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Chris Glass : “Yalta Conference v2.0”

Thu, 17 May 2012 22:37:12 -0700

Chris Glass : “Yalta Conference v2.0”

Princeton : “Sadie & Andy” This is a great...

Wed, 16 May 2012 13:34:00 -0700

Princeton : “Sadie & Andy”

This is a great song for people who are sad every day that the Kinks aren’t going to make any more music.

Andy,
you are nothing but a memory
I haven’t thought of you at all
And i don’t wish to now

Even close loved ones will never understand…

Wed, 16 May 2012 10:15:35 -0700

Even close loved ones will never understand…:

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal is pretty great today.

At 9:03 This Morning I Wished So Desperately For a Bunch of East...

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:25:36 -0700

At 9:03 This Morning I Wished So Desperately For a Bunch of East Coast Dudes in Suits to Fly Out Here to California and Beat Us Senseless

This is the Pinstripe Executive Hoodie from Betabrand. It represents, according to the site, the “bleeding edge of business casual.” 100% Merino wool on the outside, 100% Atlas Shrugged on the inside. Perfect for a late night of strategizing and foosball.

Also great for:

Libertarian cookouts
Firing people via text message
Convincing her that SHE gave YOU herpes
Showing your dad and stepmom around the Ferry Building
Instagram sesh down at the beach

My Favorite Version A couple of weeks ago, my friend Merlin...

Mon, 14 May 2012 17:21:00 -0700

My Favorite Version

A couple of weeks ago, my friend Merlin posted a video of a 10,000-member choir singing the “Ode to Joy” section of Beethoven’s Symphony Number Nine.

It’s pretty nice, and impressive even that they got everyone to sing the right notes at the same time.

But some of us prefer a slightly pared-down version, you know? One with a little more raw, spare power. One that compels the listener to actively fill in the gaps.

Here’s my favorite performance of the work. Sadly the performer is lost to history—there’s no credit for the ring tone on my daughter’s “Soony”-brand toy cell phone.

Found the Official Bar of YLNT in New York (Taken with...

Tue, 08 May 2012 15:19:50 -0700

Found the Official Bar of YLNT in New York (Taken with instagram)

Tried. Failed.

Mon, 07 May 2012 09:01:35 -0700

Tried.

Failed.

Kitty Cat Mummies at the British Museum, London

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:54:00 -0700

Kitty Cat Mummies at the British Museum, London

I’m turning right, obviously.

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:11:41 -0700

I’m turning right, obviously.

Things That Make You Feel Old When you really have to scroll in...

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:03:15 -0700

Things That Make You Feel Old

When you really have to scroll in those date-of-birth dropdowns.

Often better than the emoji: the description. Oh you’d...

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:52:08 -0700

Often better than the emoji: the description.

Oh you’d better believe I’ll “Add to Favorites.”

My Underwear Drawer

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:04:00 -0700

My Underwear Drawer

At the coffee shop,

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:48:54 -0700

I was going to tell a lady that she looked a lot like Madeleine Albright. But then I realized that the only time it would be good to look like Madeleine Albright would be if you were, in fact, Madeleine Albright. Otherwise, yeesh. So I stayed quiet.

Pretty proud of myself.

Taken with Instagram.

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:37:00 -0700

Taken with Instagram.

Literalville

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:49:00 -0700

The Economist’s Johnson blog points out a cheap rhetorical trick used by both Rush Limbaugh and John Stewart (and me, when I’m fighting with my wife).

On Limbaugh:

He will refuse to consider pragmatic factors or otherwise treat human language the way most of us do most of the time. He is just too passionate about facts, literal meaning. No post-modern “everyone has their own truth, man” for this truth-seeker. The problem is when the light of literal truth falls on Mr Limbaugh himself. …

The standard excuse people like Mr Limbaugh make in these circumstances can be encapsulated in a word: “entertainer”.

And, regarding Stewart:

when Tucker Carlson, one of the hosts, challenged him by asking why Mr Stewart had failed to be tough in an interview with John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, Mr Stewart retreated: “If you wanna compare your show to a comedy show, you’re more than welcome”. Apparently being the King of Comedyville is not unlike being the Mayor of Literalville: You get to sit around saying you’re the only person concerned with truth, but any criticism of your own courageous truth-telling can be flicked away. Nice work if you can get it.

Bonus points for mentioning the Cretan’s Paradox.

Guru

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:02:20 -0700

When I want answers to life’s toughest questions, I ask my penis

A. Because it looks like an old man in a hut, and
B. Like all old wise men, his answer is silence, and
C. Boners.

"I stuck a Q-tip a little too far in my ear and then consumed the star-soul of N’Tho the Elder..."

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:59:44 -0700

“I stuck a Q-tip a little too far in my ear and then consumed the star-soul of N’Tho the Elder and then forgot how to walk.”

- Joshua Allen, whom I love.

Sofia (cf. the last 15 seconds of the most recent YLNT)

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:11:00 -0700

Sofia

(cf. the last 15 seconds of the most recent YLNT)

"How come more baseball players don’t just live in normal apartments, reading magazines and..."

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:03:58 -0700

“How come more baseball players don’t just live in normal apartments, reading magazines and making spaghetti? That’s pretty much the definition of happiness right there, no matter how much money you have.”

- John Roderick

Squid Sigh We released a new episode of You Look Nice Today,...

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:56:09 -0700

Squid Sigh

We released a new episode of You Look Nice Today, today.

I have identified my favorite half-second of it.