February 2008
21 posts
29 things to be happy about / Yes, it's all doom... →
I once asked Mark Morford to marry me. He actually said he would. Did he follow through? No, he did not. But he’s redeemed himself by writing this column.
January 2008
44 posts
The Autumn of the Multitaskers →
Looks like multi-tasking isn’t really that great an idea after all. Oops!
NOW-New York State Press Release →
The above press release from NOW New York, which constitutes nothing so much as a foot-stomping fit denouncing Ted Kennedy for endorsing Obama over Hillary Clinton, is depressing as hell for anyone who calls herself a feminist. Excerpt: “Women have forgiven Kennedy, stuck up for him, stood by him, hushed the fact that he was late in his support of Title IX, the ERA, and the Family and...
What font says "Change"? →
Type designers decode the presidential candidates.
Visiting the Facebook homepage is like getting 30 chain emails at once, complete with the exhortations to spread the misery. — toldorknown
Voters Showing a Darker Mood Than in 2000 Race →
Despite the rather doomish title of this New York Times article, it’s the first one I’ve read in a little while that’s actually given me some cause for optimism. Could it be that maybe, finally, someone has told the People?
U.S. Soldiers and Shoppers Hit the Wall →
Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have pushed the U.S. armed forces to the limit. Many soldiers have scarcely seen their families in recent years. But a much larger American army, the one that’s spent this century shopping, is even more overextended and its pain is now coming home to roost.
“New Yorkers who don’t have washers and dryers in their apartment buildings could...”
– Ad Freak: NYC laundromats think you’re just too fat (via soupsoup and kaela)
“I know, I know. Why should I believe anything Mussolini said? Dude was a...”
– John Scalzi, in response to Jonah Goldberg’s almost incredibly fatuous assertion that Mussolini was a socialist. You really need to read Scalzi’s entire post — the one headed “Things One Should Not Forget.” No, seriously, you do.
SIGG USA: Eco-Friendly, Reusable Swiss Water... →
Another good reason to stop drinking all the damn bottled water: Sigg USA makes these cool bottles you can use to tote around tap water instead. You can even choose your cap.
From “Who’s Who in the Cast” in the Playbill of Jersey Boys: PETER GREGUS (Bob Crewe and others). Career lowlights: Elf (Macy’s), 10-Foot Day-Glo Frog (Radio City), Elf (MSG, better costume, still an Elf), Dean Martin’s Head (Radio City). Highlights: Dean Martin’s Head (first job with Des), Contact (OBC), A Chorus Line (with Donna McKechnie), Animal Crackers...
Q&A with Ian McEwan →
Ian McEwan talks with The New Republic about books, the internet, and atheism.
Two men try to cash dead friend's check in bizarre... →
Hoo boy. It’s like Weekend at Bernie’s, only stupid.
Proving once again that bacon makes it all ok
The week before New Year’s Eve, the New York Times published this Mark Bittman list of simple appetizers. I tried a few of them, and it’s time to close down my kitchen, because one of them is the best thing in world, and will simply never be surpassed, at least at my house: cut up pears into little pieces, sprinkle with salt, sugar, and a bit of cayenne, and put a piece of bacon onto...
Amy Fisher to promote sex tape with husband →
And here I thought the lady had become a respectable suburban housewife. This is just a link to the CNN story, so it’s ok for work. If you want to see the unsafe version (and you know you do, you deve), complete with vibrating heads of Joey Buttafuoco covering Amy’s nipples (yep, I’m serious), you can go here instead.
“Okay, it seems like Rudy isn’t going to give up his long, twilight...”
– Talking Points Memo
Health Effects of Clutter →
It’s not that you don’t have enough bins and stuff from The Container Store — it’s that your mind is just messed up.
How to get better gas mileage →
Pretty good article on getting better gas mileage. For example: get all that crap out of your trunk.
Stuff we learned in 2007 →
You know Anthony and Cleopatra? Those people played by Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in the movies? Ugly. And more stuff we didn’t know before 2007. (Ok, well, I think it’s stretching it a bit to make believe we didn’t know cloudy apple juice is better than clear. Also, the title somehow escaped the eyes of the Beeb’s copy editors. But still, fun article.)
Banished Words List →
Annual list of words banished for overuse and general stupidity. [Insert sentence heavy with ironic uses of “it is what it is,” “perfect storm,” etc. here. Thx.]