Bout of Context

Transgender Rights

gauntlet posted a quote from Feministing, that included:  “Charlotte Allen - a professional...

Mar 2nd

Excerpt from Maureen Dowd today. Read:...

citizen: ….On “Nightline” last week, Hillary once more wallowed in gender inequities, asserting...

Mar 2nd

On Tumblelogs

nostrich: AATW recently wrote a long post on his tumblelog, denouncing the virtues of long posts...

Mar 2nd

“Mrs. Obama appropriates the ‘Jackie O’...

Mar 1st

I Write in Brooklyn. Get Over It.

Mar 1st

“…and he has a big uncircumcised cock that smells like...”
— Bill Maher, speculating on...

Mar 1st

The Holy Trinity Monastery, [Meteora, Greece].

Mar 1st

“Whether Muslims acknowledge it or not, whether Americans...”
— Fouad Ajami, On Kosovo’s...

Feb 29th

“The problem with putting the onus on a bloke to propose is...”
— From here (via gauntlet) In...

Feb 29th

“One individual cannot simultaneously achieve both a theistic...”
— Prof. Stephen Kaplan,...

Feb 29th

“5,084,000,000 people, 5,360 pages, 3,700 years, 243...

Feb 29th

“[The gunman] is just as much a victim as Lawrence. He’s a...”
— Masen Davis, executive...

Feb 29th

Listen

mills: cameronr: The Super Two - Crank That (Soulja Boy) …Here is a mash-up I did a couple...

Feb 29th

Watch

Gary Busey, borderline deaf, while interviewed by an 11 yr old girl at the Academy Awards. Oddly, if...

Feb 29th

noraleah: What I HOPE to be doing tomorrow night … if work...

Feb 29th

Check out the contrast in body language, enthusiasm of...

Feb 28th

"They pull a knife, you pull a gun..."

I’m reminded of this Untouchables quote by a blurb on WSJ’s front page today. Israeli...

Feb 28th

Greetings

yourdp: yourmonkeycalled: Hey dudes, let’s pick a hand-based salutation standard and stick to it....

Feb 28th

So there's this girl...

tumblinas: …who constantly calls, texts, act inappropriately towards my boyfriend.  This has been...

Feb 28th

30" is the New 20"

I had a post about brand-snobbery the other day, and experienced a border-line case of it just now....

Feb 28th

Numbers Guy

Feb 28th

William F. Buckley Jr., 82, Dies;...

Feb 28th

Watch

yourdp: kerbink: Kanye Hands - This video blew my mind. you can’t watch this just once.

Feb 28th

Macintosh Insurrection: Can Macs conquer the enterprise? ...

Feb 28th

Ask The World #1: On Economics...

theinvisiblefist: … At dinner, I told my cousin and uncle that “I think evolution is...

Feb 28th

Always Trust Your Instincts

grimzah: Last night when I was walking on that block I started to feel so scared I ran the rest of...

Feb 28th

Scientology plagiarised?  [See also:...

Feb 28th

European Union Sticks It To Microsoft - $1.34...

Feb 27th

“There once was a man named McCain, who had the whole white...”
— [via glamorouswhimsy::via...

Feb 27th

Today’s specialty offering in the caf. Glorious.

Feb 27th

“Senator Clinton often says that she is ready on Day 1, but...”
—  debate Obama. The thing that...

Feb 27th

“So bust out your balls and get ready to score…”
— My friend Matt’s...

Feb 27th

“Eunuchs and cross-dressers have traditionally played an...”
— Yaroslav Trofimov, Dancers...

Feb 26th

“Immigrants on average are far less likely than US-born citizens to commit crime in...

Feb 26th

tumblr's yourdp

sneakyjane: “I hope 6 feet is not considered tall ANYWHERE for a man, because thats how tall...

Feb 26th

fundamentalists scare...

jessicagoldharalson: Mike Huckabee has endorsed Colorado’s “Human Life Amendment,” which defines a...

Feb 26th

Obama, BigLaw, and Taxes [Or: Obama = $34,000...

Feb 26th

Apple dropped long-awaited Macbook + Macbook Pro updates....

Feb 26th

Watch

sharingtime: Awesome! An aesthetic strike against the Starbucks Laptopocracy. Classic. If only...

