Barrett Garese

popculturebrain: Never forget. I’m still sad...

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:43:01 -0800

Never forget.

I’m still sad www.bosscocked.com no longer exists.

Top 50 modern day low budget movies - Den of Geek

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:09:05 -0800

Top 50 modern day low budget movies - Den of Geek:

A good list overall. Some surprises on there (Brick cost how much?) and some you’d expect, but almost every one is worth checking out.

pantslessprogressive: firthofforth: buzzfeed: 2012...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:00:05 -0800

pantslessprogressive:

firthofforth:

buzzfeed:

2012 Candidates, Sarah Palin Get Their Own Trading Cards: Collect all nine … if you want.

No.

Only if I can hand the creator of these trading cards a one-way ticket to our future permanent moon base.

I bet the creator is a huge liberal, laughing all the way to the bank. Extra points if she’s a black lesbian.

Orly Taitz loses birther case to an empty table.

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:00:05 -0800

Orly Taitz loses birther case to an empty table.:

My favorite headline of the day.

Birthers: When you absolutely, positively have to be the dumbest motherfucker in the room.

"Potential Indicators of Terrorist Activities" as per the FBI and Justice Dept's new flyers:

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:00:05 -0800

"Potential Indicators of Terrorist Activities" as per the FBI and Justice Dept's new flyers::

“Are overly concerned about privacy..”
“attempts to shield the screen from view of
others”
“Always pay[s] cash…”
“Evidence of a residential based internet provider…”
“Use of anonymizers, portals, or other means to shield IP address”
“…using VOIP or communicating through a PC game.”
“obtain photos, maps or diagrams of transportation, sporting venues, or populated locations.”

Just in case you forgot to live in fear and suspicion, the FBI and Justice Department are here to help!

Now, to their credit, they do admit that “some of the activities, taken individually, could be innocent” but then immediately go back into bullshit mode with “and must be examined by law enforcement professionals…”

So even admittedly innocent activities “must” be examined now; because you should always default to fear and suspicion. Good citizen.

The kicker? Ending with this gem:

“It is important to remember that just because someone’s speech, actions, beliefs, appearance, or way of life is different; it does not mean that he or she is suspicious.”

Unless their “way of life” involves being “overly concerned about privacy” - then they’re a “potential terrorist” who “must be examined.”

I would be ashamed, if I wasn’t so sure that was a “potential indicator of terrorist activities.”

misskatie: new episode up of the Katie Willert Experience! if...

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:30:12 -0800

misskatie:

new episode up of the Katie Willert Experience!

if you, or anyone you know is a Manic Pixie Dream Girl, get help.

11:30 and I’ve already found my favorite video of the day.

rebeccalando: This is the stupidest thing. Here’s $1 to let me...

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:59:19 -0800

rebeccalando:

This is the stupidest thing. Here’s $1 to let me shout obnoxiously and ineffectively at people! No one likes to be shouted at. That’s the obnoxious part. And it’s not like these tags do anything other than clutter the margins of the Dashboard.

But what’s really so, so dumb about these - so dumb it’s funny in a sad, pathetic way - is that they only work on the Dashboard. They don’t work on the actual blogs. So you’re paying $1 for someone to, what, give your post an extra 1 second glance? Maybe click ‘like’ or ‘reblog’? But only on the Dashboard. Not on your URL, not in an RSS feed. Only on Tumblr, for other Tumblr users. And there’s no correlating monetary gain for your $1 when someone clicks “like” on your post on their Dashboard. So basically, you’re giving Tumblr $1 to help promote Tumblr. Not you. Tumblr.

Not to mention the fact that the more successful and the more used it is, the less useful it becomes. It stops highlighting, and just becomes a bad, cluttered UI.

It took all of 4 minutes for Highlighted Posts to get annoying.

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:49:00 -0800

This story about Minnesota's Anoka-Hennepin school district and their No Homo Promo policy may cause you to have an aneurysm. Don't read it alone. (Related: can we do something about this?)

