For any of you American fitness peeps <a class="postlink" href="http://runforyourlives.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://runforyourlives.com/</a>
From the youtube thread: Yes, the world would certainly be a better place without that cunt roaming around, but... http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts...is_not_in_uganda_and_other_complicated_things and more in line with the general humour (and the no politics rule) around these parts:
Well, pretty cool. I'm sure it's old news for all you folks, but SXSW puts up music played there up for free. So here's 7.5 gigs worth of music for y'all to download. Legally. http://blog.chron.com/techblog/2012/03/come-and-get-it-more-than-7-5-gb-of-free-music-from-sxsw/ I haven't listened into this year's mix, but last year's featured a couple of good songs. Also, having 7.5gig of new material to sort through seems like an awesome idea for springtime.
This can get annoying fairly quick but it's entertaining anyway: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.kanyezone.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.kanyezone.com/</a>
<a class="postlink" href="http://attackofthecute.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://attackofthecute.com/</a> My house is filled with "Squee" thanks to this.
Charlize Theron is not only insanely hot, she has a sense of humor as well. I think I'm in love. http://omg.yahoo.com/blogs/now/charlize-theron-sex-tape-surprisingly-funny-220958779.html
<a class="postlink" href="http://raganwald.posterous.com/i-hereby-resign" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://raganwald.posterous.com/i-hereby-resign</a> Interesting resignation letter over an employer screening Facebook. Worth the quick read.
http://thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=second_chance_af This is an April fools joke, right? I mean it was written on April first.
One of my all-time favorite Onion articles: http://www.theonion.com/articles/clinton-deploys-very-special-forces-to-iraq,645/
<a class="postlink" href="http://whatshouldwecallme.tumblr.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://whatshouldwecallme.tumblr.com/</a> Shit is mind blowingly funny. Ok, that's an over-sell, but it's pretty good.
Awesome/Terrible Metaphors: http://writingenglish.wordpress.com...es-collected-by-high-school-english-teachers/
This video essay explores the visual style in The Wire. I don't know shit about film, but this was fascinating. If you are a fan of The Wire it's well worth the 30 minutes.
http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/ I'm not sure how to describe this. Basically, people make up conspiracy-type objects and entities and post document-style entries about them. Some are humorous, while others are simply creepy.
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id...eader-creed-nickelback-world-most-hated-bands Chuck Klosterman on Nickelback and Creed. I'm not even sure how to feel after reading this, I kind of hate Klosterman for making sense though.
Stephen Colbert's speech at the TIME 100 Most Influential People event is great. Transcript only. I hope there is a video of it somewhere.