Matt's Ruminations

Charlie Brooker’s Newswipe…on Richard Nixon and moral and mass paranoia

There’s a little Richard Nixon in all of us.

I’ll be right back I’m going to the bathroom.

"So how does one avoid a spill? Krechetnikov and Mayer’s answers may not come as a big surprise. Starting your walk slower—that is, accelerating less—will help. So will leaving a decent gap between the top of the coffee and the mug’s rim; this should be at least one-eighth of the mug’s diameter-for a normal mug, about a centimeter should do it. But the researchers’ “take home” advice is to look at what you’re doing—so long as your mug isn’t filled too high, a watched mug almost guarantees a clean run"

Sound advice.

Whether your transporting $12 cup of Panama Geisha or your everyday cup of swill from Five Bucks Coffee, walking slower and reducing volume is the key.

Kind of Patriot-esque if you ask me

(Source: news.sciencemag.org)

That’s just cold.

Sugar…it’s what’s for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Want some advice? PUT DOWN THE PROCESSED FOODS!

Yes. It’s that simple.

Zero carb warrior for life!

"Mr. Lindelof said he had almost driven off the road when Mr. Scott first phoned: He was given two hours to read Mr. Spaihts’s script while a guard waited outside. He described the process of working with Mr. Scott as “you do everything you can to prevent him from thinking you’re an idiot."

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/movies/prometheus-returns-ridley-scott-to-outer-space.html?pagewanted=all

Challenge Accepted

And the Darwin award of the week goes to….

Science is fucking awesome.

Wind turbines with the turbines…

Welcome to silent country bitches

I Will Find You…I Will Kill You….Please Leave A Message

"So we’re sitting around the table, and one of the buyers takes out a certified check for the balance of the purchase price, and demands, ‘Are you going to put back the washer?’ The seller answers, ‘No, it’s not in the contract.’ The buyer rips up the check and says: ‘I’m going to ask you one more time. Are you going to put back the washer?’ Again the seller says no. At that point, the buyer puts the two halves of the check in a glass bowl, takes out a match, and lights them on fire. Then he marches out."

Real Estate in New York.

It’ll rob you blind.

(Source: The New York Times)

Fuck Kryptonite. I want one of these security systems for my bike.

Whore’s Glory.

Had to find it via Daily Beast. God dammit.

Makes me remember Gladiator:

“IS THERE NO OTHER NEWS SOURCE WILLING TO REPORT ON THIS!?”

(Source: thedailybeast.com)

"The sex is the only part about being a porn star these days that is not hard work,” says porn’s current It girl, Brooklyn Lee."

1. Stroke

2. Rinse

3. Repeat

…I’m sleepy now.

(Source: thedailybeast.com)

Stay on target….

Star Wars….Star Wars everywhere!