August 2011
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um, what.
pls-revert:
or write letters to the forum.
There are a number of great comments to this letter. So far I am awarding the prize to Judy, who can’t even be arsed to spell Ms Ooi’s name properly:
PREACH, JUDY.
This is outright libel against opposition MPs.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-28) →
toe (25)
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When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty...
– Steve Jobs (via stewartmccoy)
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A common sleeping pill can wake up vegetative...
maxistentialist:
The Guardian:
For three years, Riaan Bolton has lain motionless, his eyes open but unseeing. After a devastating car crash doctors said he would never again see or speak or hear. Now his mother, Johanna, dissolves a pill in a little water on a teaspoon and forces it gently into his mouth. Within half an hour, as if a switch has been flicked in his brain, Riaan looks around his...
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B-Quartet jamming, 2008 (video by Jun)
I guess this jam didn’t make the cut, but 10 points if you recognise the vocal riff that made it to ‘Question Problem’ on the last album.
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nightswimming:
X-Men: First Class Deleted Scene - “You’ve never looked more beautiful, darling.”
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-21) →
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johnsanjohnsan:
Visual for This Wasted Heart by Tenderfist.
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Media Release on Use of Public Sites at Aljunied... →
I don’t care much for local politics, but this makes me angry.
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From the moment of painting the figure 1 until the day he died, when he had...
– For 46 years Roman Opalka painted canvases covered in numbers, a project only curtailed by his death this month. Our obituary remembers him. (via theeconomist)
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@syaraf
picturepixel:
fyonafinn:
Is that because your school doesn’t require you to provide a TOEFL or IELTS result slip? Because mine requires one and it’s mandatory, unless the British Embassy says it’s not a need. I emailed the British Council and they got back to me saying that Singapore isn’t a majority English-speaking country, and that it’s either I take the test or ask the school for other...
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Picked up a mint copy of A Game of Thrones for $7. SGD. Hello, new favourite book store.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-14) →
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singascene gig calendar →
One of the questions I get asked the most is “How do you know when all those gigs are happening?”
How did Professor X walk in The Last Stand if he was paralysed in First Class? How did Julia Roberts turn a croissant into a pancake in Pretty Woman? I don’t know. Shit happens. But at least now you can know when those gigs are happening.
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Latest issue #06 of @ramenmusic is my favourite yet. Listen/download for free here http://t.co/ByCCJSO and consider getting a subscription!