Ferris Bueller as Fight Club

Well this theory (via) just about blew up my world:
My favorite thought-piece about Ferris Bueller is the “Fight Club” theory, in which Ferris Bueller, the person, is just a figment of Cameron’s imagination, like Tyler Durden, and Sloane is the girl Cameron secretly loves.
One day while he’s lying sick in bed, Cameron lets “Ferris” [...]

Slate’s100 days Obama Facebook feed

The whole fake facebook wall gag was played out a while ago but Slate’s for President Obama’s first 100 days is good enough to get a mention. Via pretty much everyone in the world.

Bill Simmons’ Trade Values

Having recently found myself with a lot of free time on my hands I thought I’d pump out a quick little research project. Inspired by the Wizards dismal season and thoughts of potential trades to shakeup the team (Jamison and our pick, if not first overall, for Bosh?) I thought I’d go back and make [...]

Not how you want a review of your book to end

This NY Times book review (via) is pretty brutal. Not liking a book is fine, negative reviews happen, but do you really have to say this?
Chesa Boudin seems like a genial guy with a bright future stretching far ahead of him. If “Gringo” is any indication, that future should not include committing sentences to paper [...]

Will Ferrell and Bear Grylls drink urine

You ever wonder to yourself “Hmm, I wonder how Will Ferrell would do on an episode of Man vs. WIld?” Well guess what, you are about to find out. Will Ferrell is joining Bear Grylss in Sweden as part of a movie promotion tour. And from the description it sounds kinda epic:
In the “Man vs. [...]

Lindsay Lohan’s eHarmony ad

Lindsay Lohan’s eHarmony Profile from Lindsay Lohan
I like a celebrity who is self-aware.

Senator Webb is one of a kind

From Ana Marie Cox’s review of Senator Webb’s A Time To Fight:
By my tally, Mr. Webb is anti-immigration, anti-gun-control, pro-labor (he’s actually a card-carrying union member), antiwar, anti-affirmative-action (as applied to anyone but black people), pro-military (his prescription for reforming our justice system, he tells us, “derives from my service in the United States Marine [...]

I don’t understand the words that are coming out of your mouth

Say again? via

Bill Posey is the illegitimate grandson of an alligator

Poor Bill Posey. He’s a freshman in Congress and boy things sure can be tough up there in the big leagues. In a profile by the Orlando Sentinel that reads like it was written by a 6th grader we learn about the suffering Rep. Posey has gone through just because he introduced a bill that [...]

Slanket before Snuggie but Freedom Blanket first

The Slanket came before the Snuggie but the Freedom Blanket came before them both.

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