Feb 26th

The ‘Swallow’s Nest’ looks like a cool...

Feb 26th

“In some cases, of course, we may discriminate against a...”
— Rob Walker discusses brand...

Feb 26th

katydid: Let me introduce you to Fuck you and your H2. ...

Feb 26th

Banner pic from It’s the Politics Stupid, NYT December...

Feb 25th

More New Apple Products... This Tuesday?

Feb 25th

“I want a man who will give me space and let me do my own...”
— From here (via gauntlet) If I...

Feb 25th

“Dear Hollywood Studios, if you follow the lead of the music...”
— Frank Rose, Let My Video Go,...

Feb 25th

“The trick to an open and innovative Internet is not sneaky...”
— Andy Kessler, Internet...

Feb 25th

Wings of Desire: The Secret Lives of...

The women formerly known as stewardesses have always had a certain globe-trotting je ne sais quoi....

Feb 25th

Julia Allison’s daughter’s room, circa 2018....

Feb 24th

“When historians trace how her inevitability dissolved, they...”
— Maureen Dowd, ¿Quien Es Less...

Feb 24th

I recently flirted with the troubling conclusion that I’ve become addicted to Starbucks. Not...

Feb 24th

Cuban Lawmakers Select Raul Castro as Next...

Feb 24th

“Studies have shown that men more often view flirting as...”
— Time Magazine, 28 Jan 2008.

Feb 24th

“The art of negative campaigning is, surely, to draw a...”
— Economist, 23 Feb. The...

Feb 23rd

Just saw iTunes pushing Janet Jackson’s Discipline as a pre-order. Is there really a point to...

Feb 23rd

“I know what pisses people off about fame. It’s when...”
— George Clooney

Feb 22nd

“…A recent study in the Journal of Theoretical Biology...”
— Christine Rosen, Daddy’s...

Feb 22nd

“In Maine, they consider Lutherans colored.”
— Larry Wilmore, Daily Show...

Feb 22nd

Just stay home

doree: … and will also make people think you’ve been giving rim jobs. This will be my new...

Feb 22nd

DelegateHub.com Takes Liberties With...

Something is off about most of these ‘FACT’ points on the Hillary Clinton for...

Feb 20th

Decisions

mandalay: “Famous rebels … when faced with a decision took the outrageous one, not knowing where...

Feb 20th

CNN Sources: Teamsters to Endorse Obama

Feb 20th

“My friends, I’m not the youngest candidate … but...”
— In all my Democratic civil war...

Feb 20th

Bullshit Businessspeak Term of the Day

mills: In a meeting today, a marketing guy repeatedly sought to stun us by referring to the...

Feb 19th

Cat-friendly NYC rooftop living space, featured in...

Feb 19th

Age

nostrich: My mother called me today, and during our conversation, she casually pointed out that I...

Feb 19th

White Men Hold Key for Democrats

Feb 19th

“It would betray my conscience to occupy a responsibility...”
— El Presidente. That’s...

Feb 19th

juliaallison: The real Marilyn. I’m sure by now you’ve...

Feb 18th

“Still, Maxim is far from dumb, as its self-mockery proves....”
— Kay S. Hymowitz,...

Feb 18th

“I think that when you are famous every weakness is...”
— Marilyn Monroe. 50 years later...

Feb 18th

mandalay: via mascarah: “I find nothing about this...

Feb 18th

“The much-maligned New Jersey, that malarial swamp south of...”
— Professor Joel Rogers, U of...

Feb 18th

Toshiba To Stop HD DVD Player Production

Feb 18th

“In an era dominated by knowledge workers rather than manual...”
— Barbara Kellerman, “What...

Feb 17th

mills: I love my iPhone, and as a Mac user since my...

Feb 17th

“I’m *so* sick of eHarmony commercials - those fucking...”
— Russell Beattie (via...

Feb 16th

“If the Democrats nominate Hillary, both parties will have...”
— Michael Kinsley, The Dirtiest...

Feb 16th

Fortune magazine sent me a survey for which I was...

Feb 16th

“One must practice the art of hedonism regularly to get...”
— Michael Flocker, The Hedonism...

Feb 16th

Watch

Va va voom! Jane Fonda dropping the C-bomb on the Today Show.

Feb 16th

blackisthenewred: Someday….I will have this many books....

