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Male Gaze: Peter Murphy, ‘Godfather of Goth’
In celebration of World Goth Day, we suggest you pull on your darkest clothes, line your lids with plenty of black, and ogle at Peter Murphy, a.k.a. the lead vocalist behind Bauhaus, one of the most loved (most hated?) Goth bands. In addition to possessing a killer stare with his ... More »
nymag.com (29 minutes ago)
And the study says: Windows 8 users rarely touch Metro apps
If you were going to sum up Windows 8 in a single sentence, “It’s all about the apps” would do the trick. And that’s why a new study from Soluto, a company that offers a remote troubleshooting tool for Windows PCs, suggests a somewhat stark reality for Microsoft's new-look operating system. Windows 8 was rebuilt...
pcworld.com (7 hours ago)
The NFL Is Going to Be Using Microsoft Surface on the Sideline
If you're a fan of the NFL, you'd know that players and coaches stare at printed pictures of replays and call plays from laminated sheets of paper. Yes, even now. No more though, the NFL just announced a partnership with Microsoft that'll let coaches and officials use Microsoft Surface on the sidelines instead....
gizmodo.com (20 hours ago)
Raising alpacas can be an enriching experience
UNITY - Alpaca heads turn to stare with long-lashed dark eyes when visitors drive into the farmyard at Northern Solstice Alpaca Farm on Crosby Brook Road. The long-necked animals with thick fluffy coats freeze in place and stare intently. The alpacas’ air of quiet vigilance and Zen-like demeanor quickly arouse ...
bangordailynews.com (1 day ago)
Ice Cream That Makes Us Want To Live In Cincinnati
We love living in New York, but every once in a while, we meet a regional food specialty that makes us want to pack up our things and head to wherever it lives. Graeter's Ice Cream is one of those regional foods. Graeter's is a Cincinnati original, founded by Bavarian immigrants Regina and Louis "Charlie" Graeter...
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
Andre Ethier won't/can't stop giving umpire the business
Ethier engaged "Menacing Stare Down" mode and didn't seem able to disengage.
philly.com (1 day ago)
Debtors bear the burden of student loans years later
Saddled with student loan debt, many college graduates stare at their statements and see eye-popping dollar figures. To wit: Carin Kilby Clark owes $140,000 for a bachelor’s degree and an MBA from Strayer University. She’s now studying for a master’s degree in project management from Walden University, in addition...
yahoo.com (1 day ago)
Medical emergency eyed in Virginia parade crash that left up to 60 injured
Witnesses described a frantic scene and close calls after an elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a small Virginia mountain town's parade. Investigators were looking into whether the motorist had suffered a medical emergency before the accident. About 50 to 60 people suffered injuries ranging from...
foxnews.com (3 days ago)
Marissa Higgins: I Want to Be Safe in NYC But I Feel Like a Monster
"Just keep walking," we mumble in unison and I feel her fingers drop from mine. It's a practice well-learned, the art of coming together and slipping apart -- every corner starts not with a footstep but with a glance forward, every kiss begins and ends with darting eyes above a smile. Sometimes people smile -- women...
huffingtonpost.com (3 days ago)
4A boys’ tennis: Mtn. View fulfills coach’s promise with title
Mountain View’s Jon Dollahite played with a swagger usually reserved for more seasoned players. The freshman didn’t fuss with his racquet or stare accusatory to the sky at missed opportunities. He shook off the bad hits and rolled with the punches because hours of practice have prepared him for this day. Dollahite...
sltrib.com (3 days ago)
4A boys’ tennis: Maple Mtn. fulfills coach’s promise with title
Mountain View’s Jon Dallahite played with a swagger usually reserved for more seasoned players. The freshman didn’t fuss with his racquet or stare accusatory to the sky at missed opportunities. He shook off the bad hits and rolled with the punches because hours of practice have prepared him for this day. Dallahite...
sltrib.com (3 days ago)
Anthony Badami: Why the Cliche 'Try New Things' Is Sacred
Sit inside the unfurnished living room of my girlfriend's new fourth-floor walkup on Eastern Parkway and Franklin Avenue (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and you will, after a sustained period, start to notice the stop-and-go vehicular noise emanating from the street outside. There's a stoplight on the corner there, and cars zip by...
huffingtonpost.com (4 days ago)
Make your own trash art project
Noah Williams likes to make masks that stare back at you through bottle-cap eyes. Try to make a mask like that yourself. Start with an old, empty cereal box. (Don’t break the box down.) Glue or tape newspaper over the box. Glue old buttons or bottle caps on the mask for eyes, remembering, Williams said, that the...
washingtonpost.com (5 days ago)
Cannes 2013: Fruitvale Station – review
Ryan Coogler's quietly gripping debut feature rolls into Cannes to tell us the backstory of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old African-American man shot dead by a transit cop on the first day of 2009. In the ensuing years Grant has been filed away as another statistic, an old familiar tale amid thousands of others. Yet...
guardian.co.uk (5 days ago)
Google on Glass: You'll Just Know When Someone's Spying on You
Yesterday saw Google face a lot of questions over Google Glass privacy: not only was it grilled by developers at I/O, but Congress also sent it a list of eight questions it wants answered. It's response? Don't sweat it; you'll know if someone is spying on you, silly. Speaking at an I/O session, Steve Lee, Glass'...
