August 2008
43 posts
Sarah Palin: Huh? →
What I’m reading today →
Obama’s Demographic Problem →
Thoughts so far on the Democratic Convention →
Segue… →
Your friday morning reading →
things I’m looking at: Vice fashion →
a last ‘hurrah!’ →
in defense of the new authoritarianism →
Sundays are for interesting reading. →
McCain Calls Americans “Stupid” →
“People who make less than $80,000 are too stupid to understand taxes anyway.”
I couldn’t agree more. But then again, I’m not running for president.
“A Truman for our Times”? →
Angry man burns barber's over porn →
Chinese Sex Symbols. Don’t worry Jingoists,... →
Handle With Care - How far will we let Science Go? →
Fancy that! The Times publishes a conservative... →
the Orwell Diaries →
Edwards’ public flogging continues… →
Cleaning up shop. →
Lord of the Memes →
blah blah blah. The Times is so 20th century. I’m gonna go update my Tumblr now.
Sacrebleu!!: Animal Portraiture →
Olympics Opening Ceremony…Wow. →
Mad Men - Why does it attract? →
Straight Talk Express Hits Van →
BBC Weekly world news quiz →
I got 5 right.
Etc. →
alexbalk:
Via Kottke, we are directed to The Ampersand, a blog about what its writer declares to be “often the most attractive punctuation mark of them all.” I call bullshit. The ampersand is the assfaced slag of the graphematic cosmos. It’s nothing more than a Mexican question mark tricked out in a percentage sign’s whorish costume. A love of the ampersand is the sign of a deviant personality,...
Does this mean I’m internet famous? →
Paris Hilton’s response to McCain’s advertisement →
Paris Hilton 'enters' White House race →
Did Paris Hilton just do something hilarious, AND smart? I’m a bit aghast at all this.
Vanity Fair. →
On willful mediocrity →
first pet dogs cloned commercially →
This woman’s face is fucking irritating. One can tell immediately she is one of those people who would rationalize: “What’s better than one dog? FIVE DOGS!!!! YIPPPEEEE!!!”
Bonus: The cloned dog’s name: “Booger.”
Outrage over covered breast →
Ashcroft’s cousin hard at work in Italy.
Barack Obama, Antichrist
alexbalk:
I wouldn’t put it past them.
neither would I.
Starting at VF.. →
Flat Earth Conspiracy →
Stupid people exist apparently, and continue to use the aegis of scientific rationalism to challenge common-sense truths.
Starting my internship today with Vanity Fair. I perceive that I will have less time to blog there than I enjoyed at my previous employer, so everyone who reads this blog (all four of you) will have to forgive me for my reticence this week.
Now listening to: Portishead - Sour Times (off of Dummy)
Mattathias Schwartz has a piece in this sunday’s New York Times Magazine entitled: “Malwebolance.” Basically a mediocre investigative report on the seedy underworld of internet trolling. Although I give him credit for ending the article on a hopeful note, I have trouble seeing what the point of the article is in its inception.
His thesis:
“Does free speech tend to move toward the truth or...