January 2012
15 posts
December 2011
14 posts
SOPA: So how much does it cost to buy off... →
wilwheaton:
According to a report by the Knight-Batten Award-winning nonprofit MAPLight, the 32 sponsors of the bill received just under $2 million in campaign contributions from the movie, music, and TV entertainment industries.
To put that in perspective, this weekend’s box office take for Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (you can’t make this stuff up) took in $23 million in just one...
Ties that bind intertwined invisibly in mind and flesh stretched so far every disturbance along the lines stings and pulls and aches.
“I think women are encouraged to be into sex, but we’re encouraged to be into sex...”
– Clarisse Thorn (Interview with a sex-positive feminist — Feministe)
This.
“Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the ‘transcendent’ and all who...”
– Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian. (via jenmyers)
I often disagreed with Hitchens (primarily when he was writing about women), but his writing has had a profound impact on me. I didn’t expect to start my morning crying on my computer over the death of another favorite writer, but...
