October 2011
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“Ann, though pleasant, remains a story barnacle, unable to generate much plot or...”
– Grantland, on Rashida Jones, the only actress who could possibly inhabit bland, boring, nonessential characters on two vibrant comedies at their peak
Oct 31st
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Oct 30th
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“For much of my life, I lived under the myth that record labels were inherently...”
– Chuck Klosterman on the release of the new Metallica and Lou Reed album - Grantland
Oct 29th
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“Stacy just wants to make George happy and expects nothing in return,” the...”
– This is the life that bachelor George Clooney gets to live — and no one has a problem with it.
Oct 28th
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Death From Above 1979 played “Romantic Rights” on “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” circa 2005, with Max Weinberg jumping in for some awesome drumming in the second half. (by lalarikyu)
Oct 28th
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“Not only is “Lulu” the worst thing any of the players have been...”
– The Quietus reviews the Lou Reed-Metallica album, and is not pleased
Oct 27th
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““We make more than doctors. Back in the day, it was hard to make $200 a...”
– Strippers find that the oil boom in Williston, N.D., is the best thing that’s ever happened to them.
Oct 26th
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Oct 26th
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“And one of the sad truths is that sports color commentary tends to have an...”
– Joe Posnanski on Tim McCarver, and the inevitability of being past your prime.
Oct 26th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 24th
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Julianne Hough, Tom Selleck and one of the funniest/dirtiest interviews I’ve ever seen on “Conan” (via Julianne Hough Gets Granola Hot - Video @ Teamcoco.com)
Oct 23rd
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In 1983, Redondo Beach adopted the Goodyear Blimp...
Oct 23rd
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Tom Selleck is introduced to the website “Selleck, Waterfall, Sandwich.” (via Tom Selleck Interview 10/19/11 - Video @ Teamcoco.com)
Oct 20th
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Oct 19th
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Oct 17th
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Oct 17th
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“Why do I always end with ‘till we meet again’? Because goodbye is so final....”
– ABC Announcer Marty Reid signing off from the IndyCar Event today at Las Vegas Motor Speedway where driver Dan Wheldon lost his life in a racing accident. (via racingonline)
Oct 16th
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Oct 16th
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Joe Biden Can Holder →
The official Barack Obama re-election website is selling Joe Biden beer-related material.
Oct 16th
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Oct 15th
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How to get great dinner party conversation  →
Interesting advice: “When it comes to conversation, don’t listen to those who say you can’t talk about religion and politics. Instead, adopt the two w’s - work and weather - as topics to be avoided at all costs.”
Oct 14th
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Chris Pratt from “Parks & Rec” seems like a smarter, funnier version of his character during this “Conan” interview. That’s actually a compliment. (via Chris Pratt Will Eat Your Leftovers - Video @ Teamcoco.com)
Oct 13th
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Oct 12th
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“In life Davis was rightly seen by the media as devious, vindictive, mercenary,...”
– There is not enough talk about how Al Davis was an asshole, through and through, via Deadspin
Oct 11th
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Oct 10th
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“If everything is shared automatically, nothing has significance.”
– Smart post addressing some of the downsides of “frictionless” sharing. (via arainert)
Oct 10th
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Oct 10th
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“We keep wiping it off, and it keeps coming back. We think it’s benign. But we...”
– An unnamed source familiar with a virus that’s infected America’s Predator and Reaper drones tells Wired it’s ”logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones.” Sweet Jesus. (via newsweek)
Oct 8th
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The baseball playoffs: It means nothing →
A must-read send-off to the first round of the playoffs that asks much bigger questions about what the playoffs, fandom and baseball itself mean. flipflopflyball: You tell yourself it means nothing. You look at the stats, and the history of the divsional era postseason and you know that being the best team in the regular season means nothing. Of the sixteen World Series since 1995, the best...
Oct 7th
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“It won’t happen every day, of course. In fact, it’ll hardly happen...”
– “No Matter How Much You Protect Your Kids, Sooner Or Later One Of Them’s Going To Drown In A Swimming Pool” | The Onion
Oct 6th
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“One day, Steve Jobs is going to die. First, he is mortal. Second, the odds...”
– The opener to Esquire’s 2008 profile of Steve Jobs
Oct 6th
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“I’m not suggesting I don’t believe Jeff Pearlman’s reporting...”
– Michael Wilbon, asking, legitimately, to be told the point of a tell-all book on long-dead Walter Payton
Oct 5th
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Oct 4th
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Oct 4th
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“‘Arrested Development’ creator Mitchell Hurwitz announced at a film festival in...”
– WWTDD.com, on the news that “Arrested Development” is coming back
Oct 4th
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The Associated Press brings us a helpful roundup... →
Bank of America: “A new $5 fee to replace debit cards took effect in September; a rush overnight order costs $20. Previously, both services were free.” Chase: “In February, Chase introduced a new basic checking account with a $12 monthly fee, up from the previous $6. The fee is waived for customers who make direct deposits that total $500 a month or maintain a minimum balance of $1,500.” ...
Oct 3rd
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Oct 3rd
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“Watching ‘Whitney’ is like watching television in another language....”
– Grantland, on the sexist, stupid, backwards debacle that is “Whitney” — in my mind, the worst television show to debut since the earliest days of the WB and UPN. And those weren’t even really major networks.
Oct 2nd
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“An Asian Annie. Obama’s America.”
Oct 1st
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