~ The College Freshman’s Don’t Book, by George Fullerton Evans, 1910
via Internet Archive
“The Art of Shutting Up”
Even though this comes from a blog entitled “Questionable Advice,” I’d say this is Excellent Advice.
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Inside Mitch Hedberg’s Comedy Notebooks
Mitch Hedberg was Twitter before Twitter. His jokes were short, inane, and timeless. He was on the road, doing stand-up 300 nights a year, living off vending machines, writing constantly about the world he saw around him. “Mitch wrote some of the best jokes of the last three decades,” says Mike Birbiglia, who like most young comedians idolized Hedberg. “He is one comedian who all comedians agree is great.” Hedberg was never without a pen, and he never threw away a notebook. Since his death in 2005 from a drug overdose, his wife, Lynn Shawcroft, has kept most of the notebooks private. But this year, she opened them up to GQ. The results? A master class in comedy.
Mitch Hedberg was the first stand up comedian I ever really experienced and it’s a crying shame that he never got to live to experience Twitter, although his delivery was what really made him special. So glad his wife is releasing his notes!
Great ad campaign by PBS but I’m pretty sure they just created all the new fall programming for TLC.
NY PBS Creates Ads With Fake Reality Shows | EW
Classic problem of actuality outrunning satire, the dilemma of our age really
Today in satire that’s so on point that we’re gonna probably see these shows.
A billboard in Spain created by an organization dedicated to aiding abused children shows a different message to children and adults, even if both see the ad at the same time.
Read more: Mashable
Supremely excellent use of outdoor advertising. Here’s hoping its intended audience doesn’t need to see this message at all, but if they do, it’s effective.
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Comfort dogs make it to Boston. - @krupali
Golden retrievers to the rescue! Further proof that they’re the world’s greatest dogs.
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I’m sort of thrown off today. it’s hard to be motivated to bring you science when there’s Reality going on.
When something hits us upside the head like the Boston Marathon explosions, we can feel dizzy, disoriented … left swirling in a dust-storm of rapidly beating hearts, furrowed brows, held breath and shaking heads. That’s how I feel, anyway. I’ve been sitting here, repeatedly muttering statements that begin with “What the f…” and simultaneously cheering and cursing the power of social media to communicate painful news. I keep looking through Twitter and blogs, knowing exactly what I’ll see and don’t want to. So powerful, but so unfiltered.
It’s not the first time in the past year that this message from Fred Rogers has been appropriate, and that’s perhaps the ultimate tragedy. But he’s right. Every photo of violence and blood in the streets of Boston that we won’t unsee is full of people running in to help. And if we have to look, that’s what we should focus on.
My thoughts are with Boston.
You will always find people who are helping.
Ohhhh I want to go to there.
(Source: designed-for-life, via prettystuff)
Kind of chilling, to be honest.
Popphoto: Getty Acquires, Restores Third Robert Johnson Image
HT Michelle Legro
Rosemary Beef with Root Vegetables (SELF, November 2012)
Well this looks delicious. File that under “need to try”.
Jimmy, Mariah Carey and The Roots singing “All I want for Christmas Is You” with classroom musical instruments. Enough said.
Jimmy is just the greatest. Being goofy and silly and having fun is the best way to enjoy the season. I’m glad Mariah played along!!
Depressed dinosaur, or, how I felt being sick at work yesterday.
(Source: crimesagainsthughsmanatees, via brooklynmutt)
Correction of the Day: An earlier post misstated the reporter’s location as Orange County, California. Almadovar worked at Channel 9 Eyewitness News in Florida, not California. Here’s a story he did about the neighborhood concerns of toxic waste contamination in Deland, Florida. His sign off can be heard at 2:19.
Inexplicably Funny of the Day: Meet Gustavo Almadovar, Channel 9 Eyewitness News reporter from Orange County, California.
The City Beautiful, represent.
This happened today while at work. It’s the little things…
Unlocking Your 007 of the Day: Let’s face it: In the same way we all have a zombie plan, our instincts are movie-honed for a secret-agent scenario — as soon as these guys are given a destination and a countdown clock, the inner Bond comes out just as the train station turns into an obstacle course.
One of the coolest marketing stunts ever.
PERFECT. Who wouldn’t want to BE Bond?!?!?
