February 2009
26 posts
Who Is On Twitter →
people who are just back from a really awesome run
people who are involved with “computers”
people who are involved in “social networking” and optimizing the power of re-Tweeting and “computers”
people who really like the news
people who are hungry
people who are back from an OK run
Rachel Maddow
The full list is great.
January 2009
37 posts
WatchUp in the Sky at Night
Liz Phair : “Stratford-On-Guy” (iTunes | Amazon)
I was flying into Chicago at night Watching the lake turn the sky into blue-green smoke The sun was setting to the left of the plane And the cabin was filled with an unearthly glow In 27-D I was behind the wing watching landscape roll out like credits on a screen
The earth looked like it was lit from within...
6σ →
Teamwork
Handshakefulness
Brutality
Insight
Play Hard
Male Enhancement
This Weekend
I’m bummed about this weekend because I will not get to spend much time with my family.
HOWEVER, I’m excited about this weekend because I get to spend serious QT with my buds from YLNT and Jordan, Jesse Go!
Tonight, come see Jesse Thorn’s Sound of Young America live with a bunch of interesting guests. I get to hold the clipboard during the show, which I’m pretty sure is a...
Ah, peace like a river ran through the city Long...
“Simplicity reigns. Don’t reinvent anything or tempt fate with novelty. Aspirational cleverness—the bold bow tie, the thematic suspenders—reek intolerably.”
From an awesome, short introduction to the tuxedo. Since “aspirational cleverness” is my disease, I take the point gratefully.
Posted at A Continuous Lean, which, like most of my favorite things, I learned about from...
New Yorker Fiction Podcasts: 2008 Highlights →
A nice summary; I agree that the absolute can’t-miss standout is Louise Erdich reading Lorrie Moore’s “Dance in America.” Made me weep like the little girl I really am. (iTunes link)
I was once standing next to the security guard at some museum when I saw a kid see a painting— a giant purple Rothko— “the fuck is that!” he flung himself at it (I think it was a mix of wonder and anger that there can be such a thing as a famous expensive giant purple painted blob) bouncing off the canvas into his teacher’s grasp his silhouette a greasy totem pole still visible...
“I set the controls, I pioneer
the seeding of the ionosphere.
I translate the...”
– Michael Robbins, from “Alien vs. Predator” (via Zoilus)
WatchThe Remnants
“The end of the world? It’s not that bad.”
Neither is this show, starring Ze Frank and Justine Bateman, among others.
(via Gruber)
“Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee.”
I couldn’t stop repeating these lines from the Donne poem this morning, after I accidentally went jogging in my boxers.
WatchThe Noises Rest
Most people assume that silent films were silent for technological reasons—that there wasn’t a way to capture and reproduce sound along with the moving image in those classic early films.
That is a lie.
I and my pals from You Look Nice Today are setting the record straight.
WatchFirst Joke
I was going to say, “Like father, like daughter,” but that’s not true—she’s actually funny.
“Sometimes it’s OK because you end up with something superdense that has like...”
– Josh Allen on unnecessary adornment in humor
A Series of Unfortunate Events
What a crappy day!
I tripped and fell into a video game store.
I lunged to steady myself by picking up the nearest thing at hand, which happened to be a Nintendo Wii.
I bounced around the store, unable to regain my balance, grabbing for anything to pull myself back up: Mario Kart, Rock Band, an extra controller.
My credit card slipped out of my wallet, right through the cash register’s...
WatchCraigslist Penis Photographer w/ Bob Odenkirk
“I might take photographs for the ‘Casual Encounters’ section of Craigslist, but there’s nothing casual about what I do.” Awesome.
(via Eric)
Telltale Gloves
“It is not uncommon for criminals to claim that their deeds were inspired by voices in their heads. One may wonder if deaf psychotics differ from hearing ones in this respect. At least in some cases, it seems that they do. In early 2002, Joseph Mesa … was found guilty of having murdered [two classmates]. Mesa claimed insanity, and that he had been urged to kill by strange voices. These...
Preferred Soaps By Hotel Class
★: Ivory ★★: Irish Spring ★★★: Neutrogena ★★★★: Gilchrest & Headdresser’s™ Lavender Springtime Rendezvous with Citrus Spirulina Essence and Baby Dreams ★★★★★: Ivory
