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I never had the fortitude to slog through one of David Foster Wallace’s epic novels, but according to smart people he was a big deal: David Foster Wallace, Postmodern Writer, Is Found Dead – NYTimes.com
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I never had the fortitude to slog through one of David Foster Wallace’s epic novels, but according to smart people he was a big deal: David Foster Wallace, Postmodern Writer, Is Found Dead – NYTimes.com
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Damn. The Associated Press: Actor, comedian and exasperated dad Mac dies at 50 My favorite role of his will always be the sanctimonious preacher in Booty Call.
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SPOILER ALERT: It’s a dead dog raccoon who’s snout has been snacked on. It’s bloated in the pics so it looks like a pig, but this animal was undoubtedly, and unfortunately, someone’s best friend garbage can terrorist. Cryptomundo.com » New Montauk Monster Pic and Cryptid Marketing Gawker reports on “monster” washed ashore – Boing Boing [...]
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Holy Christ!! This guy is in-fucking-credible. (Sorry, I only have an undergrad degree in English so my vocab is limited.) Wayne Martin Belger is so many artists wrapped into one that I am in utter awe. (Thanks for sharing this with me, Bo!) A photographer who constructs exquisite pinhole cameras from metals (aluminum, brass, gold), [...]
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On the surface you might see an underrated young actor trying to follow in the footsteps of greats by putting on a ridiculous amount of weight to star in a small, powerful film role. After watching the trailer for Chapter 27 you might agree that Jared Leto is not fucking around anymore. He’s taking the [...]
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This is some hardcore statistic pr0n sent in by Noel: Worldometers – real time world statistics “It took all of human history until 1800 for the world’s population to reach its first billion. Now we add a new billion nearly every dozen years. As the global total swells to nearly 9 billion by 2050, the [...]
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Wow, quite the eventful Burning Man this year. First the an arsonist prematurely sets fire to the eponymous sculpture. (Is it a crime to just move an event’s schedule forward by a few days?) Then, the only person I know attending has to leave early due to appendicitis. The latest interruption to the regularly scheduled [...]
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From cbc.ca: British film courts controversy by fabricating Bush assassination A controversial British film that fabricates the assassination of U.S. President George Bush will screen at the Toronto International Film Festival and air on a BBC channel later this fall. The film Death of a President, produced by Gabriel Range, Simon Finch and Ed Guiney, [...]
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