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IAmA wildlife cameraman who has worked on Human... →
Wildlife cameraman GavinThurston did an IAmA on Reddit.
This is one of my favorite IAmAs to date!
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Things I need:
a haircut
a carwash
new glasses
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WatchFire at Dodger Stadium
——- Update: My friends and I were sitting on the first base side of the loge level when we started smelling smoke. Shortly after, we saw a ton of white smoke billowing out onto the field from the level above us. We asked a security guy what was going on, and he said there was a minor fire, but “it was under control.” It looked like they evacuated the...
Fire at Dodger Stadium
Fire at Dodger Stadium (in upper deck on first base side) but “they are taking care of it”. Game continues.
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“It’s a sad state of affairs when we see $4.05 for gas and think, “Hey, that’s...”
– Jon, as we were getting gas in Los Feliz
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julieoh replied to your audio post: Foster The People - “Pumped Up Kicks” ——- All the… I love how you tell people this song is about shooting up a school and they go “Uhhh what????”
Hahaha, seriously! I’m always like, “Uh. Have you even listened to the lyrics?!”
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Some guidelines on how to be a true Angeleno →
Click-through for Hector Tobar’s list, but here are two which I liked:
5. Know your shortcuts. We avoid turning on the GPS because we know more about our traffic patterns than any computer. We know that the usual rules of geography and geometry don’t always apply in L.A., and the quickest route between two points is not necessarily a straight line. We know that at certain times of the...
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Foster The People - “Pumped Up Kicks”...
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“I value words. I am curious about the way words sound, how they draw pictures...”
– Viggo Mortensen, in the Introduction of The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2004
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“BIRTHDAY: I am very glad I was born and definitely appreciate the ongoing alive...”
– Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life
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Newsflash! Eric Cantor (R-Asshole) is a giant... →
wilwheaton:
In the aftermath of Sunday’s devastating tornado in Joplin, Mo., a key House panel has approved a $1 billion aid package to make sure federal disaster relief accounts don’t run out before the end of the budget year in September.
The Appropriations panel approved the measure by voice vote as an amendment to a measure funding the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other...
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bloomtime replied to your photo: Be prepared. This is great lol, what book shop?
Was spotted at Walden Pond Books in the Grand Lake neighborhood of Oakland. It’s a great little bookshop, and if you’re in the area I recommend stopping by! (Also, there’s this fantastic pizza place next door called Boot and Shoe Service that you...
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WatchQ&A during feeding time at the Monterey Bay Aquarium! (Uploaded from my phone, not sure why it’s sideways. Will deal with it later.)
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“Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you...”
– Agnes De Mille
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Old Man Search (@oldmansearch) →
buildingaladder:
“My dad is 81 years old. I’m teaching him how to use the internet. I told him twitter was how to search things on Google. These tweets are what he’s searching.” - Norman N. (oldmansearch) on Twitter (via rickyv)
I simultaneously love this and am very concerned that he isn’t ever finding the information he is looking for.
I agree with Caitlin — I love...
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Plan now for huge summer 405 closing →
tumblangeles:
Just after midnight on Friday, July 15, the 405 Freeway will be closed in both directions—from Getty Center Drive to the 101—for 53 straight hours.
Sounds like a good weekend for an LA meetup in Vegas. I don’t want to be here.
Put this in my calendar as “405 Clusterfuck”
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“What a flammable heart I’ve been given.”
– Freelance Whales, “Location” 