December 2011
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I was buying Jane a posh clutch bag as for her birthday in the Bond Street area. “That’s nice,” I said pointing at a small purse type thing on its own plinth protected by lasers. “Snake skin Sir,” said the European man with interesting hair. (Hmm. I knew she would prefer a synthetic material and exotic animals that aren’t even killed primarily for food...
This Ron Paul Newsletter Thing
markrichardson:
Should be a lesson to us all. We need to start reading the newsletters we put out. This week I plan to sit down with a big stack of the Mark Richardson Political Report, Mark Richardson’s Freedom Report, the Mark Richardson Survival Report, and the Mark Richardson Investment Letter to make there’s nothing crazy going out under my name.
Karl on animals beginning with e.
Ricky: We were doing animals and I gave Karl one, I think Karl panicked, We were doing it quite quick, I wanna just test it on you.
Steve: Okay. Is this bands, what is it?
Ricky: Er, I said, now what did I say...Basically I said an animal and it ended with E. Okay, so I go, I go, skate.
Steve: Eagle.
Ricky: There you go.
Karl: Yeah but hang on, I think I was the third person, right, so think of another one!
Steve: Eel.
Ricky: Yeah I had that, I did that one. Lot of e's coming up, Elephant...Do you know what Karl said?
Steve: Go on.
Ricky: Ready.....? Egg.
-Manic Steve laughter-
Steve: In a sense...I suppose.
Ricky: I went 'egg'? He went 'yeah'. I went 'no, wrong!'. He went 'what?!'.
“He read The Lord of the Rings for what I’m estimating the millionth time, one of...”
– The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz (via thearanadiscoteca)
Maximilian Years, B.C.: Oh, Christmas. →
maxasaurus:
Christmas, you are this spot of weirdness in my life.
I don’t really mind you, because you’ve steadily improved over the past 26 years, but I guess I have a strange outlook on the holiday itself. I’ve come to enjoy all these festivities, and having things like VanWinkle Christmas has improved it…
As long as no one plays Green Day’s “Good Riddance (Time of Your...
“Few artists dare to try to talk about ways of working toward redeeming what’s...”
– DFW (via akabunny)
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“But it’s an impossible role in an impossible movie that has no reason for being...”
– ‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’ Review - NYTimes.com
‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’ : 9/11 :: ‘Life is Beautiful’ : the Holocaust?
(via doree)
This reminds me of David Mamet’s essay about Schindler’s List, “The Jew for Export” (I know Mamet is completely repellant these...
“And this ends Krusty’s non-denominational holiday fun fest. So have a Merry...”
– Krusty The Clown (via cigarettesanddiscotech)
“It’s made it pretty clear that there’s a gigantic market for movies like...”
– Judd Apatow, on the success of “Bridesmaids” in a Q&A with Christy Grosz (Variety)