December 2010
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“I’m a Christian, I’ve made mistakes myself, I believe fervently in second...”
– - Tucker Carlson, where else? On the Fox News Channel.
This makes my head hurt.
Michael Vick is an exceptional football player that I can’t stand. He should’ve been banned from the league after serving his time in jail, which is something that a lot of people disagree with. The...
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Third-Gen Kindle Amazon's Bestselling Product of... →
Apparently selling more than VapoRub, guitar picks, Cinnamon Life, and Scrabble was Amazon’s flagship e-reading product, the third generation Kindle, which I myself bought, then promptly sold. Amazon’s CEO, Jeff Bezos sure loves bragging about how many Kindles have been sold without actually telling us how many they’re selling. From the press release which you can read all of if...
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Announcements: I Bought a Domain Name for This... →
If you’ve come directly to this little slice of Tumblr in the last week or so, you’ve already noticed that I bought a domain name. It is, indeed, sothisbloghappened.com. It’s also why the title in the header is different. I plan to change the theme in the New Year and update the header/title so stay tuned!
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The Decemberists - Down By The Water for free on... →
Did you all survive your families over all the holidays? I hope you did. If you live in the Northeast United States, I really hope you literally didn’t die in that crazy blizzard we just had. So we’re all back to business, yes?
The Decemberists’ new album, The King is Dead isn’t out until January 18, 2011, but you can download the first single from the record today on the...
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Listen to Paste's "50 Best Songs of 2010" →
No great reason to share this - year-end lists/best of proclamations are a pet peeve of mine - other than the fact that it’s a nice time waster. Music!
I’m going to update with the songs I personally enjoyed on this list whilst I listen because… why not? That’s why. Consider these my recommendations if you haven’t heard any of them yet:
#50: Local Natives - Sun...
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“Where are the s’mores ingredients? This is in honor of Michelle Obama, who...”
– - Sarah Palin, while hunting for s’more ingredients on her stupid little reality show.
Did you know that First Lady Michelle Obama was concerned with the overall health of America’s children? The HORROR. “Let’s Move” is an initiative designed to promote health through...
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Call the FCC TODAY (1-888-CALL FCC) ... To Defeat...
theveritas:
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/12/call-fcc-today-1-888-call-fcc-to-defeat.html
“The FCC will vote tomorrow morning between 10:30 and 12:30 Eastern time on a proposed rule written by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski which would gut the Internet. It would allow the big carriers to create different tiers of mobile Web access and speed depending on how much you pay, allow them to...
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MGMT's Siberian Breaks Gets Remixed With (Mostly)... →
When MGMT came out with their second album (their first major release), Oracular Spectacular, they came on like gangbusters. Songs like Time to Pretend and Kids were played everywhere, and this very young duo hit the big time in no time. A lot of calendar pages were flipped before their second major release, Congratulations, came on the scene, with a few guest appearances (most notably with Kid...
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Farmville for Dummies to Actually Get Published,... →
You know, when I read this story I thought “Wow, the Mayans were right, but they got the date wrong. The world’s going to end on February 15, 2011,” but maybe I jumped the gun. Maybe, just maybe, the Facebook game phenomenon known as Farmville, which far too many people play, is complex enough to merit a book of this nature. Then I went ahead and thought some more and realized...
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Study Confirms That Fox News Makes You Stupid -... →
brooklynmutt:
A new survey of American voters shows that Fox News viewers are significantly more misinformed than consumers of news from other sources.
Yet another study has been released proving that watching Fox News is detrimental to your intelligence. World Public Opinion, a project managed by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland, conducted a survey of...
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Gawker CMS now hacked: Hacker takes over... →
Weekend Quickies: Gawker Was Very Hacked
The link is dead now, but this is a pretty big deal. Gawker’s Commenting System was severely compromised, so if you have an account at any of its sites (Deadspin, Gizmodo, etc.), you might want to change your password.
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Can't Hire a Bartender? Don't Throw a Party, You... →
Well, I’d love to throw a nice house party once in awhile, and invite a few friends over for some drinks, music, a few games and laughs, and tasty snacks. So why don’t I?
Well, it’s because I can’t hire a bartender, of course!
Since I wouldn’t hire a bartender, nobody would come to my party, because it’d be a fucking loser party. If there’s no bartender,...
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Snooki to Be Placed IN New Year's Eve Ball, Usher... →
I have no words. I can’t… I just can’t comment on this. This really will happen, huh? Really?
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Quick Items: The Decemberists Considering a... →
Would you see a Decemberists-produced Broadway musical? It sounds interesting, anyway, since Colin Meloy has a knack for writing epics that his band’s albums happen to be the soundtracks to.
What the Internet Killed - Newsweek →
Here’s a pretty interesting slideshow of things the Internet killed. Certainly, the Internet’s killed the CD, phone books, and video stores, but it seems a little like Newsweek ran out of things pretty quickly and went vague with… facts? Civility? OK.
Oddly enough, Newsweek was missing from this list. Oh… SNAP.
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WatchAnd Now, The Angry Birds Wonder Why They Can’t Just Fly
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Finally, The Modern, Urban Version of Robin Hood... →
Clicky click to read about how the Wachowskis, responsible for two pretty terrible Matrix sequels, and who produced that piece of garbage known as Ninja Assassin, are apparently working on a “modern, urban” movie version of Robin (the?) Hood.
This is but the latest time I heard the premise for a movie, and already hated the movie.
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Dallas Pastor Publicly Shames Businesses That... →
Like a good little Christian, Robert Jeffress, Baptist pastor from Dallas, has decided to launch Grinch Alert, a website dedicated to publicly shaming businesses that celebrate Christmas exactly as he sees fit. Because he’s some kind of authority you mustn’t cross, lest your business… be listed… online…
For (real) example: a bank decided not to put a Christmas tree...
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The Walking Dead Shambles Right Through Every... →
6 million people can’t be wrong, right? Looks like AMC’s got a hit on its hands. The Walking Dead, AMC’s smash drama/action show, has broken the record for any show on the network with Sunday’s season finale, proving that no matter how old you are, it’s OK to watch a show that casts zombies as the main villains.
Or are they the main villains?
The answer, as has been...
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Lunchtime Quick Ones: How To Back Up Your Tumblr... →
You know, just in case you’re a little worried after Tumblr’s epic fail.
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The Go! Team Just Keeps Releasing Good Material... →
The Go! Team - “Buy Nothing Day” Feat. Bethany of Best Coast by Some Kind of Awesome
Check out this newly unearthed song from the upcoming The Go! Team album, Rolling Blackouts, and enjoy while you eat that lunch of yours.
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American Psycho: The Musical? Yeah? →
One of my favorite movies about a persnickety serial killer might apparently be adapted into a musical. So, let’s go ahead and assume that if you’re in the first 5 rows, you’ll want a poncho. Unless you like being “Carrie-d”.
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