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:42:08 -0800

This story about Minnesota's Anoka-Hennepin school district and their No Homo Promo policy may cause you to have an aneurysm. Don't read it alone. (Related: can we do something about this?) :

If you read one thing that puts you into a deep, humanity-doubting depression today, it should be this.

Our Day-To-Day Conversations

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:54:00 -0800

Barrett: What is wrong with you, cat?
Beth: Cat.
Barrett: Fair play.
...
Beth: I like it when they sit back on their haunches, 'cause then they have cataloons.
Barrett: ... Those are "cat pantaloons" aren't they.
Beth: If you Google it you can see pictures.

"On February 6, National Frozen Yogurt Day, Yogurtland will swirl complimentary UNLIMITED frozen..."

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:51:36 -0800

“On February 6, National Frozen Yogurt Day, Yogurtland will swirl complimentary UNLIMITED frozen yogurt and toppings from 4-7PM at all locations. Seriously.”

- Mother of god…

Freebie Alert - Eater LA (h/t @Kesila)

6od: today’s basically like, Bill Murray day, right? Every...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:21:22 -0800

6od:

today’s basically like, Bill Murray day, right?

Every day’s basically like Bill Murray day.

I have a Nerf collection that any ten year-old would kill for, a...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:58:48 -0800

I have a Nerf collection that any ten year-old would kill for, a Lego subscription that sends me a new set every two months, can spend as much or as little time playing video games as I wish, and just bought a car with twin turbochargers. Being “grown up” is fucking awesome.

taylordavidson: untitled on Flickr. @spytap @evandgotlib this...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:14:54 -0800

taylordavidson:

untitled on Flickr.

@spytap @evandgotlib this is how @Fitocracy ends a pitch:

I’d expect nothing less from dudes as awesome as Brian and Dick.

Letter from Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, in social network's IPO filing

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:28:19 -0800

rachelfershleiser:

producermatthew:

Facebook was not originally created to be a company. It was built to accomplish a social mission — to

rate chicks on their relative hotness.

Rachel wins the internet today.

rachelfershleiser: This is for all the anti-choice, anti-women...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:46:19 -0800

rachelfershleiser:

This is for all the anti-choice, anti-women people out there. Listen up.

You can spend every minute of every day trying to force the rest of us to live by your ideology. You can go after federal funds for health care and pressure private organizations like the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation to stop funding breast cancer screenings for poor women. You can try to make it impossible to get birth control.

But you know what you can’t do? You can’t win. You can’t break us. Planned Parenthood isn’t just a family of organizations. It’s a movement. It’s women and men of all ages who believe that health care — including reproductive health care — is a basic human right. We are millions strong. We are everywhere. We act, we give, and we do whatever it takes to make sure that Planned Parenthood is there for the women, men, and teens who rely on them.

Know this: When you go after Planned Parenthood and the people they serve, you go after ME. I stand with Planned Parenthood. I stand with them against anyone who wants to stop women from receiving the health care they need. I stand with them today, tomorrow, and for as long as I need to.

(via Planned Parenthood: Open Letter)

I stand with Planned Parenthood.

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:36:15 -0800

Will Mankind Destroy Itself? « Here's Some Awesome

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:02:00 -0800

Will Mankind Destroy Itself? « Here's Some Awesome:

This week’s HSA gets all sciencey.

Again.

You’re welcome.

"Would he be playing me, or is he playing Mark Wahlberg?"

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:30:49 -0800

“Would he be playing me, or is he playing Mark Wahlberg?”

- Reese Witherspoon’s response to being told Justin Bieber wants to remake Fear.

Well played, Miss Witherspoon. Well played indeed.

+3 Respect

theclearlydope: Clearly they should rename the Puppy Bowl to...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:34:00 -0800

theclearlydope:

Clearly they should rename the Puppy Bowl to PUPPY BOWL FOR THE SOUL.

pleatedjeans:

The Big Game. via

“…before I sputter out.”

Joking aside, despite the fact that they rerun this 53 times, we still tivo it to watch at our leisure.