The Malcolm Gladwell Book Generator
For fans of the great man…
Another High Horsemen sketch. Brendan’s cousin proposes to his girlfriend on the Wheel of Brisbane.
A disturbing salami development.
The French do police procedurals a bit differently…
You’d never see this on Blue Heelers.
No Pants Wednesday from the 2007 UQ Law Revue. This was directed by James Tinniswood, and is still one of my favorites.
Louis CK GQ article
I saw Louis CK at the Sydney Opera House about a month ago. It was easily in my top 3 live comedy experiences of all time. His show “Louie” is one of the best comedy’s on television. Check him out.
My favourite part of New York Magazine’s awesome oral history of the Upright Citizens Brigade
GELMAN: It was Valentine’s Day 2004, and I had just broken up with my girlfriend, so I was pretty angry. Somebody came on the mike and said, “Ladies and gentlemen, September 10, 2001.” And the spotlight comes up and “The Candy Man” starts playing, and I come out naked in tap shoes and blackface, dancing horribly. Then all of a sudden, the lights turn red, and [the German industrial band] Rammstein comes on, and I look at the audience and I go, “Tomorrow, a terrible tragedy will happen that will kill thousands of people. America will become a cage of fear. What are you going to do when fascism takes over?” And I started goose-stepping around the stage. Then, after about a minute of that, “The Candy Man” comes back on, and I finish up the tap dance. And I received a standing ovation.
This is incredible. Imagine how much practice it takes to kick at a statistically impossible level.
Gordon Ramsay's dwarf porn double Percy Foster dies in badger den
Here is a headline of an actual news story I never thought I would read.
It’s Not You, It’s Me
Another video from The High Horsemen’s show “iSketch2.0: A Tale of Comedy and Whimsy”
“World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War” was actually in the History section of the bookstore.
This will really freak some idiots out.
every girl out there should respect themselves. #real
—
@justinbieber
Tweet of the Week
Nothing AT ALL condescending about a 14 year old dishing out this advice.
IR Lawyer: It is never okay to offer a work promotion in exchange for sexual favours.
Partner: You have just eliminated all my management techniques.
—A Partner at my former law firm riles up the IR Lawyer giving a seminar on workplace harassment. It did not go well.
Michael Lewis' brilliant Vanity Fair article on Germany's role in the global economy
My favourite quote:
“One of Hitler’s favorite words was Scheisskerl (“shithead”): he apparently used it to describe not only other people but himself as well. After the war, Hitler’s doctors told U.S. intelligence officers that their patient had devoted surprising energy to examining his own feces, and there was pretty strong evidence that one of his favorite things to do with women was to have them poop on him.”
It just makes sense.
The Bus Line
This is from the High Horsemen’s sketch comedy show “iSketch2.0: A Tale of Comedy and Whimsy”.
