TJ Francis Needs More Eggnog

motherjones:

C’mon, Internets and/or savvy Obama campaign staffers, you’re gonna make this a meme, right?

iamobamacare:

Miss M’s original post that inspired this Tumblr.

thedailywhat:

Fun Fact of the Day: And by “fun” I mean STOP SOPA.

[@skulled / pleatedjeans.]

J.E.J was a hottie back in the day.

vintageblackglamour:

afro-art-chick:

“No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement.”  

“The arts have always been an important ingredient to the health of a nation, but we haven’t gotten there yet.” 

 “Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.” 

 “Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine.”

 “One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can’t utter.”

“You don’t build a bond without being present.”

 “The goal wasn’t to be a millionaire or to be a Hollywood star. That was not the goal. The goal was something about - the goal was to find the goal, but I knew where it was.”

 

Happy 81st Birthday to legendary actor James Earl Jones (b. January 17, 1931)

Happy 81st Birthday James Earl Jones! Photo by Carl Van Vechten on May 29, 1961.

OMG, this! If this law passes, I am immediately moving to Brazil. 

thedailywhat:

Making Money Working From Home of the Day: Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has signed into law a bill allowing employees to request overtime pay for work emails answered from home.

The legislation recognizes emails sent to employees by their employers as “direct orders.” Responding to those orders after work hours would therefore constitute overtime.

With the prevalence of smartphones and their role in conducting business, Brazil’s new law may set a precedent for other countries. Some companies, including Volkswagen, are preemptively reacting by announcing plans to stop sending emails to employees outside of regular business hours.

[ap / tvnz.]

vintageblackglamour:

ferrarisheppard:

breaking the law.

Breaking the law with style. 

Um, this kinda really goes hard.

“I see you my people in Hawaii. Catch that wave n*gga.”

motherjones:

longreads:

The comedian on his early influences, stand-up career and his hatred of traditional sitcom writing:

I was explaining to my girls, we went by a Chinese restaurant that has the big LED sign, and it has this sweeping pattern, then flashes red, then blue, then blue sweeps across from left to right, right to left, red sweeps across, and they said, ‘How does it do it?’ and I said, ‘There’s a circuit, somebody writes a program that tells the stupid lights to do this pattern, and they burn the program onto a circuit, and so that circuit just keeps taking this one trip.’ So there’s a guy on every show that does that, he has his one way, he has his variety, about eight different joke formulas, and you refill them with different stuff. He’s either the dumb guy or, like, Lisa Kudrow’s character on Friends or whatever. ‘I thought coffee was from Brazil.’ ‘Ugh, no the guy’s name is Coffee. He’s from Italy.’ Garbage like that. Then you start building the story, then you go away on an act break. Then you build a third act that just is the train wreck of not really much fun, but it pays everything off, it leaves everybody feeling exactly the same way they left, that they felt before the show started. That’s what shows are meant to do, is leave on par and leave a few jokes behind, to be printed in Entertainment Weekly’s sound bites.

“The Writearound: Louis C.K.” — Jonah Weiner, jonahweiner.com

See more comedy #longreads

This dude. This dude is cultural studies in action.

hitrecordjoe:

Here’s a project anyone can participate in at hitRECord!

RE: Independence

In honor of our upcoming show at The Sundance Film Festival 2012, I’d like to start making art regarding the theme of Independence. You can record a testimonial of your thoughts regarding this topic but more importantly, you can contribute a short story, an illustration, a song or even make a short film. Anything that regards the idea of Independence.  

We will then take these pieces and put them together in a clever, funny, entertainingly way and intersperse them throughout our show while bringing up audience members to share their thoughts. 

Independence is the theme that is running throughout our show. Not only because it’s the Sundance Film Festival but also because all of the projects that we are working on embody this topic in their own way. 

Here are some ideas regarding Independence to think about: 

• The Sundance Film Festival showcases Indy Films.  What is Indy when it comes to art and business? 


• A child’s life can lead to independence, independence from their parents as an adult. 


• And as an adult, Independence changes and one can become codependent.  Codependent in a relationship or with other things. 


• Political independence. 

Let’s get this conversation started early shall we!

Thanks again,

<3

J

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stfuconservatives:

thegirlwiththefinchertattoo:

swoozi:

This is tragic.  

USA!  USA!  USA!

Capitalism isn’t the problem, the American rich are.

-Joe

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souleverlift:

Sheila E., Prince, Cat

too bad i missed. next time…

This photo is golden.

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