Watching the Dallas Buyer’s Club again because I really think it may have been the most powerful movie I have seen in years, and because the relationship between Ron and Rayon was perhaps one of the more romantic and realistic love stories I have seen in a movie in years. The transition of Matt M’s …
Open Threads
Late Night Open Thread: “There Are Many Words for It in Russian”
(warning, 30sec ad opener) Via NYMag: … Pussy Riot members Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alyokhina, who were thrown in prison because they “sang a fun song in a church,” appeared on Colbert last night, and guess what? It is possible to be very funny through a translator… Second half of the interview at the link. …
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Happy Birthday, Soonergrunt
One of us tried to sneak this little tidbit past us!
Wednesday Evening Open Thread
"30% say Democrats favor rich, 30% say favor poor, and 36% say favor middle class." http://t.co/kxZjZgK5R5 Cant get more centrist than that — billmon (@billmon1) February 5, 2014 66% agree 'government should work 2 substantially reduce income gap between rich & poor,' 42% agree strongly." No wonder Luntz is depressed — billmon (@billmon1) February 5, …
If I ventured in the slip stream
Could someone explain the Scar-Jo Soda Stream controversy to me? Or talk about whatever.
Wednesday Morning Open Thread: Let the Games Begin
… with the ever-popular prologue event, Journalistic Carping. Strong opening contender Dan Wetzel, from Yahoo Sports: … One of the great things about the Olympics is how the entire world comes together and immerses itself in the culture and way of life of the host city. This is a global community. It’s not supposed to …
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Another Open Thread
As I mentioned on the twitter thing, if you are a fan of PSH and feeling down, watch the Dallas Buyers Club with Matthew Mcconaughey and Jared Leto (in particular, Leto, who is fucking sensational). It is really that good. Not to mention, acting will be fine in America as long as Alan Arkin is …