February 2012
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January 2012
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July 2011
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Full tracklisting revealed for deluxe reissues of... →
Jesus, Nevermind is 20 years old. You may be tired of listening to the story about how Nirvana killed hair metal but it was completely true in my case. I still remember the first time I heard Teen Spirit on the radio, thinking “holy shit, who is this?” It was an instant wake-up call for all the little quinceañero trend whores like me. I never bought another Skid Row record after that.
Jokeless Comedies
Adam Sternbergh on how modern comedy films don’t have actual jokes:
What these auteurs [Todd Phillips and Judd Apatow] truly have in common, though, is that they have systematically boiled away many of the pleasures previously associated with comedy — first among these, jokes themselves — and replaced them with a different kind of lure: the appeal of spending two hours hanging out with a...
August 2010
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June 2010
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Highlights of a Really Weird Month
So, this all happened in the last thirtysomething days:
Left my job for a bigger opportunity.
Worked from home for the last four weeks.
Took my beard-growing and pantless-working skills to a whole new level.
Sold my house.¹
Leased an apartment in Miami.
Will be moving there permanently next month. (!)
All this in one month. Holy crap, even I can’t believe it.
The bad news: the wife...
May 2010
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April 2010
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yobigmel replied to your photo: Paula
Who is this adorable child???
She is my 4 year old daughter, yesterday, returning from a long day at the beach. She played and played and played, and a little bit after this picture she went to bed and slept for 15 hours straight. :)
March 2010
10 posts
Tarantino on Charlie Rose →
Many great film directors, while good at their craft, are not very good at talking. (Ever heard Sean Penn get interviewed? My advice: don’t.) Quentin Tarantino is not one of those directors. He is extremely eloquent and, while he always speaks at a hundred miles per hour, he never fails to make his ideas crystal clear. This is why it’s such a treat to listen to his now-customary...
“A trickle of blood [from José Arcadio Buendía’s dead body] came out under...”
– One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
Isn’t magic realism great?
Faux Polaroids are the new HDR¹ →
Sorry. Had to say it.
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¹ A nod to Tony’s phrase “HDR is the new drop shadow.”
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Wife: That guy over there went to college with us. Me: Which one? Wife: Over there, the one with the black shirt.
Black shirt. This was at a Metallica concert.
talesofaniceberg asked: Yay you're back! I've missed you! Clearly you've been living actual life for the past month. So catch us up. Whatcha been up to?
“The whore, who said her name was Sandra, offered me delights unobtainable...”
– Cat’s Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut
Just finished reading Cat’s Cradle a few weeks ago. Loved it. Loved the wry humor. For some reason, as I read it I kept imagining it made into a movie directed by Stanley Kubrick, shot in black and white, with Peter Sellers doing most of the main characters.
January 2010
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I'm having trouble taking a shower at a hotel...
How to spot me in San Francisco
I’m the Puerto Rican with a beard who isn’t PortoRock.
“You have successfully unsubscribed from our newsletter. We are sorry to see you...”
– Unsubscribe message from every email newsletter you’ve signed up for
Translation: We hope this bullshit 10-day period will make you forget you unsubscribed, so that you don’t get mad when we don’t actually unsubscribe you.
WatchI got a new drumset as a late Christmas present for myself. It’s one of those fancy electronic ones that let me play until the wee hours of the morning without bothering the neighbors. The drums sound absolutely beautiful; too bad I’m such a crappy player. Do you enjoy doing stuff you know you suck at? I do.
Here’s me trying it out.
May 2000: Graduated college May 2000: Started my first job Feb 2001: Bought a house Apr 2001: Quit my first job and started my second Aug 2001: Got married Feb 2006: My daughter was born Dec 2009 (a week ago): Quit my second job and started my third¹
A quick timeline like this can’t convey all the incredible stuff I’ve gone through this past decade. Simply put, I became a grownup. All...
December 2009
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El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico - Timbalero
A...
“For my third tattoo, I’m going to get an Herve Villechaize talking action...”
– crustyjuggler72
Restaurant Efficiency
Guy in a restaurant notices all waiters carry a spoon in their shirt pocket. He asks his waiter, “why the spoon?”
The waiter responds, “well, some time ago, management hired these efficiency experts who found out customers drop their spoons 73.5% more often than other utensils. This represents about 3 spoons per hour, so if we carry a spoon all the time, we reduce the number of...
“Too many wrongly characterize the debate as “security versus privacy.” The real...”
– Schneier on Security: My Reaction to Eric Schmidt (via toldorknown)
The “nothing to hide” argument has been pretty much destroyed for some time now (just read the Daniel Solove essay). Anyone who still brings up this argument is being disingenuous or just plain ignorant. The fact that...
On Favrd, Twitter & Community: Why You Should Be... →
Kim Gaskins writes about the community that Favrd spawned and what’s next after the site closed. Includes quotes from Dan Wineman and Remiel on the issue of star devaluation, Jon Dascola on the real-life friendships formed, Nick Douglas on the personalities and projects that grew out of it, some of the charitable projects the community supported, and yours truly on the “no...
The Only Joke I Know
You know, the go-to joke, the one joke you always tell when someone says “tell a joke right now,” and that all your friends are sick of hearing. This is mine:
Guy gets on the bus. Only available seat is next to a little old lady who has a brown paper bag placed on the empty seat. Guy asks, “excuse me, can I take that seat?” Lady says, “yes, but be careful with the...
