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Trading Places: How Winthorpe and Valentine Pulled It Off

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:56:47 -0400

Trading Places: How Winthorpe and Valentine Pulled It Off

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Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:57:44 -0400

oobject » design

Mark Simonson Studio / Notebook: Mad Men, Mad Props

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:53:48 -0500

Mark Simonson Studio / Notebook: Mad Men, Mad Props:

Thanks to Jake Byrne on Twitter for finding this.

"ill a void in the general banter. Women famously cannot learn jokes. If they try, they invariably..."

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:49:04 -0500

“ill a void in the general banter. Women famously cannot learn jokes. If they try, they invariably bugger up the punchline. The male teller of jokes is driving towards his reward, the laughter of his mates. The woman who messes up the same joke does so because her concentration is not sharpened by that need. She is not less intelligent, simply less concerned.”

- Beaten to the punchline: Germaine Greer on women and comedy | Stage | The Guardian

Is this really true? Are the women I know who can tell jokes well really freaks? I can’t believe it.

Not safe for work: the git that keeps on giving | Technology | guardian.co.uk

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:29:15 -0500

Not safe for work: the git that keeps on giving | Technology | guardian.co.uk:

I’m really just putting this here for me to read later. I know you’ve probably already read it.

Geoff Dyer on the changing face of war photography | Art and design | The Guardian

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:29:05 -0400

Geoff Dyer on the changing face of war photography | Art and design | The Guardian:

Gerda Taro sounds like she would be a great subject for a movie. Is there one, I wonder?

Fiona Shaw on how it feels to be taking on Beckett's Happy Days | From the Guardian | The Guardian

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:58:00 -0400

Fiona Shaw on how it feels to be taking on Beckett's Happy Days | From the Guardian | The Guardian

The Mighty Boosh: saved by their own stupidity - Telegraph

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:52:44 -0400

The Mighty Boosh: saved by their own stupidity - Telegraph:

There’s something slightly patronising about this review. First off, the Boosh might not have been in Dublin before, but their constituent parts have played here, because I’ve seen them.

Also, Dominic Cavendish does know that we can see the Boosh on television, right?

Dog who stayed by dead master's side for 11 weeks honoured with statue - Telegraph

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:22:51 -0400

Dog who stayed by dead master's side for 11 weeks honoured with statue - Telegraph

StumbleUpon

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:32:22 -0400

StumbleUpon:

glinner:

My favourite time-eater.

And now mine as well. Sigh.

"Mixing poetry with policy and handcuffing John McCain to President George W Bush, he added:..."

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:28:23 -0400

“Mixing poetry with policy and handcuffing John McCain to President George W Bush, he added: ‘This moment, this election, is our chance to keep in the 21st century the American promise alive.’”

- RTÉ News: Dem convention ends with Obama speech

Perhaps it’s the abstracter in me, but really, the use of the word “handcuffs” seems a little OTT here.

New Statesman - The village Olympics

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:22:17 -0400

New Statesman - The village Olympics:

Sometimes I get to read great wee things in my job.

Buy one kill one

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:39:16 -0400

Buy one kill one:

Yeah, there’s a lot of people not very happy about putting this kind of blame on folks.

Edinburgh festival comedy review: Matt Kirshen | Culture | guardian.co.uk

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:31:54 -0400

Edinburgh festival comedy review: Matt Kirshen | Culture | guardian.co.uk:

Hmm. Not a rapturous review. I advise seeing his show if you like atheistic, science-based jokes at the expense of religious Americans, though.

Lost creator JJ Abrams' new show Fringe snapped up by Sky | Media | guardian.co.uk

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:28:25 -0400

Lost creator JJ Abrams' new show Fringe snapped up by Sky | Media | guardian.co.uk:

Please let this be good please let this be good please let this be good.

Anna Pickard reviews the trailer for Hamlet 2 | Film | guardian.co.uk

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:12:57 -0400

Anna Pickard reviews the trailer for Hamlet 2 | Film | guardian.co.uk:

I’ve got a pretty high tolerance for daft things newspapers put on the Internet in order to remain “relevant” or “afloat” or whatever you want to call it. But this? Surely the only purpose of a second-by-second breakdown of a movie trailer must be to be funny. But this is not funny.

It is not funny at all.

"They’re like couch potatoes watching Finding Nemo on DVD who’ve suffered some kind of..."

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:23:17 -0400

“They’re like couch potatoes watching Finding Nemo on DVD who’ve suffered some kind of brain haemorrhage which has led them to believe the story they’re watching is real, that their screen is filled with water and talking fish, and that that’s all there is to reality - just them and that screen and Nemo - and when you run into the room and point out the DVD player and the cables connecting it to the screen, and you open the windows and point outside and describe how overwhelming the real world is - when you do all that, it only spooks them. So they go on believing in Nemo, with gritted teeth if necessary.”

- Charlie Brooker’s screen burn | Culture | The Guardian

Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying Planet | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:47:20 -0400

Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying Planet | The Onion - America's Finest News Source:

I know, I know, linking to an Onion article, but it just made me laugh. Actually properly laugh.

"And you’ve fucking stripped it out like a pissed Irish plasterer restoring a renaissance..."

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:41:00 -0400

“And you’ve fucking stripped it out like a pissed Irish plasterer restoring a renaissance fresco and thinking jesus looks shit with a bear so plastering over it.”

- Read Giles Coren’s letter to Times subs | Media | guardian.co.uk

Oh Giles Coren. You’re getting a kick up the bum from me if I ever get a hold of you.

Having coffee now! The excitement!

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:05:51 -0400

Having coffee now! The excitement!