May 3, 2017
Delis & Dressings
The Sandwich Alignment Chart
It's like a D&D alignment chart, but with food, using "structure" and "ingredients" as axes, ranging from "Hardcore Traditionalist" (a BLT is a sandwich) to "Radical Anarchist" (a pop-tart is a sandwich)
It's like a D&D alignment chart, but with food, using "structure" and "ingredients" as axes, ranging from "Hardcore Traditionalist" (a BLT is a sandwich) to "Radical Anarchist" (a pop-tart is a sandwich)
O.T.D.
NY Times: The High Price of Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Life - "Young adults who decide to abandon their cloistered Jewish communities have only one another — and a single organization — to help them navigate the alternate reality of modern-day New York." - Taffy Brodesser-Akner [more inside]
Her 17,000 tonnes came in on Dalmore Bay
It was night, stormy, and the oil rig Transocean Winner was somewhere in the North Atlantic on 7 August 2016 when her tow-line broke.
"It's not a difficult trick—I can tell from your reaction."
Michael Davis has been juggling objects and audience expectations for many years. Here are a few of his routines:
My Philosophy Of Juggling, a
ping pong ball trick,
and a mostly-musical appearance on the Tonight Show.
You’ve always been the caretaker...
How the Overlook Film Festival turned itself into a living, breathing horror movie. The part of the Overlook there being played by Timerline Lodge, which was built during the depression by the WPA. Though the movie uses Timberline Lodge for exteriors the interiors are quite different, being filmed on a set inspired by the Ahwahnee Hotel. Other shooting locations include the maze (previously) and a partial replica of the extra of theTimberline which were both built in Hertfordshire, England.
The BMW Addiction That Completely Destroyed This Man's Life
“Before we get to your car questions,” my former next door neighbor, Terrance, said, “I need to tell you both something. My wife left me. My kids won’t talk to me. I lost my job. I embezzled almost a half a million dollars because I’m addicted to BMWs, and have been hiding them all over the state. I’ll probably be going to prison soon.” [more inside]
It's just you vs. 50 songs.
If You Like Good Music, You Should Get a Perfect Score on This Quiz, says Esquire. Match 30 seconds of fifty songs to their album covers. (via kottke.)
And it all began with a hand-scrawled note on a wall.
OAuth: "It’s like hiring a gardener for your second home in Spain."
Sideways Dictionary: Using analogies to explain concepts in technology. A project of Jigsaw and the Washington Post.
The Accidental Getaway Driver
After escaping from the Orange County Jail, three violent criminals needed transportation, so they called a taxi and took the driver hostage for six days. Predictably, they went back to prison. But that wasn't the end of the story for the driver.
[slow, dramatic exhalation]: *hhhhhhhhhhh*
On April 23rd, 2017, the Pacific Order of Onomatopoeia Professionals held its First Annual Regional Terminology Summit at the Alaska Robotics “Comics Camp.” At this summit, The Order discussed onomatopoetic solutions to many sound-effects problems common to the sequential arts. The Order’s proceedings and conclusions have been recorded and summarized and are available in the document linked [here] (pdf).
He did not, after all, have the formula.
One hundred years ago the Nivelle Offensive fails. In April 1917 the Allies launched an enormous attack on German forces designed to crack enemy lines in 48 hours and send them reeling back to the Rhine. General of French forces on the Western Front Robert Nivelle, a hero for his role in Verdun the previous year (previously), deployed a mix of tanks, artillery, air power, and multiple assaults across hundreds of miles. While some gained ground, the offensive, marred by leaks, a lack of leadership support, and bad tactical decisions, failed to break the Germans. Nivelle was fired and the offensive petered out. The human costs on both sides, including French, Germans, British, and Canadians, were very high. [more inside]
Letter from Siberia
Through sands and mountains in search of a gulag ghost town: "We all know what Siberia means. It means Lake Baikal and the Altai Mountains. It means bears, long winters and vast expanses of taiga. All true enough. But if you scrutinise the map of Siberia, choose a little-known region and pluck up the courage to undertake an unconventional itinerary, you’ll have the chance to experience a Siberia at once recognisable and unanticipated."
So get your shit together
The full-length trailers for the Defenders has dropped Marvel's the Defenders will be available on Netflix August 18th
America's most political food.
The founder of a popular South Carolina barbecue restaurant was a white supremacist. Now that his children have taken over, is it O.K. to eat there?
"We will all need each other in the days ahead."
In January 2017, the United States Marine Corps assigned its first infantrywomen to line battalions. Later that month, Marine veteran and reporter Thomas Brennan asked USMC HQ about a Facebook group named "Marines United", which included "hundreds — possibly thousands — of naked photographs of female service members and veterans." The Marines United scandal triggered a wide-ranging NCIS investigation, official guidance that outlined both resources for affected personnel and PR tips for commanders (10-page PDF), and a personal response from the four-star Commandant of the Marine Corps. Marine veterans Jeannette Haynie and Kyleanne Hunter argue that The Marines United scandal should be seen as a national security issue.
There are other worlds than these
Eminem vs. New Zealand's ruling National Party
New Zealand Court Plays Eminem's "Lose Yourself" A very nicely edited video of a court hearing listening to Eminem's Lose Yourself and the NZ National Party's election ad music which is alleged to have ripped it off eh. [more inside]
Americano!
You feeling a bit down in the dumps? You want something that'll kinda maybe cheer you up a little bit? OK, then, just drop in and listen to what these wild and crazy guys got for you. Gonna brighten your day, for sure. You liked that, right? OK, then, now go to the version with English subtitles, if your Italian was a bit too rusty to keep up. Even more fun the second time around. Prego!
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