“ Can you put some cheese on this cracker? ”
Caucasian punk (with dreads) begging for change on Hollywood Blvd
“ Research has linked genes to intelligence, social skills, neuroticism, risk taking, impulsivity, and more. In most cases, “linked” means determining that the behavior is partly inherited, but not how the gene brings about the behavior. What if the gene affects a trait known to be strongly heritable, such as appearance or temperament, and what if that trait in turn elicits particular behaviors from parents and teachers: behaviors such as responsiveness, paying attention to, interacting with, speaking to—things that affect how a child turns out academically and socially? If so, we are mistakenly attributing these outcomes to genes “for” intelligence and the rest, when in fact all the genes do is give a child looks or temperament that elicits, for instance, IQ-boosting responses from adults. ”
Begley, on why it’s not all the fault of your genes. (via newsweek)
Hilarious short/promo for Louis CK’s new FX show
oh my
Hey, I feel at home here and on vacation in NY. What could be better?
(via tothemaxxx)
“ Natasha: Oh my god, those wise, bluesy, Iguanas. The Beta Fish that just stupidly floats in its cup, per Herzog, gets that we are all going through some comedic toil, even if we don’t?
Alex: Nic holds the little cup up so we see his face distorted through the little fish’s water bowl.The film is totally from the POV of little creatures. ”
Consider me iguana, Herzog.
“ This is an honor I didn’t expect and probably don’t deserve,” said Joss Whedon. “The truth is, I’ve never actually guarded a van. But I am a super-total visionary, so that fits. I’m ready to take my place next to the guys who made ‘THX 1138’ and ‘Tin Toy’ (Did they ever do anything else, btw? They showed such promise.). This is a time of radical change in media delivery and content, and I’m honestly proud the PGA has singled me out as someone who sort of knows what’s going on. ”
Joss Whedon statement accepting the Producers Guild of America 2010 Vanguard Award.
Carl Jung’s The Red Book newsy trailer thing
For more info do read this fascinating NYT article, The Holy Grail of the Unconscious
Seemingly serious, yet absurdly hilarious clip from “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice”
“First, we’ll have an orgy. Then we’ll go see Tony Bennett”
Went to Paul Mazursky double feature last night at the Aero in Santa Monica.
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (w/ Harry and Tonto)
In attendance, Paul Mazursky, Dyan Cannon, and Eliot Gould.
Very.special.night.
“ We are accustomed to repeating the cliche, and to believing, that ‘our most precious resource is our children.’ But we have plenty of children to go around, God knows, and as with Doritos, we can always make more. The true scarcity we face is of practicing adults, of people who know how marginal, how fragile, how finite their lives and their stories and their ambitions really are but who find value in this knowledge, even a sense of strange comfort, because they know their condition is universal, is shared. ”
Michael Chabon (Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son) (via bunkercomplex)
Crash Test Dummies - Superman’s Song
“superman never made any money, saving the world from solomon grundy”
Woodpecker vs. Snake
A heart-pounding fight
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