"Don't make fun of grad students; they just made a terrible life choice"

YouTube - The Simpsons - Comments about PhDs and Grad Students. [HQ]

Putin Action Comix

You're going to be very popular in the corrective labor camp. | MetaFilter

Republican House Candidate: Violent rebellion is super-nifty

Republican House Candidate Will Probably Lead Violent Putsch
via Wonkette

Mayor of Philadelphia's Twitter account is just as exciting as he is

:::Philebrity…media, culture, music and more::: » Blog Archive » Mayor Nutter’s Twitter Account About As Effervescent And Engaging As Late-First-Term Mayor Nutter

More vending machine news!

The Japanese ninja skirt that turns into a Coca Cola machine to ward off attackers | Mail Online

You know you need one. Via philotex of Metafilter.

Biiiiig Battlestar Galactica News

GateWorld » Syfy greenlights pilot for third Galactica series

Thank you Marc for the heads up!

Holy fuck, look at that cat! | MetaFilter

Holy fuck, look at that cat! | MetaFilter
KITTIES ROCK AND DRIVE CARS AND END UP ON FIRE

This Vending Machine Sells Live Crabs

This Vending Machine Sells Live Crabs

Anita Hill Asked to Apologize by Justice Thomas’s Wife - NYTimes.com

Anita Hill Asked to Apologize by Justice Thomas’s Wife - NYTimes.com
Oh I hate to be all political but this is quite the weird thing here.

Wonkette's Take on NY Gov debate

New York Gubernatorial Orgy Focuses On ‘Rent Is Too Damn High,’ Hookers

Fuck the fucking homophobes

FCKH8
Watch the video, buy the T-shirt!

Booker Prize winner: "The Finkler Question" - Fiction - Salon.com

Booker Prize winner: "The Finkler Question" - Fiction - Salon.com
To read while eating Doritos and telling oneself that fame will some day be ones' own.

Tickling the Master's Creatures | MetaFilter

Tickling the Master's Creatures | MetaFilter
Awesome metafilter post re: the lyrics of Thomas Pynchon, put to music

Crazzzzy New York politics

“There is nothing to be proud of in being a dysfunctional homosexual.” | MetaFilter

It would be fun to watch this guy self destruct; on the other hand, on the heels of the beating in the Bronx recently and the suicides, his bigotry is more outrageous than funny

Some crazzzzzzzzzy Philly politics

:::Philebrity…media, culture, music and more::: » Blog Archive » New Sestak Ad Finally Grows A Pair And Lumps Toomey In With Looney Birds Like Santorum And Palin

Hopefully not too little, too late.

:::Philebrity…media, culture, music and more::: » Blog Archive » Attn. Philly Crackheads: We Already Hate You And Have Begun Efforts To Distance Ourselves From Your Dumbfuck Tribe

:::Philebrity…media, culture, music and more::: » Blog Archive » Attn. Philly Crackheads: We Already Hate You And Have Begun Efforts To Distance Ourselves From Your Dumbfuck Tribe

Eagles fans wearing liberty bell hats leads to blogger wishing for nuclear destruction.

Philip Roth's Literary Javelin - NYTimes.com

Philip Roth's Literary Javelin - NYTimes.com
His Greatness' s latest greatness

Think Progress » O’Donnell On Whether Global Warming Is Man-Made: ‘I Don’t Have An Opinion On That’

Think Progress » O’Donnell On Whether Global Warming Is Man-Made: ‘I Don’t Have An Opinion On That’
Brilliant analysis of climate change from the visitor from Crazytown.

Infinite Jest Infographic

unendlicherspasubersicht.jpg (JPEG Image, 2806x1757 pixels) - Scaled (48%) What the world has waited for: An infographic for Infinite Jest

News: Disappearing Languages at Albany - Inside Higher Ed

News: Disappearing Languages at Albany - Inside Higher Ed This is really, really horrible news.

ETA: For SUNY Albany students and faculty -- the programs are offered at other SUNY programs

THE MICHAEL BAYIFIER

THE MICHAEL BAYIFIER This has to be genius. The concept alone is. Via Metafilter

Iran’s Interrupted Lives by Haleh Esfandiari | NYRBlog | The New York Review of Books

Iran’s Interrupted Lives by Haleh Esfandiari | NYRBlog | The New York Review of Books

Nemesis by Philip Roth | Book review | Books | The Guardian

Nemesis by Philip Roth | Book review | Books | The Guardian Ah, The Humbling is part of a bigger book. Still a strange read, though.