December 2010
“To listen to enough Radiolab is to see that scientists haven’t simply replaced the theologians, the metaphysicians and the social critics as posers and answerers of the biggest questions. They’ve also become, in a time of gene-splicing and hadron-colliding and psychopharmacology, our true avatars of creative expression, the last radical artists left.”
—The ‘Radiolab’ Effect | The New York Observer (via lauriebreaker)
Before you say anything …
I usually go with this person’s approach:
- Do I want to say it?
- Will it make someone laugh?
- Will it kill or continue the conversation?
Because the unwitting conversation killer is by far the most lethal. Like a sleeper agent.
November 2010
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Is NASA about to announce the discovery of extraterrestrial life? →
io9.com
NASA is bringing together a geologist, an oceanographer, a biologist, and an ecologist for a press conference on Thursday to talk about an astrobiology discovery that “will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life.” Yeah, this could be major.
And so it was, is and will be. The Kubrick/Clarke prophecy will be done.
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Police Squad (1982): Rendez-vous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood)
- Dutch Gunderson: Who are you and how did you get in here?
- Frank Drebin: I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.
Attention: Young Men & Women of Greater New York
In fragrances—as in so many things—less is more. Sport, I know you love your new cologne, that one you picked out by yourself. And miss, that perfume is lovely. Just go easy. Show a little discretion. You can reek of class without actually reeking.
On my knees begging/choking.
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The Sicilian
Bonobo
Bonobo - The Sicilian
The Very Thought Of You (LP Version)
Albert King
Albert King - The Very Thought of You
The Velvet Bulldozer.
