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Charting the Evolution of Superhero Movies

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:52 -0700

Charting the Evolution of Superhero Movies

Malcolm Mayes Cartoon - Edmonton Journal

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:47:59 -0700

Malcolm Mayes Cartoon - Edmonton Journal

Principals, Bus Driver Ignored Pleas for Help from High School Student Beaten with Metal Pipe for Being Gay

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:58:52 -0700

Principals, Bus Driver Ignored Pleas for Help from High School Student Beaten with Metal Pipe for Being Gay:

adeandabet:

This makes me sick to my stomach. The kind of isolation of being in danger and knowing that no one will help you. Thank god someone finally intervened, or we might have had another casualty. How do we stop this!?:

Jayron Martin, a 16-year-old student at Langham Creek High School near Houston, was attacked by a group of students on November 12 because he’s gay. Martin said he heard the boys were planning the attack and asked two principals and a bus driver for help, but was ignored.

Martin’s fears were confirmed when he was chased off his school bus and assaulted for seven minutes by a boy with a metal pipe while eight others watched. The attack was stopped by a property owner nearby who scared the gang away with a shotgun.

Said Martin, who is afraid to go back to school: “All they kept saying was, ‘We going to get you. We going to fight you,’ and all that and so when they started coming after me they were like, ‘You’re not going to be gay anymore.’ They just kept hitting me…You don’t understand, I was just running for my life and nobody was like there at all. Nobody was doing anything for me.”

Martin suffered a concussion, cuts and bruises. The 16-year-old who beat him has been arrested. No other arrests have been made.

(via Towleroad)

matthewb: Meticulously detailed glass jellyfish by Danish...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:46:49 -0700

matthewb:

Meticulously detailed glass jellyfish by Danish artist Steffen Dam. (via Nicholas Felton)

"Life isn’t divided into genres. It’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy..."

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:46:00 -0700

“Life isn’t divided into genres. It’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you’re lucky.”

- Alan Moore

matthewb: “Untitled 2008” by Tiffany Wong, an editor’s pick on...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:45:47 -0700

matthewb:

“Untitled 2008” by Tiffany Wong, an editor’s pick on Print Society, the new site showcasing the best prints for sale online, from the creators of t-shirt emporium Rumplo.

"I live alone and I am almost never lonely. I am also rarely bored. Then I realized something that..."

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:45:14 -0700

“I live alone and I am almost never lonely. I am also rarely bored. Then I realized something that seemed startling at first: During those atypical times when I am bored, I am almost always with other people. I’m never bored when I’m alone. I don’t consider myself an introvert. I love to socialize (with people who do not bore me), I love the visits (time-limited) from friends and family who come to catch up with me and soak up the sun from my deck, and I love to entertain. But I also cherish my solitude.”

- The American Psyche: Tipping Toward Solitude?

“Think I Wanna Die” - Someone Still Loves You Boris...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:19:14 -0700

“Think I Wanna Die” - Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

Yeah, I just reblogged this. Says something about my mentality...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:48:23 -0700

Yeah, I just reblogged this. Says something about my mentality this afternoon.

Sarah Palin as Blunder Woman in MAD Magazine with art by J....

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:51:09 -0700

Sarah Palin as Blunder Woman in MAD Magazine with art by J. Scott Campbell

"I’m not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn’t take years of your life and drive..."

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:46:44 -0700

“I’m not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn’t take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.”

- Cormac McCarthy during a lengthy interview with The Wall Street Journal’s John Jurgensen. (via matthewb)

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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:44:28 -0700

absurdlakefront: Transparency International’s 2009 Corruption...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:42:44 -0700

absurdlakefront:

Transparency International’s 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index

The darker the blue, the higher the perceived level of public sector corruption.

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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:40:28 -0700

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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:39:12 -0700

Unfriend Is US Dictionary's 2009 Word of the Year - NYTimes.com

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:57:03 -0700

Unfriend Is US Dictionary's 2009 Word of the Year - NYTimes.com:

That’s the New Oxford American Dictionary’s 2009 Word of the Year. It means to remove someone as a friend on a social networking Web site such as Facebook.

Each year Oxford University Press tracks how the English language is changing and chooses a word that best reflects the mood of the year.

“Heavy Cross” - The Gossip

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:44:27 -0700

“Heavy Cross” - The Gossip

'Buffy' Web Series To Be Whedon's Next Move? - tubefilter

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:43:50 -0700

'Buffy' Web Series To Be Whedon's Next Move? - tubefilter:

With news last week that Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse officially got the cancellation axe from FOX, there’s all kinds of speculation about what’s next for the captain of the Whedonverse. There’s still talk about Whedon’s digital studio plan, which would include a second season of his web musical Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.

But first up might be something else, especially with Whedon’s The Cabin in the Woods film pushed to 2011. Sci-Fi Wire spotted a casting breakdown for a new Buffy the Vampire Slayer web series in the works. Jane Espenson recently talked to A Comicbook Orange about her writing work on the Buffy Season 8 comic book series, which could come into play in this new project.

"While we might be irked that our favorite band has sold a song to VW or McDonald’s, we can instantly..."

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:14:00 -0700

“While we might be irked that our favorite band has sold a song to VW or McDonald’s, we can instantly decontextualize and remove that song from its annoying commercial counterpart. When we don’t buy full albums anyway, when we don’t care about album sequence (which is all about intention) or look at the band’s artwork or the label they’re on (again, all intentional decisions), and when all of the songs we want are free-floating in the ether untethered, then advertisements aren’t a source or means of “selling out.” Instead, they’re the new radio. So, is it possible for a musician or band to sell out anymore? Probably. I think the bigger question is, why do we no longer care?”

- author and musician Carrie Brownstien of Sleater-Kinney on NPR’s Monitor Mix (via ferrrn)

“Dorogaya” Magnetic Calendar.

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:32:34 -0700

“Dorogaya” Magnetic Calendar.