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EXT. CLIFFS OF INSANITY - DAY
VIZZINI
As a matter of fact, Florin is comprised of 8 minor city-states.
INIGO MONTOYA
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
VIZZINI
Am I going mad, or did the word “think” escape your lips!? “Comprised” means “made up” or “formed.”
INIGO MONTOYA
No, it doesn’t. You’re [...]
With Obama’s Supreme Court pick expected this week, Jeffrey Toobin has written a very interesting and timely piece on Chief Justice John Roberts in The New Yorker. Entitled No More Mr. Nice Guy, the article delves into Roberts’ background, beliefs, and career to help explain his partisan underpinnings and his polite but steely brand [...]
Check out this amazing, custom-built Wall-E case mod! This made the rounds several weeks ago, but now AcidCow.com has posted 110 photos of the project from start to finish, all on one page (hat tip: digg). The project and photos appear to have originated at this Russian casemods.ru site. Here’s a quick sampling…
I want one. [...]
Jimmy Fallon was a computer science major in college before he switched to communications. [1]
Our immune systems peak around age 18 and begin a slow deterioration thereafter. [2]
Roger Bart, the actor who played Bree’s creepy pharmacist/lover/stalker on Desperate Housewives, won a Tony and a Drama Desk Award for playing Snoopy in the 1999 Broadway revival [...]
I use WordPress to power this site and have been thrilled both with the core blogging components and the great plugin ecosystem. I’m glad I avoided the temptation to roll my own little blogging system this time. It would have been a fun exercise, but I wanted to get up and running quickly and WordPress [...]
I love Esquire’s What I’ve Learned feature, in which (usually famous) people share their opinions, life lessons, and arbitrary thoughts.
From Christopher Walken:
Most of the jobs I get are basically very unwholesome people. There’s always something wrong with the guy, and sometimes something deeply wrong. I’m tired of that. I tell my agent I want a [...]
I’ve started jotting down random bits of information that I run across in the course of life, reading, etc. These are all 100% true and hopefully at least 50% interesting…
Steve Martin lost his virginity to Stormie Sherk, who later became Stormie Omartian, the Christian singer and best-selling author. [1]
After returning from his 5-year voyage on [...]