December 2011
46 posts
“I like watching people fall in love onscreen so much that I can suspend my...”
– Mindy Kaling in the New Yorker article “Flick Chicks,” which I didn’t realize was an excerpt from her book until I came across the chapter “Types of Women in Romantic Comedies Who Are Not Real.” A great read either way. (via spiritedexits)
Is this why I love Wedding Singer so much?
Jason P. Woodbury on How Bands Tapped Into... →
All people should use Kickstarter for all things.
The Year in Comedy Podcasts | Splitsider →
popculturebrain:
Splitsider always has its finger to the pulse of comedy and here they rattle off the most important podcasts around, but I just want to reinforce this for the idea of podcasts.
I try to urge friends and others to tap into this burgeoning medium as its providing hours upon hours of free top-of-line content from the best in the biz. In practically every area of interest. If you...
Random Rambles: John Swartzwelder Books →
lordbimble:
Books I Own
Books I Lost/Never Got Back From People
Books I’m Yet to Own
As you can see I’m not doing very well at collecting my favourite series. I bought the first 3 as they were released on Amazon since you can’t buy them in Australia but I’ve really…
I want all, all, all of these.
Urban Dictionary: “lonely sandwich” →
lonelysandwich:
Just found this, more than a year after the term was coined onstage in Lake Arrowhead, CA. God bless the fan base.
“Forget the boundary of Canada and America at the 49th Parallel; the Northwest is...”
– Timothy Egan, The Good Rain: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest. Excerpt from the “Introduction: Finishing with Grandpa.” (via earthfixseekssalmon)
http://grahamclarkinpictures.tumblr.com/ →
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Top 50 Literary Magazines →
violetsnuff:
Find a complete listing of literary magazines here.
New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com
The best of the best. We didn’t have any commercial magazines on our last list, but it was a shame to leave this literary magazine out. After lots of emails here it is one the oldest and the most honored magazine of all. Started in the 1920s and has a circulation of over a...
While You Were Sleeping: The Raw, Untreated... →
whileyouweresleeping:
Contemporary philosopher Alain de Botton explains why love and philosphy are more like an awkward blind date than the perfect match:
“Philosophers have not traditionally been impressed: the tribulations of love have appeared too childish to warrant investigation, the subject better left to…
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