November 2011
Twin Cities Daily Planet: Black Friday: Did I just... →
tcdailyplanet:
I didn’t actually buy anything on Black Friday, unless you count a pair of drinks at the Minnesota Centennial Showboat. I did, however, write about Black Friday—and drew a lot of flack for it.
On The Tangential, a creative writing blog I’m among the proprietors of, I published a post titled
My response: Shut the Hell Up About How Stupid the Reaping and Hunger Games Are
Shut the Hell Up About How Stupid the Reaping and...
I saw Erica reblog of a post from the Tangential by Jay Gabler that was quick to dismiss general criticism of Black Friday, even though the yearly retail circus has again reached a new fervent peak and clearly has important cultural and class implications, most of which are negative, for America. I figured I’d test the arguments by just swapping out the Black Friday mentions with references...
“A visit to the Amazon page for the pepper spray product used by Pike shows...”
– UC Davis incident inspires Amazon customers to use review site as vehicle for protest - BlogPost - The Washington Post
My Amazon.com review of Defense Technology 56895 MK-9 Stream, 1.3% Red Band/ 1.3% Blue Band Pepper Spray was totally quoted by the Washington Post!
How can I prove I wrote that?...
“The finding that neutrinos might break one of the most fundamental laws of...”
– ah, comedy and science.
Btw, our understanding of light and gravity are BS!
“Horkheimer: But I can. Because mankind is destroying itself. The world is...”
– This is an excerpt from Towards a New Manifesto, which is out from Verso in both Great Britain and the United States this month. Via.
No More Song of Fire and Ice
It’s a strange and cruel feeling to finish A Dance with Dragons and then to know that there are currently no more Song of Fire and Ice books out now. The lack of resolution is just brutal.
CJR, Media Gurus, the Future of News, and How I...
A long time ago, back when I was just out of college, an older buddy and I were getting together for a beer. “How about Palmer’s?” I asked.
“Ugh, no way,” he said. “Let’s go somewhere I can look at cute girls, not old alcoholics.” Fair enough.
When we got to whatever bar we decided on — it was probably in Uptown — I asked him if he read...
“Say I take you out for dinner and pick up the tab. Whether I can afford it is...”
– This is the opening of an Jason Lewis’s actual opinion piece in today’s STrib.
This shit is off the nonsense charts. First, obviously, if Jason can’t afford lunch, he can’t pick up lunch for me. Second, THAT IS 100% TOTALLY RELEVANT. Dude, if you’re trying to get the...
swirlspice: 6 things 30-somethings are afraid... →
desifeminista:
Inspired by this post on Thought Catalog, I thought it would be good to expand on what fears the next decade has to offer.
1. Realizing you have no one to send a scandalous text to.
Nothing feels better then looking at your address book and realizing the only people you…
I’d also add “not having enough in the bank for a serious emergency”.
Watchfimoculous:
I am not positive, but I think Kearney and I agree in this video! (I think we disagree in this one though.)
This is part of Spangler’s excellent series on The Future of the Web.
Yeah, if you work in digital you should probably watch this video.
