tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241972679209620512012-02-16T02:45:26.830-05:00View from the rafters of one particularly observant optimistantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17155219320894318707noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124197267920962051.post-9398005756521353822012-01-05T23:24:00.000-05:002012-01-05T23:24:05.241-05:002012-01-05T23:24:05.241-05:00

Meow!!  "...a distinctive subculture of antibeef beefcakes..." Best line of the day, for sure. From the NYTimes

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I am one of the lucky ones...I have a job that allows me to stay within the repayment terms of my student loans. I pay my bills on time, every month, and haven't missed a payment to Citibank, Sallie Mae and other responsibilities like credit cards, rent and utilities. However, the thought of my graduated repayment plan kicking in scares me because I'm already living on a shoestring. I take

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  I'm all for cute puppy cams - but really? Google is allowing puppy sale ads? Damn you, puppy mills, for embracing online advertising! Must you sour everything with your evil!!

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I'll be there as long as you fembots don't fucking tell me what to do. I'll be dancing on my own all night - you can hang with me, if you call your girlfriend. Alright, I've got to get myself together, because this dancehall queen has come to rest in my eyes. Dance until we're all stars forever. I'm warning you, I'm indestructible and love kills like a dysfunctional time machine...cuz none of

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Enzo, my own (amphibious) turtle, is already fuming with jealousy. I know it. "That little bitch...lawn mowers ain't shit &mdash try crossing a street in traffic and sprinting through ravenous seagulls on a beach...pussy." Photo via boing boing

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I love everything about this story. Bears, ice, nature and destruction. Seriously. More cute (but less destructive) videos over at Engadget.

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2010 has come and gone (almost). It's been quite an eventful year. I feel like I've posted to this blog more, in the second half at least, and I'm trying to set myself up for a strong 2011. In that vein, there is one thing that I usually don't do around this time of year...resolutions. I don't know why, really. Maybe it's the fact that I am completely annoyed by the resolution crowd at the gym

antyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17155219320894318707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124197267920962051.post-70787917031892251092010-12-15T16:51:00.000-05:002010-12-15T16:51:11.135-05:002010-12-15T16:51:11.135-05:00

From the following article on pandas, a particular fascination of mine it appears... "The innovative methods used to encourage the pandas to procreate – including, artificial insemination, special diets, 'sexercise' classes and even Viagra – are the subject of a BBC documentary narrated by Sir David Attenborough to be screened this week." The story also has an adorable set of photographs of

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Okay. I haven't done a post about them yet, but I am a die hard Phillies fan. When they lost to the Giants in October, I was very sad. It took me about a week, but watching Cliff Lee pitch for the Rangers made it a little easier... Last night, around midnight, I received a text from my cousin - "cliff lee is a phillie!!!!!!!!!" My response - "Wtf?" I honestly have not been following much since

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Last week I went home for Thanksgiving.I walked off the platform of the R5 in Thornedale to my dad and dog, as usual. Cedes, my dog, wriggled in happiness at seeing me. Her presence lifts my heart because I know she has and will always love me no matter what.In the car, my dad and I discussed current events like North Korea and the elections, as usual. Through the mundane conversation, I could

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According to an OgilvyOne Worldwide survey, the No. 1 social media activity among social media users in China was "Pimp up my avatar."Really?Imagine if you were selling a cool hat or set of sneakers on that website for avatars...there are around 650 million users of QQ in China. If you could sell to half a million of those for like 50 cents to a dollar (approximately 3-5 yuan) each then you'd be

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Earlier this week, The New Yorker published a piece on Irving Penn's new display over at the Pace/MacGill Gallery entitled Archaeology.The stark contrasts of the ordinary objects that he's compiled with the bones of animals (including that one known as the human animal) are both mundane and fantastic, and while these are still photographs they come alive with the shadows. I think that my favorite

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I wish I could figure out how to embed this in my own blog, but for now, just visit this site and be amazed.It's about 10 times better if you've got a set of those bi-colored 3D glasses.Now get the f' outta here.#KillingMe#Don'tFuckingTellMeWhatToDo

antyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17155219320894318707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124197267920962051.post-67402112293948419272010-10-12T17:35:00.002-04:002010-10-12T17:41:47.682-04:002010-10-12T17:41:47.682-04:00

