Things I Bring Up In Conversation

I am a novelty seeking person. These are flippant topics which are appropriate for pauses in conversation while having lunch with a friend and the "catching up" is depleted. Pictures, links, and musings mostly.
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For instance…
The first CDs I bought with my own pocket money (British saying for allowance… thanks parents) were TLC's CrazySexyCool and Alanis Morisette's Jagged Little Pill. The first CD's I asked for Xmas years before that were Phil Collins' band Genesis' We Can't Dance and Aerosmith's Greatist Hits.

"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."

Anonymous

FASHION 100 Years, 100 Seconds, 100 Goddamn Costume Changes

(Source: Gawker)

Anderson Cooper has a case of the giggles after telling a poop joke… like a little kid case of the giggles.

China’s breakthrough car designs

The ten most-stolen cars of 2010… not as exotic as you would think

(Source: m.jalopnik.com)

SUBWAYS This Sinatra-singing construction worker should be on American Idol

(Source: m.jalopnik.com)

EDUCATION Matt Damon Gives Libertarian Reporter a Satisfying Smackdown

(Source: Gawker)

If I taught current affairs instead of ancient civilizations each lesson would be devoted to understanding a clip from The Colbert Report. Age appropriate material of course.

http://jalopnik.com/5825997/how-to-cook-breakfast-inside-your-car

(Source: m.jalopnik.com)

John Boehner majority leader of the Senate

I know it is pronounced “Bayner” but I still read it in my head as “Boner.” Not bc of attraction but bc I’m immature… and bc he is getting his comeuppance.