December 2009
Mind boggler.
katiebakes:
Wait, that “Tonight’s Gonna be a Good Night” song is by THE BLACK EYED PEAS!?!?!??!?!?! I just baseline assumed it was Cobra Starship! WHAT IS GOING ON. This is somehow related to when I found out that the Liz Phair character that you all prattle on about was responsible for this.
That song is so heavily auto-tuned, it doesn’t matter who’s “performing” it....
Ahh, this is the Gawker I know and love. →
natashavc:
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“… The Flintsones (a primetime tv cartoon from the 1960s) …”
Has so much time passed that nobody but old folks know what The Flintstones is any more?
I guess now that’s some kind of old-timey thing that needs explaining, like The Keystone Cops or something?
"Live Blog Extraordinaire MisterHippity (who... →
It’s true … but I DO have a party to go to that night. At my house. So I will be live-blogging AND partying!
Just so that’s clear: I do have an actual life. Sometimes. When I’m not playing with photoshop and stuff.
How to Tumblr
tanya77:
yvynyl:
Some tips from my 2+ years on Tumblr. Enjoy.
DOs:
Post great + extraordinary + timely stuff
Post with a consistent theme/style/voice
Post stuff you care about, not what’s popular
Post lots of images
Use “Photo” as often as possible (esp. for ‘link’ posts)
Follow a lot
Follow diversely
Unfollow folks when you get tired of their stuff
Like posts on Tumblrs you dig
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Today is the one-year anniversary of the birth of...
According to my battered copy of What to Expect When You’re Expecting A Blog: The Toddler Years, now that my Tumblr has turned 1, it should be able to walk and express itself using simple sounds. However, it won’t stop soiling itself for another couple years yet.
So … I’m off to buy a big box of Pampers Pull-ups. Later!
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An update to this post for all you NYC-based tumblr folks … here’s an announcement from Nina Paley’s blog:
Sita Sings the Blues plays for one week at New York’s IFC Film Center, Dec. 25-31. This is a real theatrical run, with 7 or 8 screenings a day. I’ll be doing Q & A’s at the 8:25 pm shows most (possibly all) nights. Tickets online!
So it’s playing now in...
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sarahheartburn:
feastingonroadkill:
“Goldman was not the only firm that peddled these complex securities — known as synthetic collateralized debt obligations, or C.D.O.’s — and then made financial bets against them, called selling short in Wall Street parlance. Others that created similar securities and then bet they would fail, according to Wall Street traders, include Deutsche Bank and...
WTF? →
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It’s like something out of The Onion.
Or the rather rambling and aimless sermon I heard from an elderly priest at Mass last night.
A Very Christmas Listicle Without Commentary: The... →
Just in time for Christmas: My first contribution to The Awl.
Happy the Holidays!
“Members can safely store their paddle in our specially designed paddle vault.”
Sign me up!!
The trees are all bare, not a leaf to be seen And...
Watchkatiebakes:
davidcho:
madeupmemories:
Worst Song of the 2000’s.
I enjoy this video!
SIDEBAR: Is there any thinner line between incredible coolness and absolute dweebness than as it pertains to beatboxing? On the cool side is every beatboxer who wasn’t in an acapella group, and on the dweeb side is, well, every acapella beatboxer ever. I don’t really begrudge acapella as a whole, but man,...
Commenter Lolcait + editor Richard Lawson = The...
ofthegarden:
misterhippity:
So long, Richard. You will be sorely missed.
But where will I get my fill of casual musical theater references, whimiscal prose and GG recaps-from-Mars?!?!?! This is a sad day.
Welcome back, Richard. You were sorely missed.
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Hooray! This is most excellent news.
I wonder if my favorite Gawker feature, “Glaring Omissions,” will be back too?
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franki the pug →
tanya77:
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Holy shit. A Must-Follow.
I saw this and I thought: “I’ll bet there’s another tumblr called ‘fuckyeahpugs.’” So I checked, and sure enough …
I love how predictable Tumblr is sometimes.
Counterintuitive thought piece of the day: Ben Bernanke’s a really good Fed chairman!
Who will be first to write the inevitable,...
inothernews:
souplines:
misterhippity:
Liberals hate it. Conservatives hate it. So writing about how good the latest healthcare plan is would be “counterintuitive opinion piece” opportunity of a lifetime!
Somebody needs to step up and make this happen. Where is Slate.com at a time like this?
Real reform doesn’t happen overnight blah blah blah. Done
Pareene.
*ding ding ding ding* We...
"Keep your cockles warm!"
Since everyone hates “Happy Holidays” so much, I propose that the phrase above be used as the new generic greeting for the season.
Go ahead and shout it at everyone you meet this week. Let’s all start up a new tradition, together!
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Who will be first to write the inevitable,...
inothernews:
souplines:
misterhippity:
Liberals hate it. Conservatives hate it. So writing about how good the latest healthcare plan is would be “counterintuitive opinion piece” opportunity of a lifetime!
Somebody needs to step up and make this happen. Where is Salon.com at a time like this?
Real reform doesn’t happen overnight blah blah blah. Done
Pareene.
Well I know this much:...
Who will be first to write the inevitable,...
Liberals hate it. Conservatives hate it. So writing about how good the latest healthcare plan is would be “counterintuitive opinion piece” opportunity of a lifetime!
Somebody needs to step up and make this happen. Where is Slate.com at a time like this?
