November 2007
18 posts
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“So it is with the first movie made from Philip Pullman’s astonishing...”
– Jesus loves ‘His Dark Materials’ Shrill Bible-thumpers boycott ‘The Golden Compass’; world’s children grin devilishly
“These marshmallow ghosties don’t have time for your ennui.”
– A Softer World #265
Undercover restorers fix Paris landmark's clock →
The French are hard-core.
“For Wal Mart being such a giant and a community giver, and philanthropist, I...”
– Fox 17 News. Community giver and philanthropist? Since when?
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“they’re using this movie as a lure to hook the kids and hook the...”
– The Catholic League Why, it’s almost as if they’re fishing. Fishing for men…
I just bought “Hot Wasabi Coated Green Peas” in the kosher section of the grocery store. Now, this may well be a kosher item, however, it seems that some other section might describe it more accurately. Like, Asian foods? Maybe?
“Not everyone is troubled by the price increases. …
“From our perspective, this...”
– New York Times, “Big Rise in Birth Control on Campuses”, 11/22/2007 Wait. Increased prices are making people more aware that contraception isn’t fool-proof? How does that logic work?
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an amazingly pointed and apposite cry for a return... →
I had the same thought the other day; Dawkins, not Vonnegut, but still.
“It’s just a big chess game you’re playing against the rest of the...”
– Doug, on hearing the problems and strategies of my day to day workings.
“Sailing is true freedom. The wind, on it’s tip toes, forcefully caressing...”
– Rich, revising some terrible copy
“I’ve had several cases over the years in which the anti-abortion patient...”
– “The Only Moral Abortion is My Abortion” - When the Anti-Choice Choose
Dan: every dollar you get from [Christian Client] is a dollar that could have gone to a believer.
Dan: you're starving christian developers.
Slack: Shit. my evil scheme has been found out! I'll have to to plan b: Eating babies.
“And now we have the de-wussification of Mail. Mail was once a candy-apple red...”
– Andy Ihnatko