May 2008
“Secrecy has clouded “Sex and the City” since it was first announced. When would...”
– This whole thing is a must read Anthony Lane for the New Yorker. What an awesome SATC takedown. (via beekeeperssociety) (via hello friend)
I really do love chocolate like a stereotype of a...
me: i love chocolate
Caz: me too. it can be our child
me: chocolate child. "oh no, chocolate child, i ate your head. nom nom nom" is what we'll say
Caz: "i melted you...choco child"
me: "oooooohhhhh choco child, your life was too short, we can never love again ... oooh, what's that New Choco Child Source? you're tasty and delicious? mmmm, what? what other child?"
Caz: haha, i am excited. i will love our children
me: i love them too. love them to death every time.
Poconos? I Hardly Know Her! | The Onion -... →
I packed up all of my luggage—and by that I mean my wife and kids—and spent some time in a beautiful little place called the Poconos (which is Native American for “the Great Wallet Emptier”). But as the old saying goes, “No good vacation goes unpunished.” I thought I was in for a nice, relaxing weekend in the woods, but right off the bat I ran into trouble when I found...
Whats It Worth: Using the Web to Appraise the... →
“Well, everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this blog presupposes...”
– Cleverness of the day, from E
The Rich Get Hungrier →
The Guessing Game Has Begun on the Next iPhone →
E-money, your thoughts?
LifeLock CEO’s Identity Wasn’t So Secure After All →
Two years ago, Todd Davis decided to put his Social Security number in the television commercials and print advertisements for LifeLock, the company he helped found. For a fee of about $10 a month, LifeLock offers what it calls a “proven solution” that prevents its customers from becoming victims of identity theft and fraud. By putting those nine digits on public display, Mr. Davis was trying...
“CARRIE DASHOW dropped a large dollop of lemon sorbet into a glass of Guinness,...”
– A NYT article highlighting a “miracle fruit” called Synsepalum dulcificum that “rewires the way the palate perceives sour flavors for an hour or so, rendering lemons as sweet as candy.” Entrance for the last party, which was held in Long Island City, was just $15. Anyone know how I...
Whoa. I guess this is a once-every-five-years sort... →
The Monroe County (Ind.) Sheriff’s Department is investigating a one-car accident that occurred May 20 involving Indiana Daily Student Editor-in-Chief Michael Reschke. An Indiana State Police crash report indicated alcohol was involved in the accident, which damaged a utility pole and a mailbox in the 5500 block of South Fairfax Road. Driving south down a curve in the road, Reschke lost...
'"Your friend is wearing a shirt and shoes but no...
On-base percentages, opponent on-base plus slugging percentages, sabermetrics … Alan Greenspan might enjoy crunching the numbers, but for those of us who’d rather leave our brains at work, the cold-beverage-intake-to-bladder-outflow ratio makes a whole lot more sense. Bra. Seriously, bra. Fuck these nerds. For serious. True story, bra — I’m at the game yesterday. I’m...
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My new mixtape: 'This decade will end' →
If You're Like Me, Then You Love '80s Music And... →
Remember a little number called “Tainted Love”? Sure you do! It was on that mix tape you spent hours and hours making for your brother for his birthday, but he never thanked you for it or even acknowledged your effort in any way? Now that’s a classic. How could you ever, ever forget? And the hits just keep on coming! “Working For The Weekend,” “We Built This...
R Kelly's Lawyer Uses "The Little Man" Defense
paulscheer: [R. Kelly’s attorney], in an attempt to suggest that Kelly’s head could have been superimposed onto somebody else’s body in the sex tape, asked [gal on witness stand] whether she had seen the Wayans brothers’ movie “Little Man.” [Attorney] said, “They put the head of Marlon Wayans on a midget and it looked real, didn’t it?” But, to widespead laughter, [gal on witness stand] replied,...
Video Hangover: Warren G (Feat. Nate Dogg) -... →
I have to very respectfully disagree with Gibbard. I can only hope his denegration of this song is in jest, especially when he closes with “Oh man, ‘Pump Up The Volume’ has aged better than this thing.” Those ESPN Jock Jams songs are the worst. I’d rather cheese grate my skin than listen to those. Most rap songs have been colossal failures when displayed outside their...
Who Is the Walrus? →
Walruses sing with their fleshy and muscular lips, tongues, muzzles and noses. They sing by striking their flippers against their chests to hit their pharyngeal pouches, balloon-like extensions of the trachea that are unique to Odobenus and that also serve as flotation devices. In full breeding tilt, the bulls sound like a circus, a construction site, a Road Runner cartoon. They whistle, beep,...
WatchThis is like that painfully funny scene in I (heart) Huckabees when Jude Law is forced to listen to himself tell The Shania Story over and over, except replace “Jude Law” with “The Society We Live In” and “The Shinia Story” with “Mass Hysteria About Receiving Trinkets For Free.” beekeepersclub: !!!
WatchWorst resume ever?
Poor economics: worst for the poor →
If the world’s population growth was a false concern four decades ago, when it peaked at 2% a year, it is even less so now that it has slowed to 1.2%. Once again the gloom is overdone. As so often, governments are making matters worse. Food-export bans are proliferating. Although these may produce temporary relief for any one country, the more they spread the tighter global markets...
My first thoughts on the new Death Cab album:...
“Suck on it, Clintstones. And note to the rest of America — we may not be as sexy...”
– The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: How the Valley put Obama over the top Awesome, awesome, awesome. (via hellofriend)
Fancy, yet simple, dinner
Um, found dinner for the evening. Except I don’t own nor have I ever owned truffle oil. I rrrreally like this blog. ffffood: One of my go-tos when I lack time/motivation/money is whatever pasta is on hand tossed with butter, parmesan and fresh pepper. Tonight, I realized we had truffle oil in the fridge and I added that to the mix. FYI: Truffle oil makes everything taste restaurant...
“Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)
Current Status: Approval...”
– -US Gov’t Best news ever.
There’s something hilarious about hearing...
N.E.R.D. - Spazz →
I have a special place in my heart for Pharrell Williams. This track is above board — hopefully the (upcoming?) album follows suit. (via hellofriend)
This is my favorite Dylan song. Good call, Raz. ...
Psikotic's The Economist rap →
(via hellofriend and brit at the same time)
I thought I loved PBR →
(via Joanna)
“I am definitely going to try to go with Hillary. I almost feel like...”
– This quote is from Mary Bunger, a 44-year-old single mom from Abington, rural Indiana, quoted in Richmond, Ind.’s newspaper, the Palladium-Item. via Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish at The Atlantic, via Manch
“I guess that’s just who I am. I’m open to anything, no matter how pedestrian or...”
– I’ll Try Anything With A Detached Air Of Superiority | The Onion (via hellofriend)
Amazon: So thoughtful
So sometime ago I bought the Daily Show book. (I know, I’m sooo uncool for being so far behind the times.) The book’s author is listed as “Jon Stewart,” which makes sense. Thanks to Amazon, to my amazement, I’ve recently discovered the popular Daily Show host’s secret double life: he’s a world-leading scholar on how 19th Century Danish philosopher and...
Indiana Holiday →
I had been out to lunch, apparently, when McCain championed (and Hillary endorsed) rescinding gas taxes. Sorry for the slow uptake. But now I’m on the story and can’t help but notice that, um, apparently McCain skipped economics when he graduated at the bottom of his class from the United States Naval Academy (true story). That’s OK, and if you did too, here’s a little primer: If gas...