September 2011
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Watch“Red Sox Sell Out Of Commemorative ‘Collapse 2011’ Hats, T-Shirts” — The Onion
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“But for the sake of argument: While not always original, nor sometimes even...”
– New York magazine, as it often does, gets to the good and bad of “How I Met Your Mother” in one quick stroke.
How I Met Your Mother Recap: Cover Boy — Vulture
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“No country has been allowed to apply for membership or association with the...”
– One point not addressed is the nature of countries, once they eliminate the death penalty, to then eliminate life imprisonment, and almost continually reduce penalties for crimes of all natures. One could say that’s a separate issue, not automatically resulting from eliminating the death...
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The emoticon, 29 years old today →
I propose that the following character sequence for joke markers:
:-)
Read it sideways. Actually, it is probably more economical to mark things that are NOT jokes, given current trends. For this, use:
:-(
Via Linked in via Wired
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Glossary of English language idioms derived from... →
Charly horse, cover one’s bases and rain check are three idioms I was not aware originated with baseball. There are many more.
mcnallyjackson:
Reviewers! Turns out Wikipedia pretty much already has you set: “Sometimes referred to as ‘America’s pastime,’ baseball has especially affected the language of other competitive activities such as politics and business.” Hit your review of The...
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“I apologise to anyone who bought my on-sale ebook of Baby, I’m Yours and...”
– The typo that made a romance novel scatalogical, as reported by The Guardian.
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WatchCharlie Day yelling on “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia,” via Vulture.
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THRICE: Listen to a Major/Minor track each day →
officialthrice:
Hey folks, to lead-up to the official release of Major/Minor on 9/20, we’ll be posting a new song from the record each weekday in the player below. Since we’ve already released the first two songs (“Yellow Belly” and “Promises”), both of them are included below along with track 3, “Blinded.”…
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“The woman who is so often criticized for a lack of involvement in the Great...”
– Fantastic article by Emma Carmichael on the Catch-22 that Serena Williams will always face (and, to her credit, doesn’t seem to care about)
Celebrating Serena Williams, Tennis Traditionalist
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“Being vigilant or not is not the choice. It is the ways, the methods, the paths...”
– What vigilance after 9/11 means, as I wrote about five years ago (typos and all, sigh).
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WatchAubrey Plaza on “Conan” — a delightful oddball
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9/11: The Week Before →
Photos as compiled by The Atlantic’s Alan Taylor of the world the week before 9/11/01.
WatchMariano Rivera talks with Bob Costas, via MLB.com
(via MLB Network | Costas talks to Rivera about his cutter, career - Video | MLB.com: Multimedia)
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Balki's "Perfect Strangers" Cousin Was Originally...
mentalflossr:
From The Honeymooners to Perfect Strangers to 30 Rock, many shows would have been a lot different had the executives stuck with the actors from the pilot episode.
More: 18 Famous TV Roles Originally Played by Someone Else
[Image courtesy of PerfectStrangers.tv.]
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“As to the species of exercise, I advise the gun. While this gives a moderate...”
– Thomas Jefferson, on the roles of a gun in exercise 