2B - Thursday, October 29, 2009
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Tila Tequila: #TilaArmy will put
Hitler's Army to shame...except
we will use our power for GOOD!
Dammit I can't fucking wait!
Announcement next week! POW!
Today, while at the store, my fly
FML became undone. It doesn't seem
that bad unless an old lady comes
to "zip it up for you." FML
EVIL FORTUNE COOKIE
Do you ever think your life is great?
Well, meetEvil Fortune Cookie, the app
that will let you know you are invari-
ably sub-par and suck at everything.
The app totes a crusty-looking fortune
cookie superimposed over a glaring
skull, and your discouraging "fortune"
appears below in crackly font. Happy
Halloweekend, everyone!
Highfive
A notable Ann Arborite gives five
answers to a curious question.
Tina Lupton
AssistantProfessorofEnglish Languageand Literature
What are your five favorite places to go
on campus to philosophize
about literature?
1. On my phone: (Well, I just moved here, so most of my favorite philosophers
and writers are still far away.)
2. In my office early in the morning: Angell Hall seems grand and serious in
the darkness. Just having the keys to this building makes my thoughts lofty.
3. In my friends' offices,up on our little fourth-floor cul-de-sac: You need to
be philosophical to find us, but it's worth the effort. Just don't come before dawn
because I'll be doing my private philosophizing.
4. In Hill Auditorium: I'm not very good at thinking about music, but listening
to it in a good space amongst smart people wearing black makes me think well
about other things.
5. The Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library stacks: I went to the library stacks
the other day and thought profoundly about all the books there gathering dust
while their contents are being read electronically around the world. It seemed
kind of sad that those carrels where people had once worked just to be close to
the books are empty.
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ONLINE GAMES OF THE WEEK
POINTIX KALEIDOSCOPE
In this explosive game of connect the dots, you must match
up multiple orbs of the same color pattern as they fall down
your screen to make them go boom. And when they do, they
take everything between them down as well. You're on the
clock, so there's no time to hesitate in this frenzied, colorful
ball-buster of a flash game.
Find it at:
http://tinyurl.com/playpointix
This new puzzle game takes matching colors and makes
it pretty flipping extreme. With all kinds of shapes to rotate,
colors to swap and problems to fix, "Kaleidoscope" is a per-
fect distraction for those seeking a little more intellectual
stimulation. Once you've beaten the game, go back and do it
again while trying to minimize how many moves you make.
Find it at:
http://tinyurl.com/playkaleidoscope
TRAILER REVIEW
"BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS"
FIRST LOOK
The trailer for "Bad Lieutenant" employs a clever bit of misdirection, setting the
filmup as aharrowing, topical (Hurricane Katrina!) police dramafeaturing a snarky
cop (Nicholas Cage) who injures himself performing an honorable act. But once the
title card flashes the name of legendary director Werner Herzog, you know some
crazy shit is going to go down. Indeed it does, with Cage snorting coke, maniacally
fist-bumping gangsters and having hallucinations of iguanas. Now that he's done
treasure hunting, it's going to be fun to see Cage tripping balls.
KAVIPANDEY
2009 Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Policymaker in Residence
dgeting for National Security:
How Much Should We Spend?