tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54629342024-02-28T06:41:59.967-07:00Pieces of Flair<center><b>We're big in <strike>Ukraine</strike> Morocco.</b></center>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11784039320408025249noreply@blogger.comBlogger2907125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-29169361359644951642012-08-08T11:40:00.000-06:002012-08-08T11:40:21.287-06:00Gottfried Reads Fifty Shades of Gray<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5K1RcKJVbHA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11784039320408025249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-78957861847435859122012-07-13T19:09:00.001-06:002012-07-13T19:12:21.169-06:00The Wisdom of Ron Swanson<a href="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvtz33eAh1qkae66o1_1280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvtz33eAh1qkae66o1_1280.jpg" /></a>
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<a href="http://ronsays.tumblr.com/">More here</a>.Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11784039320408025249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-47965488584863001752012-05-09T19:51:00.000-06:002012-05-09T19:51:33.539-06:00RIP Adam Yauch<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/26570444?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11784039320408025249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-80964366564328283632012-03-06T07:57:00.003-07:002012-03-06T08:04:06.265-07:008-bit Smiths<iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F38372163&show_artwork=true"></iframe><br /><br />Thanks to Mike N.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00216405090512588125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-39543203293788016792012-02-24T05:31:00.005-07:002012-02-24T05:46:42.141-07:00Amazon lets its Customers do the Selling<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.amazon.com/Accoutrements-12027-Horse-Head-Mask/dp/B003G4IM4S/ref=cm_cmu_pg__header"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 500px;" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/614WL8zD0aL.jpg" border="0" alt="" />Accoutrements Horse Head Mask</a><br /><br /><br />Best. Customer. Image. Gallery. Ever.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00216405090512588125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-64496048452322885862012-02-17T20:44:00.003-07:002012-02-17T20:47:14.412-07:00Comforting<span style="font-style:italic;">My family tends to have a rather irreverent approach to things like this, because, well, we’re terrible people. And being terrible people, I’m thinking that my Dad needs something to sit on. Something that will legitimately help him, but also torture and mock him at the same time.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.regretsy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/pillow2-copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 580px; height: 440px;" src="http://static.regretsy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/pillow2-copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.regretsy.com/2012/02/17/ass-pillow-update/">Via Regretsy</a>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00216405090512588125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-60678423669253386962012-02-01T06:56:00.003-07:002012-02-01T07:08:15.896-07:00Time to cook with Cheetos<a href="http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f327/jackgreen7/?action=view&current=7-SV135-SAV100-Broccoli-W-Cheetos-400x432.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f327/jackgreen7/7-SV135-SAV100-Broccoli-W-Cheetos-400x432.jpg" border="0" alt="broccoli and cheetos"></a><br /><br />Main course: <a href="http://www.iocapecod.com/food+drink/estas_kitchen_beer_cheetos_meatloaf_(i_kid_you_not)">Beer Cheetos Meatloaf</a> or <a href="http://www.food.com/recipe/cheetos-chicken-262458">Cheetos Chicken</a><br /><br />Side: <a href="http://www.saveur.com/article/recipes/Saveur-100-2011-Broccoli-with-Cheetos">Broccoli with Cheetos</a><br /><br />Dessert: <a href="http://cornercooking.blogspot.com/2009/12/caramel-covered-cheetos.html">Caramel-covered Cheetos</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-10288434670285009202012-01-31T09:50:00.005-07:002012-01-31T09:56:11.676-07:00Preserving the Deranged Infrastructure of Google Earth<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/23532969?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br /><br />Via <a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/2012/1/12/preserving-the-deranged-infrastructure-of-google-earth">Vice</a>: "<a href="http://clementvalla.com/">Clement Valla</a> is an artist and coder fascinated by the processes that 'produce unfamiliar artifacts and skew reality'. Not in the primary race, but in things like Google Earth, where he enjoys discovering aberrant digital phenomena before they get corrected by humans. He explains his pursuit in a recent <a href="http://rhizome.org/editorial/2012/jan/3/artist-profile-clement-valla/">Rhizome</a> interview."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-14125216459576304892012-01-18T19:49:00.002-07:002012-01-18T19:54:58.409-07:00Movies from an Alternate Universe<a href="http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles24/832885/projects/2783319/5b34939436c0b72d3c09a681c05d673a.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 569px; height: 401px;" src="http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles24/832885/projects/2783319/5b34939436c0b72d3c09a681c05d673a.