March 2011
February 2011
“The label on everything from cell phones to laptop computers may say “Made...”
– The Myth of Japan’s ‘Lost Decades’ | James Fallows | The Atlantic
“After studying the facts on the ground in Tokyo for decades I find it hard to...”
– The Myth of Japan’s ‘Lost Decades’ | James Fallows | The Atlantic
“The Scientologists can’t follow one simple bit of Internet wisdom:...”
– The Assclown Offensive: How to Enrage the Church of Scientology | Wired Magazine
“Frank Buckles was repeatedly rejected by military recruiters and got into...”
– Last U.S. World War I Veteran Dies at 110 | NYTimes.com
“After all, shit happens. When life gives you Tom Hanks, you make Hanksinade.”
– 7 Movies That Ignored World Changing Discoveries | Cracked.com
“Indie movies of the last decade have shown little regard for their young female...”
– The ‘Blue Valentine’ Conundrum: Why So Many Boring Women In Indie Film? | Elizabeth Greenwood | Culture - The Atlantic
“In the typical fashion of dictators, Libya’s leader appears to be confusing his...”
– The Arab uprisings: Endgame in Tripoli | The Economist
“IT WAS vintage Muammar Qaddafi. After a blood-soaked week of unrest, Libya’s...”
– The Arab uprisings: Endgame in Tripoli | The Economist
“But there is one thing that everyone in the world can understand and sympathize...”
– 5 Hollywood Secrets That Explain Why So Many Movies Suck | Cracked.com
“It’s been an almost universal rule of civilization that girls became women...”
– Where Have the Good Men Gone? | WSJ.com
“Not so long ago, the average American man in his 20s had achieved most of the...”
– Where Have the Good Men Gone? | WSJ.com
tv & toast: I was adopted, and I'm pro-choice. →
msavignon:
According to my adoption file, my biological mother was 22 years old when she got pregnant. She was a college student and my biological father was a janitor who “shirked his fatherly duties.” That’s a direct quote from my file. I don’t think she had access to an abortion as it was outlawed in South Korea in 1953 though the article at the link says that the government “turned a...
“Both Chinese parents and American parents have strengths and weaknesses, but you...”
– 5 Reasons Parenting Is One Place We Shouldn’t Imitate China | Cracked.com
“The argument against the Iraq War wasn’t “people in the Middle East can’t handle...”
– Jon Stewart (via sofapizza)
“Literally everything about this seems unsafe to me, including the part where it...”
– 9 Ludicrous Trends In Advertising We’ll Never See Again | Cracked.com
“A kid with a comic in the 40s could order firecrackers and axes by mail and...”
– 9 Ludicrous Trends In Advertising We’ll Never See Again | Cracked.com
“I thought it might be interesting to compare provincial economies to countries...”
– Comparing the GDP of China’s Provinces to Countries | James Fallows | The Atlantic
“Animals have these advantages over man: They never hear the clock strike, they...”
– Voltaire (Via)
“We would all appreciate it if you had an interview with an actress who says:...”
– Anna Holmes, founding (and former) editor of Jezebel | For Actresses, Is a Big Appetite Part of the Show? | NYTimes.com 