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Honest and inspiring letter from brilliant American artist Sol LeWitt to Eva Hesse. Excerpt:
Learn to say “Fuck You” to the world once in a while. You have every right to. Just stop thinking, worrying, looking over your shoulder wondering, doubting, fearing, hurting, hoping for some easy way out, struggling, grasping, confusing, itchin, scratching, mumbling, bumbling, grumbling, humbling, stumbling, numbling, rumbling, gambling, tumbling, scumbling, scrambling, hitching, hatching, bitching, moaning, groaning, honing, boning, horse-shitting, hair-splitting, nit-picking, piss-trickling, nose sticking, ass-gouging, eyeball-poking, finger-pointing, alleyway-sneaking, long waiting, small stepping, evil-eyeing, back-scratching, searching, perching, besmirching, grinding, grinding, grinding away at yourself. Stop it and just DO!
I like what my friend Rolando cleverly did with the new Facebook profile which now features five photos at the top of a user's page.
Also, still a fan of his Human Centipede Halloween costume this year.
Update: Ro got punked by his friend Mike who turned Ro's profile into a Star Trek fan page. Clearly this new Facebook feature leaves a lot of room for mischief.
And Ro turned Andy's page into the scariest thing ever.
This old Peanuts strip kinda sums up my feelings on the winter holidays, Mondays, and eggplant.
This blogger photoshopped Derek Jeter as a member of the Red Sox and 28 other baseball teams.
On a scale of 1 to 10, how much are you enjoying the Jeter contract negotiations right now? I'm around a 12.
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Guess what? Today is PAY DAYYYY.For your consideration, today's awesome is this: Who knew that German to German in Google Translate equals beatboxing? Be sure to click on "Listen." [Via]
I'm adding this Playmobil Security Check Point toy to my Christmas wish list. Unfortunately it's current sold out at 
Spotted Esther Mahlangu's 1991 BMW 525i at the Museum of Arts and Design in Columbus Circle.
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When you turn anything into a video game, such as arcade basketball, Asians will dominate. #Fact #Stereotype
A funny letter written in 1957 by Groucho Marx where he describes the evenings festivities where he "rapidly got drunk, danced with Audrey Hepburn, looked down (and up) Jayne Mansfield's knockers, had a fine lobster dinner and spent a good half hour rubbing someone's legs under the table .... which, on investigation, turned out to be my wife's."
Let's just say that I have a number in mind and I haven't hit it yet.
- Ryan Bingham
A sixth grade teacher received the above answer from a student.
I was amused by this bike messenger's stickered allegiance to Justin Bieber. I may or may not occasionally sing one of his songs at karaoke.
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My life feels complete now that I'm mayor of my favorite karaoke place in the City. Bonus points for booting "mindvomit."
This is the face of meth. This is the mug shot of a guy after a two day, meth fueled crime spree.
She described the man as over six feet tall, weighing over 230 pounds. Police tried to track the suspect with a K9 dog, but lost the trail.
A police dog that can't track a six feet tall, 230 pound drugged up dude needs to be retired.
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I made my money the old-fashioned way — I inherited it.
From a recent Wall Street Journal interview with Alex Gibney, documentary filmmaker behind "Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer."
DJ: I was surprised that even though Ashley Dupré gets all the press, she wasn’t the main woman allegedly involved with Spitzer through the Emperors Club. You mention an escort named “Angelina,” who is interviewed, but portrayed by an actress in the film, as having repeated meetings with Spitzer. Dupré is referred to as not much more than a one-night stand. How did you find that out?...The day negotiations [to interview Ashley Dupré for the film] broke down, I thought ‘What am I going to do now?’ One of the main characters was refusing to appear. But sometimes, misfortune turns out to be a boon. It led me to dig deeper and I was able to get Cecil Suwall [then CEO of Emperors Club]. And I was able to find Angelina, who was a much more important character.
What was interesting about Angelina was she tells us a lot about Spitzer as a character and the escort trade. I didn’t expect that she would tell us as much as she did about the federal investigation.
DJ: And now Angelina is a commodities trader?
Gibney: Yes. She had a lot of very powerful clients and I guess they were able to teach her things about the way the market worked.
I say good for her.
[Hat tip: Cardiff]
Zagat launched an interactive online food truck finder in NYC. [Via]
The headline is a quote from a recent talk Reed Hastings, the Netflix CEO held with investors and reporters.
Reportedly, Netflix accounts for more than 20 percent of US downstream internet traffic in peak times, with the heaviest traffic falling between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m — traditional television prime time.
I stream my Netflix through my Xbox and it's pretty damn awesome. I'm so behind my "Watch Instantly" queue that I rarely remember the dvd aspect of their service. I did finally see the award-winning rock-metal documentary ANVIL which isn't available yet on streaming. It was such a rad film. I highly recommend, even if you aren't into that sort of music, which I'm not.