“Q: will you videotape it for me when you throw […] into the...”
– Anonymous
“If you had a cane, what side would you hold it on?”
– overheard in the hallway
In His Own Words →
via Decatur Magazine | “Following is continued ‘Q & A’ with Decatur native and author, Dr. James Loewen - a supplement to the Feb/Mar 06 issue of Decatur Magazine.”
His book, Lies My Teacher Told Me, is a classic for a reason. Read it.
“omg, i will so mix formaldehyde in ur hummus if you don’t come.”
– Anonymous
We're All the 1 Percent →
via Foreign Policy | “The U.S. middle class is still incredibly wealthy by international standards.”
I agree that everyone should pay more taxes, so go ahead and make that reasonable argument -but please stop comparing the wealth of the mythical U.S. middle class with that of the non-wealth of the poor everywhere else around the world.
You can make your argument by focusing...
“i want sex :-(
maybe i can make it home for lunch
if i had my own...”
– Anonymous
“i dont want to work anymore i want to move to Sri Lanka and live like the locals...”
– Anonymous
Anonymous: lets flip a coin
WTFFFFFFFFFFF
ahhh sir please leave
my life
RIGHT
put this on YR vajayjay and rip it off then we'll talk!
yeah so i was gonna throw him out the window
but then he ate me out and put me to sleep
he's so crafty!
MEN
“A: narrowing down the causes of my twitching eye…
B: if you have pink...”
– Anonymous
“The most insightful and broadly scoped piece I’ve read from you.”
– Anonymous
Watchvia TED | Mary Roach: 10 things you didn’t know about orgasm
“I had a nightmare last night that a TV crew planted a camera at […] and...”
– Anonymous
The Lost Party →
Let’s just hope the Dems don’t bobble it.
Mind you, I have every faith in Obama, who is actually quite conservative, yet in this climate, is coming across as too left / too right / too moderate.
/eye roll
If either Romney or Santorum gains the nomination and then falls before Obama, flubbing an election that just months ago seemed eminently winnable, it will unleash a GOP...
“A: I need an FB…
B: What happened to […] inches??
A: no worries....”
– Anonymous
“[…] fell asleep while we were fucking, def hit him”
– Anonymous
all the small things
she had tried to hold onto her thoughts in the night, but they had slipped out, like the water through her fingers. is that an apt analogy? she wondered as she stood over the sink. more like, when her phone slipped out of her hand (repeatedly). if she was out and about, it’d fall to the ground; if she was in bed, it’d thunk against her forehead. he had the small tact to not laugh -even...
Can The Movie Version Of Christopher Isherwood’s... →
via Queerty | “Holy Shit. Who wants to see a movie where Matt Smith has loads of gay sex? A million times yes.
NSFW” -Anonymous
“i love it when things drive you nuts
its like you get short circuited”
– Anonymous
“A: for the record, *I* am the ardent mistress this list warns of.
B:...”
– Anonymous
Biggest Oscar Snubs →
via Alt Film Guide | “Some interesting reading post-Oscars, re our discussions on who should or shouldn’t be nominated…” -Anonymous
“Of course, I was flattered beyond belief. Even so, while I could tell that...”
– Nearly A Woman
by VICTORIA HETHERINGTON
“Genius is of small use to a woman who does not know how to do her hair.”
– Edith Wharton, The Touchstone. Want to know what Wharton really thought about her own beauty? Read this scathing and sarcastic Roman à clef about her lover Morton Fullerton. (via laphamsquarterly)
AT&T's New "Troll Toll" →
parislemon:
AT&T now wants to charge app developers data fees to ease customers running into their imaginary data caps. It’s an idea so bad it’s almost comical. Writes Karl Bode:
It’s an idea we’re sure AT&T will pitch as a cost-saving endeavor for consumers, but given this is AT&T, you’d be naive to think cost savings will be in the equation. You’ll still pay the same data rates,...
Mother Jones obtains Syrian government hit list... →
producermatthew:
From Mother Jones:
A 718-page digital document obtained by Mother Jones contains names, phone numbers, neighborhoods, and alleged activities of thousands of dissidents apparently targeted by the Syrian government. Three experts asked separately by Mother Jones to examine the document—essentially a massive spreadsheet, whose contents are in Arabic—say they believe that it is...