Tuesday, October 18, 2011

filed under miscellaneous

it was a slow news day yesterday.  sue me.  here are today's things i found interesting.


there is too much huberus and not enough humility in the financial sector.  here's an example.

AIG Assembles at ‘Ultra Luxury’ Resort  




i'm not sure how i feel about this pic.  it could be taken as the media has lied to us, given false hope, and subdued us to wait for our time to come or as we think we're so special that we're entitled to being these things.  still, it's a great movie.  
http://i.imgur.com/7pKtk.jpg


i can't find the words to describe this video so here's a marine yelling at some nypd.  people are still getting harassed, beaten, and arrested for no reason all over the place and not just because they're protesting.  please be suspicious of your local police.  


and now for something completely different...


would van gogh be more or less cool if he was murdered?

Vincent Van Gogh
forever the victim




robert downey jr. comes to the aid of mel gibson... and makes a compelling argument.  not too sure how to feel right now.


i *heart* albino anything... so here's an albino peacock
http://i.imgur.com/rwe3D.jpg


maps from a <insert anything here>'s perspective was the joke du jour on reddit today.  here are two of my favorites. 

http://i.imgur.com/s9m4a.png
america from an english person with a limited knowledge of american geography's perspecive

http://i.imgur.com/YhHaA.jpg
sadly, i think this is the typical american's perspective of the world

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