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Then there was that time when I got my bacon of the month club bacon, and I got so excited to have bacon and eggs for breakfast that I cooked the bacon before I looked to see if we had any eggs and then there weren’t any eggs so I had bacon and yogurt.

Also two cups of coffee.

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Lee.

SHIT.

Congratulations to everyone at Geek and Sundry, and especially to our Tabletop…

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How about CNN? Does that work for you?

Or maybe ABC’s Good Morning America? Is that not fringy enough?

Maybe The Associated Press is more your speed.

Yes. “Get your head straight” indeed.

crisperthanthou:

cinephilearchive:

Hilarious negative executives notes to Ridley Scott after seeing Blade Runner for the 1st time.

Thank you immensely for this, Matt Bloom @MattBloomFilms

“Voice over is an insult.”

For readers interested in learning more about how not to be labeled as registered sex offenders, a good first step is not to rape unconscious women, no matter how good your grades are. Regardless of the strength of your GPA (weighted or unweighted), if you commit rape, there is a possibility you may someday be convicted of a sex crime. This is because of your decision to commit a sex crime instead of going for a walk, or reading a book by Cormac McCarthy. Your ability to perform calculus or play football is generally not taken into consideration in a court of law. Should you prefer to be known as “Good student and excellent football player Trent Mays” rather than “Convicted sex offender Trent Mays,” try stressing the studying and tackling and giving the sex crimes a miss altogether.

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Mallory Ortberg, laying waste to fools on GAWKER, today, regarding CNN’s offensively lovey-dovey coverage of the two high school football stars who were convicted on Sunday of sexually assaulting a blacked-out drunk 16 year old girl from a neighboring town at a party, and then sharing pictures of her on the internet.

More details HERE.

I think it’s reasonable to say that, given the football culture of Steubenville, OH and the notorious difficulty of proving sexual assault even when the victim REMEMBERS WHAT HAPPENED, it is likely that what these jocks did to this other human would have become simply a dark part of Steubenville high school folklore, were it not for the digital trail of photos, tweets, and texts that the bystanders and assaulters themselves put out into the world.

SO THANK YOU, NERDS, FOR INVENTING SOCIAL MEDIA.

And thank you, Mallory and Manhattan snark-media for reminding some people—including CNN, apparently—what personal responsibility actually means.

That is all.

(via areasofmyexpertise)

think-progress:

Five times the media took sides in the Steubenville rape case and painted the assailants in a positive light.

There are three categories of hackers: Russian criminals trying to rob us blind; the Chinese who are trying to steal our secrets; and then there’s Anonymous, and a lot of them are like merry pranksters. …We’re treating them all the same.

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CHESTER WISNIEWSKI, senior security adviser at electronic security firm Sophos, in response to the recent indictment of Reuters deputy social media editor Matthew Keys; Keys was charged with aiding hackers who defaced the LA Times website.

Keys faces up to 25 years and fines of $250,000 if convicted.

While the hackers who do real damage go unscathed.

We’re treating them all the same.

(via the New York Times)

joebagofdoughnuts:

“Po-ta-toes! Boil ‘em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em in a stew.”

Where else would you expect a Hobbit like Samwise Gamgee to eat on Saint Patrick’s Day?