July 2012
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Why Won’t Team USA Dip the Flag at the Opening...
mentalflossr:
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For the last 100 years, the Olympic spirit has come with an asterisk for the United States. It’s not doping. It’s not underage gymnasts. In fact, if you’re not looking closely, you’ll miss it at the Opening Ceremonies: the United States will be the only country that refuses to dip its flag when passing the host country.
What’s the story?
“The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition…always new books, new...”
– Roland Barthes (via gaycanon)
lieutenantuhura:
The $30.6 million earned by “The Dark Knight Rises” is leaps ahead of the $18 million “Marvel’s The Avengers” earned from its midnight screenings back in May. That film had the benefit of being in 3D, which upped the ticket prices for moviegoers.
That estimate gives “The Dark Knight Rises” the second-biggest midnight debut ever, behind “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part...
“I wish Anne Hathaway would ride my face like she does Batman’s bike. Go see it.”
– The only review I’ve gotten from friends about The Dark Knight Rises thus far (via elfnipples)
Yes
Can we just appreciate Stephen Lunsford for a...
deathbysterek:
A Fire Will Rise And Stuff..
My whole morning is predicated upon seeing The Dark Knight Rises.
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Life isn't easy for a gay walrus.
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“Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge; it requires no...”
– Bill Bullard, Three Things to Unlearn from High School (2007)
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I can drive now.
One. Step. Closer.
THE GOD OF GAMES: Tomb Raider - On "Writing" →
thegodofgames:
I have to write something about this latest drama. Have you heard yet? Have you heard?
Go and read this interview with Tomb Raider executive producer Ron Rosenberg - http://kotaku.com/5917400/youll-want-to-protect-the-new-less-curvy-lara-croft
Now, a million people will write about this…
“The lie of virginity – the idea that such a thing even exists – is ensuring that...”
– Jessica Valenti (via loveyourrebellion)
