Old College Try

I don’t know much about Brad Paisley, so his parts of this...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:46:49 -0400

I don’t know much about Brad Paisley, so his parts of this song don’t bother me. But LL saying “let bygones be bygones” “ROBERT E. LEE, RIP” and “If you don’t judge my gold chains, I’ll forget the iron chains” has to be a new low in music history

theworldsgame: SHOW US YOUR GOALFACE, CAPTAIN AMERICA. USA 1-0...

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:25:42 -0400

theworldsgame:

SHOW US YOUR GOALFACE, CAPTAIN AMERICA.

USA 1-0 Costa Rica, Dempsey 18”

(screencap via mocksession)

usatodaysports: So much (imaginary) agony. You’re better than...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:19:04 -0400

usatodaysports:

So much (imaginary) agony.

You’re better than this, Chris. You’re better than this.

"Yet when it comes to Zinn’s demand for history to be judged for its political utility, Duberman [his..."

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:23:52 -0400

“Yet when it comes to Zinn’s demand for history to be judged for its political utility, Duberman [his biographer] is finally too indulgent. He can never bring himself to say that the fatal flaw of Zinn’s historical work is the shallowness, indeed the fallaciousness, of his critique of scholarly detachment. Zinn rests satisfied with what strikes him as the scandalous revelation that claims of objectivity often mask ideological predilections. Imagine! And on the basis of this sophomoric insight, he renounces the ideals of objectivity and empirical responsibility, and makes the dubious leap to the notion that a historian need only lay his ideological cards on the table and tell whatever history he chooses. He aligns himself with the famous line from the British historian James Anthony Froude, who asked rhetorically if history “was like a child’s box of letters, with which we can spell any word we please. We have only to pick out such letters as we want, arrange them as we like, and say nothing about those which do not suit our purpose.” Froude made this observation in the middle of the nineteenth century.”

- A fascinating look at Howard Zinn and a new biography of said Zinn.

I didn’t really know any of this (beyond the general idea that Zinn’s work was “very liberal”). Damn, I need to read more books.

The problem described above seems to relate strongly to different ‘problems’ on the internet that take the form: “Yes, I know the thing I’m saying is wrong, but if I acknowledge that it’s wrong then I may continue and any conclusions thereafter will have had the wrongness washed away.” This is, of course, sheer ridiculousness.

(via bmichael)

Track Wars: Nick CollisonOKC Thunder What’s the first concert you ever...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:11:48 -0500

Track Wars: Nick CollisonOKC Thunder What’s the first concert you ever...:

trackwars:

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OKC Thunder

What’s the first concert you ever attended?
Prince at Key Arena in Seattle (2004)
What’s the best concert you ever attended?
Jay-Z/Kanye West at Madison Square Garden (2011)
What album would you not be able to live without?
Notorious B.I.G. “Life…

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bitchinfromthebaseline:

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nbaoffseason:

Landry Fields and Jeremy Lin’s new handshake: skimming through book, taking off glasses, then placing inside pocket protector.

Note: Landry Fields graduated from Stanford, Lin from Harvard. Way to set the bar super high for all Asian parents, Jeremy.

Love it. The Ivy League handshake.

The ivy league handshake

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Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:58:27 -0500

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Homemade Egg Nog with whiskey. Happy Holidays.

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 23:48:34 -0500

Homemade Egg Nog with whiskey. Happy Holidays.

This is my little brother, a Marine, fighting MMA in...

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:45:03 -0500

This is my little brother, a Marine, fighting MMA in Japan.

Never felt more adopted, you guys.

My little brother made a rap music video.

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:20:42 -0500

My little brother made a rap music video.

Girlfriend bought me a shirt for my birthday. She thinks she is...

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:16:56 -0500

Girlfriend bought me a shirt for my birthday. She thinks she is funny.

I get very excited when i win trophies. I don’t win...

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:59:12 -0500

I get very excited when i win trophies. I don’t win trophies very often.

Gratuitous Picture of Your 2008 Self Sharing a Laugh with the...

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:51:34 -0500

Gratuitous Picture of Your 2008 Self Sharing a Laugh with the Future Republican Presidential Nominee

Important Rick Perry debate footage

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:27:34 -0500

Important Rick Perry debate footage

Via @PunkNews, this is pretty fun. The Menzingers playing...

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:16:22 -0500

Via @PunkNews, this is pretty fun. The Menzingers playing Straight To Hell.

No heat in the office, no problem.

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:38:40 -0400

No heat in the office, no problem.

That's Not How Freedom of Speech Works, Y'all

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:51:12 -0400

dangerguerrero:

I feel like I go on this rant every six months or so, but until people start understanding the difference between protected speech under the First Amendment and getting to say whatever you want in any situation with no consequences whatsoever, I guess I’ll have to keep repeating it. We all have our crosses to bear.

After noted legal scholar and historian Hank Williams, Jr. made his rumhamfisted analogy about President Obama and Adolf Hitler, and ESPN subsequently pulled his “All My Rowdy Friends” song from its October 3rd Monday Night Football broadcast, he had this to say:

After reading hundreds of e-mails, I have made MY decision. By pulling my opening Oct 3rd, You (ESPN) stepped on the Toes of The First Amendment Freedom of Speech, so therefore Me, My Song, and All My Rowdy Friends are OUT OF HERE. It’s been a great run.

