May 2012
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“I’m not impressed by the quality of the conversation on either side of...”
– Marilynne Robinson, writer
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“I wish I could organize a trip of Tea Party activists and take them to Haiti, so...”
– Earl Kessler, urban-disaster consultant for USAID
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“‘Information terrorist’ – what a funny concept. That you could...”
– Christopher Doyon aka “Commander X”, member of Anonymous
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Apple doesn't appear to be committed to...
Apple recently introduced content Mastered for iTunes (MFiT) on the iTunes Music Store, but they certainly aren’t going out of their way to make it easy for consumers to identify which albums are part of the program and which aren’t.
Originally they added an MFiT section where they advised users to “keep checking back as [they] add more music that is mastered specifically for...
April 2012
6 posts
In which Goti proves himself witty
Goti: It's not that I don't care. Contrary to popular belief, I don't wake up every morning with the mindset of offending anyone deliberately. I just have a slightly morbid sense of humor. Life (and death) is too serious not to take the time out to laugh at one, the other, or both once in a while.
Eric: "Contrary to popular belief, I don't wake up every morning with the mindset of offending anyone deliberately." Mind=blown. I actually--literally--imagine you waking up in the morning, looking at yourself in the mirror and psyching yourself up for a big day of being offensive: "What can I do today that tops yesterday?"
Goti: Nope. I wake up in the morning, kick all the hookers out, eat some dead babies for breakfast, floss my teeth with used sumo diapers and put on my pants one leg at a time just like everybody else.
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“Record labels have a very strong voice when it comes to arguing for their...”
– Tim Berners-Lee (inventor of the Internet)
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“You know, when I was 15, 16, 17-years-old, I spent five hours a day juggling,...”
– Penn Jillette (illusionist, comedian)
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“The media has a “false sense of objectivity”.
The idea that an...”
– Arianna Huffington - columnist, editor
March 2012
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“‘Sexualization’ is a construct of a sick and dysfunctional society,...”
– Ben Sugs (answering a question on Quora)
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Now We Know Who to Blame
K-Jiddy’s Twitter profile:
K-Jiddy’s Twitter profile background:
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“Have you played Star Wars: The Old Republic? It’s an amazing game. You can...”
– Matthew Molloy
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“To the people who are upset about their hard-earned tax money going to things...”
– Jon Stewart, comedian
February 2012
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She was a tough dame
Me: I used to have a Cabbage Patch Kid named Cece.
Shereen: You did?
Me: Yeah, but I broke her.
Shereen: What happened?
Me: ...A few too many powerbombs.
“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion....”
– Harlan Ellison (via sirmitchell)
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“1) The digital tsunami that swept over the Capitol last month [regarding SOPA]...”
– Cary Sherman, CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (#1)
Chris Dodd, CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (#2)
Well now. Apparently millions of citizens (and registered voters?) quite loudly voicing their discontent with proposed legislation should cause us to question...
January 2012
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“The simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of...”
– Henri Cartier-Bresson, photographer/painter
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“I thought [Donald] Trump was gonna run, but he’s not, right? I would...”
– Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi
(This is why you should stop watching Jersey Shore immediately.)
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“Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is...”
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“For those of us—the geeks and the dreamers—it’s a frustrating time to be alive....”
– Matt Gurney, columnist and editor at National Post (from his piece, “10 billion habitable planets in the galaxy. Still no moon base.”)
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“Someone asked me recently, “What do you think the problem with the music...”
– Dave Grohl, musician
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December 2011
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MTV: 1, Dave Mustaine: 0
MTV Hive: Rick Perry claimed in a recent campaign ad that there's a war on Christianity. As an intelligent, seemingly non-crazy Christian, do you agree with him?
Dave Mustaine: I think there's enough evidence that shows there is some effort being made toward controlling religion.
MTV Hive: Could you give me an example?
Dave Mustaine: It's pretty clear that they're taking prayer out of school. It's been happening for a very long time. The very first schoolbook that was written had God all over it. I collect books and I have some really, really old schoolbooks, and God is mentioned on every single page. They're taking God out of the schools to dumb us down.
MTV Hive: I'm almost positive they're trying to have the opposite effect.
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A Sober Second Thought to Bill C-10
I just got this reply from one of my Senators regarding my opposition to Bill C-10 (emphasis added is my own):
Thank you for contacting me about the omnibus crime bill (C-10). I concur with the Canadian Bar Association’s views.
As you are well aware, the Conservative government has been trying to push much of this legislation through both the House of Commons and the Senate for several...
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“The one constant of the internet-enabled world is that you have to be ready to...”
– Brett King, author & entrepreneur
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2011 Music Recommendations →
If any of you lovely followers are curious, my list of 2011 music is up on Facebook (it’s public). Feel free to check it out and comment.
Also, feel free to subscribe to me on FB. I post a lot more there (publicly) than I do on here. (Which I really should do something about, shouldn’t I?)
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November 2011
15 posts
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“[When electing politicians] we want a virgin to do a hooker’s job.”
– Lori Klein, Arizona state Senator (giving her thoughts on Herman Cain’s numerous allegations of sexual misconduct)
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“This scene is unbelievable because my frustration is that this taxi cab does not...”
– Arnold Schwarzenegger, excerpts from the commentary track on the Total Recall DVD.
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“This isn’t conservatism; it’s a going-out-of-business sale for the...”
– David Frum, conservative author (summing up his views on the rise of the Tea Party, and the last few years of the American conservative movement in his New York Magazine piece “When Did the GOP Lose Touch with Reality?”)
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