Friday Links

January 27, 2012 · 1 comment

Let’s start with this video of things Crazy People Do in Russia.

And proceed onto the rest of the links:

  1. Basically, hipsters in Russia are the same as hipsters in America.
  2. NPR made a workout mix. No lie.
  3. It’s really come to this, hasn’t it? 
  4. Puberty in America.
  5. Why don’t Russians smile, part II.
  6. If you are not following my Hot Dead Guys board on Pinterest, you are missing out. On Hot Dead Guys.

 

 

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The Best Books I Read in 2011

January 25, 2012

I realize this is post is little late, but I was otherwise lazy preoccupied. Since Mr. B gave me an iPad for my birthday and I started commuting by train, I have been going through books like crazy. I think I must have read around 30 books last year. The hard part is finding really good books. Those are the books you don’t want to put down even though it’s 11:49 and you have work tomorrow.   Fortunately, I’ve sifted ...

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The internet is making us stupid (or, I’m better than you because I broke my phone)

January 24, 2012

I’ve been living semi-technology free lately, but not by choice, and I think it’s making me smarter. But also more desperate. Let me paint a picture for you. (or Google image search, as the situation may be.)   A couple weeks ago (12 days and counting), I sent in my brand-new cell phone in for repairs. Since then, I’ve been unreachable before and after work, and on weekends. At the same time, we cancelled cable last week.  And yesterday, we ...

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Random pictures from the UK with snarky commentary that didn’t fit into any other posts

January 22, 2012

A country that loves pork as much as America: inconceivable. The Loch Ness Clansman Hotel forecasting stone is as taciturn and sarcastic as actual Scots! Gaelic Television: The highlight of my life. I firmly believe the Scottish economy runs solely on these. God bless the Jew that most likely invented this industry. Costa is like the Starbucks of Europe, but actually good…and they also make little stars in your coffee. Loyal fan for life here. But wait… those stars have only ...

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Friday Links

January 20, 2012

Here’s a cool video: “We Were Wanderers is our ode to the incredible flora and fauna of Malaysia. The narration has been adapted from excerpts from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad published 1899″   Links: Shit the Dowager Countess Says What secrets about your workplace do you know that you think the public should know? One of my favorite journalists, Irin Carmon, on German passports and Israeli-ness The great Disney vs. Miyazaki debate “In which we try to deescalate gift-giving ...

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