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Tuesday, 11 March 2014
DJ Hookie Will Inspire You To Overcome The Odds
Australian Tom Nash overcame severe meningococcal and arm and leg amputation to become Sydney’s hottest DJ.
Tom Nash, (Hookie) is a Sydney based DJ, music producer and party promoter.
At the age of 19, Tom contracted an extreme case of meningococcal septicaemia which resulted in the amputation of both his arms and legs.
Searching for career options, Tom turned to music.
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Over the last couple of years, Tom has become one of the most sought after DJs in Sydney, cofounding the infamous STARFUCKERS brand.
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17 Power Snacks For Studying
Snack smart and study hard. That exam will be a piece of cake.
Banana Dog Bites
Here's a reason to get excited about a classic-old combo: bananas — a darling energy-boosting carbohydrate — wrapped in wheat tortillas and peanut butter. Recipe here.
Mason Jar Hummus and Veggies
Mason jar fanatic or not, you can't deny that this method syncs with gravity: It's a mess-free way to transport your high-protein hummus and veggies in one container. Hummus recipe here.
Apple Sandwiches with Almond Butter and Granola
You're already carrying a backpack full of heavy books — the last thing you need is a load of bulky snacks. These sandwiches, already compact and ready to go, solve the problem. Recipe here.
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Member Of The Public Wrestles “Axe-Wielding Robber” To The Ground Near Buckingham Palace
The bystander pulled him from a moped.
Speaking to the Telegraph, the bystander, who didn't want to be identified, said: “It was like watching a scene from a Guy Ritchie movie.
“These guys screamed up on the scooters and two of the pillion passengers jumped off and tried to smash their way into the displays with yellow axes. I think they grabbed a few watches.
“I waited for a second because I wasn't sure they had guns and when they tried to zoom off I grabbed one who was driving by the hoody.
He added: “Not putting his hoody up was a fatal mistake as it gave me something to get hold of.
“He swore at me and I managed to yank him off his machine. I thought 'this is my bloody city – why should thugs like this get away with it?'
“I hope the police manage to get the rest of them.”
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29 Embarassing Things You Should Absolutely Avoid While Traveling Abroad
Major no-nos include forgetting to take off your Japanese toilet slippers and giving Russians a death bouquet. Tips from real residents, inspired by this Quora thread .
Don't botch the slang.
Mayur Makheri: Flip Flops/ slippers are known as jandals! Don't ask why. Swimming trunks are called Togs. Chicken are called chooks. Singlet tops are know as wife beaters. Cricket is a sport and not an insect. We have places named FUCK A PAPA, FUCK A TANI, spelled as Whakapapa, Whakatane. If you are chuckling right now, please re-read the sentence above!
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Never disrespect the dialects, the Queen, or LOTR.
Mayur Makheri: Do not confuse New Zealanders with Aussies! Kiwi accent is funny, don't point it out. The indigenous people of New Zealand are called Maoris. Do not make fun of the culture or language. Queen of England is still a big deal here! Not a good idea to make fun of her. Hobbiton is a real place. Kiwis are proud of Lord Of the Rings! Do not make fun of the franchise!
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Feel free to go barefoot, but don't swim, apparently.
Mayur Makheri: If you find people walking with no footwear whatsoever, don't stare. It's perfectly normal to go about in public places without footwear, and in some cases a shirt. You will still be served. Swimming in NZ waters is extremely tricky. Although there are no sharks, the tides and currents will kill you.
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This Amazing Vine Is The Soundtrack To Your Facebook Fights
CAPS! CAPS! CAPS!
It's happened to the best of us. You're on the internet, happily minding your own business.
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When suddenly, a challenger appears!
It's time for internet beef.
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You know what you gotta do.
But before you go in, listen to this Vine a few hundred times to get you in the zone.
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32 Workout Tees If You’re The Worst Person Ever
Or, how not to make friends at the gym.
Mildly obnoxious.
