December 2009
77 posts
The Things That Carried Him →
hellofriend:
givemesomethingtoread:
As it wins the National Magazine Award for Feature Writing, revisit the true story behind one soldier’s last trip home
“We’ve gotten into this situation where integrity is really lacking and that’s...”
– Knight returns to Indiana, rips Kentucky coach Calipari (via mattmattucci) (via banalitycheck)
The Evolution Of Sports →
Favorite moment: “Lou Gehrig’s Neurological Disorder Leaves Him Incapable Of Differentiating Lucky, Unlucky”
“Sometimes even the best training can’t keep Santa from being caught off...”
– I can’t get over how brilliant this story is.
Corresponding Interactive Graphic →
Santa stories from around the country.
For America's Santas, It's Hard to Be Jolly With... →
In Hard Times, Kids Ask for Bare Essentials: Shoes, Eyeglasses and a Job for Dad
This might be the best, most real economy story I’ve seen all year.
The Decade's Hottest Schools: Indiana University -... →
hellonewworld:
Thank you, Brit.
No. 3. Not bad. Right behind—WHA-WHA-WHA!?!?! Vanderbilt!?
I feel instantly less proud.
Former Bengals Wideout Chris Henry Dies...
… And meanwhile, in Bengal land.
No one, I think, is in my tree.
Dinosaurs Sadly Extinct Before Invention of... →
savingpaper:
A fantastically powerful asteroid strike wiped out the dinosaurs and, along with them, any chance we would ever have of tearing the massive reptiles to shreds with one of those huge guns they have on helicopters. [The Top 10 Stories of the Last 4.5 Billion Years.]
Maybe my favorite of this countdown.
Rolling Stone: 100 best songs of the decade →
banalitycheck:
(via virtualephemera)
Hip-hop claims the entire Top 5. I think we know what the sound of the decade was. C’mon rock ‘n’ roll, lets get it together.
Somewhere...
Some TV Producer has the biggest boner (or lady boner) over the thought of getting all Tiger’s girlfriends into one house full of cameras.
hellonewworld:
I need new friends who care about technology.
Fine. Go ahead. See if your new tech friends can be as quick on the draw with a poop joke.
“You will be the kind of person who suddenly gets recognized at places like...”
– Chuck Kolsterman, on Reality TV stars post reality TV. From the book “Sex drugs and cocoa puffs.” (via willzone) (via banalitycheck)
File under: Sentences I Wish I’d Written.
Vice Guide To North Korea (Video) →
Part 1 of 3
It’s kind of bizarre to realize that for all we hear about North Korea, you never really see any of the country. Ever.
The fact that these guys were able to put this together is pretty stunning.
