The Somewhat Ambitious

As I write this, Richard E. Grant is in the studio. Richard, if you can hear me, I love you. But not in a weird way. But, I digress (and much earlier than usual). On today’s episode of Nerds of a Feather, I discussed:
- My Q&A at Cinema Nova with Philippe Petit of Man on [...]

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I recently purchased the Dave Eggers edited anthology ‘The Best American Non-Required Reading 2008′ (a wonderful miscellany of unorthodox writings from the previous year) and found myself thoroughly entertained by their list of the best Facebook groups currently doing the rounds. While I’m sure this is already being documented somewhere online, it seems kinda refreshing [...]

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I’m all for weird blogs. But weird blogs that convey the deep pain of people in silly vests? Where do I sign up? Why, at THE BROKERS WITH HANDS ON THEIR FACES BLOG, idiot! Look at those silly bitches. They look silly. I hate their vests, and they deserve to be laughed at. Haha!
It’s [...]

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Make sure you tune into the Triple J Breakfast Show tomorrow, after 8am! I’ll be discussing (amongst other things) Obama’s cameos in various racing games, the advent of Buckypaper, the fact that space smells like bacon, and the most important holiday of the year: John Candy’s Birthday.
Yep. ‘Tis the season!
/Paul

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Obama and McCain have jousted at a comic roast in New York, the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner. The event is for childrens charity, and both McCain and Obama managed some pretty funny material. But in the interest of our painful and sparkling bias, here are some of Obama’s highlights.
“I was not born in [...]

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That title is about as self-explanatory as I could make it.

/Luke

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I’m acutely aware of how little people care about vehicles on the moon. An unmanned buggy, painstakingly humping the idiotically barren lunar landscape like an octogenarian feebly pawing for a lightswitch? I couldn’t care less. Unless the moon has an ocean of coke syrup brewing inches beneath the surface, waiting to burst forth and change [...]

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Luke sent me a link to Palin as President, which takes about 30 seconds to fully explore, and isn’t as funny as you’d think. Why? Because it almost happened, that’s why. Yes, I’m using the past tense. Partly because of blind optimism, and partly because the debate yesterday was something of a spankfest. Grats, Obama.
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Do you get the feeling that McCain’s speech writers have been watching a LOT of vintage Batman episodes?

I can’t help but feel yesterday’s debate was the moment when America finally started turning its face towards the world again. Fuck you McCain. Fuck you.
/Luke
[via Neatorama]

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Dick Cheney has been rushed to hospital for “abnormal heart rhythms”. This is from today’s Age:
Vice President Dick Cheney left a Washington hospital this afternoon after being treated for an abnormal heart rhythm that was discovered by his doctors earlier in the day, his office announced.
Cheney, 67, was released from George Washington University Hospital and [...]

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