August 2009
Judd Apatow Hints At An ‘Anchorman’ Sequel... →
“The great thing is,” he told Empire, “Will can be any age and play that character. Those anchormen sometimes have their jobs until they’re 75 years old. So we would always laugh that this movie could work if everybody’s really elderly.”
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Frank: A porn video game? It can’t be done. History’s greatest perverts have tried: Walt Disney, Larry Flint, the Japanese. But they can't do it because of the uncanny valley. Let me show you. Here, check out this chart. As artificial representations of humans become more and more realistic, they reach a point where they stop being endearing and become creepy.
Tracy: Tell it to me in Star Wars.
Frank: All right. We like R2D2 and C3PO.
Tracy: They’re nice!
Frank: And up here, we have a real person like Han Solo.
Tracy: He acts like he doesn’t care, but he does!
Frank: But down here we have a CGI Storm Trooper or Tom Hanks in The Polar Express.
Tracy: I’m scared! Get me out of there!
“Sir, your mother had me move her from the Plaza to the Carlyle. Evidently, the...”
– Jonathon (via 30rockquotes)
Do not click unless you have 15 minutes to spare →
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Listen to The Low Anthem at the Newport Folk... →
This is one of the best performances I’ve heard in some time.
WatchChristopher Nolan’s INCEPTION
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Five Myths About Health Care in the Rest of the... →
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Court Rules Against Delaware Sports Betting →
“The NHS costs half as much per person as the American system costs. And it does...”
– The Economist doesn’t take kindly to your British health care critiques, lays down the law
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New Walkmen Video - “On the Water”
I hate streaming video more than anything. Anything. I hope you have better luck watching this than I did. I’ll wait for YouTube…
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The Man Who Couldn't Eat →
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“I’m completely fascinated by the health care debate going on in the United...”
– David Sedaris live blogging on the New Yorker website. (via virtualephemera)
Crush the Castle will crush your day →
“If there’s a problem and it turns out that there’s been a fraud...”
– Gender test requested for 18-year-old runner - ESPN
HT: BJ
Newly Discovered Recordings Reveal Beatles... →
Congress Deadlocked Over How To Not Provide Health... →
s: 1000000000 dollars
s: a cool billy, you could call it
A: how much you standing to make? a silly billy
A: damn. that is silly
s: you could purchase a small nation. like really
s: like the seychelles or something
A: i'm pretty sure thats more than cambodia generates
s: AFRICASLAM!
A: YIYIYIYIYIYIYIYIYIYIYI
A: ...(that's a Xena cry)
s: (i am aware of cambodia's geographic location, btw) (and i know)
A: (good)(also good)
Moving On Up ... To The Cheap Side! →
Everything Roger Dudek is gold.
“If liberals are convinced that the President is too conservative and...”
– Nate Silver — FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Grand Unified Obama Critique (via banalitycheck)
I vaguely miss that we’ve gone months now without new SNL skits. Haven’t had that feeling since Will Ferrell was on the cast.
“Justice Scalia, in a dissent joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, said the hearing...”
– Scalia continues the long, hilarious descent into madness (via hellofriend, savingpaper)
“On the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, Bob Dylan just wanted to go for a stroll...”
– NJ Police Question Bob Dylan - The Daily Beast (via squashed)
Albums to get this weekend:
Megafaun “Gather, Form and Fly”
Discovery “LP”
Flashy Python “Skin and Bones”
That Walkmen live disc
…Anything else?