Category Archives: amused

My favorite Brit blogger did: “Some lucky bastard would have got one of the two most mature and devastating of Dickens’s novels – namely Little Dorrit and Bleak House. Each concerns itself with the corruption inherent in the material world, … Continue reading →

Makes me feel better about mine. “Even after he published, Prufrock and The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot continued to work his day job at a bank. The new volume of his letters reveals his financial anxieties and his unexpected attitude … Continue reading →

Although crime still pays better, or so I’m told. “The graffiti artist who took Facebook stock instead of cash for painting the walls of the social network’s first headquarters made a smart bet. The shares owned by the artist, David … Continue reading →

I can has language play: Construction of Language and Identity in LOLspeak from Lauren Gawne on Vimeo. (via of all places) Linguists. Economists. Kitty creole. Hey, why not?

for those who celebrate it and have a nice day for those who don’t.

“As fascinating as the film itself is the juxtaposition of the two creative geniuses behind it, each bringing his own life-lens to the project — Dalí described the film as ‘A magical display of the problem of life in the … Continue reading →

The Zipper Merge Nice to know there’s a name for it. (via)

You are not so Smart, by David McRaney I like this guy’s blog, too. Such as: “The research suggests you and rest of humanity will continue to churn into groups, banding and disbanding, and the beautiful collective species-wide macromonoculture imagined … Continue reading →

This might be fun when it comes out.

Between now and the last time I saw him, Shannon Wheeler shaved off his beard. Then he won an Eisner. Is there a connection? Discuss. Shannon’s upcoming book from Top Shelf is “God is Disappointed in you” in which the … Continue reading →

“A few weeks ago, Malaysia Airlines announced that it would ban infants from flying in the first-class cabin because other passengers had complained about squalling babies. And last February it was rumored that Virgin Atlantic and British Airways had been … Continue reading →

And then I stop reading this blog How educated are state legislators? (CA wins for once) Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows One man’s war on clichés (To the barricades!) U.S. Drought Monitor Profile of a Twitter user (oh, yeah, Twitter…is that … Continue reading →

But you don’t know it’s a book trailer until the end. And not really even then. ()

1 hour and 10 minutes of it compressed into 2.5 minutes. via

When the present is pretty cool: Robotic library Living space design:

A film by George Lucas and Jean-Paul Sartre. What’s funnier is if you understand the French, it’s the French dub of SWIV w/new subtitles. Magnifique! Et un bon jour de Star War au tout le monde. Or something.

“The 75 Books Every Man Should Read An unranked, incomplete, utterly biased list of the greatest works of literature ever published. How many have you read?” Well, I’ve read a few:

“‘We are going to make Arianna Huffington a pariah in the progressive community,’ Tasini vowed. ‘No one will blog for her. She’ll never [be invited to] speak. We will picket her home. We’re going to make it clear that, until … Continue reading →