Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Entry Text PHOENIX (AP) — Sen. John McCain announced Tuesday that he will run for re-election in 2016, making official a move that has been widely expected for the Republican as he looks to extend his nearly three-decade career in the Senate.McCain described his plans to run before an Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry…
Few things can be as delicious as a pile of quesadillas, chalupas, gorditas, cheesy quesarito crunchers, quesalupa chasers, and supreme Doritos-flavored Mountain Dew balls from Taco Bell when you’re as high as humanly possible. Or, you know, really drunk, or a teenager, or whatever other reasons people have for going to Taco Bell and not…
The actual contents of a Rhode Island woman’s cupboard after two shopping trips paid for with food stamps. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post) Poverty looks pretty great if you’re not living in it. The government gives you free money to spend on steak and lobster, on tattoos and spa days, on — why not? —…
The Large Hadron Collider – the incredible machinery that was credited with discovering the Holy Grail of long sought after particles, the Higgs Boson – has finally been re-awoken after a two year slumber whilst undergoing upgrades and repairs. Naturally this incredible piece of technology, with the ability to change our understanding of our universe as we know it, was due a…
A five-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom townhouse on West 101st Street has hit the market for the first time in almost 40 years. Owned by artist Annette Oko, whotook over the deed in 1978, the house is part of a group of six sister brownstones on the block and, according to the brokerbabble, has appeared in movies such as the The Chosen and Woody Allen’s Shadow and…
Bruce Willis was dead all along. Walter White dies at the end. Lots of people die at the Red Wedding. Spoilers are everywhere on the web, but a new Google patent may be able to save those who haven’t caught up on the latest TV shows and films from plot points their friends are wantonly dropping on…
WASHINGTON — A white police officer in North Charleston, S.C., was charged with murder on Tuesday after a video surfaced showing him shooting in the back and killing an apparently unarmed black man while the man ran away. The officer, Michael T. Slager, 33, said he had feared for his life because the man had…
Earlier today, Marvel unveiled its “remastered” edition of the 1977 comic adaptation of Star Wars. Many were unhappy to see the art of Howard Chaykin redone with a modern comic’s color palette, including writer John Gholson, who took to Twitter to show how much a comic loses when it’s recolored. The thrust of Gholson’s main…
Let’s the comments begin! Some will dig it, some will not, if the last posts I did about this are any indication. My thoughts: The CGI and ships look good The Starfleet uniforms are hideous. They tightened up the editing in post-production, which I figured they would, versus what we’ve seen to date Great Trek…
Oscar Isaac is a name you need to know — even if he has a face that you can’t recognize. Often hiding behind a mustache or beard, the actor has garnered critical acclaim for his starring roles in A Most Violent Year with Jessica Chastain and as the title character in Inside Llewyn Davis, for…