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This Baby Dressed Up As Your Favourite TV Characters
Filmmaker Karen Abad recently went to visit some friends and their daughter Olive. Trapped inside by the cold, they decided to embark on an infant-based craft project. We approve.
Walter White, Breaking Bad.
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Francis Underwood, House Of Cards.
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Michonne, The Walking Dead.
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Hannah Horvath, Girls.
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Saturday, 8 March 2014
An Interview With Michael Ian Black: “Oh, There’s Plenty Of Bad Reviews On Amazon.”
Author and comedian Michael Ian Black on stupid essays, unexpected Twitter success, and not knowing who he is as a writer.
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When attempting to describe Michael Ian Black's wide-ranging career, hyphens are helpful. Black is an actor-comedian-host-screenwriter-director-podcaster-spokesman-etc. And in the last few years, he's become an author, penning three -s for adults and four picture books for children. Pretty impressive for a guy who doesn't even self-identify as a writer.
“I don't know how to describe my own occupation,” Black says. “So I try to avoid answering that question as much as I can. I definitely write. I wouldn't say that's my primary occupation, although it's certainly the basis for a lot of what I do.”
However Black chooses to label himself, the word “author” will forevermore be shoehorned into his biography, as he is responsible for both hilarious and poignant collections of prose. His first book, My Custom Van: And 50 Other Mind-Blowing Essays that Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face, is a compendium of absurdist essays with titles like “What I Would Be Thinking About If I Were Billy Joel Driving Toward a Holiday Party Where I Knew There Was Going to Be A Piano” — originally published on McSweeney's Internet Tendency — and “A Series of Letters to a Squirrel,” which is pretty self-explanatory.
Black, a self-professed liberal, then co-wrote America: You Sexy Bitch: A Love Letter to Freedom with Senator John McCain's daughter, Meghan. The book project, published as alternating journal entries, involved a cross-country road trip, the modestly stated goal being to “change the way politics is discussed in America.” The idea, Black says, was hatched one night on Twitter when he suggested a collaboration to McCain, who, somehow, readily agreed.
In 2012, Black released You're Not Doing It Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death, and Other Humiliations, which featured his most personal work to date, including reflections on the ongoing challenges of marriage and family. Defying any perceived expectations of ironic detachment or snark, he read a heartbreaking piece about the early loss of his father on This American Life — for a Father's Day episode — with very few jokes or asides. It was, quite simply, straightforward and sad.
Black is currently at work on a new book in the mode of his memoir, although he isn't super eager to talk about it, for fear of sabotaging his own efforts and/or momentum. Between raising his kids and participating in non-authorial pursuits, it'll be another year or more before the book is completed, Black says, adding that he intends to make it into another honest account of his collected life experiences.
Black is also a prolific and hilarious Tweeter. While he's claimed that his (nearly) 2 million Twitter followers are a result of the website promoting him in its early days, his current bio — “Noted expert” — is essentially the truth, at least in the realm of 140 characters or less. Black is a consummate wordsmith, skilled at communicating short, funny thoughts in rapid-fire succession.
It's hard to put my finger on when I became aware of Michael Ian Black, whether it was his work in MTV's The State or Comedy Central's Stella or the cult classic movie Wet Hot American Summer or his numerous VH1 commentaries on shows like I Love the 80s. It kind of seems like he's always been bouncing around movies and television, ubiquitous in certain comedy circles. As an actor, Black oftentimes will partner up with his longtime friends/collaborators David Wain and Michael Showalter, but with his books, it's generally a solitary pursuit, working from his home office in Connecticut.
We recently spoke by phone for an hour — and then reconvened for another quick round of questions via email — covering some of the biggies: writing, comedy, truth, memory, expectations, Twitter, and bad Amazon reviews.
You've mentioned that your last book was an attempt to shed the Michael Ian Black persona and get to something that's truer to who you actually are on a day-to-day level. Did you get to the point where you're so known for a specific type of comedy that you want to show a truer version of yourself?
