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Jan 13, 2010 12:45pm
Earthquake in Haiti - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Earthquake in Haiti - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Jan 13, 2010 12:29pm
Gingers need to stick together. We’ll all be gone in 100 years, so success is certainly fleeting.

Gingers need to stick together. We’ll all be gone in 100 years, so success is certainly fleeting.
Jan 8, 2010 3:38pm
“ Jay Leno is a losing strategy. He is depressingly unimaginative, aggressively mediocre, and painfully unfunny. ” - An Open Letter to NBC About the Jay Leno/Conan O’Brien Rumors.
Dec 31, 2009 11:00am

The Ten Best Films of 2009

  1. “The Hurt Locker”
  2. “Funny People”
  3. “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
  4. “District 9”
  5. “Up”
  6. “(500) Days of Summer”
  7. “Avatar”
  8. “Adventureland”
  9. “Star Trek”
  10. “Inglourious Basterds”

“The Hurt Locker” was this year’s best film, by a wide gulf. Kathryn Bigelow’s film captured what no other Iraq war film has this decade. It gave us a glimpse of what it takes to be a hero in war. It gave us a glimpse of how tense, confusing, tiring war really is. She gave us a film that left me dazzled, breathless and pissed off. A nearly perfect film.

*There are a handful of films I didn’t get a chance to see in their initial first runs, and a few films that haven’t opened in our fine city. They include: “Where the Wild Things Are”, “The Messenger”, “The White Ribbon”, “The Informant!”, “Crazy Heart”,

Dec 31, 2009 10:44am

The Twelve Best Albums of 2009

  1. Dirty Projectors “Bitte Orca”
  2. Grizzly Bear “Veckatimest”
  3. Animal Collective “Merriweather Post Pavilion”
  4. Fanfarlo “Reservoir”
  5. P.O.S. “Never Better”
  6. Handsome Furs “Face Control”
  7. Kid Cudi “Man on the Moon: The End of Day”
  8. M. Ward “Hold Time”
  9. Megafaun “Gather, Form and Fly”
  10. White Rabbits “It’s Frightening”
  11. St. Vincent “Actor”
  12. JJ “N° 2”

Dec 18, 2009 10:00am
“ There’s no other way to say it: Barack Obama, a once-in-a-generation political talent whose graceful conquest of America’s racial dragons en route to the White House inspired the entire world, has for some reason allowed his presidency to be hijacked by sniveling, low-rent shitheads. ” - Finally got around to reading Taibbi’s latest. Even more than usual, it’s a must-read.
Dec 16, 2009 3:37pm
The Big Picture - Boston.com

The Big Picture - Boston.com
Dec 13, 2009 1:14am
nbaoffseason: Not sure what to get your loved ones this Holiday season? How about a Corey Brewer poster? (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images) Amazing photo of an unreal dunk.

nbaoffseason:

Not sure what to get your loved ones this Holiday season? How about a Corey Brewer poster?

(Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)

Amazing photo of an unreal dunk.
Dec 11, 2009 11:20am
“ For a long time, he communicated exclusively by answering machine. I would leave him a message at some point during the day—he didn’t answer the phone—and then, late at night, when I was no longer at my desk, he would leave a very long response on my voicemail. I didn’t take this personally—it was a quirk of his, and I think he was perhaps more open and direct speaking to a machine than he would have been speaking directly to another voice. ” - Deborah Treisman, DFW’s long time fiction editor at The New Yorker, on editing DFW posthumously. This particular pull is in response to a question asking how the two communicated.
Dec 11, 2009 10:07am
nbaoffseason: JOHN WALL!!! Just making sure that we get in on the bandwagon early enough (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images) Mr. Me Too.

nbaoffseason:

JOHN WALL!!!

Just making sure that we get in on the bandwagon early enough

(Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)

Mr. Me Too.
Dec 7, 2009 11:07am
Chances of me being able to hold off reading this until my physical copy arrives in the mail later this week? Minus 50 percent.

Chances of me being able to hold off reading this until my physical copy arrives in the mail later this week? Minus 50 percent.
Dec 2, 2009 10:57am
Tonight, we jam.

Tonight, we jam.
Dec 1, 2009 1:19pm
goldenfiddle: Cormac McCarthy’s Olivetti goes up for auction.

goldenfiddle:

Cormac McCarthy’s Olivetti goes up for auction.
Nov 24, 2009 11:22am
“ To give you an idea how wretched the film is, if you take the worst Robin Williams film, multiply it by the worst John Travolta film, and then multiply that by “Wild Hogs,” the last film from director Walt Becker, you would still end up with something better than this. ” - If, for some misguided reason, you were planning on seeing “Old Dogs” this holiday weekend, let this review dissuade you. Also, if you were planning on seeing this, we can’t be Internet friends anymore.
Nov 23, 2009 1:06pm
stuffaboutminneapolis: Mauer Wins 2009 American League MVP Award!!

stuffaboutminneapolis:

Mauer Wins 2009 American League MVP Award!!
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