gizmodo.com (5 days ago)
Following the call to protect and serve
Jimmy “JC” Culbreath remembers only being able to stare straight up in the ambulance ride from Ozark to Dothan.
dothaneagle.com (5 days ago)
Michele Bachmann's Eyes Look Just as Crazy as Everyone Else's in Google Glass
After gamely donning Google's face computer on Capitol Hill this morning, Michele Bachmann has now joined the fledgling celebrity ranks of Brandy and Sarah Jessica Parker as early show-off adopters of Google Glass - you know, just like all those awkward looking geeky white guys. And, yes, Bachmann has already...
yahoo.com (7 days ago)
Ben Bernanke's eHarmony Profile
Name: Ben Joseph Bernanke Nicknames: BenaddictedToPrinting, Benny In For A Penny, Homo Thug Age: Out of Paper - Load MOAR Paper - 0101010101 Born: Great Depression Religion: Keynesianity and Printalam About Me: I'm a selfish prick. A hot, rich, pampered intellectual with a big dick and a marathon tongue....
zerohedge.com (9 days ago)
Alida Nugent: 8 Horrible Things About Being In Your 20s
The following is a list about being in your twenties. I know what you're thinking: "Oh, wow, this could be only the fourth or thirty millionth post about this generation I've read in the past two days. I really hope she talks about being in New York City! Here, take over my entire Internet!" You are on the edge of...
huffingtonpost.com (9 days ago)
Zack Harris: The New Afterlife
It's 7:58 am and the pilot instructs the flight attendants to prepare for takeoff. I can see the flight attendant making a beeline towards me, about to give me the TURN OFF THAT PHONE stare, when suddenly my phone rings. I pick up the call and learn that a friend from high school had passed away overnight in a...
huffingtonpost.com (9 days ago)
Is she the queen of Mother’s Day?
Andrea McRae gets it all the time. Whenever she and her husband David are out in public with their quadruplets – at a restaurant, say, or pushing their big double strollers through a park – strangers stop and fix her with a sympathetic stare.
thenewstribune.com (10 days ago)
Golf: Woods, Garcia feud as Swede leads Players Championship
Golf: Woods, Garcia feud as Swede leads Players Championship by Doug Ferguson The Associated Press Published May 11, 2013 12:15PM MDT Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. • Tiger Woods was surrounded by four rows of fans who stood shoulder to shoulder, curious to see how he was going to escape from the trees on the second hole...
sltrib.com (10 days ago)
Lana Del Rey, Mikal Cronin, The Bad Plus: this week's new live music
Rather than focus solely on her talents as a singer, today's Lana Del Rey concert aims to offer the full package: sumptuous music, evocative images, queenly deportment. This, after all, is how we first experienced her: the expertly stage-managed YouTube videos that helped transform an aspirant singer-songwriter...
guardian.co.uk (11 days ago)
Blaze: Showdown with Arizona will provide a test
Blaze: Showdown with Arizona will provide a test by Christopher Kamrani The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 10, 2013 01:18PM MDT Throughout the first five weeks of the season, Ron James waited for that moment his players would stare down adversity and overcome it as one. The Utah Blaze did that last Saturday at...
sltrib.com (12 days ago)
Sara Bareilles 'Braves' a solo set at the Gothic in Denver
With the release of yet another hit single, “Brave,” Sara Bareilles starts her Brave Tour to connect with and challenge her fans to stare down the fears that threaten to defeat us in everyday life. In Denver, the...
examiner.com (12 days ago)
Mondelez: Looking sweet after allsorts of bust-ups
Ask a taxi driver at Sheffield station to take you to the Mondelez factory and you will be met with a blank stare. Try Kraft, still nothing. OK, ask for Cadbury – the name will barely register. The giant sweet factory close to Hillsborough has been making jellies and gums since 1842 and is only ever known as Bassetts.
independent.co.uk (12 days ago)
Teddy Cohan: Reclaiming the American Dream
I believe in a story. A story that began in 1630 on the Arbella, when John Winthrop told his fellow countrymen that their new colony would be a "shining city upon a hill" with the "eyes of all people upon us." The next chapter of the story started in 1776 with our Declaration of Independence and a belief that "all...
huffingtonpost.com (13 days ago)
The Birdman does the most terrifying push-ups ever
Do not stare directly into his eyes.
usatoday.com (13 days ago)
Peter Mandel: One Insane Day in Albania. (Yes, Albania.)
It is early morning in the MS Oosterdam's Vista Lounge. Passengers cluster. Curtains sway with the sea. I am awake, but thanks to the softness of the lounge's velour chair, I keep remembering sleep. "You on the Kickin' Corfu tour?" asks a man with a backpack and an aluminum-and-rubber cane. "Um, no," I say. "Shore...
huffingtonpost.com (13 days ago)
Michael Tomaso: The Best Story in Sports Upsets the Miami Heat in Game 1
The movie script wrote itself: Lebron "King" James receives his fourth personal MVP award before Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals, then loses to the underdog Chicago Bulls who had nine players that came together to play as one. An injured and sick Bulls team upset the Brooklyn Nets in the first round of...
huffingtonpost.com (14 days ago)
