"Like being homeless in loud pants"

While I am, of course, not a fan of Chavez, and this new project of his, the Revolutionary Reading Plan, has (deservedly) a lot of critics, since it makes the writings of Chavez himself and Karl Marx required reading for school children (their "light" reading includes the love letters of Simon Bolivar ... a far cry from Captain Underpants, Cirque du Freak and Twilight...), the L in me can't help but still love the idea of free copies of Les Miserables (one of my favorite books) and Don Quijote and "roving book clubs." Roving Book Clubs? It's like literacy meets flash mob! We can all agree to meet seemingly randomly in a public place and at a specified time, all take out a copy of the same book and start reading out loud from a pre-designated page ... Who wants in?

How can you not love Bill Maher? His newest New Rule? "A-hole in One Shouldn't Be Obama's Game" explains golf thusly: "Golf, if you're not familiar, is a pastime where you basically walk outdoors with a bag, muttering and cursing. It's like being homeless in loud pants."

Here's the new poster for the upcoming movie Dorian Gray based on, of course, The Picture of Dorian Gray.



I first read this when I was 15 and loved it. Then re-read it when I was 19 and hated it. In fact I hated it so much that I haven't been able to read any more Oscar Wilde since. I'm wondering if it's time to give him a third chance in time for the movie?

Can you believe this guy owns a company that made 7 figures in the first 6 months of this year?



He's the man behind Pet Holdings which owns I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER? and FAIL Blog. AND HE MAKES A MILLION DOLLARS. Obviously, I'm doing something wrong with my life.

Since I have, in the last 5 years of my life, become intimately acquainted with skate culture, I found this essay, celebrating Andy Kessler's life, really moving.



It provides some perspective on a group in our society that is often misunderstood and underestimated: "For all of their perceived destructiveness, for all of their purported unthinking and lawless mischief, skateboarders are a creative and compassionate breed."

How can I get this t-shirt?!