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Charlie Kaufman, asked how he as a screenwriter know what rules to break. Paraphrased: “There...

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:07:25 -0700

Charlie Kaufman, asked how he as a screenwriter know what rules to break. Paraphrased: “There are no rules, just experience and skill.”

#Palin isn’t going to finish what she started… a good trait for a Presidential...

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:47:12 -0700

#Palin isn’t going to finish what she started… a good trait for a Presidential candidate? http://bit.ly/Ibesc

Homeopathic A&E

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:12:55 -0700

Homeopathic A&E

Finally got to see Charlie Kaufman’s film “Synecdoche, New York.” Disturbing and...

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:40:33 -0700

Finally got to see Charlie Kaufman’s film “Synecdoche, New York.” Disturbing and amazing— definitely worth additional viewings.

Get the message?

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:57:40 -0700

Get the message?

P&T provide the shortest proof of God’s non-existence.

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:26:19 -0700

P&T provide the shortest proof of God’s non-existence.

"Politicians are merely doing what everyone else is. Driven by sexual needs, feelings, or impulses,..."

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:18:15 -0700

“Politicians are merely doing what everyone else is. Driven by sexual needs, feelings, or impulses, regular people across America gamble with their marriages, their jobs, and their health every day. It’s just that no one outside their small circle cares. Of course, ordinary people don’t have the power to regulate others’ sex lives. And they don’t have a big platform from which to talk about the bad people and bad behavior they’re trying to regulate. Americans love when politicians get in sexual difficulty because it allows us to salute the norms we claim to live by—and don’t. It allows us to solemnly talk about how people should live, even though we don’t. It allows us to piously talk about what people shouldn’t feel, even though we do. We get to have our psychic cake and eat it too: we get to validate the sexual norms we want to pretend we follow, while continuing to defy them. As a bonus, we vicariously enjoy others violating those norms. So Ensign and Sanford will be lynched by an ecstatic public mob. In a satisfyingly familiar ritual, a religious sacrifice will be made to appease the gods, as careers are ended and dreams are dashed. Still-trusted politicians will intone that since the public won’t trust people who lie about sex, those caught must go. And the public will eagerly agree, saying that such people shouldn’t be representing us in government. Really. Are you also going to fire your eye doctor, supermarket checker, airline pilot, and the guy who cleans your street on Tuesdays? Because they’re doing it, too. Whatever you’re doing, they’re doing, just like Ensign and Sanford.”

- Governor Sanford, Senator Ensign—Their Hypocrisy, Or Ours?

via Sexual Intelligence

Regina Spector: Laughing With No one laughs at God in a hospital...

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:53:46 -0700

Regina Spector: Laughing With

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one’s laughing at God when they’re starving or freezing or so very poor

No one laughs at God when the doctor calls after some routine tests
No one’s laughing at God when it’s gotten real late and their kid’s not back from that party yet

No one laughs at God when their airplane starts to uncontrollably shake
No one’s laughing at God when they see the one they love hand in hand with someone else and they hope that they’re mistaken
No one laughs at God when the cops knock on their door and they say “We’ve got some bad new, sir,”
No one’s laughing at God when there’s a famine, fire or flood

But God can be funny
At a cocktail party while listening to a good God-themed joke or
Or when the crazies say he hates us and they get so red in the head you think that they’re about to choke

God can be funny
When told he’ll give you money if you just pray the right way
And when presented like a genie
Who does magic like Houdini
Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus

God can be so hilarious
Ha ha
Ha ha

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one’s laughing at God when they’ve lost all they got and they don’t know what for

No one laughs at God on the day they realize that the last sight they’ll ever see is a pair of hateful eyes
No one’s laughing at God when they’re saying their goodbyes

But God can be funny
At a cocktail party while listening to a good God-themed joke or
Or when the crazies say he hates us and they get so red in the head you think that they’re about to choke

God can be funny
When told he’ll give you money if you just pray the right way
And when presented like a genie
Who does magic like Houdini
Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus

God can be so hilarious

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war

No one’s laughing at God in a hospital
No one’s laughing at God in a war

No one’s laughing at God when they’re starving or freezing or so very poor

No one’s laughing at God
No one’s laughing at God
No one’s laughing at God
We’re all laughing with God

Japan has no energy drinks.

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:25:27 -0700

Japan has no energy drinks.

Starting to slowly unthaw my life after a very interesting week in Tokyo.

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:25:27 -0700

Starting to slowly unthaw my life after a very interesting week in Tokyo.

A download from apple.com that takes over an hour in the U.S. takes 5 minutes in Japan.

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:45:15 -0700

A download from apple.com that takes over an hour in the U.S. takes 5 minutes in Japan.

Jesus freaks are singing

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:12:11 -0700

Jesus freaks are singing

Photo

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:00:31 -0700

A Visual Overview of the Same-Sex Marriage Debate

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:23:41 -0700

A Visual Overview of the Same-Sex Marriage Debate

Departing for Japan in a few minutes!

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:50:51 -0700

Departing for Japan in a few minutes!

Preparing for my trip to Japan: a week to become one with Japan’s consumer (and particularly...

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:35:18 -0700

Preparing for my trip to Japan: a week to become one with Japan’s consumer (and particularly mobile phone) culture.

Ex-Moonie Diane Benscoter: How Cults Think

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:51:40 -0700

Ex-Moonie Diane Benscoter: How Cults Think

Twitter client stopped working? Blame the twitpocalypse!

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:09:05 -0700

Twitter client stopped working? Blame the twitpocalypse!

Chastity Bono, daughter of Sonny and Cher, is becoming their son...

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:23:00 -0700

Chastity Bono, daughter of Sonny and Cher, is becoming their son Chaz Bono. Could wedding bells soon be ringing for Chaz right here in California? Would that be a form of gay marriage? How would the conservatives react? Once again, The Onion proves surprisingly insightful.

Expialidocious (remix)

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:10:32 -0700

Expialidocious (remix)