Month: August 2012
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I Misspoke–What I Meant To Say Is 'I Am Dumb As Dog Shit And I Am A Terrible Human Being'
I Misspoke–What I Meant To Say Is 'I Am Dumb As Dog Shit And I Am A Terrible Human Being'
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andymatic on App.net
Got my App.net alpha account. https://alpha.app.net/andymatic andymatic on App.net
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"I should swallow raw eggs. I should smoke cigarettes constantly. And you gotta give me some booze which is going to make me nuts and I'm getting off the wagon to do this." Watched The Exorcist again last night and I was struck by how deftly the story moves- ratcheting up the crazy. The initial exorcism rite is at least ten minutes of unhinged screaming. Here's an interview with the voice of the demon- film/radio veteran Mercedes McCambridge.
Mercedes McCambridge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzAHP-Ww5oc Mercedes McCambridge
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Five More Terrible Comments from Republicans About Rape
From Reddit: = = = This is a longstanding GOP meme. I would hope that when a woman goes into a physician, with a rape issue, that that physician will indeed ask her about perhaps her marriage, was this pregnancy caused by normal relations in a marriage, or was it truly caused by a rape. […]
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On Dickens and Details
“But Dickens isn’t wasting time on “every last detail.” In fact, he leaves most details out. He is instead focusing only those details that are of the utmost importance to the characters and to the story. The story is the details. This is unlike modern fiction, which often gives us flat characters, no depth, and […]
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Someday Karen and Brigitte will star in a commercial like this.
Oikos Greek Yogurt "Seeing John Stamos" TV Commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZddRRUEUck Oikos Greek Yogurt… it's creamy- nonfat and it turns the next person you see into John Stamos for 5 seconds.
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Akin On 'Legitimate Rape' Comment: 'I Misspoke'
It's okay guys. He mis-spoke. Akin On 'Legitimate Rape' Comment: 'I Misspoke' Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) said late Sunday that he "misspoke" when he claimed that women who are victims of "legitimate rape" have biological defenses that fend off a pregnancy and therefore do not need legal abortion rights. "In reviewing my off-the-cuff remarks- it's […]
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CGI vs Puppetry
“About a year ago I got to listen to a talk by a FX guy who works for one of the large houses — he’s done work on several $200m movies… He said an interesting thing about CGI. While you can do stuff with CGI you can’t do with practical FX, you basically do it […]
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Fifty Shades Generator
Generate your own terrible BDSM fiction: "With my meaty hangers now much like badly battered road kill- he thought it was time to start shoving my marmite motorway." (via MetaFilter) Fifty Shades Generator Hilariously over-the-top erotic fiction at the click of a button.
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N165 (N165Mars) on Twitter
Who ever is doing the PR/social for NASA is doing a fantastic job. They've made a Twitter account for the rock that NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover is going to be vaporize with a laser to get a sample. It's tagline is- 'I'm just a little Martian basalt- looking for new friends!' (kinda wish it had […]