May 2007
192 posts
Scott Simpson: Saddest sight in a public bathroom: the urinal-crowder. No one can see your penis, but your massive insecurity? Visible from a mile away. (via Twitter / Scott Simpson)
Scott Simpson: SJC—>JFK. Who’s got two thumbs and loves 6 hr flights? THAT GUY (points awkwardly, with thumbs, to the doofus next to me w/ 3 sandwiches (via Twitter / Scott Simpson)
Microsoft takes the wraps off ‘Surface’ →
Looks pretty sweet.
Scott Simpson: Resisting the urge to set all of my Facebook relationships to “We hooked up”. (via Twitter / Scott Simpson)
“In another hitch, Miss Mexico was made to change her outfit for the regional...”
– Miss Universe 2007
“HAI and KTHXBYE are the start and stop block delimiters.”
– LOLcode, via Veronica
FIRE JOE MORGAN →
Your one-stop shop for the really stupid things baseball writers say, with special focus on Joe Morgan, their idiot king.
Scott Simpson: Prepping for BookExpo in NYC, Thurs - Sun. Guessing that exactly 0 other attendees will be using twitter. (via Twitter / Scott Simpson)
“or, as they say in my black neighborhood, ‘Ask Body Spray.’”
– Zach Galifianakis
Scott Simpson: Question: At what stage of a neighborhood’s gentrification does _Gentry Magazine_ show up on your doorstep? Answer: End-stage. (via Twitter / Scott Simpson)
Symbolism Costs Extra
“I understand you can help me set up an hour of good chat,” I said. “Sure, honey. What do you have in mind?” “I’d like to discuss Melville.” “Moby Dick or shorter novels?” “What’s the difference?” “The price. That’s all. Symbolism’s extra.” “What’ll it run me?” “Fifty, maybe a...
Scott Simpson: Flying kites w/ the kid. Of course, the Overcommitted Enthusiast is here, with his $750 kite & failure to have had recent satisfying sex. (via Twitter / Scott Simpson)
Scott Simpson: Cheyenne, Dakota, Alaska(!) at the park today. I apologized for the whole smallpox thing. They took the high road and feigned ignorance. (via Twitter / Scott Simpson)
gyp [noun]
Pronunciation: ‘jip Function: noun Etymology: probably short for gypsy 1 British : a college servant 2 a : CHEAT, SWINDLER b : FRAUD, SWINDLE
Scott Simpson: My son inherited his mother’s stubbornness. But acting like an asshole all the time? Special DNA delivery from me. (via Twitter / Scott Simpson)
Welcome to Pyongyang →
Gallery of photos & commentary. Empty streets, crazy buildings.
Scott Simpson: B-Minus Movie Review Show: “Cannes It or Can It” (via Twitter / Scott Simpson)
Scott Simpson: NewTeeVee screenings event was fun but cold. Video is very different when viewed by a crowd vs. solo. Not much online video vetted this way. (via Twitter / Scott Simpson)
Scott Simpson: Retail tip: great customer service for the person at the cashier means shitty customer service for the 3 people in line. (via Twitter / Scott Simpson)
Scott Simpson: Lifehack: in most circumstances, wearing 2 pairs of underwear is actually unnecessary. 1 pair should do the job just fine. Time saver! (via Twitter / Scott Simpson)
“As much as any book can, “Silent Spring” changed the world by describing it.”
– Human Nature : The New Yorker
Kentucky colonel : Wikipedia →
“It requires no duties, and carries with it no pay or other compensation other than membership in the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels.”
Without Feathers
I love this book’s cover. It looks even better in real life, as if all of the background was erased, leaving just the cover text. But I’m bummed because the writing is pretty dated, in content (the connection between the first piece and Diary of a Seducer—Kierkegaard was hot back then—no longer resonates), and in style (pieces of Groucho still emerging undigested from the...
Scott Simpson: Pete, re: his shades-wearing: “It’s not that my future’s so bright, it’s that my present’s so dim.” (via Twitter / Scott Simpson)
Scott Simpson: The are no flyover states, only flyover people. Corollary: said people by no means confined to said states. (via Twitter / Scott Simpson)
Scott Simpson: My 2 yr old son’s new response to everything is “Yeah. Sure. No problem.” I feel like I’m renting a car in Barbados. (via Twitter / Scott Simpson)
Dawdler: Twitter in Slo-Mo →
Buying a postcard to send a “dawdl” now. (via jimr.ay)
Scott Simpson: After a year of constant use, TextExpander has turned me into a human Turing machine. (via Twitter / Scott Simpson)
“as numerous studies have shown, people are not, in general, good at predicting...”
– The New Yorker : “Feature Presentation” (via Good Experience)
Scott Simpson: “You’re so beautiful, you could be a waitress” HBO “Conchords”, full ep. 1, is up as a podcast. Fantastic: http://urltea.com/lts?iTunes (via Twitter / Scott Simpson)
Scott Simpson: Listening to all of Exile on Main St. for the first time. (Loser, I know.) So good. Like a _Lost_ flashback that explains the Replacements. (via Twitter / Scott Simpson)
Scott Simpson: Biggest insight from my twitter buddies: you people fly a LOT. (via Twitter / Scott Simpson)
“[M]y definition of randomness is as follows: incomplete understanding or...”
– Freakonomics : Straight From the Black Swan’s Mouth
Look Like a Baby Rat
Spank Rock takes the de-priviting of celebrity privates to its logical conclusion. Warning: it’s nasty. It’s also art. This is only SFW if you work in hell: link
