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The Internet XIVSaturday, March 28, 2009Kite festival, museums, dinner, drinks, friends...I didn't get to spend any alone time with the internet until this evening. But the night time is the right time, and here's what I loved today...
3 - Art made from audio cassettes. 2 - Matt Hoyle's Barnumville Portraits of sideshow performers. 1 - Lego Business Cards made of minifigs. Hot. Goodnight, my love. Labels: theinternet
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The Internet XIIIFriday, March 27, 2009I've been neglecting the internet this week. NYC, Connecticut, Mississippi, work, and Flashing ate all of my time. But I managed to lay down with the internet today, and here're the three things I loved the most...well...not counting 1-900-OKFACE.
3 - You can read all of A. David Lewis' Some Kind of Slaughter for free, today, on the internets. I bought the books and loved them, go read as much as you can over the next 8 hours. 2 - Justine Lai's Join Us Or Die series of paintings. In each piece she's having sex with a different US President. Looking forward to seeing how Teddy gives it. Link courtesy of Boing-Boing. 1 - Lost/Muppet Babies mash-up. Link courtesy of blog@newsarama: I promised the internet I'd buy it dinner tonight. You can read more love letters here. Labels: theinternet
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3:06 PM
1-900-OKFACEI'm taking a quick break from Flashing to bring you Bijou, a girl who loves to party. Seriously, if this doesn't convince you to watch 30 Rock, nothing will:
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The Internet XIIThursday, March 19, 2009Oh, my love - you comforted when Watchmen let me down. I had about ten favorites today, and picking the top three proved to be difficult, but here I go...
3 - Gawker directed me towards The Appalachian's first of four part coverage on sex and pornography. I just feel for the guy who was interviewing assistant professor Amy D. Page and had to jot down this quote: "I don’t care how much porn makes it look like women like it, I don’t believe women enjoy being ejaculated on in the face." My follow-up question would be, "Heh! Heh, heh, heh...so, uh, what about the titties? Do women like it when you cum on their titties? Do you like it? 2 - The upcoming Wolverine "Art Appreciation" variant covers. I will buy them. ![]() 1 - Meathaus Enterprises informed me that you can get decades worth of Weekly World News archives via Google Book Search. DECADES! That is all, internet. Now let us cuddle. More internet love letters. Labels: theinternet
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8:42 PM
The Internet XIWednesday, March 18, 2009I am back, my love. I apologize. A weekend in Galesburg and preparations for my new Flashing experiment have gotten in the way of our sexy time. But I paid attention, today, and here are my three favorite finds...
3 - Footage of the Beastie Boys on The Arsenio Hall Show. Link courtesy of Vulture Blog. 2 - Ward Jenkins' new website (and fantastic cartoons) courtesy of Drawn! 1 - President Obama's NCAA Tournament bracket. I have Wake, Pitt, UNC, and Memphis on mine with Pitt winning it all. I hate to call Obama wrong, but, you know. Also - upset of the tournament. Calling it now. Pay attention, win some money: North Dakota beats Kansas in the first round. North Dakota has the narrative - this was their first time eligible for the NCAA and they make it only to face last year's champ (who isn't playing like last year's champ). They're going to win, and it's going to make everyone finally forget that Gonzaga had a good run once. Thank God. Until next time, lover. More internet love letters. Labels: theinternet
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The Internet XThursday, March 12, 2009I took a plane to Chicago where I boarded another plane for Moline where I got in a car and drove an hour to Galesburg. It's a much nicer town than I thought it would be - I had a great little pulled pork sandwich for dinner and sat in a quaint coffee shop until they kicked me out. Now I'm at the hotel, catching up on my internets. And the three best things I've found so far are...
3 - The Stewart/Cramer feud apparently came to its conclusion tonight and that conclusion consists of Cramer getting his ass handed to him and taking it like a would-be porn starlet on the casting couch. 2 - 50 Cent and Rick Ross's feud escalated when 50 Cent fucked Rick Ross's baby-mamma and filmed it. One time in college the fourth floor (my floor) got back at some guys on the sixth floor by putting McDonald's Halloween Bucket filled with shit in their study area's desk. 50 Cent is much better at this than we were. 1 - Portraits of Liberian girls. Strong and beautiful. More internet love letters. Labels: theinternet
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The Internet IXWednesday, March 11, 2009In case you missed it, I announced Flashing, my new flash-fiction writing project, earlier today. I hope you check it out when I start it up. Anyway, on to today's little packets of byte-sized internet treasures. My three favorites...
3 - Gawkers' list of companies who's stock price is cheaper than their product. Next time, instead of buying shorts at the Gap, just buy a share of their company! 2 - Amazon's customer reviews for BIRTH CONTROL IS SINFUL IN THE CHRISTIAN MARRIAGES and also ROBBING GOD OF PRIESTHOOD CHILDREN!! (Paperback). The book costs $135 dollars, by the way, and sports this snazzy cover: ![]() A sample review: This is one of the better books I've read all in caps on the subject. I am thankful that Amazon has given voice that so many crazy people shouting at traffic don't have. Link courtesy of Consumerist. 1 - Lex Luther's plea for bailout money on Funny or Die. Link via Robot 6: "Lex Luthor Bailout" with Jon Hamm - watch more funny videos More internet love letters. Labels: theinternet
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The Internet VIIITuesday, March 10, 2009I was out all day and night today but got to catch-up on the internet when I got home. And good thing, too, for the internet had many presents for me. And here are my three favorite gifts...
