September 2010
Just watching Mad Men from last night
therealestsocksinthegame:
bluebears:
Does, “you smell good,” ever actually work?
More than one dude has said that to me in the past. It always makes me feel torn between rolling my eyes and laughing. I mean…stop smelling me. Weirdo.
Alternately, it just makes me want to blurt out ‘Sucker! I haven’t showered in two days!’, and then pause awkwardly as the other party...
August 2010
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Winter Gloves — ‘Glow In The Dark’
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On mortification
Coworker: Oh, what are you reading?
Nico: It's nothing
Coworker: Is it a self-help book? Because there's no shame in that, I read those too sometimes
Nico: It's actually far worse, and probably a best-seller? It's a Twilight novella. It's called 'the short second life of bree tanner'
Coworker: Right
Nico: I'd be ok with it if you never brought this up again...
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The Guardian: The rise and fall of American... →
buyhercandy:
It wasn’t having oral sex with an employee in front of a female journalist that now threatens to undo Dov Charney, founder of American Apparel. Nor was it simulating oral sex with another female member of staff whom he had ordered to pretend to masturbate in front of him. The 41-year-old’s professional and personal reputation isn’t even on the line because at least three female...
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Lindsay Robertson: The Do's and Don'ts of Online... →
soupsoup:
[This is long and obvious, but it’s been driving me nuts for years. So here is my Guide to Online Publicity (For Dummies).]
There’s a question that has been bugging me for years: why are 99% of publicists and promotion/marketing people complete useless failures when it comes to blogs and online…
Click over and read the whole thing. Great advice from Lindsay.
kitchenmike:
unburyingthelead:
You Say Party -...
Kaplan Publishing Is Giving Away eBooks →
My favourite price is free. Good through August 30th, FYI.
(via mediabistro.com)
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Sweet Thing — ‘Gun’
from the 2010...
“[“The Social Network” is] social commentary so perceptive that it may be...”
– Film Comment has the first review of “The Social Network.”
Granted, Film Comment is operated by the New York Film Festival, which is hosting the film’s premiere, so take that into consideration. But — whoa. Apparently this movie is as good as its trailer, and Jesse Eisenberg’s Zuck is the new...