November 2009
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Taste
The full essay is necessary reading if you ever thought liking a certain band/movie/book/painting makes you better than somebody else.
dailymeh:
I have this feeling that some works of art are good, because I like them, and some aren’t, because I don’t. But some of the works I don’t like are simply works that fall outside of my taste, works which might bore me or annoy me, but that I can see...
You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in...
– Winston Churchill (via theimpossiblecool)
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Fight Club →
It bears mentioning that David Fincher’s Fight Club hits Blu-ray today for the film’s 10th anniversary. Now I know watching a film you’ve already seen isn’t cool in the Netflix era but this is Fight Club and this is important. All the great commentary by Fincher, Pitt, and Norton is on this disc, as well as the hours of behind-the-scenes information that makes it worth...
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Modern Warfare 2 is the Biggest Entertainment... →
In case you doubt the massive momentum of video games as a cultural force, realize that the new Call of Duty game “Modern Warfare 2” generated more profit in 24 hours than any bit of entertainment ever. This counts MUSIC, MOVIES, and BOOKS. It made more money in a single day than any record. It made more money than any movie. It made more money than any book (that includes Harry Potter...
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The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing
– Walt Disney (via thedisneyvault)
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One word that describes you that would not also...
Iconoclast.
How about you?
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List of Beers by which you mandatorily must drink...
Arrogant Bastard Ale
Asahi
Blue Moon
Fat Tire
Foster’s (barely)
Gordon Biersch
Heineken
Mickey’s
Olde English
Redhook
Sam Adams Seasonal Ales
Sapporo
Stella Artois
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List of Beers that barely make you the equal of a...
Alaskan Amber
Beck’s
Bell’s/Kalamazoo Pale Ale
Budweiser
Coors
Grolsch
Heineken
MGD
Michelob (any non-light variety)
Pabst
Rhinebecker
Widmer Pale Ale
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List of Beers with Less Alcohol By Volume than...
Amstel Light
Anchor Steam
Boddington’s
Bud Light
Coors Light
Corona
Dos Equis
Guinness
Michelob Light
Miller High Life
Negro Modelo
Newcastle
O’Doul’s
Red Stripe
Rolling Rock
Sam Addams Boston Lager
Tecate
Widmer Hef
Yuengling
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Smirnoff Ice FTW.
October 2009
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Pop music is not a threatening style of music. It’s music that says, Take...
– Joan Jett