Archive for 'Creative Mind'
News in song
This is the coolest news video I’ve seen in, like, forever. It’s a song set to photos. From Time Magazine:
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Writer J.D. Shapiro, who wrote the movie ‘Battlefield Earth,’ apologizes to viewers and explains how the bomb came to be – NYPOST.com
“Let me start by apologizing to anyone who went to see ‘Battlefield Earth.’
“It wasn’t as I intended — promise. No one sets out to make a train wreck. Actually, comparing it to a train wreck isn’t really fair to train wrecks, because people actually want to watch those.”
via Writer J.D. Shapiro, who wrote the movie [...]
Sweater Girl
This is me. When I was in college, I modeled for Peter Falk. He’s the best! Hard to believe, but I do have a past, and shady one at that. Peter can really draw, even though he has to compensate for losing persepective since he has only one eye. It’s amazing. My picture ran on [...]
Life With a Pouch on the Side – Well Blog – NYTimes.com
“I’ve got a little plastic secret.
I don’t have a colon, and for more than 25 years I’ve worn a pouch on my lower right abdomen to collect waste. I think about the pouch only when I change it or if there’s a problem with it.” By DANA JENNINGS
via Life With a Pouch on the Side [...]
Chat Roulette: everything you ever wanted to know
chat roulette from Casey Neistat on Vimeo.
This video came my way via David Pogue, my favorite tech writer from the New York Times. Catch David on Twitter: @Pogue.
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The Women’s Crusade – NYTimes.com
“The world is awakening to a powerful truth: Women and girls aren’t the problem; they’re the solution.”
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF and SHERYL WuDUNN
via The Women’s Crusade – NYTimes.com.
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Michael Wolff: Sarah Palin, Inc. Has a Problem
“Before this gets out of hand, I want to try to save the word ‘retarded,’ which seems robust and meaningful and evocative of so much that is silly, inept, and illogical. It really does not necessarily besmirch people who are actually retarded. That word, the specifically besmirching word, with cruel connotations, evoking the fifth grade, [...]
Andy Borowitz: Poll: America Has Moved Beyond Race, Say Majority of White People
Too funny. Just sayin’ …
“When asked what figures had done the most to foster better race relations in the country, 62% of white people cited President Barack Obama, while 78% named ‘that pants on the ground dude.’”
via Andy Borowitz: Poll: America Has Moved Beyond Race, Say Majority of White People.
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Joseph Wyatt: A banner year for the right wing – Op-Ed Commentaries – The Charleston Gazette – West Virginia News and Sports
Tip toe through the many memories of right wing hilarity:
“July: Sarah Palin quit the Alaska governor's job, saying that she was headed for “a higher calling.” Philosophers continue an existential debate, asking why anyone would be called to write a self-serving, error-plagued autobiography.”
via Joseph Wyatt: A banner year for the right wing – Op-Ed Commentaries [...]
Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising’s Image of Women | Watch Free Documentary Online
Great short film—actually a lecture—by Jean Kilbourne on the extent of advertising’s dehumanization of women and perpetuation of destructive stereotypes about both genders.
Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising’s Image of Women | Watch Free Documentary Online.
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