February 2010
man, I wanted ‘I’m on a boat’ to win. that song is the shit, yo. #grammys
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“Q. Ethan, as an actor yourself, how do you go about directing an ensemble of so...”
– New Search for Truth in the ‘Lie’ - NYT Theater Section from today. A Lie of the Mind is running at The New Group through March 20.
inothernews:
bridge over troubled water | simon...
January 2010
“That leads us to the other vote of the day. The senate voted on so-called...”
– daggatt (via azspot) (via robot-heart-politics) (via ryking) (via seventeen76)
&: An artist’s only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else’s. - JD Salinger, Franny & Zooey
“You can’t live in the world with such strong likes and dislikes.”
- J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey
"I was surprised that a 32D didn’t look at all... →
jaimealyse:
That’s the line that made me want to barf, in case you were wondering.
Ugh. This is why I occasionally hate shopping. Clothes have this attitude towards my tits.
J.D. Salinger, author of "The Catcher In The Rye,"... →
inothernews:
J.D. Salinger, the elusive and enigmatic author of “The Catcher in the Rye,” has died, The Associated Press reported. He was 91 and lived in Cornish, N.H.
The A.P. cited a statement from Mr. Salinger’s literary representative, saying that he died of natural causes at his home.
Published in 1951, “The Catcher in the Rye” became Mr. Salinger’s most famous work with its distinctive...
Yup.
justsayjolie:
thingsiatethatilove: julieklausner:
But yeah, women’s sexual honesty is very destabilizing to these dudes, so they tell the women that they are attention-whores, or just plain whores, and imply that they’re clearly out for revenge. However when male writers do the same thing we call them courageous and generally grant them an HBO series.
Buy Julie’s book here.
Oh, let’s not...
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I am at work because of tech, and got lost in the...
But your lovely live-tumblz made me feel like I was there. Would it be wrong to pinch the tequila out of my stage manager’s desk and go to the production meeting drunk?
(Answer: Yes. I should have a bottle of whiskey in my desk, like a real GM.)
I would like to work on the Stimulus Plan with Joe...
rosasparks:
He can work on the Stimulus Plan with me.
I find your Joe Biden crush adorable.
Careful not to have an accident on your iPad in the Vag. RT @proscription “i’m imagining barnard girls with their ipads in the vag canter”
It was just pointed out to me that the "iPad"...
(via seventeen76)
“If “con” is the opposite of pro, then isn’t Congress the opposite of progress?...”
– The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book) (via caraobrien) (via inothernews)
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I think they really missed an opportunity to use...
Broadway.com: F. Murry Abraham scuffles with robber at CSC’s MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING reading.
Actor F. Murray Abraham, best known for his Oscar-winning role in 1984’s “Amadeus,” intervened in a robbery that took place during a rehearsal reading of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at the Classic Stage Company that took place Monday night.
According to the Arts Beat in The New York...
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“Mr. Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, perhaps unsatisfied with his...”
– The Pulse: Emanuel’s Influence Expands to the Puppet World. (Chicago News Cooperative via the NYT.) And Redmoon totally rocks, y’all.
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I think we’re going to need a hoarders intervention up in here
RT @ebertchicago Supreme Court rules 5-4 in favor of corporations. Majority opinion dictated from the grave by Milton Friedman.
I have tipsily hearted a whole bunch of Conan posts. Because I heart Conan. But I don’t really watch all that much late-night talk show tv. If there’s not a guest I like, I usually opted for Jon Stewart or Seinfeld reruns while I brushed my teeth. So clearly, this is ALL MY FAULT.
“Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism. For the record, it’s my least...”
– CONAN O’BRIEN, The Tonight Show (via inothernews)
If Conan can try to be a little less cynical, can’t we all?
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Barry Manilow wrote the jingles for Band-Aid and...
(via inothernews)
Important information to remember about the genius who wrote Disco’s Greatest Tragedy. (That would be Copacabana, fyi.)
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“For years, sir, your outrage was warranted - based in fact, saturated in reason;...”
– JON STEWART, calling out MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann for what sounded like baseless attacks on a certain Senator from Massachusetts, on The Daily Show.
Heh.
(for beevee)
(via inothernews)
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“Once, I watched Reservoir Dogs without my parents knowing. The next day, I...”
– seventeen76, who swears she never waterboarded her younger siblings.
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“Is a banana a fruit or an herb?
Both. A banana (the yellow thing you peel and...”
– AskOxford.com. Which is amazing!
tylercoates:
All of the girls in my department were just pulled into an impromptu meeting with one of the managers and were told that there’s a new informal addendum to the dress code: “If you wouldn’t wear it without leggings, don’t wear it with leggings.”
I, on the other hand, will continue to wear it without leggings until I’m instructed otherwise.
So Cindy and Meghan: If you're really against H8,... →
(via matthewgallaway)
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“Dad, this is stupid, I watch tv on my computer, why do I have to learn this?”
– Hayley on Modern Family
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I'm glad Mary and Joseph weren't pro-choice.
rabbleprochoice:
(via hereforpizza)
I’m sad that Germany was pro-life when Klara Hitler was pregnant….
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“You can tell things are bad when even Cubs fans feel sorry for you.”
– CONAN O’BRIEN, remarking on Team Conan rallies being held in Chicago, on The Tonight Show.
Heh again. (via inothernews)
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“Hot on the heels of the story in Publisher’s Weekly that “publishers could be...”
– Go To Hellman: Offline Book “Lending” Costs U.S. Publishers Nearly $1 Trillion
Book publishers are doomed. Also: people like to go to the library.
(via ubermichael)
woot! I’m a cabal!
(via librarianpirate)
