Hello New World: Archive

Permission Slip Controversy →

This email conversation between a public school “Christian volunteer” and a parent is pretty funny. (via becabeast, slackmo)

Mar 31st

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Mar 31st

Vatican offers 3 reasons it's not liable for abuse →

“Vatican lawyers plan to argue that the pope has immunity as head of state, that American bishops who oversaw abusive priests weren’t employees of the Vatican, and that a 1962 document is not the ‘smoking gun’ that provides proof of a cover-up.” Classy. (via tumblndice)

Mar 31st

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Mar 30th

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At Key West Beach, Wondering Who’s a Vagrant →

When I lived there my friend Kyle and I used to guess what percentage homeless various people were. It’s harder than it seems at first to say because leather-skinned and tear-ridden clothed shufflers might own a $2 million home shaded by mango trees on a private canal.

Mar 30th

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Mar 30th

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Mar 29th

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Mar 29th

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Mar 29th

Just found out that my company will start monitoring our internet usage (and by monitor, I assume they also mean restrict access). It was a good run, internet — see you on my phone. (P.S. Dear Tumblr, please make the dozen or so most obvious improvements to your iPhone app now.)

Mar 29th

“Everyone I know, myself included, deals with this conflict between who you think...”

– Noah Baumbach (via putthison)

Mar 29th

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“It was earlier today around noon near Times Square. I’ve been on vacation with a...”

– CATTLEPROD’S SHITTY RANCH:

Mar 27th

The film that made £88 on opening weekend →

Mar 26th

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yvynyl: Jamil Kayin - Life is Sweet (via Philebrity)

Mar 26th

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Hot Tub Time Machine Press Junket. Old timey humor is great. (via jordanmorris)

Mar 26th

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Mar 26th

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Mar 26th

“Hey now, really, to whom are all these people talking on their phones, all the...”

– “To Whom Are all These People Talking on Their Phones?“ (via somethingchanged, soupsoup)

Mar 26th

Mar 25th

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Mar 24th

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putthison: Adam (Put This On’s brilliant hilarious co-star and director) and I both participated in this amazing event - Night of 140 Tweets. Our friends Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel brought together 140 amazing twitterers, from Will Ferrell to Sascha Gray to Weird Al, and each performed a single tweet on the stage of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in LA. Ben Stiller’s company Red Hour...

Mar 24th

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Mar 24th

NFL owners overwhlemingly approve change to... →

The NFL passed a form of modified sudden death overtime today at the league meetings in Orlando. The changes will apply only to the postseason, though the league may reconsider adapting them for the 2010 regular season in May. The modified sudden death rule means both teams get opportunities for possessions in overtime (fumbling away a kickoff would count as an opportunity) — if the...

Mar 23rd

“I still don’t know what Justin Bieber is”

– robotics

Mar 23rd

“Stouffers To Include Suicide Prevention Tips On Single Serve Microwavable Meals”

– link (via TheOnion)

Mar 23rd

“I had a stick of Carefree gum, but it didn’t work. I felt pretty good while I...”

– Mitch Hedberg (via simko) (via hellofriend)

Mar 23rd

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Pope 'led cover-up of child abuse by priests' →