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Monthly Archives: July 2007

just another suicide note

July 31, 2007 – 7:04 am

The suicide note of a young Victorian-era prostitute of New York, in its entirety:
Please bury me in my silk dress and bracelets
A simple request, yet what do you think are the chances that she was, in fact, buried in her silk dress and bracelets? The extant record (and this suicide note is the only proof [...]

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p0p#1 sez u b svd lol!

July 31, 2007 – 3:49 am

Let no man say the Catholic Church doesn’t move with the times.
Oh, it doesn’t generally change policies any faster than a glacier changes direction, but their marketing department is already all over Second Life, reaching out to those with no particular First Life (so no change there), and now from the Guardian (of the faithful?) [...]

By raincoaster | Posted in Allegory, Blogging, Christianity, Entertainment, Fans, Humour, Operation Orwell, Religion, Second Life, Singles, Weird, computers, geek, hipsters, humor, marketing, meme, technology | Comments (4)

Ingmar Bergman, RIP

July 30, 2007 – 6:15 pm

And now it can be told: I’ve never seen any of his films.
Sorry.
But I have seen this: Whispers of the Wolf, presented by SCTV on Monster Chiller Horror Theatre. It’s more or less the same, right?
Igmar Bergman’s Whispers of the Wolf
Two sisters are depressed and have difficulty dealing with reality.
Desk Clerk – Levy; Sisters – [...]

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Howl…for Lindsay Lohan

July 30, 2007 – 11:27 am

Cross-posted from the Shebeen Club.
Got this off Defamer. Yes, I can see Alan Ginsberg updating Howl just for the occasion. Lindsay Lohan is at least as consistently wasted as William S. Burroughs, although she is better-looking than he ever was and has not yet resorted to dealing. Clock ticking on that one, though.
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overheard at the Kingston…

July 30, 2007 – 6:59 am

“and she’s what? Thirty? And she’s a total has-been…” said the comfortably-upholstered blonde not that far from thirty herself, to her expensively-if-more-selectively-padded circle of friends. Once you get implants, you pretty much have to shop at Bebe because nothing else fits.
“Yes, she is. Yes, she is,” agreed the brunette chorus. “But she really used to [...]

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quiz: are you a gentleman?

July 30, 2007 – 2:13 am

Oh dear. Does this mean I’m in for a big life change?

You Are 88% Gentleman

No doubt about it, you are a total gentleman.
You please the pickiest ladies, and you make everyone in a room feel comfortable.

Are You A Gentleman?
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By raincoaster | Posted in Dating, Etiquette, Humour, Lush Life, Quizzes and tests, Singles, gender, hipsters, humor, meme, sad | Comments (15)

latest Undignified Deaths news…

July 29, 2007 – 11:19 pm

Also, headline of the day, from Fark as usual:
Cool, I found another geckoooOOoooooooooooohhhhhh
It seems that a nocturnal gecko-hunter, out for a quick 3am lizard-gathering in a cost-free initiative to feed his presumably ravenous snake (and really, haven’t we all heard that line about the snake and his appetites at 3am? well, exactly), opened a door [...]

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In-N-Out

July 28, 2007 – 7:48 am

Alas, not the Godly American hamburger chain. No, indeed. In-n-out is my internet service lately. Blame Shaw Cable. Maybe it was the 24 Gawker Media windows I had open; perhaps the incredible hotness of the Herbal Essences guy melted the switches or summat. Things better get fixed before I teach my blogging class; very difficult [...]

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The Dukes of Bengal

July 28, 2007 – 7:23 am

Yes indeedy, this is what every action movie so far has been lacking. Wonder why Hudson Hawk lost $25million?
Because it did not have a climactic tractor mudfight scene.
Like this:

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quiet riot: a Canadian mob scene

July 27, 2007 – 7:52 am

So there I was, down at English Bay, waiting for the fireworks. But I was not alone: no indeed, 200,000 of my closest strangers and several of my friends were there with me.
And they were ready for us.
The three cops.
Actually, there were a great many more than three, although a wholly insufficient number to deal [...]

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