June 2011
70 posts
“The application’s description reads: “Do you love GOD? Ever wondered what it...”
– Holy Town: Facebook Gets a ‘Christian Farmville’, Christian News
This horrifies me on many, many levels. I can’t even begin to describe all the reasons I find this offensive.
“Rep. Michele Bachmann kicked off her presidential campaign on Monday in...”
– The wrong John Wayne - Washington Times
Okay, that’s pretty funny.
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“In the house of lovers, the music never stops, the walls are made of songs and...”
– Rumi (via fuckyeahrumi)
“Like Columbo, Falk had an easy style and man-of-the-streets manner that...”
– Peter Falk Dies at 83 - Tuned In - TIME.com
“It seems completely nutty to me that people using computers together —...”
– The invention of social computing
Hashtags, a New Way for Tweets - Cultural Studies... →
I don’t know how I missed this, but it’s an entire article on the use of hashtags as metacommentary/punchline/parenthetical, which I have come to regard as an emerging rhetorical form native to Twitter.
“But I am still an undocumented immigrant. And that means living a different kind...”
– My Life As an Undocumented Immigrant - NYTimes.com
Jose Antonio Vargas, former WaPo reporter, on his life as an undocumented immigrant. You should really read this piece.
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If I could give you any tumblr advice.....
tj:
mattdoucette:
myn-d-love:
It’s a testament to the fact that we feel like we can talk to each other and be ourselves.
I totally didn’t mean to sound like I was tooting my own horn, but the conversation is what matters.
I totally agree.
Related: two months and a week since I first “disappeared” from tumblr.
I’ve complained so often that they aren’t even bothering to reply anymore.
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lizlet = liz shannon miller online: Bullet points... →
lizlet:
This has been a topic of conversation recently! And because I have been female all my life, and a self-described nerd for pretty much the same amount of time, I have given it a lot of thought.
Let’s be really clear here — the issue is not whether or not attractive women can be nerds. Of course…
Plz to be reading the whole thing; I especially like her point about how who gets to call...
Glitch →
8 or 9 years ago, Tom and I and a bunch of our Cloudmaker friends were playing this silly little mockup of a game that was in development, called Game Neverending. It was a flash based game where the currency was paper and it grew on trees, so there was lots of harvesting paper, using it to make other types of paper, and buying items you needed to make other stuff. Silly, but fun, and we had good...
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Coworker: Hey Tiffany, how are you?
Me: I'm well, thank you. And you?
Coworker: I'm medium rare, thanks...
“I guess the change in my pocket wasn’t enough, I’m like ‘fuck you.’”
– Jay Gatsby to Daisy Buchanan (via historysaidwhat)
Basically. (via door)
tbridge:
I don’t need no freaky, deeky fractal...
Gaiman at the Press Club
lizzindc:
gatsbylives:
tiffanyb:
Roll call, peeps going to see Neil Gaiman at the Press Club this Thursday.
I have a non-Tumblr friend also attending. So let’s make plans:
Do we want to meet up for dinner or drinkies beforehand? If so, where?
Just reblogging for the DC-based Gaiman folk who are going on Thursday…
I have 1 extra ticket if anyone has a friend that missed out. NO...
Gaiman at the Press Club
Roll call, peeps going to see Neil Gaiman at the Press Club this Thursday.
I have a non-Tumblr friend also attending. So let’s make plans:
Do we want to meet up for dinner or drinkies beforehand? If so, where?
“Has there ever been a cable drama as meticulous and confident as “Game of...”
– How “Game of Thrones” slew all comers - Game of Thrones - Salon.com (via jayandbronwenwatchtv)
Yes, yes that’s it exactly.
“I want to share something with you, which I think says a lot about the proud...”
– Even If You’re Angry, You Should Keep Watching Game of Thrones | GeekDad | Wired.com
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Arlington Drops from No. 1 … to No. 70 on... →
tbridge:
the20washington:
Ummmmm …. Somehow with its failing education system, expensive real estate and traffic issues, Washington D.C. managed to grab the top spot in Parenting magazine’s ranking of the “Best Cities for Families.” Yes, the District has wonderful museums (hello, Smithsonian!) and a variety of kid-friendly venues. However, we wish the mag would elaborate more on the ranking...
“Freddie Mercury used a piano as the headboard of his bed. The double-jointed...”
– BBC News - Smashed Hits: What is a Bohemian Rhapsody?
It’s like someone at the BBC sat down and asked, “What kind of article can we run that will make Tiffany Bridge ridiculously, deliriously happy? I KNOW! We’ll analyze Bohemian Rhapsody, and throw in an anecdote about Freddie...
Have A Drink Of Bourbon, It's Bourbon Day | The... →
Best party ever.
“ENCINITAS — The Surfing Madonna artist came forward Wednesday in light of the...”
– Madonna artist: I’ll help with removal - SignOnSanDiego.com
It looks like the Surfing Virgin can be removed intact. :)
“But nevermind the semantics. One thing the fantasy and science-fiction genres...”
– Mind-Bending Sci-Fi Books For A Fantastical Summer : NPR
AKA, Glen Weldon tells me what I’ll be reading this summer while I’m waiting for the next installments from George R. R. Martin, Jim Butcher, and Harry Connolly.
Tom Hanks producing 6 seasons of Neil Gaiman's... →
tbridge:
mdt:
Now this is pretty cool news. I read the book ages ago… I’m assuming the story will have to meander a bit further afield to fill out six seasons of television. Can someone remind me?
morgenstern:
Dude, get hype. Replacing True Blood was gonna be a problem for them, look what they just pulled out of their asses. This is gonna be really good. I said, get hype.
Neil said last...
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