Michael Ian Black: It's more about not feeling boxed in by any one thing and feeling like I have to be a certain way. The extreme of that is somebody like Gilbert Gottfried, who's only employable as a kind of screaming maniac. And he's not like that at all. You know, as comedians or actors, you can wrap this persona so tightly around yourself that it can become suffocating and I didn't want to do that. I was feeling constricted by my own work and felt like I needed to break free of that.
What do your comedian friends think when you write seriously?
MIB: Oh, they don't read anything that I write. They're too wrapped up in their own shit.
Wasn't there talk of publishing your last book under a pseudonym?
MIB: Well, yeah. I didn't want it to be about me in the sense that I am a public person. And I didn't want that tied up with it. I wanted it to be more universal than about a specific — for lack of a better word — “celebrity.” This could've been anybody's memoir.
Just letting the book speak for itself without connecting it to the fact that we've seen you in stuff before …
MIB: Exactly. I didn't want the hook to be, “Oh, here's the guy who was on basic cable once. He wrote a book.” I wanted it to be, “Here's a well-written book.”
And is that the reason why there was no mention of your comedy career in your last book?
MIB: That was conscious, too. It had nothing to do with my career. And it was conscious in the sense that I just don't give a shit about it and so I had no desire to write about it. I mean, I give a shit about it obviously for me, personally, but it wasn't anything that I wanted to write about. I didn't think it was particularly interesting.
I feel like there's a segment of people who would enjoy reading about that element of your life, though.
MIB: Yeah, but that number is probably more than three and less than seven. You know? I'm not Tina Fey. I'm not somebody who's had a career worth celebrating. I'm happy with it, in the sense that I've been able to have a career at all. But for me to come out with some triumphal memoir about my success in show-business would be absurd. And then the flip-side of that is that I could write a book about my not-so-triumphal career in show-business, which maybe I'll do at some point, but I don't have a desire to do it now.
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Monday, 3 March 2014
Pope Francis Accidentally Curses During Weekly Blessing
The pontiff dropped the F-bomb in Italian.
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Pope Francis made a rare error in Italian while delivering the Sunday blessing at St. Peter's Square. According to Italian newspaper The Local , the Argentinian-born pontiff accidentally muddled the word “caso” (“case”) with “cazzo” (“fuck” or “dick,” depending on the context).
“If each one of us does not amass riches only for oneself, but half for the service of others, in this [f-ck],” the pope said before pausing, clearly flustered. He corrected the error and continued his remarks. “In this case the providence of God will become visible through this gesture of solidarity.” Moving on, Pope Francis appealed to the international community to seek a peaceful solution to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.
The clip of the gaffe has gone viral in Italy, but most of the commentators appear sympathetic to the error. “He wanted to say, 'in this case' – it's a simple mistake made by a foreigner reading Italian, nothing more,” one viewer wrote. “OK, come on! He is a man too!” wrote another.
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54 Reasons To Fall In Love With These Twin Male Models
Twin. Male. Models.
This is Jordan and Zac Stenmark.
They are twins.
They are also both models.
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And your new crushes.
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Friday, 28 February 2014
15 Mistakes You’re Making At The Grocery Store
It’s time to put this “parsley or cilantro?” question to bed, once and for all.
Evaporated Milk vs. Sweetened Condensed Milk
Evaporated milk is a shelf-stable milk with 60% less water (thus, 60% less volume) than regular milk. Stabilizers and vitamins are added, but no sweeteners or flavorings. It's often used in savory baking recipes (like bread); if a dessert recipe calls for evaporated milk, it will call for some kind of sweetener as well.
Sweetened condensed milk, on the other hand, is evaporated milk plus sugar. After 60% of the water is removed from the milk, sugar is added to create a thick liquid that's super sweet and more like syrup than milk.
IN A NUTSHELL: Sweetened condensed milk is evaporated milk with sugar added.
Can I substitute one for the other? No. Evaporated milk is thin and savory, sweetened condensed milk is thick and syrupy sweet.
