March 2010
So, I was listening to NPR, and they were talking...
soupsoup:
themattsmith:
And I get it. I really do. I get that if we’re going to use oil, it’s probably in our best interest that we use OUR oil, as opposed to foreign oil. I get that, despite the sea change in attitudes about sustainable culture and alternative energies, we can’t just free ourselves from the burden of crude oil overnight. I get that some necessary industries will, for as...
Bite-Size Musings: Morality →
Today I was listening to NPR and heard a story linking morality to brain processes - as opposed to one’s morality being located somewhere in the “heart” or “soul” or what have you.
New Rule: You can’t use the statement “there will be no cooperation for the rest...
– Bill Maher (via azspot) (via soupsoup)
We have our first Republican taking credit for the... →
ericmortensen:
brooklynmutt:
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), who voted against the bill, has denounced it repeatedly,.. issued a press release today…
In 2009, he drafted legislative reforms and succeeded in persuading the Democratic majority to include several of the reforms in the new health care law.
… that he then voted against!
“I don’t think I’ve seen the president as happy as he was last night about...
– Jake Tapper (via soupsoup)
THEN Almitra spoke again and said, And what of Marriage master? And he answered...
– Kahlil Gibran (via robot-heart)
Girl Game →
youmightfindyourself:
In December 2007, Aynne Valencia was playing with a dreidel at a holiday party in SOMA. Then 35, she had been single for more than two years and was hoping to meet somebody worthwhile. So when a man wearing a Santa hat and resembling John Lennon approached, she was excited.
“We started talking about dreidels, and he knew what all the symbols meant,” says Valencia, a...
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(begins playing piano)
I really don’t know what I’m doing here. And I don’t...
– Zach Galifianakis, during his opening monologue on Satuday Night Live (March 6, 2010). Surely, the best SNL monologue in years. (via marq)
How often does one laugh out loud when reading jokes? I really need to see this as well. He was hilarious on Jimmy Fallon some time recently too; I came across...