Just Folks

My coffee supply was running low this morning, so I pulled on some jeans and pod-personed the two blocks uphill to my local grocery of predatory prices, Cala Foods»A 50-count bottle of Advil is priced at nearly $9.«. I’d...

Posted by mistersquid on April 27, 2011 6:43 AM

Reassessing The Big Lebowski

The Big Lebowski ENTRYURL: http://www.metafilter.com/87913/The-Year-in-Dude-Studies#2883496 viaName: viaURL: TIME: 23:06:58 //--> Even having seen the Coen Brothers’ The Big Lebowski three or four times, I really did not like the film too much. I was annoyed by Lebowski’s unconsidered and Hollywoodified...

Posted by mistersquid on December 30, 2009 11:37 PM

Barack Obama Awarded 2009 Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance...

Posted by mistersquid on October 9, 2009 7:41 AM

Help Me. I’m Evil.1

Jean Rollin. La Morte Vivante. (1982): 01:05:38 - 01:05:46 Clicking downloads a 1.8 MB file. Please be patient while the file loads Ctrl/Right-click here to “Save File As …” The above clip comes from a French film wherein the...

Posted by mistersquid on June 26, 2007 12:40 AM

What's that buzzing noise?

Overheard in a meeting somewhere:“The department would save quite a bit of money if instead of making copies we all used Blackboard.”“Did he just say ‘black boy’? ”“I don’t know about the rest of you but I use my black...

Posted by mistersquid on September 15, 2006 5:15 PM