Feb 15th

“We see Hillary, we see Barack, and we see our own version of...”
— Elizabeth Wurtzel, of Prozac...

Feb 15th

Free Speech and Radical Islam

Good editorial in today’s Journal about the role of some conservative Muslims in constraining...

Feb 15th

New Nike Sneaker Targets Jocks, Greens, Wall...

Feb 15th

“Mrs. Clinton seems to regard herself more as a new chief...”
— The Economist, Lexington, 2...

Feb 14th

“Clinton argues that she is the stronger candidate because...”
— Clinton plays election...

Feb 14th

The Philosophy Store Is Having A Sale

Feb 14th

IBM Community Grid Helps Cancer Database

Feb 13th

“Yahoo shareholders would be foolish not to accept...”
— Joe Wilcox in the current...

Feb 13th

“Lacking spiritual sustenance, there is genuine hunger and...”
— Marion Woodman. Lately, I...

Feb 13th

Feb 13th

At just 2ft 9in, Indian muscleman Aditya ‘Romeo’...

Feb 13th

all left-handed people think they're...

yourdp: andreaallen: I’ve seen two left-handed doctors wearing their watches on their left wrist...

Feb 12th

What You Should Know When You're 25

Feb 12th

Watch

By special request of my girlfriend, Bubblewrap! Full screen here.

Feb 12th

NEGATIVE COMMENTARY FROM A READER...

maryrambin: “Because debt is so stylish! I can’t believe that you are so narrow-minded to judge...

Feb 12th

Old school Olaf’s, from when you could only get them...

Feb 12th

“It’s like down there in Appalachia, cousins sleeping...”
— Random old-timer in a midtown...

Feb 11th

“Your Phone is Ringing. Your Phone is Ringing. Your Phone...”
—  Actual ring tone of guy...

Feb 11th

Survey: (British) Men Would Give Up Sex for...

Feb 11th

Is this really the best CNN could do for Mike Gravel...

Feb 10th

“Perhaps the shift from purchasing power to purchase...”
— Peggy Orenstein in a recent...

Feb 9th

noraleah: OMG. My custom bra-brief has arrived!!  I...

Feb 9th

“My hunch is that a conservative woman like Margaret Thatcher...”
— Nicholas Kristof, “Who...

Feb 9th

“Essentially, mortgage-bond investors, seemingly unwittingly,...”
— Nicole Gelinas, CFA, in...

Feb 8th

Having An American 'Prime Minister'...

The Democrats’ candidates are running for two different Presidencies. That is their biggest...

Feb 8th

John McCain's Campaign Joke (The only...

Question: What is the difference between a catfish and a lawyer?
Answer: One is a scum-sucking bottom-dweller. The other is a fish.

Feb 7th

Watch

Many Vietnamese are eating rats for fear of bird flu, etc. Story here. Grilled with roasted garlic,...

Feb 7th

“Bush is an oil-well president in a high-tech era....”
— Jerry Berman, Executive...

Feb 7th

Me: How do you feel about self-answered questions as a method of speech? Like how Donald Rumsfeld used to do.
Bill: Am I a fan of self-answered questions? Of course not. [see John McCain]
Me: A colleague of ours, not to be named, just did that...rapid fire...about 9 consecutive
Bill: Do I think you should reveal who it was? No. Do I think you should give a hint? Of course you should.
Me: haha
Bill: the ultimate defense mechanism

Feb 6th

“We will put a college eductaion in reach of anyone who wants...”
— Barack Obama would have to...

Feb 6th

Issues Recede in '08 Contest As Voters Focus...

Feb 5th

Just when I thought this thing was turning around!

Feb 5th

Men and women cannot be close friends.

Feb 5th

Reblog Your Answer

buffy: jakoblodwick:  Do American hillbillies qualify as an ethnic group? I was born and raised...

Feb 5th

Listen

Boom In Appalachia.

Feb 5th

“If Mrs. Clinton gets the Democratic nomination, there is...”
—  Clinton, Obama, Insurance -...

Feb 4th

There are a lot of albums with single-song sales like this....

Feb 3rd

Me ha costado un “ojo de la cara”

Feb 2nd

I’ve noticed I let some more grammatical mistypes through recently. Thanks, primarily to MFGA...

Feb 1st

Athiests on Facebook

Feb 1st