This has been going around Facebook
A Small Needful Fact
Inane poll # 2, poll in the city
You have a chance to bring any historical figure into the 21st century to live with you for a day, basically for no better reason than so you can get to watch them freak the fuck out over modern technology. Who do you bring and what do you do with them? (Let’s say, they have to have been dead for at least the past 50…
Floating the idea of a summer NYC meetup
Eta. Based on initial feedback, what if we tentatively say, the first weekend in August? We could do a Potlatch picnic somewhere.
Your late night laugh
#makethegalaxygreatagain https://twitter.com/realtrumpatine
So, apparently it's not technically illegal for the UK government to ignore a referendum
Am I just grasping at straws?
Behold, the best black head extraction video I've ever seen
For those among us who like to spend our spare time doing things like typing “weird skin condition” into google images.
Lin's sonnet
Updated with a link.
Positive new stories-a round up
I was going to wait till later next week to do this again, but I think we all need this now. In fact, I’m thinking of making it a semi-regular thing.
Very important question
Because we are having a debate. Was the woman who sang the anthem before Hillary’s speech (Bobby McFerrin’s daughter!) wearing Modcloth’s “Sleek It Out” dress?
Because there seems to be a glut of humans being awful stories lately....
I went searching for some feel good stories.
Jumpstarting a non academic writing portfolio
So...I’m pretty sure I’m going to loose out on what’s kind of a dream job (interview lots of human rights activists and write about them) largely because I don’t have much non-academic yet professional writing I can show them.
Talk to me about Grand Hotel
Because applying for jobs is boring, let’s discuss the Spanish soap opera which wonders, how could Downton Abbey be LESS subtle and have an even higher body count?
A Movie Rec and a Resume Question for the Group
1. Go see The Nice Guys. I walked in with zero expectations and found it delightful. It is an extremely dark sort of genre-esque action comedy reminiscent of Lethal Weapon (and written by the same guy, it turns out). Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe are far funnier together than I could have predicted. And, its got one…
Childhood? What Childhood? It's Gone Forever.
Tw: MAJOR (comedic) gore.