Sadly, I didn’t have time to compile the usual smattering of oddments and I’m off to see Ant-Man in a few hours. But by all means feel free to improvise in the comments. If anyone’s unclear on the high aesthetic tone of these weekly link dumps, let me set things rolling with this.
Play nicely. I’ll be checking in later.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThzUbaDYkKA
I am trying to raise the tone here......
Cross my heart.
Posted by: jones | July 17, 2015 at 01:31
Does Ant-man have a theme song? Every good hero needs a theme.
Any side-kicks, BTW? No? Good, they're a PITA.
Posted by: mojo | July 17, 2015 at 01:47
. . . . let me set things rolling with this.
Meh.
Posted by: Hal | July 17, 2015 at 02:04
The kids these days call it "gettin' rekt" (wrecked)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=24&v=hL6TsKcImgo
trigger warning: 'your mom' joke
Posted by: Jimmy | July 17, 2015 at 02:12
Coming to a Statistics Department near you:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11482661
Posted by: Chester Draws | July 17, 2015 at 02:32
The Alameda-Weehawken Burrito Tunnel:
https://web.archive.org/web/20150522172246/http://idlewords.com/2007/04/the_alameda-weehawken_burrito_tunnel.htm">http://idlewords.com/2007/04/the_alameda-weehawken_burrito_tunnel.htm">https://web.archive.org/web/20150522172246/http://idlewords.com/2007/04/the_alameda-weehawken_burrito_tunnel.htm
Posted by: DensityDuck | July 17, 2015 at 04:37
[i]Coming to a Statistics Department near you:[/i]
What pisses me off is that this conflates gender and biological sex. Haven't they heard of gender-fluidity? Obviously it's now just a matter of preference whether or not I'm a man, woman, or 'other' on any given day.
Posted by: Jimmy | July 17, 2015 at 05:33
Satan bird. https://youtu.be/Mhddrms05uI
Posted by: sH2 | July 17, 2015 at 06:43
Sadly, I didn’t have time to compile the usual smattering of oddments
Slacker!
Catzooka.
Posted by: Anna | July 17, 2015 at 07:11
Guardian economics.
Posted by: Anna | July 17, 2015 at 07:23
Monday was the birthday of Oscar-winning composer Ernest Gold.
Posted by: Ted S., Catskill Mtns., NY, USA | July 17, 2015 at 09:55
>Coming to a Statistics Department near you
Does that mean that you can't ban men from the pool/gym on misandry nights?
Posted by: ac1 | July 17, 2015 at 11:40
Superhero nicknames :
Superman = Supes
Spider-man = Spidey
Wolverine = Wolvie
Antman = Aunty
Sigh
Posted by: Col. Milquetoast | July 17, 2015 at 11:41
If you fancy visiting Japan, here's a helpful Video Guide.
Posted by: Jonathan | July 17, 2015 at 11:54
Meyers Briggs with cats.
Posted by: TomJ | July 17, 2015 at 15:40
Critical art criticism critiquing.
Posted by: Hal | July 17, 2015 at 15:47
jones:
"I am trying to raise the tone here......"
Er...life is crap?
(Sorry.)
Posted by: Theophrastus | July 17, 2015 at 17:43
Guardian economics.
Oh dear. I’m never quite sure if Mr Milne is staggeringly ignorant or just lying through his teeth.
And I see Paul Mason is off his meds again.
Posted by: David | July 17, 2015 at 17:52
Enjoy the movie.
Posted by: Fruitbat44 | July 17, 2015 at 17:53
By the way, I thought Ant-Man was a pleasant enough way to spend a couple of hours. It’s a little slow at first and slightly underwhelming, but picks up later. There’s an entertaining fight scene in a small girl’s bedroom and an excellent gag involving a massively enlarged key fob. And the ‘de-ageing’ effect used on Michael Douglas in a flashback scene was eerily convincing.
Posted by: David | July 17, 2015 at 18:03
And I see Paul Mason is off his meds again.
Technology + magic unicorns = end of capitalism.
Posted by: sk60 | July 17, 2015 at 18:09
Technology + magic unicorns = end of capitalism.
It’s the Rapture for pathetic middle-aged Trots who still miss their days in the student union bar.