[sighs]

In the interest of being incredibly lazy and shameless, I’m going to block quote a few relevant paragraphs from a post I wrote a while back for Uproxx about the Bill of Rights. The references are a little dated, but I think it holds up:

One important note on free speech: the freedom of speech does not mean you can say whatever you want in any situation without facing consequences. Example: f-ck, assh-le, c-cknose. Had I not censored those words, I’d have been in deep sh-t with the Uproxx bosses, and might have lost my sweet sweet stream of blogging income. Rather, the freedom of speech only means that the government can’t punish you for speech (except in extreme circumstances, like yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater, or speaking ill of The Sandlot once I’m in charge).

So when Dr. Laura Schlessinger threw the N-word around on her radio show like butter in a Paula Deen recipe, and the resulting uproar led to her leaving the show, that wasn’t her First Amendment rights being infringed. Technically, that was her precious free market distancing itself from unpopular ideas. Likewise, people protesting the construction of a Muslim gathering center near Ground Zero are perfectly within their rights. Just as the people are to build it. No one’s freedom of religion or assembly is being violated unless the government steps in and take action.

I guess what I’m really saying is this: you have the RIGHT to say what you want, but maybe you SHOULD shut up a little more.

So, sorry Bocephus. No one stepped on the toes of your Constitutional freedoms. (I must have missed class the day we talked about our rights having feet.) We are incredibly lucky to live in a country where you can go on a widely watched news program and compare our nation’s leader one of the most horrific monsters in the history of mankind and have the most serious consequence be that your tired song about your buddies gets pulled from a football pregame show. The are places in the world — now, in 2011 — where doing that would get your shit thrown in jail. In the middle of the night, with no questions asked. So it’s insulting as hell when you don’t even understand what that right entails.

In conclusion, knock it off and you are welcome. Sing it, Ray.

“What a pity this season. You remember me, my lover. I...

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:05:36 -0400

“What a pity this season. You remember me, my lover. I don’t recognize myself, I am not the man you love. Behold the Hermain Cain!”

Big Baby Gandhi: DAS RACIST _ RELAX _ ALBUM REVIEW

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:59:53 -0400

Big Baby Gandhi: DAS RACIST _ RELAX _ ALBUM REVIEW:

bigbabygandhi:

OK GUYS AS YOU KNOW MY LABELMATES DAS RACIST ARE DROPPING AN ALBUM CALLED RELAX I THOUGHT OK I KNOW YOU GUYS DEF WANNA READ A REVIEW FROM ME ABT IT SO I DID…………………………… HERE GOES.

TRACK 1 - WOW OK YEAH I GET IT YEAH IM FEELING THIS

TRACK 2 - ALRIGHT ALRIGHT THERES THIS PART WITH SOME DRUMS ITS…

Quick Adele Thought

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:59:00 -0400

@Fredorrarci has an old post on what the effusive praise for Messi (in many cases at Ronaldo’s expense) says about the players and the fans choosing sides. Read the whole thing, but here is an excerpt:

He is clean and germ-free; to borrow Richard Whittall’s description, “he leaves no lingering aura”. There is nothing remotely unsettling about him. So he retains a kind of purity. He reflects what we want football to be, and when we flatter Messi for his angelic play, we are also flattering ourselves for having the good taste to flatter him.

Replace “Messi” with “Adele” and replace “Ronaldo” with “Gaga/the rest of popular music” and you get a good picture of how I am looking at some of the overwhelming reactions to the VMAs.

Old College Try

I don’t know much about Brad Paisley, so his parts of this...

theworldsgame: SHOW US YOUR GOALFACE, CAPTAIN AMERICA. USA 1-0...

usatodaysports: So much (imaginary) agony. You’re better than...

"Yet when it comes to Zinn’s demand for history to be judged for its political utility, Duberman [his..."

Track Wars: Nick CollisonOKC Thunder What’s the first concert you ever...

Nick Collison

OKC Thunder

Prince at Key Arena in Seattle (2004)

Jay-Z/Kanye West at Madison Square Garden (2011)

Notorious B.I.G. “Life…

sophiabiabia: bitchinfromthebaseline: LINSanity!!! notschrutef...

My inbox

Just merged my first AOL email address with my Gmail because Google asked nicely. Apparently for years I have been subscribed to newsletters like this:

37 Things You Should Hoard…

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Homemade Egg Nog with whiskey. Happy Holidays.

This is my little brother, a Marine, fighting MMA in...

My little brother made a rap music video.

Girlfriend bought me a shirt for my birthday. She thinks she is...

I get very excited when i win trophies. I don’t win...

Gratuitous Picture of Your 2008 Self Sharing a Laugh with the...

Important Rick Perry debate footage

Via @PunkNews, this is pretty fun. The Menzingers playing...

No heat in the office, no problem.

That's Not How Freedom of Speech Works, Y'all

“What a pity this season. You remember me, my lover. I...

Big Baby Gandhi: DAS RACIST _ RELAX _ ALBUM REVIEW

Quick Adele Thought

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