December 2009
Dear 2009
Fuck you. Apart from two awesome trips overseas, you were shit. Good riddance.
My 2 cents
I know I shouldn’t really start shit-stirring, but I would just like to address Grant’s comment that “…in the creative arts anyone over the age of 40 is a effectively dead.”
I would just like to point out that Milton wrote Paradise Lost, argued by many to be the greatest piece of literature in the English language, at the grand old age of 50. It was first published...
Matt Damon's Australian invasion on board The... →
HOLLYWOOD star Matt Damon looks to be headed to Sydney for New Year’s Eve on board one of the most luxurious private ocean liners on the planet.
After charming the locals at Batemans Bay this week, Damon (or a man who looked suspiciously like him) happily signed autographs for staff and customers at the Batehaven Fish Shop on Sunday, warmly responding and signing the megastar’s...
“Our current response to terrorism is a form of “magical thinking.” It relies on...”
– Bruce Schnier Is aviation security mostly for show? - CNN.com
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“And then I felt sad because I realized that once people are broken in certain...”
– Life After God, Douglas Coupland (via lyriquediscorde) (via northerndownpour) (via buyhercandy)
An Horse - Little Lungs
they told me they told me...
indefensible:
I do not care for any aspect of the Dalai Lama. Until he specifically repudiates his claim of divinity, he is a manifestation of everything bad about what happens when religion and politics mix.
There are plenty of old dudes in your neighbourhood who have smarter and nicer ideas than this old fascist. Go talk to them some time.
Keira Knightley signs up for The Talking Cure |... →
Keira Knightley is to take the lead in David Cronenberg’s first film in three years, reports the Playlist blog.
The Talking Cure, based on the Christopher Hampton play of the same name, will star Knightley as Sabina Spielrein, a Russian-Jewish psychiatric patient, who is said to have inspired some of Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud’s most remarkable discoveries. Christoph Waltz and...
Young Swedish women more likely to have sex with... →
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Young Swedes have ever more fluid definitions of sex and sexuality, according to a new study from Mälmö University in southern Sweden. Women in particular are more likely to pursue sexual activities with others of the same gender.
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[Sven-Axel] Månsson and colleague Kristian Daneback surveyed 855 young people between the ages of 18 and 24 via an online questionnaire. The survey...
“Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental...”
– Hunter S. Thompson (via poortaste) (via bmichael) (via thedarkspark) (via buyhercandy)
Patrick Wolf - The Bachelor
I wish there was a...
An idea for the Australian government!
thommo:
jshdivision:
Dear Labour Government:
So you’re going to filter the internet huh? Well I guess I don’t agree, but you guys can pretty much do what you want I guess! It’s a free country (for you)!
So I have an idea to help! Whenever you want to block something, replace it with Kevin Rudd! For example, don’t like bestiality? Replace the goat with a picture of Kevin Rudd!
Don’t agree...
Overheard in Pepe's Paperie
Indie Guy: ...so yeah, they made this poster that said, "Keep Calm and Carry On."
Indie Girl: Oh, cool.
Indie Guy: Yeah. I have a parody t-shirt of it that says, "Now Panic And Freak Out!"
Indie Girl: Pft, lame.
Indie Guy: (v. defensively) I only have it because it's a TYPOGRAPHIC JOKE!
@indefensible
I can’t believe how much shit you are getting for this Zooey Deschablah thing! I find it pretty amusing, and you seem like a cool guy, so surely you too are finding it amusing instead of irritating. Either way, I’m with you, bro. She’s pretty ‘meh’.
indefensible:
I do not understand the fascination with Zooey Deschanel. She looks like the kind of girl who would listen the Sundays and rave about some drink made with Elderflower and write in a moleskine and wear rings she picked up at a craft market and constantly be carrying a dog-eared copy of Tess of the D’urbervilles and probably has underpants made from old Laura Ashley curtains and she...
“From New Year’s Day, criminal prosecutions will be brought in the name of the...”
– Victorian courts banish ‘outdated’ Queen (via indefensible)
Today I am sad, but not without reason. It would have been my Dad’s birthday. Five years after he got sick and nearly 3 after he died, it still has a huge impact on my day to day living. The worst part is that the times I remember most clearly are all the times when I was a needlessly cruel adolescent. All of the guilt and shame I feel creeps into every aspect of my life. It’s not just...
“Most of all, get your friends, acquaintances, family members, work colleagues,...”
– Bernard Keane’s guide to writing to Ministers – Crikey
An excellent guide to writing to your Ministers, MPs and Senators.
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"But we have to do something to protect kids".
monkeytypist:
This is the biggest line of difficulty I’ve had so far in my conversations with people about the filter. Not many people are ardently committed to mandatory internet censorship. But many people feel disempowered by the internet. They feel that their children have access to something dangerous they don’t understand and can’t control.
And we have to acknowledge - the internet can...
Women in Hollywood 2009 - At the Box Office but... →
clembastow:
Grim, compelling reading from Manohla Dargis. I can’t decide if it makes me more determined to finish this screenplay, or totally despondent.
It’s easy to fall victim to despondency and pessimism, especially when trying to create something. So I say, Go Clem! I offer you encouragement! I enjoy reading what you write, and even if the screenplay never sees the light of day, I...
“The internet filter is just more cotton wool for a generation of professional...”
– In the name of MY children - Tea Brennan
Full of swearing, yet very well-put.
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No clean feed!
monkeytypist:
Appropriately, I will clean this post up later. Just notes for now. Links to come as well - check nocleanfeed.com/learn.html
Mandatory internet filtering is expensive, complicated and doesn’t protect children from danger. It is an incredibly bad policy for the purposes of protecting children because it makes parents think that a risk is eliminated or reduced when it in fact is...