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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    11/20/09

    In reply to German Newspaper Feud Gets Penis-y
    Did anyone else get the "Pimmel über Berlin" (Penis over Berlin) pun? It riffs on "Der Himmel über Berlin" (The Heaven over Berlin) title of that famous Wim Wenders film aka Wings of Desire.

    No? Just me? OK, I'm a dork.
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    Image of Joe Mitchell's Secret Joe Mitchell's Secret
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Fallacy Behind Efforts to Save 'Public Service Journalism'
    What amazes me; not one sentence about the writing. Snappy? Ponderous? Meh?
    @Zirinsky
    Congrats, you get the blue-ribbon today.
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    Image of BunnySkull BunnySkull
    11/20/09

    In reply to German Newspaper Feud Gets Penis-y
    Now why doesn't the NYT do a Murdoch mural like that on the side of their building? These German are taking us to school on how a real editorial feud is handled.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Fallacy Behind Efforts to Save 'Public Service Journalism'
    So, do you think Gawker is a better website now than it was the day it launched?
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Fallacy Behind Efforts to Save 'Public Service Journalism'
    Well, in the old days before child labor laws, urchins were their distribution system, so maybe it's 2 steps forward, 3 back
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    Image of Hiroine Protagonist Hiroine Protagonist
    11/20/09

    In reply to Four Ways Listicles Make Us Immortal, According to Umberto Eco
    Thanks Aristotle.
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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    11/20/09

    In reply to Four Ways Listicles Make Us Immortal, According to Umberto Eco
    After Sarah Palin outrages the very last person on earth and a certain newly dead French anthropologist's predictions come to pass, new species will evolve on this planet to cope with ever-changing conditions. These animals might be intelligent enough to foster their own version of society. Perhaps even a society superior to ours according to however one might judge such things.

    However, inevitably, the sun will explode and turn Earth into a cinder. Any fragment of humanity that might have existed will be vaporized. All that will remain will be some vestigial Voyager-like exploration spacecraft and radio signals that get asymptotically weaker with each light year they travel.

    So really, Umberto Eco's reasons why lists provide us with an illusion of order in nature and immortality are the same reasons we watch "Sex Rehab w/ Dr. Drew" or listen to Kendra Jade ride the Sybian; because we are witnessing what will certainly be the last evidence of humanity. And the gravity of that is undeniable.
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    Image of blix blix
    11/20/09

    @shostakobitch: Golly, you should write books for children.
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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    11/20/09

    @blix: i do. this is john lithgow.

    #tips
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    Image of TedSez TedSez
    11/20/09

    In reply to Four Ways Listicles Make Us Immortal, According to Umberto Eco
    30 Red-Hot Sex Secrets!
    15 Power Foods That Fight Fat!
    10 Fantastic Beauty Tips From Around the World!
    5 Ab Moves That Really Work!
    1 Way to Convince Yourself That Life Isn't a Great Big Chaotic Mess, Despite All Evidence to the Contrary!
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    Image of blix blix
    11/20/09

    @TedSez: Reminds me to renew my subscription to Men's Health.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    11/20/09

    @blix: I always wonder though "aren't there ONLY 5 ab moves"? I mean, how many could there possibly be that don't actually work? And how many could there really be in total.

    Is there really some rube out there doing the "180 degree backwards standing ab fold spine breaking crunch"?
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    Image of blix blix
    11/20/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: There is and he's totally ripped.
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    Image of senatormayer senatormayer
    11/20/09

    In reply to German Newspaper Feud Gets Penis-y
    That's what trying to conquer the world does to a country. You wind up with cocks on the sides of buildings.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    11/20/09

    In reply to Four Ways Listicles Make Us Immortal, According to Umberto Eco
    Queen's list of things to do:

    1) have myself a real good time
    2) float around in ecstasy
    3) be shooting star leaping through the skies
    4) defy laws of gravity (like a tiger)
    5) be a racing car passing by (like Lady Godiva)
    6) go go go
    7) burn through skies
    8) YEAH! (note: two hundred degrees)
    9) travel at speed of light
    10) make a supersonic man out of you
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    Edited by Pope John Peeps II at 11/20/09 2:16 PM Pope John Peeps II was starred Pope John Peeps II was unstarred
    Image of goetz goetz
    11/20/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Journey's list of things She loves:

    1) to laugh
    2) to sing
    3) everything
    4) to move
    5) to groove
    6) the loving things
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    Image of forwardmotion forwardmotion
    11/20/09

    In reply to Four Ways Listicles Make Us Immortal, According to Umberto Eco
    Love his writing, and now he has even explained my List habit. That Umberto knows where it's at.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    11/20/09

    @forwardmotion: He's a semiotics professor. He's an expert in the science of visual symbols. Visual symbolism impacts our lives in profound ways that we can seldom consciously acknowledge.
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    Edited by snugbug at 11/20/09 2:31 PM snugbug was starred snugbug was unstarred
    Image of hilikusopus hilikusopus
    11/20/09

    @snugbug: That was too wordy, snugbug. Is there a symbol that would've sufficed?
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    11/20/09

    @hilikusopus: ‡
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    Image of forwardmotion forwardmotion
    11/21/09

    @snugbug: Wooord! Where it's at!
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    Image of Richard Petty Bourgeoisie Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
    11/20/09

    In reply to German Newspaper Feud Gets Penis-y
    Also, read between the lines on the GMA item: The staffers are concerned about the show's basketball team as much as anything else.
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    Image of belltolls belltolls
    11/20/09

    In reply to Four Ways Listicles Make Us Immortal, According to Umberto Eco
    List of Alfred of Alsace

    1) Get plague booster shot
    2) Ravish maiden
    3) Fire full-time serfs; go to work-for- hire model
    4) Ravish maiden
    5) Challenge Oldo of Omvaria to a joust
    6) Cancel joust
    7) Write checks to serfs
    8) Forget to make bank deposit
    9) Kill serfs
    10) Ravish maiden
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    11/20/09

    @belltolls: You sooo totally invented "Alfred of Alsace." Hilarious! But why not employ an actual real historical character depicted by Umberto Eco in a work of fiction? I.e., Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Order of the Knights Templar? Here's his list:

    1. Vacation on the Isle of Cyprus!
    2. Decide the Crusades are stoopid.
    3. Have strategically "diplomatic" dinner with Pope Boniface VIII, laugh at his lame jokes
    4. Piss off the King of France
    5. Get arrested, get tortured GITMO-style, get forced to admit that the Knights Templar are an order of devil-worshiping homosexuals.
    6. Defiantly recant aforementioned statements in open trial.
    7. REALLLLY piss off both the Pope and the king of France.
    7. Get burned at the stake.
    8. (Epilogue) When the head of French King Louis XVI was severed by the guillotine during the French Revolution, an anonymous person reportedly jumped on the gallows and shouted, "Jacques de Molay is avenged!"
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    Image of belltolls belltolls
    11/20/09

    @snugbug: 'Cause mine's funnier?
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    11/20/09

    @belltolls: That's for me to judge, not for you to say.
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    11/20/09

    @snugbug: Heh. This reminds me of the old suck.com line...a fish, a barrel and a smoking gun. I don't know why.
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    Image of AndPreciousLittleofThat AndPreciousLittleofThat
    11/20/09

    In reply to Four Ways Listicles Make Us Immortal, According to Umberto Eco
    I am a big fan of Eco's work, and I gotta say I definitely agree with his theory. I don't think lists are the be-all-end-all of human existence, but making lists is one of the things which has actually made my life better.

    I've worked with, and against, depression for the past decade, and apart from medication and CBT work, the biggest thing keeping my life on track is the little 3x5 card I keep in my pocket with all my to-do stuff. I re-write the card every night and carry over the stuff I haven't done yet. It's helped immensely, and the satisfaction of checking a thing off the list is a great feeling.

    Thanks, Umberto!
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    Image of Richard Petty Bourgeoisie Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
    11/20/09

    In reply to German Newspaper Feud Gets Penis-y
    Right, because cobras have hoods, just like European wieners.
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