December 2010
25 posts
Tuba Christmas pt. 2
What Wikipedia taught me today
Bavarian dukes from 600-900 AD had great names. Theodo, Theodbert, Theobald, Grimoald, Hugbert, Grifo, Charles the Fat, Louis the Child, Arnulf the Bad, Henry II the Quarrelsome, etc.
Honorable mention: John III the Pitiless, 1418-1425 (sources say he went hard in the motherfucking paint).
Yes sir, it’s shaping up to be a great break.
Top t(Eh)n
Just, also, here’s my year end top ten list. ‘cause you know, might as well. I actually think a lot of fantastic music came out this year. But it also felt like a really top heavy year. By which I mean a lot of great artists who I expected to make great records made them, and I wasn’t surprised as much as in years past. So yeah, it feels like a pretty predictable list, with...
On the bus home today I was harangued at by a black teenager for ten straight minutes about how I was a white devil who would burn in hell for raping his ancestors and keeping his people in the streets. I just listened for a while, but as the attacks became more direct I figured I had better say something. It was hard to convey that I agreed with a lot of what he was saying. It’s always near...
Congressional Proceedings; Senate: Dec. 6th, 1860 →
This is seriously one of the most intense things I’ve ever read. The moment in American history where North and South cut through the bullshit and cordiality and simply started yelling their versions of truth at each other is scary as hell.
Mr. Iverson (Dem, Georgia):
There was a feeling of enmity between the two sections deeper than the depths of hell. We are enemies. The Northern people,...
I can't stop watching this. →
It’s true. Sometimes the internets is made of miracles.
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Why is the UK so much cooler than the US? →
Holiday Party electric slide. I was impressed.
Jeff gets flipped by the sexist state trooper.