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But here’s the thing about buying a 3lb jar of Skippy peanut butter. No one has a knife long enough to reach the bottom, and you can’t just toss it out and open the other 3lb jar it was shrinkwrapped together with, because a) there’s like a depression or something in the news, b) why go all the way to Costco to save 50 cents on a year’s supply of peanut butter if you’re just going to toss it, and c) in fact, that blob down there is actually like half a regular jar from the deli; it only looks like a small amount because it’s at the bottom of a peanut butter bucket.

But here’s the thing about buying a 3lb jar of Skippy peanut butter. No one has a knife long enough to reach the bottom, and you can’t just toss it out and open the other 3lb jar it was shrinkwrapped together with, because a) there’s like a depression or something in the news, b) why go all the way to Costco to save 50 cents on a year’s supply of peanut butter if you’re just going to toss it, and c) in fact, that blob down there is actually like half a regular jar from the deli; it only looks like a small amount because it’s at the bottom of a peanut butter bucket.

—Greg Allen, on Costco

Top 10 Months of 2008

seoulbrother:

  1. September

  2. January

  3. April

  4. February

  5. March

  6. June

  7. January (2)

3.  October

  1. November

And the number one month of 2008 goes to…

_ 1. July _

Up and coming: December

Just missed: August

Inspired by @jimray

Ok, this is bullshit, we were totally talking about this back in August over some beers and I distinctly remember Albert telling me that he thought June was the best month of 2008. And now he’s talking some shit about July? And June is number five? W. T. F?! Yeah, only ever since fucking PITCHFORK started hyping July did he jump on that bandwagon. Plus, July was all autotuned to hell any damn way. Go line up with all the other sheep.

p.s. love you, SeoulBrother.

The ultimate personality test

bullshit:

It’s not strange to disagree about movies that are wildly different, and there are surely a few random movies that are very polarizing. What I find most interesting is which movie people consider the best movie from a particular director, as it is usually very telling and polarizing in a different way, so to this point I will propose a new personality test where you reblog your favorite movie from each of these directors:

  1. Joel Coen: No Country for Old Men, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, The Hudsucker Proxy, Miller’s Crossing, Raising Arizona, etc
  2. Wes Anderson: The Darjeeling Limited, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Royal Tennenbaums, Rushmore, Bottle Rocket, etc
  3. Hal Ashby: Being There, Shampoo, Harold and Maude, etc
  4. Kevin Smith: Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Dogma, Chasing Amy, Mallrats, Clerks, etc
  5. Quentin Tarantino: Grindhouse, Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, etc

My results: Miller’s Crossing, Bottle Rocket, Being There, Mallrats, Reservoir Dogs. Judge accordingly.

Miller’s Crossing, Life Aquatic, Being There, Clerks, Reservoir Dogs

Kottke addendum: Stanley Kubrick, P.T. Anderson, Errol Morris :: Full Metal Jacket, Boogie Nights, Fog of War