December 2009
166 posts
“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably...”
– Daniel Burnham, Chicago Architect. (1846-1912) (via Daring Fireball)
Radiohead - Nude (Big Ideas) - Live at Radio City...
WatchJohn Mulaney - Law & Order | Comedy Central Park | Comedy Central (via bwe.tv)
Do Knowing, Funny People, or This is It Belong on... →
“It’s one thing to use a best-of list to give a shoutout to a barely-seen indie…What’s more fascinating to me is the phenomenon of critics “rescuing” Hollywood films that the bulk of their colleagues have either dismissed or straight-out dissed. The effort to give a last-chance push to an indie that otherwise risks languishing in obscurity is admirable, but it takes real guts and...
“Look at you, being all serious. And nobody caring.”
– Stuff My Girlfriend Says: She’s supportive
logjammin'
The Dude: Look, just stay away from my fucking lady friend.
Da Fino: Hey, I'm not messing with your special lady.
The Dude: She's not my special lady, she's my fucking lady friend. I'm just helping her conceive.
“Pandora will shit you out dead with zero warning!”
– Which Line From Avatar Should James Cameron Yell While Accepting His Oscar for Best Director? — Vulture
PBS | Ombudsman | Lehrer's Rules →
On the occasion of the transition to the new PBS NewsHour, Jim Lehrer laid out his famous rules of journalism:
Do nothing I cannot defend.
Cover, write and present every story with the care I would want if the story were about me.
Assume there is at least one other side or version to every story.
Assume the viewer is as smart and as caring and as good a person as I am.
Assume the same about...
