Chambaland - My Heart Will Do It Right (Celine Dion vs. Daft Punk)
Quick and dirty and French.
Do I have such a passion for sublime 80s beats, as exemplified in “Falling” by Haim (above) and Tegan and Sara’s most recent album, purely out of nostalgia (for college more than the actual 80s) or, rather, out of some kind of genetic predisposition for sublime 80s beats? Both? Both and? I don’t know. I guess I ultimately don’t care.
Love Is Blindness
Friend and fellow YA author Terra Elan McVoy has a new book out called Criminal, about a teen girl who falls for a piece-of-shit guy and, as a result, gets caught up in a murder investigation. It is truly outstanding––one of my favorite YA novels of the year.
To celebrate the release of the book, Terra asked me and a few other authors to write about a time that love for someone or something blinded us. So of course I wrote about the time (college) that I was in love with Ayn Rand.
I think it is safe to say that while the South is hardly Christ-centered, it is most certainly Christ-haunted.
One of the most true things I’ve ever read about my homeland.
A Senate in the Gun Lobby's Grip
How the N.R.A. crushed background checks.
I continue to be of the mind that Gabby Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, are some of the most effective communicators against gun violence, and I will continue to support their action group, Americans for Responsible Solutions.
This set by Joe Pera is one of my favorite comedy sets ever. At the first round of this year’s March Madness tournament at Carolines, sixty-four comics (myself among them) each did one minute of comedy. Most of us were loud and fast, doing our best jokes machine gun style. Joe Pera went up dead last. He spent the first ten seconds of his set calmly and quietly adjusted the position of the mic without speaking a word. He used the next ten seconds to do one joke. The rest of the set was one long applause break.
If you missed it, here’s Joe’s submission video to last year’s Andy Kaufman awards, which is brilliant as well. He’s one of the most original and surprising comics in the city; there is truly no one like him.
Also enjoy this funny video with Pera and Bilderbergers friend Nathan Min.
Source: adamconover
Heard about this band the same way I hear about most bands––my dad sends me an email with a link to All Songs Considered.
He’s the one they call DR. PLAYGROUND
He’s the one that fixes your PLAYGROUND
Not a real doctor, DR. PLAYGROUND
He’s gonna fix your DINO SLIIIIIDE
Mike Trapp presents: The Mike Trapp Mikesperience: Why I Probably Rejected Your Submission
Part of my job at CollegeHumor involves reviewing the articles submitted to our site from our readers. These are the three worst offenses people regularly commit in their submissions.
Wordiness: Make cuts. Every sentence should advance the central idea of your article. This includes:
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Good notes for any types of writing.
Solid humor writing tips. (Maybe more accurately: humor revising tips.)
Source: miketrapp
