March 2011
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February 2011
72 posts
Scott Pilgrim vs the World | The Art of the Title... →
26 days of sobriety
So i’m quitting Sober February a day earlier than planned. I started on Jan. 31 and was only planning on going til tomorrow because of a prescheduled beer tasting with my wife and brother.
Mrs. Metro told me last night that going to a beer tasting without a practice beer might end badly. Who am I to disagree?
Anyways, what did I learn? I was hoping it would help me sleep better to be...
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Nerd Fuel: William Carlos Williams on Wallace... →
thenewrepublic:
This week in Verse from the Vaults, William Carlos Williams reviews “The Blue Guitar,” by Wallace Stevens. The piece appeared in the pages of TNR on November 17, 1937.
Did you know Wallace Stevens got in drunken fights with Robert Frost and Hemmingway? Did you know he turned down a job teaching at Harvard cause he didn’t want to quit his vice presidency at an...
Just Realized
Most of my favorite movies involve someone betraying friends for the right reasons. Well “right” reasons.
Miller’s Crossing
The Third Man
The Long Goodbye
Even My Girl Friday, Billy Liar and Rushmore to a lesser extend (“not right” reasons). This can’t be good.
Which ones did I forget?
UPDATE:
Growingpangs wins…
Game Over for Content Farms →
DIE SEO DIE!
theatlantic:
futurejournalismproject:
soupsoup:
Google changes its algorithm on a regular basis, but most changes are so subtle that few notice. This is different. Google says the change impacts 12% (11.8% is the unrounded figure) of its search results in the US , a far higher impact on results than most of its algorithm changes. The change only impacts results in the US. It...
Always remember
95% of people are just like you and skating by on skimming wikipedia.
1997 | My Favorite Music Year | The A.V. Club →
Brutal
Why didn’t Toki sign it?
via gorilla
“Well, to save money, the Governor’s controversial budget bill would allow...”
– I-Team: Buried in the Bill | Today’s TMJ4 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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“DONT CURSE THE DARKNESS MOTHERF*CKER. LIGHT A CANDLE.”
– Detroit will have its RoboCop statue, and Zodiac Motherf*cker is pleased | The A.V. Club
It Might Get Hoppy →
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The Creative Life
growingpangs:
After an inspiring day of designing data tables and infographs, I get to shift gears into glamourous freelance mode and start writing SEO copy about various STDs. I’ve already picked out my pen name.
So look out for my new article, Every Lady Should Go Gaga For Herpes Awareness by Barrack Spiderman Bieber, soon!
3 Tech Lessons from Playing The Flaming Lips... →
Includes link to cheat site.
“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.”
– The Daily Wreck: Rec. #42: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
You see what she did there…
Maybe it goes without saying, but Ghostface won... →
WatchBe Mine Flinchy
Oh silly Internet. The Grammys don’t matter.
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Why indie rock continues to ignore the Drive-By... →
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NERD FUEL: Studio Multitracks →
The Complete Oral History of 'Party Down' →
longreads:
“Let’s put it this way: We were asked by the network, and not in an offensive way, to explore premium content, and part of that was some nudity if it was possible. It made us all flinch a little bit. Porn awards [‘Sin Say Shun Awards Afterparty’] was born from trying to take that request and figure out a way to do it that will enhance the show. Failed orgy [‘Nick DiCintio’s Orgy...
RUIN, SPACE, AND SHADOW: AN INTERVIEW WITH MIKE... →
Ashlee Simpson-Wentz Files for Divorce →
My old office was right across from the Chicago Hard Rock Hotel (people shower and do it with the blinds open!) Anyho, they recently turned their bar into an Angels and Kings, which is Pete’s bar. Mrs. Metro and i had a free drink coupon for there so we decided to suck it up one Saturday and go in there. There was a 60 second Angels and Kings commercial that ran on a continuous loop while we...
loftusintranslation:
There will be a slo-mo shootout in Uptown Cemetery. #mychicagocodescript
"THE BEST AROUND / NOTHING EVER GONNA KEEP YOU... →
Sung in my best shower falsetto. Thanks for the tunes, Pangs.