3 - World Net Daily's Aaron Klein gets caught creating anti-Obama news stories and then tries to pretend the whole thing was some craaaazzzyyyy sting operation. Then he threatens to bring down Gawker or something only to have Gawker publish his VERY ANGRY letter. Hilarious. 2 - Taking care of your baby the IKEA way. Link courtesy of Boing-Boing. 1 - Elan Rodger Trinidad's Watchmen/Hostess Fruit Pies mash-up. Link courtesy of The Beat. ![]() More internet love letters. Labels: theinternet
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8:39 PM
The Internet VIIMonday, March 09, 2009The internet has given me many gifts today, but first I’d liked to direct you to a gift Scott White has given to the internet (well…he technically gave it Robin and me for our wedding).
![]() And now, the three best things I stumbled across on the internet today: 3 - The 10 Most Endangered Newspapers in America on Time.com (link courtesy of @themediaisdying). I was amazed to learn that the Boston Globe is losing $1-million a week. Holy shit! I know people from Boston can tend to be kinda-sorta wicked retarded but read a real paper, Massholes! What are you all reading, the fucking Herald? Also - very surprised that the Washington Examiner isn't on that list - I secretly believe that no-one even knows the Examiner exists except for the DC-area freepers that pick it up on their way to their lobbying firm. Or their job at Safeway. 2 - Michael Steele continuing to be Michael Steele. In case you missed it, I posted exclusive tracks from Steele's upcoming GOP Minority Outreach Hip-Hop CD on this very site, and it's nice to see he's going to reinvent the internets now. Word association! You say Michael Steele, I say: ![]() 1 - I was going to go with the full trailer for Pixar's Up (it'll be the best movie of the summer, hands down). But then Boing-Boing provided me with a late entry that's one of the best things on the internet ever. EC Comics' Panic issues 1-12. Panic was EC's rip-off of EC's own Mad Magazine. To call it a rip-off is kind of misleading, however - EC would always pile on whatever trend it started, whether it was romance, western, or horror. Panic was a bit of a different story, however. Mad was Harvey Kurtzman's baby and Harvey wasn't too happy with EC trying to exploit the book's success, especially since Harvey's rival editor Al Feldstein was editing the book. Harvey was a perfectionist, Feldstein was...errr...efficient. Their styles couldn't have been any different, and it's easy to imagine Kurtzman getting a little worked up over Feldstein offering a product in the same vein as Mad. I've read all of Kurtzman's issues of Mad, but I've never read Panic. Thank you, internet. Anyway, until tomorrow, my lover, my internet. More internet love letters. Labels: theinternet
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The Internet VISunday, March 08, 2009Sunday, Sunday, Sunday. Here's what the internet gave me on Sunday...
3 - DCist reports that a second baby elephant shrew was found at the National Zoo. I've been hearing National Zoo stories since I've moved down here. At times the zookeepers and staff seem to be grossly negligent if not straight-up inept. They kind of do this whole murdering animals thing. And that's in addition to the whole "run down facilities if you're not a panda" feature they've instituted at the Zoo. So it was no surprise when Zookeepers were "surprised" to find that there was a third elephant shrew in the pen. But, you'd think after being a little embarrassed that you didn't discover the baby elephant shrew until it was three-weeks old would have gotten you to, you know, keep your eyes open for this sort of thing. Nope! They were surprised after they found another baby elephant shrew in the pen. On the bright side, at least the elephant shrews are fucking. 2 - A World War II map battle, comic book thing courtesy of Strange Maps. ![]() 1 - A Jack Chick/Necronomicon mash-up from Fred Van Lente and Steve Ellis. My friend Dale sent me the tract since we're working on our own little Jack Chick mash-up. ![]() I wish the internet would love me back... More internet love letters. Labels: theinternet
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The Internet VSaturday, March 07, 2009It's supposed to be really nice outside. I wouldn't know, though, because I'm stuck in work. Thankfully I have the internet with me. My three favorite things from today's occasional procrastination...
