October 2009
Watchjon stewart on the foxnews vs white house war
Watchnew extended trailer for tim burton’s alice in wonderland
Watchnow that foxnews is “not a news organization”, msnbc is the “undisputed* leader in cable news” (via tvnewser)
Watchpixar intro parody from college humor - beware of adorable, homicidal lamps
Watchjon stewart on “rape-nuts” … al franken proposes getting rid of the old “it’s ok if you get raped” clause in government contracts, but 30 republicans object
lime syrup cake recipe
i baked this for @kissability’s picnic today and several people asked for the recipe. so here it is (courtesy of the brilliant neil perry) …
ingredients
for the cake
350g caster sugar
300g self-raising flour
90g desiccated coconut
zest of 1 lime
250 g unsalted butter, melted
2 eggs
250ml milk
for the lime syrup
225g caster sugar
185ml water
zest of 1 lime
juice...
my top 10 favourite movies
following a throw away tweet from @thedwan that groundhog day was in his top ten favourite movies list, i thought i would spend at least part of my saturday night putting together a list of my favourite movies …
10. the triplets of belleville
9. magnolia
8. ponette
7. eternal sunshine of a spotless mind
6. waking ned devine
5. underground
4. toy story 2
3. fight club
2. the truman...
Watchjon stewart mocks foxnews over their minimal coverage of sunday’s gay rights protest in washington
my 10 favourite episodes of the west wing
some of my friends having been having a discussion on facebook about their ten favourite episodes of the west wing, so i thought i’d sit down and compile my list.
here are some honourable mentions (by season): a proportional response, mr. willis of ohio, take out the trash day, 20 hours in la, let bartlet be bartlet (season 1); shibboleth, noël, the stackhouse filibuster, 17 people, 18th...
Watchhilarious! jon stewart rips into cnn (read more here)
Watchi love 30 rock! midnight train to georgia
Watchglenn beck reminds stephen colbert of himself
Watchconan o’brien talks to the co-creator of the usb on the tonight show
Watchsean hannity interviews michael moore - part 2
Watchsean hannity interviews michael moore - part 1
Watch“it’s not tv … well, it is tv … but it’s 30 rock …” (via the hot blog)
if supreme court justices were tv network...
from the hollywood reporter esq blog:
U.S. Supreme Court Justice is a good job with excellent perks, but maybe some of the members of our highest judiciary should consider careers in Hollywood.
Yesterday, the Court heard a case (United States v. Stevens) concerning whether a 1999 federal law banning commercial trafficking of filmed “depictions of animal cruelty” violate free speech...
apple sues god, says fruit too similar to logo →
@jr raphael has some fun at apple’s expense …
Watchselling sex: the world’s best condom ads. slate v asks what’s the best way to market a condom? a sampling of ads from around the world shows that a lot depends on the prevailing attitudes about sex.