August 2010
86 posts
On The Line →
According to a recent estimate by the C.D.C. an average of eighteen American veterans kill themselves every day. That number accounts for 1/5th of all of suicides in the United States. These images are of call responders working for the Department of Veteran Affairs in Canandaigua, New York talking vets back from the edge. It’s the frontline of the government’s attempt to curb the...
Future Boy!
I just loaded the new Mary Roach book about space onto my new Kindle. Also, I only had three wisdom teeth.
Peter Parker does not have a moral responsibility... →
Is this where the compliment bait goes?
Was the Muslim Cab Driver Slashing the First... →
newsweek:
rubenfeld:
The most up-to-date accounts of who the stabber is comes, of course, from the Voice’s Foster Kamer.
The Best Dumb S--t Americans Believe
newsweek:
*That Obama is a Muslim.
*That sorcerers are real.
*That the sun revolves around the earth.
Check out our gallery of 13 Dumb Things Americans Believe.
WatchTrailer for AMC’s The Walking Dead.
Fuck yeah.
Johnny Cash / Easy E mashup
“Incidentally, although I love Obama, I hope my reaction would have been as...”
– Michael Ian Black’s Tirade Against a Racist Obama-Hater During Set (Updated)
“This is crack cocaine,” Bush solemnly announced, holding up a plastic bag...”
– The Kid Who Sold Crack to the President
“Keep in mind I got arrested at the same time the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer’s...”
– Paul Reubens in the new issue Playboy.
“Since I started drinking at 30 it’s been Jameson on the rocks, though the...”
– God, I love Ira Glass
“The girls in Colin’s class at school are named Cortnerd, Terror, Spacey, Lizard,...”
– “The American Male at Age Ten” by Susan Orlean from the December 1992 issue of Esquire (via manathisbest)
‘Bed Intruder’ Rant Earns Family a New Home →
“There is a wicked new marketing strategy currently sending shock waves through...”
– How Snooki Got Her Gucci: The Dirt on Purses | The New York Observer (via oliviaisferosch) (via caterpillarcowboy) (via apsies) (via mikehudack)
PENNSYLVANIA is the only state name typed with all eight fingers.
Justin Bieber's U SMILE slowed down 800% →
Pretty epic.
Boyz II Men Cruise →
Do I go or hold out for a P.M. Dawn cruise?
Watchmikehudack:
WNYC is on blip. Check out Words, a new film by Will Hoffman and Daniel Mercadante to accompany Radiolab’s Words episode.
