December 2010
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Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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“When writing dialogue, keep in mind the three-sentence rule: give no character...”
– Three-Sentence Rule of Dialogue (via About.com)
Dec 30th
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Dec 28th
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Dec 27th
Dec 27th
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Hans Rosling: stats pimp. →
Dec 23rd
Dec 23rd
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My year in music
My 15 Favourite Albums of 2010 My 50 Favourite Tracks of 2010 (and a Spotify playlist of same) Let me know what you think!
Dec 23rd
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Dec 21st
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Dec 19th
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MightyGodKing: Yes, Virginia, Betty Draper is... →
Can’t say how much I agree with this: Betty is a meanspirited person. She clearly takes pleasure in hurting people she doesn’t like. She’s incredibly hateful – even borderline abusive – towards Sally. She’s capricious, inconstant and unreliable. She’s wildly paranoid and a massive control freak as regards her own personal preferences. Now, because Mad Men is a good show, it...
Dec 19th
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Dec 19th
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“Still, I like the future. Though it seems intent on killing me and everyone I...”
– Charlie Huston, “Guns to Shape the Future”. I need this man’s books in my life right now.
Dec 19th
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“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very...”
– Douglas Adams (via ageofreason)
Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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WatchWatch
ageofreason: Eddie Izzard - Science vs. Religion
Dec 18th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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Lisanti Quarterly: The Ten Best Films Of 2010, In... →
leezypeezy: marklisanti: The Sweet-Hearted-But-Poignant Animated One We’re Supposed To Take More Seriously The One By The Famously Exacting Director With The Great Script By The Famously Jerky Screenwriter The One Where You’re Going Insane Waiting Around For The Crazy Thing To Happen, Then It Happens The Super-Loony… Don’t forget: The one where that washed up actor has made a comeback via...
Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Paste Magazine's 25 Best Album Covers of 2010 →
Dec 14th
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“In unfamiliar homes I hunt down bookshelves – Billy or bespoke. I look for hints...”
– Opinion: Ebooks may be convenient - but they don’t enrich your life So what’s the answer if in just a few short years we’re all hypothetically going to be reading via digital devices? How do we keep this sense of… of conveying who we are through our reading? The truth is I don’t know. It could be...
Dec 14th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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“We need to make books cool again. If you go home with somebody and they don’t...”
– (via thebrickhouse) John Waters = class act.
Dec 12th
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The digested Jimmy Carr/Frankie Boyle standup...
Isn’t it awesome being a straight white male? Let’s make fun of people who aren’t! Also, rape paedophilia whoo I am so EDGY
Dec 12th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 5th
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Nanowrimo: Post-November
I ended up with 22,938 words. Which is less than a lot of people managed, but more than I usually write in any given month. And I’m going to keep on writing.
Dec 3rd