Archive for the ‘amusing’ Category
fincher speaks
I’m old enough to remember when there was only one photograph of David Fincher on the internet, and maybe one interview. Now he’s everywhere. Via Defamer, here’s a transcript of a talk he gave at a BFI Screening in England somewhere, where he gets surprisingly frank about lots of interesting stuff.
My favorite bits:
MS: Talking of fist-fights, we’re [...]
Finally a funny President
Intentionally funny, I mean:
–The President’s great unreleased lines: “I’m a casual admirer of Abraham Lincoln. … [He should have seen] my inaugural: He never drew crowds like that. … [To Senator Lieberman] No hard feelings because of the election. My door is always open. Feel free to drop by ANY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. … [To Gov. [...]
john hodgman answers the questions of New Yorkers
This is funny. An excerpt:
I was checking the weather forecast and noticed a three degree difference in the forecast between Manhattan and Brooklyn for Friday (16 degrees for Brooklyn, 13 degrees for Manhattan). Why is this and why would it be warmer in Brooklyn, isn’t it closer to the ocean? Also, on other days there [...]
epic ineptitude
via curbed
amusing
I just read 18 pages of Nick Douglas‘ tumblr blog. Do I call it a “tumblr blog” or just a “tumblr”. Maybe it’s in the tumblr FAQ, or they’ll tell me once I start my own tumblr (blog).
Anyway. it’s funny, and you should add it to your bookmarks, or favorite it, or follow him, or [...]
stories
I was at a party last night discussing the phenomenon of rehearsed personal stories. We all have them, they’re the stories about yourself and your life that you’ve told enough to know which ones work and which ones don’t, which ones are funny, which ones make you sound like an asshole and in what situations [...]
give up
I will probably never be friends with Chuck Klosterman
funny from Wonkette
I will now begin incorporating this phrase into my arsenal of stolen phrases:
John McCain went to Iowa yesterday and talked to the editorial board of the Des Moines Register (why we don’t know, that paper is very important for about two months every four years and is otherwise just your garden-variety moon colony fishwrapper).
It will [...]