{"id":789,"date":"2012-10-26T17:18:49","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T17:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/joecarter\/?p=789"},"modified":"2012-10-26T17:18:49","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T17:18:49","slug":"outtakes-10-26-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/joecarter\/2012\/10\/outtakes-10-26-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Outtakes 10.26.12"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u2022 Even on a blog dedicated to sharing items of interest and quirky reflections on culture, politics, and religion, some thoughts are just too random or half-baked to warrant their own posts. So I thought I\u2019d experiment with compiling that ephemera into a daily post of outtakes. (In case the headline didn\u2019t make that clear, this is going to be that type of post.) <\/p>\n

\u2022 Tweet of the Day: Sci-fi writer John Scalzi, on the news that Penguin Books and Random House are contemplating a merger: \u201cIf the (possible) merger of Penguin and Random House isn\u2019t called Random Penguin, they\u2019ll have failed.\u201d (Via: Boing Boing<\/a>) <\/p>\n

\u2022 Lena Dunham has been called the \u201cvoice of her generation.\u201d<\/a> On the scale of insults that ranks fairly high. It\u2019s essentially saying that, like Dunham, America\u2019s youth are spoiled, overrated, and don\u2019t have an original thought in their heads. Personally, I don\u2019t believe that\u2019s the case which is why I think the young will join me in mercilessly mocking the creepy new ad Dunham made in which she compare voting for Obama with losing one\u2019s virginity.<\/p>\n