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nedhepburn: Today on The Worst, we interviewed megawatt...

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:26:54 -0400

Today on The Worst, we interviewed megawatt comedian Kyle Kinane.

Do different parts of the country have different senses of humor?

Somewhat. It’s ironic that playing in some of the more conservative areas like Texas or Arizona can be more fun because they’re not hung up on political correctness. They came to a comedy show to laugh, and check their issues at the door. They’ll laugh at themselves even if it’s some liberal putz from LA because they know why they came to a comedy club. I’ve been surprised after shows in Phoenix and Dallas, because instead of getting defensive about their differing views, they just laugh because they know it’s okay to do that in a comedy club. Sometimes you get in front of a “liberal” audience and they have so many mental hurdles set up before they can laugh at something.

How freeing is bombing? Do you have to fail big to win big, so to speak?

It’s freeing because it reminds me that I’m never done with comedy. There’s no sense of figuring it out. Bombing is the tap on the shoulder that says “See? This is still a part of it.”

You never perfect comedy, which is what makes it the perfect lifestyle. There’s no end point. You just keep studying.

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newyorker: A cartoon by Shannon Wheeler. For more cartoons from...

Wed, 08 May 2013 17:13:02 -0400

newyorker:

A cartoon by Shannon Wheeler. For more cartoons from the issue: http://nyr.kr/106KD9I

mychemcalromance: thespacegoat: • Accidentally close a tab?...

Sat, 04 May 2013 01:40:01 -0400

mychemcalromance:

thespacegoat:

• Accidentally close a tab? Ctrl+Shift+T reopens it.
• Bananas release dopamine, eat them when you’re sad.
• CTRL+SHIFT+ESC is the one handed version of CTRL+ALT+DEL
• Don’t brush your teeth hard, it makes them sensitive and removes enamel.
• Don’t like spiders? Put citronella oil on your walls and they will not go there.
• Drink one glass of water for every alcoholic drink you have, you’ll get drunk without getting a hangover.
• Get clear ice cubes by boiling water before freezing it
• Heal paper cuts and immediately stop the pain with chapstick.
• If you accidentally write on your dry erase board with a permanent marker, scribble over it with a dry eraser marker to remove it.
• If your shoes smell, put them in the freezer overnight, it will kill the bacteria.
• Make bug bites stop itching with a banana peel.
• Make a paper longer with 12-point text, but 14-point periods and commas.
• Need to get around a blocked website at work? Try replacing the http:// with https://
• Never send your resume as a word file (unless asked) Instead, print it to a pdf file, it’s much cleaner and professional looking.
• Pick a flavor of gum you don’t normally chew, and chew it while studying during a test.
• Place a piece of bread in a container with your homemade cookies and they will stay soft.
• Put a dry towel into a dryer with wet clothes, they will dry faster.
• Put toothpaste on a pimple and it will dry out.
• Practise fake smiling in the mirror every day before going to work/school, you’ll genuinely start to feel happier.
• Rub canola/olive oil on knives before cutting onions, you won’t cry, alternatively chew gum and you won’t either.
• Short on time with a wrinkled dress shirt? Hang it up in the bathroom to steam it flat.
• The night before, place things you don’t want to forget the next morning on top of your shoes.
• Use hydrogen peroxide to remove blood stains from clothing.
• When cleaning windows use newspapers or coffee filters instead of paper towels, they will not leave streaks.
• When microwaving bread products/pizza put a glass of water in with it, it will keep your bread for going spongy.
• When you move into a new place you’re renting, take pictures of any and all damage, then post them on facebook (privately if preferred) so you can use the reference date as proof you didn’t do it.
• When searching plane tickets online delete your cookies prior, prices go up when you visit a site multiple times.

LIFE HACKS

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jamesadomian: khealywu: octemberfirst: abqandnotu: merosse: ...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:05:13 -0400

jamesadomian:

khealywu:

octemberfirst:

abqandnotu:

merosse:

TINY TURTLE INVESTIGATORS: THE CASE OF THE LARGE STRAWBERRY

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE

“HAVE YOU TRIED BALANCING ON IT”
“YES OF COURSE I TRIED BALANCING ON IT JENKINS THIS IS NOT MY FIRST DAY AS A TINY TURTLE INVESTIGATOR”

Well, did you try balancing on top of Mort and then sniffing it?

Why of course, of course, of course! After all it is red and be-seeded and therefore HIGHLY curious INDEED!

dinosaurusrex: HOW OLD IS THIS I AM DYING

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:26:47 -0400

dinosaurusrex:

HOW OLD IS THIS I AM DYING

whydoihaveablog: I’m normally appalled at how expensive...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:23:18 -0400

whydoihaveablog:

I’m normally appalled at how expensive everything is, but when I go to get my eyebrows threaded this afternoon, I want to go to this salon, cup these ladies’ chins and tell them that they deserve to charge more than an extra $5 for waxing butt cracks when doing full Brazilians.

ianbrooks: Cephalonaut by Haragos Prints, posters, and iphone...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:36:21 -0400

ianbrooks:

Cephalonaut by Haragos

Prints, posters, and iphone cases available at RedBubble.

