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Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:16:34 -0400

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Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:03:50 -0400

Oh, hey, want to work with us?

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:01:03 -0400

So this.

Ugh, I wish I’d remembered how sad “Spider and I” always makes me feel before I...

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:19:57 -0400

Ugh, I wish I’d remembered how sad “Spider and I” always makes me feel before I posted it.

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Thu, 09 May 2013 13:00:47 -0400

90: The 90 Most 90s People Ever 10-1

Wed, 08 May 2013 13:37:36 -0400

circumswoop:

10. John Grisham, class hack
9. Norm MacDonald, newsman
8. Matthew Perry, actor/inflector
7. Elizabeth Wurtzel, straight white girl
6. Hugh Grant/Elizabeth Hurley, Labradorman/assassin
5. David Carson, grunge artist
4. Ted Kaczynski, bomber/sartorialist
3. Claudia Schiffer, bb
2. Courtney Love, widow
1. David LaChappelle, maximalist

So I have developed some weird kind of dyslexia where I misread words and rearrange them etc., which manifested itself in my initially reading this title as Most Evil 90s People. I guess what is most disturbing in this scenario is that I took issue with the placement, not the selection, of the people on this list.

Please be excited for this brave new world. It’s going to be great.

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:33:02 -0400

Please be excited for this brave new world. It’s going to be great.

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Tue, 07 May 2013 17:46:27 -0400

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Mon, 06 May 2013 20:08:10 -0400

Nothing to worry about.

Mon, 06 May 2013 16:28:00 -0400

“It’s not like these hordes of cicadas suck blood or zombify people,” says May Berenbaum, a University of Illinois entomologist. Adds Berenbaum, “Not that that’s something you should worry about. I can’t even imagine why I brought it up. Okay, gotta go!”

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Fri, 03 May 2013 13:53:28 -0400

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Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:07:38 -0400

adamfrucci: popculturebrain: Watch This: Splitsider Presents...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:22:18 -0400

adamfrucci:

popculturebrain:

Watch This: Splitsider Presents ‘The Exquisite Corpse Project’ | Splitsider

Comedy website Splitsider just launched a new digital distribution label ‘Splitsider Presents’ and their first release is the hilarious feature film ‘The Exquisite Corpse Project.’ Available for $5 over at their website.

Director Ben Popik gathered together his former comrades from the legendary sketch group Olde English and tasked them with writing a movie. The catch: each of the five writers wrote 15 pages and only saw the previous five pages of the script. He then shot the movie they wrote, as well as documentary footage of the writing process and all the drama that it entailed, and put them all together into a unique comedy.

I had an opportunity to see the move last night and it is really something special. Besides being extremely funny and charming, it speaks volumes about the creative process, collaboration and friendship. The way the documentary aspect mirrors the narrative they wrote is fascinating. The film becomes much more than a silly project, but rather evolves into a statement about human nature and relationships. You definitely haven’t seen anything like it.

Go get it. For real. You won’t regret spending the $5.

The project I’ve been working on for the past year is finally live! Check it out! I couldn’t be prouder to be a small part of this amazing movie.

I LOL’d at this movie and I LOL at nothing.

Guys, what if this week never ends?

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:41:39 -0400

Guys, what if this week never ends?

READ AND SHARE.

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:32:53 -0400

READ AND SHARE.

It's so so good. So.

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:14:00 -0400

It's so so good. So.

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Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:23:40 -0400

Today on The Awl we are experimenting with subliminal messaging in an effort to get you to buy...

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:22:07 -0400

Today on The Awl we are experimenting with subliminal messaging in an effort to get you to buy something. Can YOU tell what it is?

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Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:56:51 -0400

: Tsunamis, Gunshots and Black Swans

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:20:26 -0400

: Tsunamis, Gunshots and Black Swans:

paigeferrari:

I feel funny writing about personal things, but the anniversary of the tsunami in Japan had me thinking a lot about loss, and the unexpected events that change our lives forever. 3/11 was such an emotional event, and remembering it now touches upon an unexpected event in my own life that is a bit…