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The busy social life of the lurker

David Malki’s webcomic Wondermark popped up apropos his recent strip about air travel terror, but this is the one that made me roflol.
it's not even blogger or typepad, it's some crap like xanga
More on blog-reading as a substitute for a social life here (light parody) or here (angsty, itemized lament of modern life, with cartoons of a sad bear).

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Make With the Funny

Bo’s Ilan (there are enough clues that I think that’s a reasonable conclusion) writes about the hard life of a comedy screenwriter (Hebrew).

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Brick released in local cinemas

Browsing Haaretz’s site, I discovered that the intriguing movie Brick is showing in Israeli cinemas starting this weekend. Abigail saw it in the Jerusalem film festival and before that Kenneth Hite recommended it. I was skeptical that it would be released, but looks like it has. I really should go see it or something.

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A Primeval Tide of Toxins (LA Times)

This is a couple of weeks old, but well-worth reading. From the Los Angeles Times: A Primeval Tide of Toxins
Runoff from modern life is feeding an explosion of primitive organisms. This ‘rise of slime,’ as one scientist calls it, is killing larger species and sickening people.

[via jwz ]

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Star Trek Inspirational Posters

Star Trek Inspirational Posters – of course he only did the original series.
Mind Meld
(via chadu)