the daily mariks

This is poetry.

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:23:00 -0800

This is poetry.

Selling out abortion rights for health care reform

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:47:01 -0800

Selling out abortion rights for health care reform:

Devil’s bargain struck by Pelosi:

“more than 85 percent of private health insurance plans cover abortion. By forbidding such plans from competing in the new, lucrative federally supervised insurance exchanges, the bill would force them to drop abortion coverage. This would eliminate such coverage even for policyholders who pay their own way.

The Hoarding of Animals Research Consortium

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:40:09 -0800

The Hoarding of Animals Research Consortium:

Fascinating stuff. It’s basically an addiction, with hoarders most often being elderly and female.

Joan Paper Doll - Season 3 (via Dyna Moe)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:07:46 -0800

Joan Paper Doll - Season 3 (via Dyna Moe)

The Pickle Posse | The New York Observer Pickles: the new...

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:51:37 -0800

The Pickle Posse | The New York Observer

Pickles: the new cupcakes?

Love this.

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:57:53 -0800

Love this.

Updated Top Ten Movies of the Y2Ks

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:11:00 -0800

As 2009 draws to a close, I’m updating my previous list of Top Ten Movies of the last decade, whatever it’s called.

You Can Count on Me (2000)

In the Mood for Love (2000)

Best in Show (2000)

Mulholland Drive (2001)

Donnie Darko (2001)

City of God (2002)

The New World (2005)

Lives of Others (2006)

There Will Be Blood (2007)

No Country for Old Men (2007)

Honorable Mentions: American Psycho (2000), Memento (2000), Traffic (2000), Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001), In the Bedroom (2001), The Royal Tennenbaums (2001), Amelie (2001), 28 Days Later (2002), Adaptation (2002), Mystic River (2003), Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003), Slumdog Millionaire (2008).

From Antichrist. Highlarious.

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:05:18 -0800

From Antichrist. Highlarious.

Photo

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:13:43 -0800

Whole tree architecture.

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:07:03 -0800

Whole tree architecture.

Honey I Shrunk Redhook Luis’s art installation. “I...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:02:48 -0800

Honey I Shrunk Redhook

Luis’s art installation.

“I wish these were made out of chocolate. But they are not.”

Tsutomo Tanuki Tsutomo fairs poorly in Western settings.

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:03:49 -0700

Tsutomo Tanuki

Tsutomo fairs poorly in Western settings.

Research Reveals That Apocalyptic Stories Changed Dramatically 20 Years Ago

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:40:00 -0700

Research Reveals That Apocalyptic Stories Changed Dramatically 20 Years Ago:

Artist Genesis P-Orridge Turns Himself Into His Late Wife

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:34:03 -0700

Artist Genesis P-Orridge Turns Himself Into His Late Wife

Beauty and the Bento Box

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:14:57 -0700

Beauty and the Bento Box

Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Video Version (via...

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:02:20 -0700

Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Video Version (via dascottjr)

Very impressive.

I Am The Goddamn Manbat [VIDEO] How does it hang upside down??

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:38:56 -0700

I Am The Goddamn Manbat [VIDEO]

How does it hang upside down??

Stefan Raab - Wadde Hadde Dude Da (via ArguZ69)

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:53:30 -0700

Stefan Raab - Wadde Hadde Dude Da (via ArguZ69)

Photographer Raped By Rare Parrot [VIDEO]

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:43:06 -0700

Photographer Raped By Rare Parrot [VIDEO]

Is Obama Part of the Reptilian Agenda? “Paranoid British...

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:30:00 -0700

Is Obama Part of the Reptilian Agenda?

“Paranoid British conspiracy theorist David Icke is not happy about the electing of Obama as president, not because he’s black, but because he thinks he’s a reptilian hybrid. “What we find here is inter-breeding between human and non-human races,” Icke told an on-the-edge-of-their-seat crowd at the Bay Area UFO Expo. “This particular race–which appears to take a reptilian form—have taken the roles of power and are behind the Global Conspiracy!””