May 13, 2008
(from MOMA’s Design and the Elastic Mind)
(from MOMA’s Design and the Elastic Mind)

I wish I hadn't looked

I just googled the name of a kid who lived down the street from me growing up. I have fond memories of sleepovers involving the movie “Problem Child 2” and numerous games of Risk.

I haven’t kept in touch with him at all for at least 15 years. He has an unusual name, so I’m 99% sure that my friend back then is the same guy who wrote this in March 2008:

“…Very funny how the groups/Party that wishes to move “God” out of the Pledge of Allegiance, any reference of the Ten Commandments out of Public Buildings (not that our Nation, culture, and code of law)(or that murdering, slander, adultry, etc is really “offensive” or “exclusionary”), public references or celebrations of Christ during the holidays (after all Easter is based on the dying of eggs), promote the active aiding of murder children that survive late term abortions, etc. (God I could go on forever without trying) all the sudden has found “God” when it became apparent that the majority of Americans love and cherish our Faith and is a proven vote winner. I am not afraid to recognize the faults in the Republican party but it pales in comparison to the hypocracy, deceitfulness, and evil that is the Democratic/Progressive.” 

Yikes! Maybe it was a good thing we didn’t keep our friendship past 6th grade.

This book was worth becoming literate for. I finally finished it tonight! In short, if you’ve ever eaten anything, you should read this book. If you’ve pondered why the supermarket (save for Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods) has 10,000,000 products, and yet they all manage to have high-fructose corn syrup in them, you should read this book. If you read this book, you’ll not only understand why it’s so important what we eat, but where it comes from. It’s not often that I’ll read something that will cause me to completely reevaluate my opinions, but that’s just what happened.

This book was worth becoming literate for. I finally finished it tonight!

In short, if you’ve ever eaten anything, you should read this book.

If you’ve pondered why the supermarket (save for Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods) has 10,000,000 products, and yet they all manage to have high-fructose corn syrup in them, you should read this book.

If you read this book, you’ll not only understand why it’s so important what we eat, but where it comes from.

It’s not often that I’ll read something that will cause me to completely reevaluate my opinions, but that’s just what happened.

This is what first dates will be like in the future.  “Within a few generations market-based genetic technology will eclipse social-sexual selection.”  - Geoffrey Miller, evolutionary psychologist (from the Design and the Elastic Mind exhibit at MOMA)

This is what first dates will be like in the future. 

“Within a few generations market-based genetic technology will eclipse social-sexual selection.”  - Geoffrey Miller, evolutionary psychologist

(from the Design and the Elastic Mind exhibit at MOMA)

I've found the most depressing-sounding dude in the universe

He works for my insurance company.

jakehurwitz:

I really love this new CH original written by Dan and Sam. It’s just so absurd. I think it deserves to be Dugg if you’re not too busy.

So good! That young lady’s going to make it big, I tell you. It’s mainly because she’s from Delaware, and all good things originated from that state. Especially jews who look like me. 

Unintentionally funny headline

Here’s a headline from HuffPo today: “Tony Nominees Out”

All of them?  

"Cath..."

I like this song a lot.
tumblr meetup announcement! Reblog away! (invite by lfarm)
tumblr meetup announcement! Reblog away! (invite by lfarm)

Next stop: entertainment!

Since the MTA is always complaining about budget shortfalls, I’ve come up with an easy way for them to make money: coupling movie advertisements with important train announcements.

“Ladies and gentleman, we’re being held here by our train’s guest dispatcher… Sarah Jessica Parker, now starring in the new Sex and the City movie! Only in theaters!”

“Stand clear of the closing doors, but stand near What Happens in Vegas for non-stop laughs and hilarity, with Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz!”

“Next stop is 42nd Street, Times Square. Or you can exit the train’s doors and see Indiana Jones. Seriously, go see it. That shit’s gonna be good.”