For 24 years people have been trying to kill me. People who know how.

The incomparable Phillip Seymour Hoffman – Charlie Wilson’s War – (SCREENPLAY: Aaron Sorkin) The Helsinki Job Yeah, the 3,000 agents he fired – each and every one of them first or second generation Americans – is that because they lacked the proper diplomatic skills or did Turner not think it would be a good idea to have spies that speak…

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Регина Спектор

“It’s like, you can’t divide yourself up.” (Despite the interviewer annoying me) this is a really good interview with an awesome translation —          · thanks to the très bon translation by fromRUwithsubtitles · — so I’m going to post it. Even if you are unaware of who Regina Spektor/Регина Спектор is, this interview seems so important right now. So…

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NERD Conference… excuse me, “Summit” Δ Proposal Deadline

Proposals for NERD due 1 February  at 23:59h, that’s definitely EST, so what? 18:59 UTC, I think? It looks a bit scarily corp-ed, but it’s coding & it’s at UMass Amherst, so worst case scenario, the weed’s not as good? I don’t know if Beadman is gonna be there. I haven’t talked to anybody yet. I’m…

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Equal Time for Frances McDormand- Almost Famous

Since I played the Philip Seymour Hoffman scene I had to do give it up for Frances McDormand kicking ass. “Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid.”                                  -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

and he really can’t hurt me

℘ “He may win two or three rounds. Or the first five. But after the first five he will just be completely exhausted. And this is better than me jumping and dancing and running- wasting a lot of time all this moving, trying to keep from getting hit and he really can’t hurt me” ℘ “WATCH…

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“You don’t wanna trade Queens with me”

“Guy on the right, you don’t wanna trade Queens with me.” ♠ And guests of guests cannot bring guests. And no unapproved corpses. Am I forgetting anything? Good morning Worm, Your Honor?)