January 2012
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Did Gordon Ramsay “nightmare” kill off Austin’s El...
Kitchen Nightmares shows Gordon Ramsay helping restaurants make miraculous turnarounds. Ramsay helped relaunch Austin, Texas’s El Greco, but the restaurant still ended up closing. Some people are saying that Ramsay’s interference may have been the final nail in the coffin for the restaurant.
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John Cheese
John Cheese is a different sort of writer than the usual contributor on Cracked.com. His articles are informative and often poignant. He’s tackled important subjects such as the experience the poor go through, the habits poor people develop, the difficulty of being a new parent, and advice that one only understands with age.
Cheese’s tone is balanced between gritty acceptance of his...
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The Facebook Racist
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Brilliant But Cancelled TV Shows
The Internet often discusses shows that died before their time.
Splitsider looked at “10 Promising TV Series That Weren’t Picked Up”.
Television Without Pity also has its “Brilliant But Cancelled” blog, taken over from the original site.
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AT-AT Dog
I need this dog as a pet.
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Plotto: A Mechanized Plot Generator
William Wallace Cook, seeking to help mechanize the art of novel writing, came up with the 1462 possible plots for all stories. He then devised the Plotto system, whereby an author need only consult the book of plots to construct the next best seller.
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A Little Girl's Wish
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December 2011
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Reversing Classic TV Shows To Make New Ones
Reverse Fresh Prince sounds amazing!
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End of An Era?
A couple of commentators present conflicting arguments about whether the golden age of tech blogging is over.
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The Law School Bubble
There has been an increasing outcry over the bleak job prospects facing law school graduates.
Paul Campos, author of the “Inside The Law School Scam” blog, argues that continued high enrollment at law schools may be due to “lemming psychology”.
NSFW: Samantha Saint Tebowing Naked (Yep, What It... →
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Gay community apologizes to Amy Koch for ruining...
I LOVE this! Whenever some sanctimonious moron like Koch gets caught with her pants down (pun intended). It’s further proof that if a person is vehemently against a social issue, it usually means that she will engage in some sort of aberrant conduct directly related to what she opposes.
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11 Most Ridiculous Criminals of 2011
via 11points.com
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“So we’re running up our debt (which will eventually decrease economic growth),...”
– Unemployment During the Great Depression Has Been Overstated and Current Unemployment Understated (We’ve Now Got Depression-Level Unemployment) - Washington’s Blog
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I Said No to My Student Loan: One Borrower's...
When we’re forced to choose between food and loan payments, the system is terribly broken.
Of course, the deluge of people wanting to shame Antonova rose to the occasion very soon after the Alternet piece went up.
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I Cannot Eat Your Prayers: How Student Debt...
The paternalism shown to us by these religious frauds is the biggest of all insults.
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Man to be sentenced for racial incident
When sheriff’s investigators talked with Abbey at the scene, after he woke up, Abbey said he told Baker that if Baker “behaved” himself around the whites everything would be “cool” and he would be allowed to stay in Bayview. via cdapress.com
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Unemployment: Down But Not Out
With the recent news that unemployment applications are at their lowest levels since 2008, Congressional Republicans are attempting to curtail unemployment benefits. Democrats want to extend benefits for another year. This has led to an impasse.
Still, there are many long term unemployed who will slip into poverty without an extension of these benefits. The uncertainty has left many of these...
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“Where does this brief walk through American history leave us? Remember, prices...”
– How Much More Do Books Cost Today? | The Awl
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Good Luck In Your Future Endeavors
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Tea Party politician on Facebook calls for...
This man states the real reason why the Tea Party is so popular among older white people.
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The Marriage Paradox: Why We Say It's Outdated But...
Cohabitation makes a lot more sense than marriage. If things need to end at some point, things can be settled much more amicably than in a divorce.
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The 5 Most Horrifyingly Wasteful Film Shoots
Movie sets are Office Space taken to the extreme. via cracked.com
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Writers and artists design money fit for modern...
Banknotes are some most of the most beautiful art today.
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Why Airlines Keep Going Bankrupt
Ah yes. Unions are the main reason why airlines have to use bankruptcy as a weapon to rework legacy contracts and pull the workforce into the 21st century.
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Duggar Family Takes Controversial Photos of... →
Ugh. Like all fundies, they feel this is a socially acceptable thing to do.
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And the Legend of Tebow Continued...
Even Jesus has something to say about this.
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What Facebook, Youtube, and Google Plus Would Have... →
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Your Cellphone Contract Is Almost Up And They Will...
Woman: I can't get good service near my house ever since they switched the services to U.S. Cellular! They're trying to force us to switch, but I already told them I'm canceling my contract.
Me: I can try and help you with that. When does your contract end?
Woman: July. (Note: At this point, it was May)
Me: I can write them a letter asking them to let you out of your contract so you can switch to another provider.
Woman: I don't want another cell company! I want better reception now!
Me: Ma'am, I don't see that being possible. Switching to another provider that gets a better signal in your area is probably the best course of action.
Woman: No! I want better cell reception now!
Me: What solution would you propose?
Woman: Whatever gets me a better cell signal!
Me: Do you want them to build a cell tower next to your house? Because they're not going to do that.
Woman: ...
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Skittles Vodka (with instructions)
Desperate times call for desperate measures. This means that K-Rudds Alcopop tax has driven girls to making their own! Here are some bottles of skittles vodka that Erin made. I actually haven’t tried it yet, other than a little bit of leftovers, which seemed all right. I’ll update this later to say how it is (if I remember).
The difference in colour of the two leftmost bottles is...
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Lawyer Listed Sexxxy Secretary Job Via Craigslist...
Samir Zia Chowhan, sensing a prime opportunity in this down economy, set out to hire a secretary who could not only do the typing and filing, but could also engage in group sex with Chowhan and his law partner. The Illinois Supreme Court found that this is conduct unbecoming of an attorney and suspended Chowhan’s law license.
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Unremembered Celebrity Couples →
Robert Downey, Jr. and Sarah Jessica Parker went out?
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Enormous Chart Shows How Magic Works in Dozens of... →
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Twine, A Simple and Versatile Web-Enabled Sensor... →
It’s still a Kickstarter project, but this will be the next big thing.
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Week 14 Matchups: Offenses Tighten Their Belts →
Mike Tanier’s NFL previews are some of the funniest pieces of sportswriting today.
Will Wright's Next Game: Hivemind
Will Wright, of Sims and Simcity fame, now wants to have users use their personal data to shape the game playing experience in his new game, Hivemind.
Sounds awesome.
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Can't afford to retire in the US? There's always...
Panama, eh? It’s fine as long as the government stays stable and no kleptocrats bother them.
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In advance of joining the SEC, Missouri’s Gary Pinkel punished his old league by voting Oklahoma State fourth in the Coaches’ Poll.
This is why Mizzou is a terrible school and Missouri is a terrible state.
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Why the Asian Food in Paris Is So Bad
In order to suit the quieter, subtler French palate, Asian migrants toned down the spicy, vibrant, and loud tastes so ingrained in their cuisine, transmitting the French abstraction of ethnic distinction to their kitchens.