December 2011
44 posts
Ryan Lilla at the NYRB →
If you ever wondered where “political left” and “right” came from, this is a good start.
Dec 30th
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http://www.isthatcherdeadyet.co.uk/ →
Dec 26th
Why not? →
Johnny Depp, Eva Green and Chloe Moretz in an IMAX Dark Shadows feature.
Dec 26th
"The Star Wars Holiday Special" in Context
Just some thoughts… Friday, November 17, 1978, 8 PM, (7 central and mountain) In November 1978, the Special was preempting Wonder Woman and The Incredible Hulk on CBS. It was against Donnie & Marie, The Rockford Files, and Diff’rent Strokes — then only in its fourth episode, and quickly building an audience with an assist from Charlotte Rae/”Edna Garrett,”...
Dec 26th
“You know, Max… some times… I don’t — think I know you.”
– Captain von Trapp
Dec 26th
Chaplin Film Locations THEN & NOW - Keystone... →
Edendale
Dec 24th
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Supervillain or Newt | Celebrating our next... →
Dec 20th
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Dec 18th
The Irrelevance of Money →
Matt’s been a little flaky lately but this one’s a keeper.
Dec 16th
Christopher Hitchens, 1949 — 2011
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“It looks like a human was involved in choosing what went where. It looks too...”
– Marissa Mayer
Dec 16th
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MIT slows down light with... →
Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
I’m going to the Nakatomi Christmas Party.
Dec 13th
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Rainy rainy rainy.
Dec 12th
Newt Gingrich the Galactic Historian →
I’m not sure how Hari Seldon’s psychohistory jibes with Catholic doctrine on free will or general conservative attitudes toward personal responsibility. If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, Newt Gingrich is from the planet Trantor, a fictional world created by Isaac Asimov in his classic Foundation series about galactic empire. Newt’s master plan for America does not...
Dec 9th
Tomorrow morning is going to be quite the anti-climax.
Dec 9th
Mobile Information Call Act →
If this passed, I’d probably disconnect my cellphone and try to do everything with Skype-to-Skype and AIM.
Dec 8th
Dec 8th
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Nintendo's Miyamoto stepping down, working on... →
End of an era. “Inside our office, I’ve been recently declaring, ‘I’m going to retire, I’m going to retire,’” Shigeru Miyamoto said through his interpreter. “I’m not saying that I’m going to retire from game development altogether. What I mean by retiring is, retiring from my current position.” “What I really want to...
Dec 8th
Identify the Pit Bull →
People generally have a lot of misconceptions about what a Pit Bull actually looks like, and people often report dog attacks as being “from a pit bull” on the basis of the fact the dog attacked, instead of what the dog actually looked like. Viz.
Dec 8th
Dec 8th
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Dolores Fuller, on her ex-boyfriend, Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Dec 8th
Were you aware?
Michael Moore is an Academy governor?
Dec 8th
Tonight's Plan →
Due to scheduling conflicts, the date of the Jeff Garlin in Conversation with… Michael Moore event has been changed from Tuesday, November 1st to Tuesday, December 6th. We apologize for the inconvience but we would love to see you here as Michael, creator of groundbreaking films such as Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, SiCKO, and most recently Capitalism: A Love Story, joins Jeff onstage...
Dec 7th
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Dec 6th
Kodak's long fade to black →
Dec 6th
The Lie (Onion A.V. Club) →
Dec 6th
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Dec 4th
Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | ESA shutting... →
Poor thing never had a chance.
Dec 4th
The Secret History of Star Wars →
Who is Marcia Lucas?
Dec 4th
Dec 3rd
Were you Aware? →
Barry Sonnenfeld was almost killed on a charter jet landing in Van Nuys when the pilots crashed the plane and tried to escape the wreck without him?
Dec 2nd
TV Ownership Declines for First Time in US History →
Dec 2nd
"Manos" to be remastered in HD →
Some sort of lab intermediate or work picture has been discovered!
Dec 1st