February 2010
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“I really, really enjoyed Cop Out. Granted, I am also a biased observer, but I...”
– The Greg and I had an awesome time this weekend.
“It ain’t no sin to fall. It’s when you get comfortable down there that you...”
– Tracy Morgan (via thegreg)
I just bought 2 tix to see Dave Matthews Band in...
(via notthatkindagay)
We’re going. Like reading the Harry Potter books, I have to wait for the wave of popularity to be seriously on the backlash cycle before checking out myself.
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WatchAmsterdam Fireworks on New Year’s Eve 2010 on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Finally connected my FlipCam and has a nice memory to relive. There were fireworks EVERYWHERE all day.
“What elevates this beyond just hipster self-referencing is that it’s so immature...”
– Review: Cop Out’s Goofing Off is Fun - CanMag
Anonymous asked: What makes you so cool, Pete?
Anonymous asked: is it true if you do not use it..you loose it????
jasencomstock asked: What are you doing this weekend?
Watchcelebzaredum:
gawkertv:
If Tim Burton Directed ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’
(Via Gawker.TV)
Ok, this is awesome and I would totally see this.
Pull the plug. Your battery will thank you. →
mattlehrer:
Easy enough to understand but still technical explanation of why you shouldn’t keep a battery (cell phone, laptop, plug-in electric car, etc.) plugged in after it’s done charging. Best thing you can do: don’t keep your laptop plugged in all the time.
I know this. And that’s why it kills me to have to plug in my phone and then go to sleep. It’s the only time of the day...
WatchVideo: Tracy Morgan | The Daily Show | Comedy Central
“Go see Cop Out!” - Tracy Morgan
Watch[Cop Out - Red Band Trailer]
GO SEE COP OUT this weekend!
Yes, I’m serious. I know I haven’t been epic levels of The Watchmen about this, but if you know me at all, you know I’m a serious Kevin Smith fan (post circa 2007).
It happened probably back in 1998 - I’m in 8th grade - when I saw Dogma on VHS and wondered who this Silent Bob was. That led me to Clerks then...
“You see more sitting still than chasing after.”
– Jonathan Franzen
Omnivoracious: 10 Rules for Writers: Top 10s from the Guardian’s Top 10s
“I think maybe it’s time we all show a little gratitude to John McCain. I...”
– John McCain Helps Heal Some Wounds | The Awl
more Balk brilliance
“They could tell that I was actually nervous, and they said ‘What? It’s not...”
– Alia Shawkat on having her first kiss on the set of Arrested Development [AV Club]
“It’s not what I seen in the script, it’s what I didn’t see....”
– Tracy Morgan on Cop Out [Parade]
“John, we’re not campaigning anymore. The election is over.”
– President Barack Obama to Senator John McCain, just now on CSpan3 - Health Care Summit. (via notthatkindagay)
Press Forward to All Politicians.
David Shields, author of Reality Hunger: A...
From PW:
I’m just as much opposed to, say, a straight-ahead memoir as I am to a conventional novel because they both seem to me to be way too comfortable with conventions of genre. There’s a line in the book where I say, “genre is a minimum security prison.” And also there’s a wonderful line by Walter Benjamin in the book, “All great works of literature either invent a genre or dissolve...
WatchDaily Kos: State of the Nation
Here in its entirety: Keith Olbermann’s moving Special Comment for health care reform delivered on behalf of his father. This was one of Olbermann’s best — and most important — special comments. A must-see.
“I had no idea there was more than one borough in the city. I grew up in Jersey...”
– Kevin Smith
Fantastic interview with the man, of which is this just one part.
“The Nielsen Company, which measures television viewership and Web traffic,...”
– TV Ratings Rise, Maybe With Internet’s Help - NYTimes.com
“After pouring over literature, message boards and talking with proponents,...”
– Real America: The Gunmen Among Us | The Awl
Really interesting (longform) post.
“If you walk into a shebeen in South Africa, or whatever version of a bar they...”
– Treme and The Wire creator David Simon [via]
“This is how you sell the most boring Olympic Sport to a viewership that...”
– Team Nordic Combined Is the Most Boring Olympic Sport - Olympics - Gawker
“1 Marry somebody you love and who thinks you being a writer’s a good idea.
2...”
– Ten rules for writing fiction | Books | guardian.co.uk
Richard Ford’s take on the 10 rules.
(via jamiek)
“I’m old enough to remember when the official GOP position was that people flying...”
– brianbeutler (via notthatkindagay)
