Because sometimes 140 characters just ain’t enoughTumblr (3.0; @grahamtastic)http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CVzyzVNLY44&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CVzyzVNLY44&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVzyzVNLY44&feature=youtube_gdata">Mark Shell aka Mank Phlotwell</a></p>http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/821341600http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/821341600Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:03:25 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2w29z77wI1qz71pno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hollywood sign</p>http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/625848610http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/625848610Sun, 23 May 2010 16:01:08 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2fmkb4GjL1qz71pno1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Savana Larry</p>http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/599172864http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/599172864Fri, 14 May 2010 19:00:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l22mif8dWu1qz71pno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1269288/STEPHEN-HAWKING-How-build-time-machine.html">STEPHEN HAWKING: How to build a time machine | Mail Online</a></p>http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/579716793http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/579716793Fri, 07 May 2010 18:30:14 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1k2xfZvOO1qahzc3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://selleckwaterfallsandwich.tumblr.com/post/554299453/featured-sandwich-plantain">selleckwaterfallsandwich</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Featured Sandwich: Plantain</p> </blockquote> <p>Oh, theeere’s the waterfall.</p>http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/556203207http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/556203207Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:00:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1k0mx6HDJ1qz7b4yo1_r2_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://bullshit.tumblr.com/">bullshit</a>, <a href="http://kevin.tumblr.com/post/554205147">kevin</a>)</p>http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/554938099http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/554938099Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:10:27 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1kgnai8sH1qz71pno1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=MTT3882"> Avatar Jake Sully Action Figure</a></p>http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/554929468http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/554929468Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:06:45 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CME7C5aJCPI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CME7C5aJCPI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CME7C5aJCPI&feature=youtube_gdata">Homesick-Fox Trot</a></p>http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/520671152http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/520671152Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:09:29 -0400““If you’re a for-profit employer or you want to pursue an internship with a for-profit employer, there aren’t going to be many circumstances where you can have an internship and not be paid and still be in compliance with the law,” said Nancy J. Leppink, the acting director of the department’s wage and hour division.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/business/03intern.html?hp">Growth of Unpaid Internships May Be Illegal, Officials Say - NYTimes.com</a></em>http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/493196433http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/493196433Sat, 03 Apr 2010 07:55:09 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0633fsQxe1qz71pno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Maps that sing are wonderful things<br/>But I’ll settle for one that’s artfully textured. </p> <p>(<a href="http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/new-world-order.html">BLDGBLOG: New World Order</a>)</p>http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/487515549http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/487515549Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:14:02 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VFXr3i5_y1A&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VFXr3i5_y1A&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Props to my main man Dahl who tries to get that bulldog senator to let go of that poor defenseless hack.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFXr3i5_y1A&feature=player_embedded">Does Al Franken even know what was in the health-care bill he voted for? Um..nope</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/jasonmattera">jasonmattera</a>)</p>http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/484076630http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/484076630Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:23:17 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YDBtCb61Sd4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YDBtCb61Sd4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Werner Herzog, in the role of a lifetime, narrates an 18 minute short-film that contemplates the banal loneliness of eternity and the fleetingly blissful rapture of being alive.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDBtCb61Sd4&feature=player_embedded">Plastic Bag By Ramin Bahrani</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/IndiesLab">IndiesLab</a> and <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/03/the-life-of-a-plastic-bag.html">Andrew Sullivan</a>)</p>http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/463254105http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/463254105Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:06:00 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzlnhj4Srp1qz71pno1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://ffffound.com/image/7eb787c9bc98acf5be9978374cf439e3d14d5093">FFFFOUND! | nothingkeepingyou.jpg (JPEG Image, 471×600 pixels)</a></p>http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/461696293http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/461696293Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:24:55 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzjy030FTf1qz71pno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>via <a href="http://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/flame/saved/Flame_20100320-001608.jpg"><a href="http://www.escapemotions.com">www.escapemotions.com</a></a></p>http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/459685062http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/459685062Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:16:45 -0400flamedrawing<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxuammcqmd1qz9fxco1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://x.thedeets.com/post/389131493/heres-one-small-way-intuit-screws-people-with">edkohler</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Here’s one small way Intuit screws people with TurboTax. Notice that the Deluxe version, for $29.95, allows you to import your tax info from last year to get the ball rolling? That’s a great time saver and can help prevent data entry issues.</p> <p>Now get this: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/business/24digi.html">The IRS has expressed an interest in doing this for every tax payer for free</a>. Intuit is fighting that. How dare the US Government make life easier for every taxpayer in America when Intuit can charge $29.95 for this service?</p> </blockquote> <p>Worse yet, you are able to deduct the cost of tax preparation software and filing fees! An entire industry exists to do something the government should be able to quite effectively.</p>http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/389555025http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/389555025Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:36:24 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxuhgeMxMl1qze4yoo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://fuckyeahprettygirls.tumblr.com/post/389322265/rowan-willow-http-rowanwillow-tumblr-com">fuckyeahprettygirls</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Rowan Willow (<a href="http://rowanwillow.tumblr.com"><a href="http://rowanwillow.tumblr.com">http://rowanwillow.tumblr.com</a></a>)</p> </blockquote>http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/389398038http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/389398038Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:41:21 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwx847ZwWM1qam6ylo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://unhappyhipsters.com/post/356520775/even-in-your-company-i-feel-so-alone-photo">unhappyhipsters</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Even in your company, I feel so alone.</p> <p>(Photo: João Canziani; <a href="http://www.dwell.com/slideshows/hoagies-heroes.html?slide=10&paused=true">Dwell, September 2009</a>)</p> <p><i><br/></i></p> </blockquote> <p>LOL, the dudes from the Taylor Gourmet sandwich shop are sad, sad hipsters.</p>http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/363740486http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/363740486Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:02:04 -0500<a href="http://www.good.is/post/the-fake-freeway-sign-that-became-a-real-public-service/">The Fake Freeway Sign that Became a Real Public Service</a>: <p>This is what happens when people take public service into their own hands. In the face of impenetrable public institutions that are falling down on the job, citizens take guerrilla action to improve…</p>http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/358711646http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/358711646Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:52:30 -0500<a href="http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=c189801f03491100b80287d42d920f16">Bad Vibes</a>http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/347531911http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/347531911Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:05:19 -0500<a href="http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2010/01/on_the_checks_and_balances_in.php">5 > 4, but 59 < 41</a>http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/347077045http://tumblelog.pretentiousblowhard.org/post/347077045Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:50:46 -0500