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Pat Dollard’s War on Hollywood: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com

Pat Dollard’s War on Hollywood: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com
Getchell and Laurenn told me about this article last night, and my God…just read it. Block out an hour and read it. It’s an absolutely astonishing piece of journalism about an absolutely insane, remarkable man named Pat Dollard, who went from being one of Hollywood’s top agents […]

Nice Name, Jerkoffs

Am I the only one that thinks it might be a bad thing that a company called Cyberdyne is making robotic human exoskeletons?
I mean, for God’s sake. What’s next? A potted meat company called Soylent Green?

Reasons Why The Violent Femmes Are Not As Revered As The Pixies, And Some Reasons Why They Ought To Be; A Life Memoir

Part The First

The Femmes were not a coastal band. I’ve always thought of the Violent Femmes as being a Midwestern band, and all of the evidence I’ve seen over the past twenty years suggests this is true. People out here on the West Coast like the Femmes, but they don’t have that obsessive love that […]

Best Game Ever at Improv Everywhere

I friggin’ love Improv Everywhere. This is hilarious and sweet and amazing.

Chuck Heston died!

Sigh. I was never a fan of Heston’s politics — the exact opposite, actually — but dude, he was fucking Moses.
I met Heston in high school. He was supporting the governor of Wyoming’s re-election campaign. i was writing about it for my high school newspaper. Dude was a total right-wing fascist.
But afterwards, when I was […]

Recent Neologisms

Douchelganger - Your douchebag twin. Someone who looks exactly like you, except they have frosted tips on their hair and they wear oversized Versace shades and Volcom shirts and they have sleeve tattoos with stars on their elbows and they call everybody “bra”. May be located anywhere in the world, but most often found in […]

Bill Maher + John Cusack = Awesome

I love me some John Cusack. I really want to see this movie he’s making.

Things To Remember If You’re A Supermodel Who Wants To Date Me

GQ has a story about the 16 things to remember if you want to date a supermodel. (Found on Digg, which made me giggle. Lots of guys dating supermodels on Digg.)
After reading through it, I thought I’d make my own list: things to remember if you’re a supermodel who wants to date me.
Pay attention, […]

The haunting last picture of Sophie Lancaster who was beaten to death for being a Goth | the Daily Mail

The haunting last picture of Sophie Lancaster who was beaten to death for being a Goth | the Daily Mail
Lest anyone think I really condone the beatings of people who are “different”. I didn’t post the emo kid thing because I really advocate this shit. I just thought it was a strange and surreal cultural […]

Maybe We’re Not All Doomed

A Victim Treats His Mugger Right : NPR