January 2011
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20 Neil Gaiman Facts →
housingworksbookstore:
Harper Collins has taken out a 2.5 million dollar insurance policy on Neil Gaiman’s accent.
If you write 1000 words and Neil Gaiman writes 1000 words, Neil Gaiman has written more than you.
Most agents charge a 15% commission. Neil Gaiman’s agent pays him an extra 15% for the privilege of saying “I’m Neil Gaiman’s agent.”
Neil Gaiman can tweet 175 characters.
Neil...
“What makes Quora noteworthy is the surge of boldfaced names holding court...”
– Ask a Celebrity Geek - Newsweek
Weird moments in the technology timeline, #1
When I read a funny list of answering machine messages on a BBS.
“They insist and seem to believe that their swastika fetish is no more than an...”
– Hunter S. Thompson on 4chan Hell’s Angels. (via Slate)
“Sometimes, when I am eminently bored, I like to scour the New York Times...”
– “The Black People, as a Class, Have No Thought For the Future” –1874, the ‘Times’ | The Awl
“If that Michael Vick guy was playing, it would have been a pitbull with ears...”
– A totally relevant comment on: Dog Interrupts Football Game and Stays on Field for a Few Minutes - Urlesque
The whitest thing I've ever done:
I just deleted a Tumblr draft after Cole pointed out that I’d mistaken Amiri Baraka for Gil Scott-Heron, thinking the former, not the latter, was featured in Kanye’s “Who Will Survive in America.”
And now I’m drinking Earl Grey, which is white because we stole it.
Study: 89 Percent Of Networking Nonconsensual |... →
Have you ever had someone walk up to you, say hi, hand you their card and leave?
I have.
Several times.
I put the cards on 4chan.
Can someone explain the Egypt situation to me? -... →
“I get upset with the high-and-mighty tone westerners (which I am) take with the post colonial countries. They should measure new governments against the US. Within the first century of its existence:
The capital was razed by foreign invaders (see war of 1812)
Mass displacements bordering on genocide (see Trail of Tears)
An incredibly bloody civil war, even by modern standards
Slavery...
An answer to "Can someone explain the Egypt... →
A tl;dr for an ongoing world-changing conflict.
I'm really glad that everyone's keeping me posted...
Because this is where I like to come for world news that I could get on several news sites.
I don’t have time to enter the URL for one of those sites! I have to know this Egypt shit now and make my daily decisions based on it!
What? Did you just give me some of last hour’s news? I can’t use that! I need fresher news!
topherchris: What We Mean When We Say New York,... →
topherchris:
markcoatney:
You want to know what Manhattan is? Manhattan is a infinite series of small, toxic slushy lakes, crisscrossed by impassable snow mountains. A distinguishing feature of these lakes is that they look exactly like solid asphalt pavement.
They are not.
I’d like to reinforce…
Get these. I did. Disregard puddles, acquire comfort.
“We had volumes from A through M. If you had to do a school report on Reptiles,...”
– From sex to phones to Star Wars, what would older redditors like to let the young whipper-snappers know about the past? - AskReddit
Which Of These Ten Magical Items Would You Choose?... →
A pot that can produce 1,000 kilograms of any food a day.
A bracelet that keeps weather perfect wherever you go and within a 250 kilometre radius.
A necklace that allows you to touch books and instantly absorb knowledge from them, without reading.
An unlimited bottle of perfume that will make you wildly attractive to the opposite sex (or same sex if you’re gay), which cannot be used...
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I'm listed in Tumblweeds under nickdouglas,...
I’m listed in Tumblweeds, a user-generated community directory that rates Tumblr bloggers by their number of followers. Find me listed in #nickdouglas, #comedy, #internetculture
Warmer Movies | Videogum →
Space-heater Balls Blanket & Leopold Tea 2: Judgement Tea Wool’s Gold Entering Las Vegas
rebeccalando asked: 'bout damn time you followed me back, brah.
peterfeld:
One of the most disappointing things about the President’s State of the Union was his totally throwing in the towel on “two thousand.” Up until now he’d resisted all the social media brainwash about saving a precious syllable. He even doubled down by adding “and,” as in: “in the year two thousand and eleven,” etc.
Tuesday night, he was all “twenty-twelve,” “twenty-thirty,”...
“Too much caffeine! I can’t handle any more of this Earl Grey!”
– Me, world’s biggest pussy.
Edith, What's Actually in Your Handbag Right Now?... →
What the fuck is it with women and carrying around their dirty tissues? Leaving them on the table and shit? Men never do this, right?
WatchProblem, Aziz Ansari?
“We reached out to AOL about the ideas we wanted to present in this story and...”
– Nicholas Carlson on Patch
“Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) said the United States was founded on racial and...”
– Bachmann: Founding fathers ‘worked tirelessly’ to end slavery | Raw Story
Christine Friar on peeing during a conference call →
“Ritualistic peemonger”! So Dickensian.
“You’re supposed to get ripped off in New York City. It happens to...”
– An Open Letter to Every Young New Yorker Who Feels Like Crying: Please Try Not To! - Village Voice
“I always hear my neighbors doing the most normal stuff really late at night!”
– McSweeney’s: Underheard in New York.
“Ford became a self-taught professional carpenter to support his then-wife and...”
– Harrison Ford - Wikipedia
Even huge-deal badasses can take until 31 to get their first real role.