3 - Chris Sims' alternate Watchmen ending over on Cracked.com. ![]() 2 - Nine Inch Nails on Dance Party USA courtesy of Gawker: 1 - Two links about Saudi Arabia. First there's Saudi Jeans' report from the Riyadh Book Fair '09 and then there's...wait a minute. I went back to link to Susie of Arabia's post on Saudi Arabian equestrian centers for women and it's not there anymore. Weird. It's still on my RSS feed, however, so here's a quote: Although there are many things that women cannot do here in Saudi Arabia, horseback riding is not one of them. Private equestrian centers are places where women are free to take off their abayas and uncover their hair. I would imagine that this is not something that most Saudi women take advantage of, but it is more an activity that more Western women and their children might likely do. There is a passage in the Q'uran that specifically directs Muslims to teach children how to swim, shoot a bow and arrow, and ride a horse. Whether or not all Muslims follow this directive is unclear. I particularly loved the book fair post. I'm always reading American book expo and comic con reports and they're all the same thing. Some humor, some bitching, some pictures and a generally positive outlook. When I read about the Saudi Book Fair, however, I learn that saleswomen aren't allowed in the building on the men's day. That's just unreal to me and makes me appreciate being a part of the American book industry. Could you imagine if one day of San Diego Comic-Con was for just men? No Slave Leia costumes? No Baroness? Just a bunch of overweight Qui-Gons and scrawny Spider-Men? Worst convention ever. More internet love letters. Labels: theinternet
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The Internet IVFriday, March 06, 2009I'm going to Happy Hour. Before I go, my three favorite internet finds of the day:
3 - 12 Animals Made From World Map designed by Kentaro Nagai. Link courtesy of Drawn! 2 - Pull-quotes about on Dr. Manhattan's penis culled from Watchmen reviews over on Vulture blog. Link courtesy of Reverse Cowgirl's ReverseCowpie. 1 - News that Frank TV is being canceled via Awful Announcing. No more horrible playoff ads! I love you, internet! More internet love letters. Labels: theinternet
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6:09 PM
The Internet IIIThursday, March 05, 2009Today was the kind of day where I had nothing but murder on my mind. Thankfully the internet got me through it. My three favorite internet findings today were...
3 - Courtesy of The Beat, Harry Partridge's Watchmen Saturday Morning cartoon opening credits. I'd take that cartoon over the movie any day of the week. 2 - This Is Why You're Fat brought one of my favorite SNL skit's to life: ![]() Crunchy beef taco with nacho cheese, lettuce, tomato and southwestern sauce wrapped in a soft flour tortilla with a layer of refried beans in between, then wrapped in a corn tortilla with a layer of Monterey Jack cheese in a deep-fried gordita shell with guacamole sauce baked in a corn husk topped with pico de gallo, wrapped in a crepe, filled with egg, griere cheese, sausage and portobello mushrooms, all wrapped in a chicago-style deep dish pizza wrapped in a blueberry pancake and finally deep-fried with spicy vegetarian chili dipping sauce. 1 - Sully Baseball posted the 1987 NY Mets' "Think Big" video with hilarious commentary. I once posted the entire 1987 30-minute long "Let's Go Mets" video and YouTube took it down, check out "Think Big" before it suffers the same fate. More internet love letters. Labels: theinternet
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6:39 PM
The Internet IIWednesday, March 04, 2009I was busy today but being busy is never a good excuse for neglecting the internet. Picking my top three favorite internet finds from today is proving to be a bit difficult - there were seven strong contenders - but I'm going to go with...
3 - The Downfall/Watchmen mash-up found via Boing-Boing. I made my own thoughts on the Watchmen movie pretty clear today and, as it turns out, I apparently have Hitler on my side. Oh well. 2 - There was so much Rush Limbaugh goodness on the internets today that it was almost impossible to pick just one link. I had to settle with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Rush Limbaugh Apology Machine. I already sent an apology to Rush and now you can too! That link was found via Wonkette. 1 - And the #1 thing I found on the internets today? Andy Hobo Traveler's picture of the metal box an Ethiopian Guard sleeps in when off-duty. ![]() The full explanation (and more pictures) at Andy's blog. I'm just amazed that someone can sleep in that metal coffin - it must get so hot in there if they decide to sleep-in until noon! And that's that. I love you, Internet. More internet love letters. Labels: theinternet
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The Internet ITuesday, March 03, 2009I love the internet. LOVE the internet. I spend a lot of time with the internet. Laughing at it. Caressing it. I honestly don't know what I'd do without the internet. I post links to my favorite stories and webpages on Facebook all the time but that's public enough. I want the world to know how much I love the internet, not just the friends, frienemies, and potential customers on Facebook. From now on I'm going to post my three favorite internet finds every day on this blog. Because I love the internet. And because I need more content on my blog.
3 - Courtesy of Pop Candy's Whitney Matheson I learned about Beer Wars, a new documentary that chronicles the battles for market share between the big American breweries and the independent craft breweries. Beer Wars' website is currently down but you can see the trailer on YouTube: In case you're curious, my three favorite breweries are: Dogfish Head, Rogue, and Bell's. 2 - Courtesy of Boing-Boing I came across MusicMachinery.com, particularly a post that details an algorithm that was used to determine which bands use a click track in lieu of drums while in the recording studio. The post reaffirms the awesomeness of John Bonham and the hackiness of Nickleback - you can't go wrong with that. 1 - Courtesy of several emails I came across the greatest yaoi commission of all time and the apparent demand for a refund that came with it: ![]() You'll have to go to Ghastly Comic if you want to see the fully throbbing and ejaculating Moore cock. Not safe for work, obviously. Labels: theinternet
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