February 2012
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Watchtheblurfcurve:
The first episode of Plus M Production’s new series SFVignette - where we take little film snapshots of the city around us.
In this episode we walked the streets of China Town, North Beach and the Mission District looking for ‘little’ places.
Plus M Productions 2012
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THERE ARE WAVES IN THE TOILET BOWL
From the HOA meeting notes:
“The homeowner [in unit 144] had advised that there are waves in the toilet bowl when #142 flushes. There is no damage being done. It appears this is an annoyance to the homeowner. An inspection will be done at both units to determine if there is a plumbing “problem” to remedy.”
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review of the day: "dark, dirty and questionable...
CERTAINLY need more laws in California! Jerry...
…AB183, by Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, D-San Francisco, which seeks to bar the sale of alcohol beverages at self-checkout, or customer-operated registers.
The law, pushed primarily by the United Food and Commercial Workers union - which has no love lost for the nonunion grocery chain
refuckingdiculous, fiona ma.
Read more:...
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We are Vietnamese Americans, after all. Pork is as...
—Monique Truong in NYT
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seriously, though
Why is it that I hate Facebook for using my data when I don’t care that Google does it? I’ve been using gmail and google for years now. Hmm.
Probably because not just anyone can find out my gmail address and contact me just cuz a friend of a friend from 35 years ago is in contact with me. Facebook is creepy that way. (living in a shotgun shack all alone with my 2 aging animals...
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There’s a weird set of internalized assumptions that media members bring to stories like this Iran business. In fact there’s an elaborate belief system we press people adhere to, about how a foreign country may behave toward the U.S., and how it may not behave. It reminds me a little of a passage in Anna Karenina about the belief system of noblemen in Tolstoy’s day:
Vronsky’s life was...
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“I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that...”
– Jasper Johns (via mythologyofblue)
to Hannah with the crazy-ass father who gunned...
You have my sympathy, girl. Dude is one immature jackass. Get out as soon as you can.
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The subtle interplay between cold modern architecture touchstones and warm organic materials has also been preserved. For instance, a living-room fireplace cover is made of woven wire cloth, but it’s been oxidized to give it the rusty patina of a Richard Serra sculpture. In the kitchen, stainless-steel appliances are softened by wood cabinets and a built-in wood banquette.
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television, Revenge
William Devane, the capitalist villain of 80’s excess from Knots Landing? HOW CAN IT GET ANY MORE PERFECT?? I thought the episode with the sensei and her showing her karate skills was the end-all. (seriously. of COURSE she’s a karate expert cuz, u know, Kill Bill and all.) but no! It got better! yay, oh yay. But still, the Emily VanCamp method-acting-like-she’s-post-botox is the...
8:24 p.m. There is a beautiful and stylish mom...
via The Atlantic
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what the what?
“LINDSTROM, Minn. —
Jenn Ackerman/The New York Times
Ki Gulbranson owns a logo apparel shop, deals in jewelry on the side and referees youth soccer games. He makes about $39,000 a year and wants you to know that he does not need any help from the federal government.
He says that too many Americans lean on taxpayers rather than living within their means. He supports politicians who...
...Usability reports are often tragically hard to...
TRAGICALLY!
es aqui
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"Nope," she rasped. "I've had enough. I just want...
(Sue Mengers. NYT Magazine)
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Me: Let me just get a drink and sit down and relax for a bit. Then we’ll see about taking you out. I’m not making any commitments.
Sandy: ___________
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… try to portray with real, difficult feeling while also making it as cozy and finally unthreatening as possible.
Kyle is really only guilty of coarse manners and of being a puppyish hound, which in the bromance world is a natural state of grace, close to a benediction.
“What kind of person immigrated to the New World? Not counting slaves, there were...”
– Chuck Klosterman, The Visible Man (via kayfabe)
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One of the Greatest _______ of Our Time
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Schooled in the art of the quiet boo
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-- and a strange confederate in Mr. Daily's dotty...
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does anyone else find it odd, maybe ridiculous,...
That Congress had to enact a law barring themselves from INSIDER TRADING?
sounds like you've been snacking on the local...
Twin Peaks! so good
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...The evidence suggests that in his soul he's a...
NYT, Nicky D. Kristof