Posted by: David | July 17, 2015 at 18:16
Re: Catzooka. I can think of much better things to use a hand-held Replicator on. Gold. Monica Belucci. Food (though I suppose the cats could qualify as that in some parts of the world).
Posted by: Jason | July 17, 2015 at 19:33
A public service.
Posted by: R. Sherman | July 17, 2015 at 21:29
Mojo, ant-man's side kick was the wasp. He controlled her ability to shrink and gain gossamer wings. She was very annoying, always trying to marry him. Later, he became giant-man, but wasp didn't become big-girl, or something like that, she was still the wasp. Not a great duo.
Posted by: Dom | July 17, 2015 at 21:42
I don't actually know a rude enough word to describe that Mason article. And I used to be a sailor.
Posted by: Surreptitious Evil | July 17, 2015 at 21:52
Re: The Mason article.
Among many jaw-droppingly stupid assertions, we have this: ". . . [I]nformation is corroding the market’s ability to form prices correctly."
WTF does that mean? In any voluntary exchange, the price is what it is. It is--by definition--correct, even if one party doesn't like it. Further, information--for example web shopping for cars--allows consumers to get a better deal than they might otherwise without the information. That's a good thing, unless Mason believes we should all have to pay what a seller demands.
I good go on, but jeez louise in a chicken basket, Mason's a piece of work.
Posted by: R. Sherman | July 17, 2015 at 22:17
Berkeley Breathed is back in the saddle.
His latest is he explains, is
So that's some good news. If he's mostly taking on the SJWs the way Jerry Seinfeld has been, the fireworks should be SPECTACULAR.Posted by: dicentra | July 17, 2015 at 23:10
Piercing of note:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/05/19/german-man-cheek-hole_n_5350123.html
Posted by: witwoud | July 18, 2015 at 00:53
"Satan bird"
Magpie, I believe.
Posted by: mojo | July 18, 2015 at 04:00
Technology + magic unicorns = end of capitalism.
Regarding Mr Mason’s sloppy, demented article, Tim Worstall identifies one of its many errors. I also like the phrase “the panting fantasies of some frotting Teenage Trot,” which captures the tone of it. And remember, Mr Mason is a fifty-something adult and the economics editor of Channel 4 News. This, apparently, is his area of expertise.
Posted by: David | July 18, 2015 at 10:03
And I see Paul Mason is off his meds again.
Next: Paul Mason demands that the NHS is broken up and replaced by a large number of small, local, voluntary, healthcare providers.........(tumbleweed)....
Posted by: Jonathan | July 18, 2015 at 10:48
And I see Paul Mason is off his meds again.
"a new kind of human being"
There's your problem.
Posted by: Joan | July 18, 2015 at 11:43
There’s your problem.
For the Mr Masons of the world, it always is. If only they could get in there and fix us.
Posted by: David | July 18, 2015 at 11:49
New Seaweed That Tastes Like Bacon and Is Better for You Than Kale http://vaviper.blogspot.com/2015/07/stop-everything-theres-new-seaweed-that.html
Posted by: Debby | July 18, 2015 at 11:54
More artistic commentary. Watch the spell check, or lack.
Posted by: Hal | July 18, 2015 at 17:03
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/jul/17/osheaga-music-festival-headdress-cultural-appropriation
"Cultural appropriation is doomed to go out of fashion, Sinclair believes. “Stupidity and ignorance never last in the face of reasoned arguments.”"
Posted by: I sneeze in threes | July 18, 2015 at 21:18
More from Sinclair: "People don’t understand how degrading it is to have a sacred object within a culture stolen and appropriated and misused in an inappropriate setting."
I feel his pain.
Posted by: Darleen | July 19, 2015 at 01:24
Bach's Cantata 147 on a mile-long xylophone.
Posted by: Darleen | July 19, 2015 at 01:35
di,
Berkeley Breathed is back in the saddle.
Okay, now I have a reason to keep my Facebook page. That is very good news.
Posted by: Spiny Norman | July 19, 2015 at 07:17
. . . Sinclair believes. “Stupidity and ignorance never last in the face of reasoned arguments.”"
Oh, hipsters always last in the face of reasoned arguments, that's why adults just move around 'em, or through 'em---like throwing 'em 'em out of music festivals when they show up with someone else's clothing.
Graham Greene has the shorter and better argument.
Posted by: Hal | July 20, 2015 at 02:33