January 2009
36 posts
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Jan 31st
Jan 30th
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author/reader compromise
Readers like to come up with their own ideas about the story; it’s no fun if you tell us everything. (Especially if we already know it.) But authors want the reader to come away with certain ideas about the story; it’s no fun if you get you get it wrong. So the author must steer the reader toward the desired outcome—while giving the reader the illusion that they are free to come up...
Jan 28th
“From that day, every evening at 10:00 P.M. for the next month, five or six of...”
– “Kenji Fujimoto”, I Was Kim Jong Il’s Cook.
Jan 26th
“I didn’t like the line in the speech about, “We don’t have to...”
– Bill O’Reilly (fast-forward to about 1:38 here)
Jan 24th
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Jan 20th
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Jan 20th
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“Stephen, if people will accept you as payment for goods, then you are money.”
– Niall Ferguson, The Colbert Report, Jan 13 2009.
Jan 19th
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Jan 18th
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atheism joke hyuk hyuk
A weak atheist does not believe in the existence of God, but does not make an affirmative statement of the definitive non-existence of God. A strong atheist does not believe in the existence of God, and can bench press 650lbs.
Jan 17th
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“You ask a gay guy a question, we’re gonna answer it about fashion.”
– Anthony Romero, The Colbert Report Jan 12, 2009.
Jan 16th
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“Obama wants to make it easier for people to sue their employers for past abuse!...”
– Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, Jan 7 2009.
Jan 16th
“We are about to enter a world in which our commander in chief speaks in full...”
– The New York Times, He’s Leaving, Really.
Jan 15th
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“I’ve been playing Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions on PSP...”
– NeoGAF, I don’t feel like typing out the topic title.
Jan 14th
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Jan 12th
“What’ve you been up to?! Am I gonna have to clean the corner?”
– Tall Guy (I will never mistake “bedroom” for “bathroom” again, I swear!)
Jan 12th
Advice for CS Majors →
before you graduate. I guess it’s never too late to take good advice though? (even if you aren’t a CS major)
Jan 9th
“[…] I guess it would be kind of cool if the Zune could produce the brown...”
– The Old New Thing, (comment on) The programmers don’t design skins; they just make skins possible.
Jan 8th
“It is foolish for the artist to try to compete with the camera in achieving...”
– Andrew Loomis, The Eye of the Painter.
Jan 8th
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“According to my research, Utah’s 3rd District is one of the most diverse...”
– Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, Jan 07 2009.
Jan 8th
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“Plenty of businesses are lies! Take Legos. What am I supposed to do with these?!...”
– Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, Jan 07 2009.
Jan 8th
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Jan 7th
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“Clearly Democrats are racists! The only reason they supported Obama for...”
– Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, Jan 5 2009.
Jan 7th
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Jan 6th
“If you sleep with them, you’ve slept with every Republican they’ve...”
– Tall Guy, speaking of gay prostitutes. (Related.)
Jan 6th
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Jan 5th
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“From one to another, I’m sorry. I’m not claiming responsibility, just expressing...”
– de-conversion, (comment on) Failing the Insider Test - My de-conversion story
Jan 5th
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“Because he refuses to cloak the reality of the world’s suffering in a cloying...”
– Sam Harris, An Atheist Manifesto.
Jan 4th
“…Is some assembly required?”
– Eros, looking at his Chinese take-out soup in dismay.
Jan 3rd
Jan 2nd
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“It’s funny realizing that webcomics are soap operas for nerds.”
– Tall Guy
Jan 2nd