Urban Explorerer

"You must defend people you don’t agree with. It’s where you find out what your principles really..."

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:05:55 -0400

““You must defend people you don’t agree with. It’s where you find out what your principles really are.””

- Penn Jillette (via halphillips)

laughingsquid: How To Turn Yourself Into A Bale Of Hay

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:35:09 -0400

laughingsquid:

How To Turn Yourself Into A Bale Of Hay

"Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist."

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:57:20 -0400

“Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.”

- George Carlin

(via buchino, meepmeepmeep)

Duly noted. How You Will Get Hurt at Burning Man // by...

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:32:02 -0400

Duly noted.

How You Will Get Hurt at Burning Man // by Good.is

With Buring Man just around the corner, it’s time to look back at what’s happened in the past so you can be better prepared.

(via chrisreblogs, ilovecharts, and r2witco)

Marco.org: A smartphone retrospective

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:54:22 -0400

Marco.org: A smartphone retrospective:

This is what high-end smartphones looked like in 2007:

Smartphones were an established consumer-electronics market with devices that people thought were pretty cool, but often frustrating and with serious shortcomings and design flaws.

Then this happened:

I so want a cat! (via Boing Boing)

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:17:30 -0400

I so want a cat!

(via Boing Boing)

Mississippi didn’t ratify the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote until 1984, over...

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:19:54 -0400

Mississippi didn’t ratify the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote until 1984, over sixty years after it was added to the Constitution. Way to go Mississippi; keep it classy!

(via Wikipedia)

I am so very sad I will miss this show. I fear it will be...

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:51:40 -0400

I am so very sad I will miss this show. I fear it will be epic…

spolikeluzhate:

Remember 4 years ago when Chris Gethard got Daryll Strawberry to come to the UCB Training Center to give a motivational speech?

Do you remember tonight when Chris Gethard kicked ass in his new show BIG LAKE on Comedy Central?

Want a 3rd memory? Go to the Telethon of Shame, August 28th Midnight @ UCB Theatre and watch a shit load of weird shit happen that will raise money for The March of Dimes.

Even if you can’t make it, you can still donate! Right now we have a lock box at the UCB Theatre Box office. Just bring a sealed envelope with your money in it, and write on the outside of the envelope what stunt you want the money to go towards.

There are 4 big ticket stunts that you can start donating towards now.

1. As soon as Chris Gethard raises $750 he will do the show naked. So if you start donating now, we could reach that goal before the 28th, and he will have to start the show naked!

2. Don Fanelli will wax his body. For 400 dollars, he will wax his back on stage. If he raises 500 dollars, he will wax his back, chest, and stomach on stage. If he raises 750 dollars on stage, he will wax his back, chest, stomach, and asshole on stage. If he raises 1,000 dollars, he will sing “Come Sail Away” while all of the aforementioned body parts are being waxed. Lets put fear into Fanelli’s asshole and start donating now!

3. Will Hines is giving up his spot on the Stepfathers. For a donation of $20 you can enter yourself into a raffle to win Will Hine’s spot in the first half of a Stepfather’s show. Show Will that you can make us better and get that $20 dollars together!

4. I, Shannon O’Neill will shave my head if I raise $5,000. And when I say Shave, I mean SHAVE, BALDTOWN. People are telling me I am an idiot for doing this and that the price is too high. But you can’t make me feel stupid for raising money and the price is only high if you are a cold hearted person, sorry! Yes, If I shave my head, it will effect me. My auditioning will grind to a hault for a couple of months, people will stare at me, I’ll have to explain the story a LOT. But that is 2 months of my life where I am slightly inconvenienced. There are families and children out there that are affected for their ENTIRE lives because of premature birth, birth defects, and infant mortality. So If I can give 2 months of my life to help prevent someone else from going through what is actually a shitty time, then I will SHAVE MY HEAD BALD. The person that donates the most towards my stunt, will have the honor of shaving my head. (you must be present at the show).

There will also be smaller priced activities at the show, like throwing eggs at someone’s chest, paying for a paintball to be shot at another performer. Real fun stuff.

Lets all have fun, do weird stuff and RAISE A SHIT TON OF MONEY!

Edit: I was given $1 last night, so I only have $4,999 to go.

For Michael, with love.

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:19:57 -0400

For Michael, with love.

This approximates my comfort level at most parties I...

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:21:49 -0400

This approximates my comfort level at most parties I attend.

(Amazing photos by Katie Sokoler)

"The future is like a Japanese game show: you have no idea what’s going on."

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:00:17 -0400

“The future is like a Japanese game show: you have no idea what’s going on.”

- Tracy Jordan

Man, I wish I still had my Sooper Dooper Looper shirt! It was...

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:29:09 -0400

Man, I wish I still had my Sooper Dooper Looper shirt! It was the first looping coaster I ever rode, and I distinctly remember screaming with fear. Ah, childhood…

erockappel:

My Mom got me a new Sooper Dooper Looper shirt because I lost my last one at the Del Close Marathon last summer.

"I run on whiskey and risk and ennui and impatience."

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:01:46 -0400

“I run on whiskey and risk and ennui and impatience.”

- Dessa

Why Google Became A Carrier-Humping, Net Neutrality Surrender Monkey

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:59:48 -0400

Why Google Became A Carrier-Humping, Net Neutrality Surrender Monkey:

nikf:

Great piece from Wired on the Google-Verizon deal.

Video

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:11:23 -0400

"I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world."

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:03:52 -0400

“I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.”

- Richard Dawkins

(via buchino)

"Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of..."

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:45:57 -0400

“Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license. Indeed the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California constitution the notion that opposite sex couples are superior to same sex couples.”

- Judge Vaughn Walker Hands Victory to Proposition 8 Opponents (via marco)

Nature is fucking electric. buchino: Lightning striking at...

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:14:00 -0400

Nature is fucking electric.

buchino:

Lightning striking at 9000 frames per second. Like, whoa. (via kottke)

There are so many videos out there.

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:18:05 -0400

There are so many videos out there.

Mesmerizing. (via Jason Kottke)

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:01:31 -0400

Mesmerizing.

(via Jason Kottke)