Month: October 2011

  • It's Decorative Gourd Season- Motherfuckers.

    From Colleen McGarry via Amy Muller: "When my guests come over it's gonna be like- BLAMMO! Check out my shellacked decorative vegetables- assholes. Guess what season it is–fucking fall. … "It's fall- fuckfaces. You're either ready to reap this freaky-assed harvest or you're not."" It's Decorative Gourd Season- Motherfuckers.

  • The Netflix Blog

    Stop popping that popcorn. Netflix canceling spin-off of DVD business. The Netflix Blog Hello and welcome to the official Netflix Blog!

  • Sitzfleisch

    Some people can cope with an immediate emergency. Others are experts at the slog. Germans have a word for that: sitzfleisch (noun) 1. The ability to sit through or tolerate something boring. 2. The ability to endure or persist in a task. Sitzfleisch

  • Social Business: You're Doing It All Wrong – Forbes

    Our CEO's got an article in Forbes; Social Business: You're Doing It All Wrong – Forbes Written by Wendy Lea Wendy Lea is CEO of Get Satisfaction- a provider of online community software. It wasn't long ago that "green" was all the rage. Companies couldn't move fast enough to paint themselves eco-friendly- no matter their […]

  • Bravo Starts Casting "Silicon Valley Reality Series"

    Maybe I should try the 'hayseed from flyover country shtick.' Bravo Starts Casting "Silicon Valley Reality Series" Attention Silicon Valley: Do you have what it takes to become a Bravolebrity?

  • Unsavvy People

    “[A]fter three years in which Very Serious People refused to hold the financial industry accountable, there’s a real grass-roots uprising against the Masters of the Universe. There will, of course, be the usual attempts to dismiss the whole thing based on trivialities. Look at the oddly dressed people acting out! So? Is it better when […]

  • 'Threepenny Opera' With Berliner Ensemble at BAM – Review

    This looks amazing. 'Threepenny Opera' With Berliner Ensemble at BAM – Review It's your ears that keep you awake in Robert Wilson's interpretation of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's "Threepenny Opera" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

  • JP Morgan Chase Donates $4.6 Million To NYPD On Eve Of Protests

    JP Morgan Chase Donates $4.6 Million To NYPD On Eve Of Protests Wondering how much it costs to buy off the police department? JP Morgan Chase just gave the New York City Police Foundation the largest donation in its history.

  • With More Doctorates in Health Care- a Fight Over a Title

    "As more nurses- pharmacists and physical therapists claim this honorific- physicians are fighting back. For nurses- getting doctorates can help them land a top administrative job at a hospital- improve their standing at a university and win them more respect from colleagues and patients. But so far- the new degrees have not brought higher fees […]

  • fMRI Shows My Bullshit Detector Going Ape Shit Over iPhone Lust

    Neuroscientists call bullshit on branding consultant's bullshit. fMRI Shows My Bullshit Detector Going Ape Shit Over iPhone Lust The fMRI scan above shows my brain* reading a truly horrific NY Times Op-Ed piece. The piece- written by a man named Martin Lindstrom- who calls himself a