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />"Awhile back a friend of mine forwarded me a <a href="http://hartter.blogspot.com/2009/11/misc.html">site</a> where an artist had made posters of films that, title wise, we were familiar with, but there was a slight difference; they were remade as if they belonged to a different era or a different genre, the name of the movie was there, but the actors were different, the style was different, and I loved the concept. So I went forward with this theme; what if movies we were all familiar with were made a different slice of time? Who would be in it? Who would direct it?"<br /><a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/Movies-From-An-Alternate-Universe/2783319">These are fantastic</a>. Via <a href="http://collider.com/drive-poster-die-hard-poster-retro-style/138557/">Collider</a>.Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11784039320408025249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-30282796376919967472011-12-19T09:55:00.002-07:002011-12-19T09:59:51.774-07:00Won't someone please think of the Norwegians?<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ub0GzU56YMA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/12/norwegian_blogg.php">More</a>.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703814595133274988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-74266594406525791332011-10-11T21:20:00.000-06:002011-10-11T21:22:46.444-06:00Everybody poops...<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kQTW7Pd1vqc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Tee-hee-hee.Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11784039320408025249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-70902669194074101602011-09-19T02:47:00.002-06:002011-09-19T02:56:53.200-06:00Rulez Rule!<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/28940645?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="295" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/28940645">RULEZ RULE!</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/eit">Everything Is Terrible!</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br />Via Justin, who aptly notes that this is "the best recommendation for anarcho-capitalism I've ever seen."<br /><br />N.B., Thanks to my unindicted co-conspirators for holding down the PoF fort while i've been adjusting to life here in SE Asia. Should have plenty of blog fodder going forward.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703814595133274988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-24544297993726643402011-09-17T08:13:00.001-06:002011-09-17T08:17:50.230-06:00<a href="http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f327/jackgreen7/?action=view&current=dtg_rogeliowinsagain_2011_9_2_bk04_z.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f327/jackgreen7/dtg_rogeliowinsagain_2011_9_2_bk04_z.jpg" border="0" alt="Masskrugstemmen"></a><br /><br />Rogelio "Juarez, 49, is a rising New York star in the tiny but transfixing sport of Masskrugstemmen, an endurance competition in which athletes—and they are athletes—try to hold onto an enormous beer for as long as they can.<br /><br />"Yes, exactly: <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904060604576570882341095292.html">Masskrugstemmen is the greatest sport ever invented</a>."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-10017737564283298872011-09-12T18:34:00.002-06:002011-09-12T18:39:02.986-06:00Take belching seriously<a href="http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f327/jackgreen7/?action=view&current=belch.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f327/jackgreen7/belch.jpg" height="200" border="0" alt="belch"></a><br /><br />"Besides the social effects like loss of self-esteem, resulting from polluting the atmosphere of those around you, belching can have many more adverse effects and if not addressed, <a href="http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Health+++Living/-/689846/1232216/-/mcqlqdz/-/">can result in loss of life</a>."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-54473192658741938812011-09-12T10:11:00.002-06:002011-09-12T10:18:12.584-06:00The Lebowksi Cycle<a href="http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f327/jackgreen7/?action=view&current=low-res-182.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f327/jackgreen7/low-res-182.jpg" height="250" border="0" alt="Lebowski eats the bar"></a><br /><br />"Begun in 2006, <a href="http://joeforkanblog.com/?p=2471">The Lebowski Cycle</a> is a series of paintings exploring the idea of layered narratives, using masterpieces of western art and the 1998 Coen Brothers’ film The Big Lebowski as a starting point."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-21061017580666837372011-08-23T21:49:00.001-06:002011-08-23T21:53:45.150-06:00You can't help but like this...<iframe width="560" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/oiMZa8flyYY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11784039320408025249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-80016232232510999162011-08-19T20:42:00.000-06:002011-08-19T20:43:16.938-06:00Something to ponder on your next layover...<iframe width="560" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LOQsvOkkLq4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11784039320408025249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-40798352374547824582011-08-15T21:24:00.001-06:002011-08-15T21:25:39.012-06:00Before they were famous...<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/su1bfo_8lH8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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<br />25 actors before they were famous in 3 minutes. I admit, I love this kind of stuff.