I know, I know... so much has been going on recently and I haven't updated this blog. You would think I'd have an opinion to share on the gay suicides and Dan Savage's It Gets Better Project and all of the other gay news events in the world, and I do, but I'm not going to use this blog as a forum for that.I have been tweeting and posting on my Facebook though, don't you worry.I have been meaning

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I had previously posted that a research/tourist facility in China was seeking several international panda care-takers. Looks like they found the ideal candidates for the panda keepers...and didn't take my recommendation of using the news team from Anchorman. Sad.They chose 6 candidates from 61,615 applicants, spanning 52 countries and regions in the world. Talk about competition!See the story

antyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17155219320894318707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124197267920962051.post-71492393965835526702010-09-27T15:48:00.003-04:002010-09-27T15:51:51.947-04:002010-09-27T15:51:51.947-04:00

Okay, this is amazing. I want to go an entire theme park based on Smurfs.When, you ask? When are you buying my plane ticket?

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Brilliant.As seen on Groupon.

antyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17155219320894318707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124197267920962051.post-58696627834666921682010-09-15T11:14:00.003-04:002010-09-15T11:15:56.203-04:002010-09-15T11:15:56.203-04:00

Bloomberg reports that Steve Jobs was stopped at an airport and had to throw away shurikens in his luggage. Shurikens?And I thought I was an anime nerd.Although now I know what I want for Christmas...hint hint.

antyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17155219320894318707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124197267920962051.post-55794693401767759052010-09-14T10:17:00.007-04:002010-09-14T11:32:37.463-04:002010-09-14T11:32:37.463-04:00

The commodification of sex in Manhattan is a truth of the place. Put so many people on a tiny island and some aspects of life just become...expected.Nowhere is this as true as with gay men.But when online hook-up websites (Manhunt, Grindr, craigslist, findfred...the list goes on) make finding sex as easy as ordering take out and become normalized, it stunts the development of healthy sexuality as

antyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17155219320894318707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124197267920962051.post-2778013595571163422010-09-09T11:40:00.002-04:002010-09-09T11:48:20.748-04:002010-09-09T11:48:20.748-04:00

"Can we look ourselves in the face and say we have given proper weight to the Miley Cyrus-Hannah Montana dichotomy? I don't think so."--David Brooks, discussing the lack of bi-coastal American pop-culture coverage over at the NYTimes with Gail Collins. So snarky!

antyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17155219320894318707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124197267920962051.post-56819245508103795912010-09-08T11:05:00.000-04:002010-09-08T11:05:57.042-04:002010-09-08T11:05:57.042-04:00

I guest blogged over at You Might As Well... a site started up by my friend Amanda and her friend Kelly.Check it out, some of them are quite funny.

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So I decided to stay in New York City for Labor Day weekend and it turned out that a friend was moving. So as my plans were suddenly vacant, I offered to help. I'm a swell friend, aren't I?We started Friday night but couldn't get motivated. It was Friday, after all! We're sitting in his room, I brought over supplies (a bottle of vodka, some club soda) and we were contemplating what/how to do aka

antyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17155219320894318707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124197267920962051.post-7638348198975949052010-08-30T10:25:00.002-04:002010-08-30T10:30:22.708-04:002010-08-30T10:30:22.708-04:00

"Sweeney explained his fondness for the man hug."I would share a man hug with Mike Sweeney (or any of the Phillies, for that matter) any day.

antyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17155219320894318707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124197267920962051.post-71315316545301028682010-08-27T15:54:00.002-04:002010-08-27T15:58:04.871-04:002010-08-27T15:58:04.871-04:00

Thousands enter panda keeper contest in China.Sounds like a job for the News Team!

antyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17155219320894318707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124197267920962051.post-65279094131741605922010-08-25T12:46:00.004-04:002010-08-25T12:53:21.822-04:002010-08-25T12:53:21.822-04:00

I don't get how a picture of a grizzly bear fits with the headline Why "feminist" is a dirty word.Sometimes, the NY Times is just baffling.And is it just me, or does this particular bear look like the infamous pizzly/grolar bear? I apologize in advance for the photo in the link... I know, hunting bears just seems obscene, but the content of the story is quite fascinating.

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