"Collateral damage abound"

This was recently posted on a great design blog I follow that hadn't previously been udpated for a while. I know absolutely nothing about the dude who wrote this or what he's specifically referring to here, but I think I can guess:

When faced with ones own weakness, selfishness and arrogance, the enormity of it is too much too absorb.
Too painful.
It’s all too much.
Belief systems are compromised.
Collateral damage abound.
To live with knowledge that actions hurt people who have had your back…that have always been in your corner…that have always been your staunchest supporters and defenders…that have been your quiet harbor in a world full of stormy seas…that have shown you such love…is…crushing…
The reality of it all…is…crushing…
I love you E.
I love you my sons.
I’m sorry.
And sorry doesn’t begin to cover it.
Not even remotely.
And it can’t ever really encapsulate it.
…and thank you.
For being everything important…and good…and safe…in a world full of stormy seas….even when I don’t see it…or did my best to destroy it.
(to everyone else, normal posting to resume shortly)

Is it just me, or is this a really tossy way of publicly apologising to your wife for cheating on her? And who wrote this anyway? Alanis Morrissette?

The best GIF of all time?

Thanks to Regretsy forum contributor Unfortunate Incident for this brilliant piece of fuckery.

Sing it, sister

"I was gayer"

Today is my birthday :-)

Marilyn Monroe's turkey stuffing recipe

King of Devil's Island [Kongen av Bastøy] (2010)

Norway consolidates its reputation as the land of sunshine and infectious pop tunes – oh, sorry, I mean death metal and church burnings – with King of Devil’s Island (Kongen av Bastøy), Marius Holst’s harrowing account of the real 1915 inmate rebellion at a boys’ reform prison on Bastøy island.

Stellan Skarsgård, as Bastøy’s governor, is the most recognisable face to non-Norwegian audiences and delivers a suitably granite-flecked performance as a man seemingly born to embody the concept of the banality of evil. Kirstoffer Joner is equally compelling as the predatory housemaster, Bråthen. 

This is, however, a film stolen by its young leads, Benjamin Helstad (Erling) and Trond Nilssen (Olav). Nilssen, in his film debut, is riveting and has great chemistry with Helstad. Holst has a tight grip on his material and the friendship between the two boys unfolds along with the story in a controlled burn. Their relationship provides the only warmth on show – this is a master class in evoking the sensation of freezing cold on film.

Holst avoids sensationalising his subject matter and the full horror of the boys’ situation is revealed as slowly as Olav’s anger against the institution he is so close to being freed from builds. Comparisons have been drawn with Spartacus, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Lord of the Flies. If that sounds like lofty company, then King of Devil’s Island deserves to be there.

Originally publised on Filmwerk

An exciting day in the office

From: Teo Macero
To:     John Berg, Joe Agresti, Phyllis Mason
Date:  November 14, 1969

RE: Miles Davis CS 9961 XSM 151732/3 Project # 03802

Miles just called and said he wants this album to be titled:

"BITCHES BREW"

Please advise.