<br />Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11784039320408025249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-58761762426449385292011-08-01T05:09:00.001-06:002011-08-01T05:11:16.749-06:00Sesame Street Breaks it Down<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/26570444?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/26570444">Sesame Street breaks it down</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/wonderfulca">Wonderful Creative</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00216405090512588125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-46024696008499116872011-07-13T04:57:00.002-06:002011-07-13T05:03:24.556-06:00A new meme is born...As a follow-up to our <a href="http://piecesofflair.blogspot.com/2006/04/calvinism-and-porn-industry-spring-is.html">previous post</a> looking at the George C. Scott film "Hardcore", we offer the latest craze in subtle film criticism...<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qKSAvNOIaNo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Via the <a href="http://www.avclub.com/features/great-job-internet/">A.V. Club</a>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00216405090512588125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-80727889721563616252011-06-27T21:13:00.004-06:002011-06-27T21:22:33.048-06:00In Other News....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiUW3u-SWwt-2oidTzRlQzvusef5ucVcaLHdZWrciXy45Wnz8fm_I4tZAk9JHKltcnFBiYntLLihDXcam6tYOhfXdQCWRyuFeR5mQEygJwECbG5_8Wtw8GV1kr9r1ULO-yx7Lt/s1600/bachmann.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 237px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiUW3u-SWwt-2oidTzRlQzvusef5ucVcaLHdZWrciXy45Wnz8fm_I4tZAk9JHKltcnFBiYntLLihDXcam6tYOhfXdQCWRyuFeR5mQEygJwECbG5_8Wtw8GV1kr9r1ULO-yx7Lt/s320/bachmann.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623105822887871682" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Michelle Bachmann <a href="http://gawker.com/5815920/bachmann-compares-self-to-gay-rapist-clown-serial-killer">likens herself to a gay rapist serial killer clown</a> and you <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/michele-bachmanns-holy-war-20110622">really shouldn't laugh about it</a> especially since <a href="http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/americandad/2008/10/tail-gunner-shelly-spies-from.php">she could be anywhere</a>...Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11784039320408025249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-1906494680555318472011-06-27T21:09:00.001-06:002011-06-27T21:09:23.759-06:00Gettin' Real<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2UFc1pr2yUU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />I post so James doesn't feel so lonely.Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11784039320408025249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-25798467779870341972011-06-23T15:04:00.003-06:002011-06-23T15:09:43.749-06:00Football CopsI think this blog is all mine now. Am I right? *crickets chirping* Right. So, that's kind of cool, because without my image or bio being included in the info, Meredith, Matt, and Tom will be blamed for the drop in quality as I post more and more things that only serve to boost my gradually flagging libido or would otherwise just serve as continued evidence of my lowering standards. So, in that spirit, here's a post with professional football players.<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-znHzHafMlQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00216405090512588125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-20849444477495384522011-06-13T07:44:00.002-06:002011-06-13T07:47:05.649-06:00Is this thing on?The full recording of one of the most obscure yet beloved punk songs in the history of film.<br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yX8kKEh8DGU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />And a <a href="http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/I_Hate_You">history</a>.<br /><br />Via my own idle musings and recollections on the M Train.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00216405090512588125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462934.post-31087785964459364982011-05-25T07:44:00.001-06:002011-05-25T07:46:06.134-06:00Nice Swerve<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6CloKbXtD28" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />via the <a href="http://avclub.com">AV Club</a> and, like, everybody on FacebookJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00216405090512588125noreply@blogger.com