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Luke Kennard
Publishing Genius Blog —
Authority: 418
Heres a good poem:2 days ago -
Penny For The...WTF Is That???
Suitably Despairing —
Authority: 130
Incidentally, while Im on the subject of The Shetland Times, they printed this picture in the paper of a Guy for a local bonfire. Im not sure it comes across as well in the scan, but in the paper it is quite possibly the sleaziest Guy Ive ever seen!1 week ago -
Gratitude and Thanksgiving
One City: A Buddhist Blog for Everyone —
Authority: 428
by Ellen Scordato Thanksgiving, a particularly American holiday, is coming up on Thursday. What are we giving thanks for? What am I grateful for? What are you grateful for? These kinds of questions get asked a lot around this time of year. I try to compose a gratitude list almost every day, but I wont do that ...1 week ago -
Fake Buddha Quote of the Day
Bodhi Tree Swaying —
Authority: 129
I’m not really going to post one of these every day. My title is as fake as the following quote. “When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.” I came across this on Twitter today, tweeted by Buddha_Bones: “RT @Sharon_Phoenix “When words are both true and kind, they can change our ...1 week ago -
‘Rocky & Bullwinkle’: Happy 50th birthday to the sweet duo! (And Boris and Natasha, too!)
PopWatch —
Authority: 758
It was exactly 50 years ago today that a little show called Rocky and His Friends debuted on ABC, bringing an animated crew of kooky characters — led by the naive Rocky and Bullwinkle and constantly scheming Natasha and Boris — into the American pop culture menagerie.The genius of Rocky & Bullwinkle, which was ...1 week ago -
A Flying Babies movie trailer: What will the French think of next?
PopWatch —
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You heard me: Flying babies. Or “les enfants volants” as they’d say in the country that produced Ricky, a new French-language inspirational drama(?!) that appears to be about a kid born with wings. As far as I can tell, this movie has three things going for it.1.)It was directed by François Ozon, who made the1 week ago -
Celeb-studded Bible audio book: Dylan McKay as Judas? Holy moly.
PopWatch —
Authority: 758
Better watch your back, Mel Gibson — there’s a new star-studded Bible in town: A 79-CD audio version, in fact, with quite the illustrious cast. There are a few obvious choices — ahem, Jim Caviezel as Jesus? — but a lot more unexpected ones: Jason Alexander as Joseph (as in technicolor dream coat), Lou Diamond2 weeks ago -
I’ve never been prouder to hail from the 708 area code than I am today
PopWatch —
Authority: 758
Sometimes a YouTube video comes along that makes me truly nostalgic for the type of high-quality life-improving services only available in the southwest Chicagoland area. Jones’ CHEAP ASS Prepaid Legal and Daycare Academy: Because in today’s broke-ass society, things aren’t cheap.In addition to top-notch ...2 weeks ago -
shall we?
righteous BABYGIRLS —
Authority: 139
**update: ive since realized thisll be at katra... next2 weeks ago -
Veterans’ Day
Bodhi Tree Swaying —
Authority: 129
These are all photographs of my grandfather, Robert Drummond Stephen (born My 10, 1900), who was a professional soldier in the The King’s Own Scottish Borderers. He was my dad’s father. Unfortunately I never met him because he died in an accident on Aug 3, 1942, long before I was born. The first two pictures ...2 weeks ago -
Like veal?
Bodhi Tree Swaying —
Authority: 129
This footage is quite extraordinary and painful. The cruelty is sickening, but then you have a USDA inspector saying he doesn’t want to be told about abuses to animals because then he’d have to shut the slaughterhouse down. The launch of the second edition of “Vegetarianism: A Buddhist View” is this Friday, ...2 weeks ago -
Sayonara, Aunt Sally
Mostly Harmless —
Authority: 520
The funeral for my Aunt Sally is being held right now in Syracuse. Between work and H1N1, Im not able to be there. No time to go all Speaker for the Dead on yall, but you can be sure a lot of memories going through my head right now could make their way into stories to share in the coming months. For now, Ill ...3 weeks ago -
Bizarre Story of the Day
Beautiful Horizons —
Authority: 426
This is creepy: A Brazilian bricklayer reportedly killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family by showing up alive at his funeral. Relativesof Ademir Jorge Goncalves, 59, had identified him as the victim of aSunday night car crash in Parana state in southern Brazil, police said. You have to love a cop with ...3 weeks ago -
Oh, It’s Going To Be THAT Week, Is It?
The Coconut Diaries —
Authority: 110
Car Rental Return Lady: How did everything go? ME: Fine. Exhausting, but fine. Car Rental Return Lady: Poor thing. I bet you are hard working, single mom. ME: No, I don’t have any kids. Car Rental Return Lady: Oh. (awkward pause)…I like your hair!3 weeks ago -
"My insurance does not cover PMS!" "Well then, the tell them I had a seizure."
Forty Deuce —
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I love Julia Stiles. She doesnt do much anymore but I will love her forever simply because of 10 Things I Hate About You, a movie that was instrumental in bringing my kid sister and I closer together (you can guess which one of us is Kat and which is Bianca). I think shes intelligent, grounded, and yeah, kinda ...3 weeks ago -
2012 won’t be the end after all
PopWatch —
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Good news, PopWatchers! The world won’t be coming to an end in 2012, no matter what Roland Emmerich’s new movie says. We checked with Dr. Edwin Krupp, director of LA’s Griffith Observatory–who also happens to be an expert on the Mayan calendar–and he assured us that the Earth will continue going about its ...3 weeks ago -
Fergie’s childhood crush: We’ve got the shocking footage!
PopWatch —
Authority: 758
Okay, that’s a vaguely misleading headline, but we do think once you’ve watched what we have for you here, you will forgive us.There is no way to properly do the following absurdity justice, other than to say it is free joy, sponsored by Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson, Lionel Richie, Kids Incorporated (K! I! D! S!), ...3 weeks ago -
that special spin.
righteous BABYGIRLS —
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07/01/2009 Crisis PR: If Bernie Lived Out His Sentence So now that good old Bernie Madoff got sentenced, I was thinking about the kinds of image problems he would face if he lived out all 150 years in the Big House and then had to reenter the outside world. For those of us who practice Crisis PR it doesn’t get ...3 weeks ago -
Information flow
Burlaki [back] on the Hudson —
Authority: 417
I’m watching the Yankees on TV last night. Becky, who does not have school in the morning, does whatever it is that she does on her laptop in her bedroom. The Yanks win the game and clinch the World Series. As delighted as I am, my outward reaction is purposefully muted, on account of Kimmy and Natasha being long ...3 weeks ago -
National Debt clock
Burlaki [back] on the Hudson —
Authority: 417
Every day after work I walk by the National Debt “clock” on 44th Street near 6th Avenue. Here is a not very good picture from last night (damn the return to standard time! – I can’t get out of the office before it’s dark anymore and my pocketcam is not very good at taking night pictures). The ...3 weeks ago