Artist: Facebook

ianbrooks: Surrealism Portraitism by Marta Bielsa The alternate...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:58:36 -0400

Surrealism Portraitism by Marta Bielsa posted by ianbrooks.me

Surrealism Portraitism by Marta Bielsa posted by ianbrooks.me

Surrealism Portraitism by Marta Bielsa posted by ianbrooks.me

Surrealism Portraitism by Marta Bielsa posted by ianbrooks.me

Surrealism Portraitism by Marta Bielsa posted by ianbrooks.me

Surrealism Portraitism by Marta Bielsa posted by ianbrooks.me

Surrealism Portraitism by Marta Bielsa posted by ianbrooks.me

Surrealism Portraitism by Marta Bielsa posted by ianbrooks.me

Surrealism Portraitism by Marta Bielsa posted by ianbrooks.me

Surrealism Portraitism by Marta Bielsa posted by ianbrooks.me

ianbrooks:

Surrealism Portraitism by Marta Bielsa

The alternate reality of Marta’s portraiture is a sea I want to sail on, full of ship-beards and lobsterphones washed up on the shores of a world Salvador Dalí would proudly inhabit.

Artist: Behance / Website / Facebook

donotchoosesidesyet: Sir Reginald Wiggly /SCREAMS FOREVER

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:43:10 -0400

donotchoosesidesyet:

Sir Reginald Wiggly

/SCREAMS FOREVER

joebagofdoughnuts: More proof that Cats are not nearly as...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:35:59 -0400

joebagofdoughnuts:

More proof that Cats are not nearly as graceful and agile as we give them credit for….

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Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:49:32 -0400

thetenssf: tinyhousesmallspace: Lori’s Tiny Cabin Lori’s Tiny...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:46:52 -0400

thetenssf:

tinyhousesmallspace:

Lori’s Tiny Cabin

Lori’s Tiny Vagina-Door Cabin

"Three weeks ago I cheated on my boyfriend. He was perhaps twenty feet away from me, sleeping in my..."

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:26:18 -0400

“Three weeks ago I cheated on my boyfriend. He was perhaps twenty feet away from me, sleeping in my bed with the door open while I betrayed his trust on the living room sofa. At one point, he woke up and walked right by. “You’re not watching House of Cards without me, are you?” he asked. “No,” I lied without hitting pause. With my ear buds in, you could say Netflix was actually inside of me as my boyfriend returned to bed. I stayed in the living room and kept watching.”

- Netflix Adultery: The Smallest, Most Insidious Betrayal - The Cut (via thisistheverge)

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doublejack: tanya77: parislemon: Noooooooooooo. (But really,...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:41:20 -0500

doublejack:

tanya77:

parislemon:

Noooooooooooo.

(But really, I would love some customization options — the Japanese logo being another example — just to switch it up from time to time since I live in the Tumblr Dashboard.)

I really, really hate this decision. I think the particular shade of blue Tumblr uses for its dashboard to be particularly depressing. I’d really like to hear why exactly we can’t use the black background anymore.

I would like my $5 back, please. This is bullshit of the highest order. I love my black background and I loathe the blue one. I may be done rolling with Tumblr’s punches this time. Ugh.

"A comedian whose name I don’t remember once defined ‘a joke’ as the following: ‘Telling the truth..."

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:25:18 -0500

“A comedian whose name I don’t remember once defined ‘a joke’ as the following: ‘Telling the truth faster than most people are used to it.’”

- Analysis Of A Joke | Thought Catalog (via nickdouglas)

The ABA Prefers White Men

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:49:17 -0500

The ABA Prefers White Men :

Maya Sen (University of Rochester) shows in a working paper (pdf, ungated) that the American Bar Association (ABA) has systematically assigned lower judicial qualification ratings to minority and female nominees for U.S. District Courts. This finding holds after controlling for observable characteristics (via matching) that may be associated with qualification; such as the quality of the law school where a nominee got her law degree, how much experience she has practicing law, and whether this experience was attained as a law clerk, a public defender, a judge (of several varieties), or in some other role. Partisanship plays little role in the nomination process for these lower Court judges (in contrast to appointments to Federal Courts).

Sen also shows that getting a lower qualification rating is correlated with a reduced confirmation probability. On the other hand, qualification ratings are not correlated with an indicator for judicial quality (high reversal rates). This suggests that the ABA does not have some sort of private information about the true quality of judges that is not captured by observable characteristics of judges.

halfbakedidea: Puppy.

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:46:21 -0500

halfbakedidea:

Puppy.