June 2012
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“A Virginia woman who claims a priest sexually abused her while performing an...”
– repeat: “blowing the Holy Spirit into her“…
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“Whittier High School is the latest school to be hit by tuba thieves. The school...”
– More victims of the Southland tuba-crime spree— where’s the army? Where’s the National Guard? Where’s the media outrage? Either they don’t know, don’t show, or don’t care about what’s going on with the tuba. Also: “unprecedented wave of...
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“Yes, you can pander, and if you’re a public company and have promised an...”
– Seth Godin (via jessethorn)
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Watchfunnyordie:
Can’t Wait for the Movies: Spider-Man
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Watchatencio:
DTLA Night Drive - GoPro Test
I recently bought a GoPro Hero2 camera to use for a Key & Peele sketch, so the night before we shot I used the suction cup mount to attach it to my car and drove around downtown Los Angeles to record some test footage. The song in the video is “Container Park” by the Chemical Bros.
“Just imagine the end of cyclones in Bangladesh, droughts in Ethiopia, sweltering...”
– People Magazine, from June 1991.
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“My favorite ads in the United States are those ads encouraging people to switch...”
– Former President of the United States Bill Clinton, trying to describe a DirecTV commercial.
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Watch
New Woody Allen Trailer
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“Adults hated their jobs, felt bulldozed in their relationships, marinated in...”
– Alex Pappademas at Grantland, writing about the end of Matt Groening’s Life in Hell.
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“The school volunteer and PTA president allegedly targeted by parents who planted...”
– The LA Times crime section is mostly just horrific, horrific murders, rapes, and serial killers (plus: there was a running gun-battle in town, today, so … those; don’t forget those). Reading about these attorneys Game of Throne-ing the Newport Beach PTA is like watching squirrels on...
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Longreads: Dirt Under the Rug →
What’s wrong with the crime stats in Baltimore? “The Wire” creator David Simon on how to fix them, and how beat reporting is necessary to understand the problem.
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“Abhay’s right in terms of settings in crime fiction — LA is the best place for...”
– Ten Things: FATALE Issues #1 to 5 | Savage Critics
(via iamdavidbrothers) Comment to a thing I wrote about a comic thing.
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Girls Talk
dontstopbereaving:
Tess, Molly & I had an Adam summit over at Grantland.com. Check it.
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Google’s self-driving car has fascinated our minds with its technological promise since being introduced in 2010. But yesterday, the self-driving car touched our hearts. Google posted a video of the self-driving car taking a legally blind man for a spin, showing one of the possibilities and benefits that could come from the technology. The self-driving car takes [the blind man] to Taco Bell...