Radish vs. Beet
Radishes and beets look similar, with red bulbs roughly the size of golf balls (though sometimes much bigger), but have totally different tastes and culinary uses.
Radishes (pictured left) have bright red skin and white flesh. They have a spicy flavor and are usually sliced thin and served raw, with the skins still on.
Beets (pictured right) have dark, reddish-purple skin with flesh the same color. They have a sweet, earthy, and slightly metallic flavor. Some people think they taste like dirt. Usually they're served roasted, as that brings out their intense sweetness, but sometimes they're served raw (shaved super thin). Either way, beets are always eaten without the skin.
IN A NUTSHELL: Radishes are raw salad veggies, beets are something you cook.
Can I substitute one for the other? No. Radishes are spicy and usually eaten raw, beets are sweet and usually eaten cooked.
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Justin Timberlake Gets His Butt Grabbed By A Fan During Concert
Don’t worry, he handled it appropriately.
Things got straight SASSY at Justin's Philadelphia concert.
One minute, things are fine – he's moonwalkin' up a storm.
The next minute, he's slapping away the hand of an incredibly ballsy fan.
No touchy.
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16 Hilarious Ways Ukrainians Reacted To Yanukovych’s Speech On Instagram
Ukraine’s ousted president declared Friday, “Nobody overthrew me.” Ukrainian Instagram responded with the finger.
Ukraine’s ousted president Viktor Yanukovyc today gave a rambling and bizarre speech, declaring a week after he fled Kiev, “Nobody overthrew me.” Some Ukrainians took to Instagram to express otherwise.
First there was the crown.
Then the wrath of the bat.
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Weekends: Expectations Vs. Reality
Weekends are those magical days that start out full of hope and end in naps.
Expectation: Reading that new book everyone's been talking about.
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Reality: Watching TV/Netflix instead.
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Expectation: Planning to meet up with people.
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Reality: Canceling those plans.
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Sunday, 2 February 2014
17 Marijuana Snacks To Eat During The Stoner Bowl
AKA the Bud Bowl, aka Super Bowl XLVIII .
So….
If this strikes you as an opportunity to do something clever to celebrate then you’re not alone.
Not to be left out of the fun, BuzzFeed Food editors asked some of our favorite cannabis cooking experts to share their Super Bowl recipes for this post.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Most of the recipes should be started a day in advance because nearly all of them start with infusing butter or oil with marijuana — a process that's best done over low heat for many hours — then using that butter or oil in what's otherwise a pretty normal recipe.
IMPORTANT WARNING: It may seem like a cute idea to make all of these as a menu, but please don't because you will feel like this. Choose one or two, then round out your menu with a few recipes that don't contain psychoactive drugs, please, so you can feel like this.
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Saturday, 25 January 2014
30 Punny Valentines For Everyone You Love
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You’re the pun for me!
Caffeine.
Get the free printable here and attach it to a gift card.
Cheese.
Nothing says “let's touch our lips together” like a hunk of extra sharp cheddar.
Pizza.
Buy it here.
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Thursday, 23 January 2014
13 Young, Secular People Who Also Believe Abortion Is Wrong
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“I’m pro-life and pro-gay.”
Masses of anti-abortion activists descended upon Washington, D.C., for the March For Life Wednesday.
And although the vast majority of attendees are highly religious…
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Wednesday, 22 January 2014
The 28 Most Distressing First World Problems On Instagram
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If you like quiche, look away now.
“Blueberry juice has leaked into my rice salad :(“
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“@greenandblacks casually chuck a cherry-less cherry tree-shaped spanner in the works of my evening.”
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“NOOOO MY QUICHE”
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“Time marches on. Back to the white cups. #boring”
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This Hairless Cat Looks Like A Dumb, Naked Potato
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Warning: gross.
Oh, look, just a normal hairless cat taking a nap. When all of a sudden…
…WHAT IN SWEET HELL IS THIS?
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