February 2009
January 2009
And when the band plays hail to the chief, ooh,...
youngmanhattanite:
Sigh. You think they take college dropouts?
Whatever the answer is, I am now operating under the assumption that Foster is responsible for this.
“In this movie, unlike in Less Than Zero (where he had the fool’s errand of...”
– Molly Lambert’s “Sex, Drugs, & Post-Grad Ennui At St. Elmo’s”
There will definitely be some tragic and...
You’ll probably be shocked, shocked to learn that there is a substantial overlap between “people who belong to book clubs” and “people who engage in arts and crafts”. Anyway, some girls from my monthly reading rainbow are trying to woo me into their glitter-soaked alternate universe and I have been cordially invited to join them on a crafting shopping spree tomorrow.
...
“Sting, Madonna, Prince, Cher. When you say Jared, people know, but if you say...”
– Sigh.
True confessions: I think Jamie Dimon is a silver... →
Overheard at book club.
C: So [so-and-so] was there and...
J: Wait, who's that? Do I know him?
C: Yes, you've met him a million times! You know, "Rabbi Darkside"?
J: Ohhhh.
Every second of the night, I live another life.
verenasays:
Not to get all insider-y or anything, but KatieBakes was totally in my dream last night. And I’ve never even met her.
Ha! We shall have to rectify that! At any rate, I certainly hope you had a more pleasant experience with me than Tyler Coates did.
Jeff Bercovici is going to fix the newspaper... →
Burn, Denton, Burn.
Mr. Arrington also pointed to Valleywag, a former standalone property of Gawker Media that has recently been folded into its flagship Gawker. Nick Denton, head of Gawker Media, said the announcement by Mr. Arrington “says more about his emotional volatility than it does about anything more meaningful — like the pressures on tech journalists or Internet publishers.”
Although Mr. Denton leads a...
Heh heh. →
Still no word on whether, after a few cocktails,...
I don’t get the appeal of Subway. I mean, I eat there sometimes because there’s one in my office building and I try to avoid “being outside during the day” at all costs, but I’ve learned to limit myself to the meatball sub and the meatball sub only. Their cold cuts are unacceptable and, quite frankly, offensive. If I wanted to chomp on thick and slimy meat, I’d...
Cause the Love Sac is a little old place where we...
alexanderbasek:
A bean bag chair company is now following me on twitter. I have no idea what this means. Are they saying I’m now so fat normal furniture cannot hold my girth?
HA! I was just about to write about this myself. This is my fault (yes, Jolie: blame katiebakes!) for recommending the Love Sac to you in the first place. They just started following me as well.
Other inadvertant product...
"But like I said, I draw the line at being spat... →
I think Nic may be the only person who can fully...
Worlds colliding: Ann Althouse mentions Molly Young while Mickey Kaus mentions Rex Sorgatz. Wheee!
Well, I’m trying to get some sleep But these...
Okay, Jolie, I've caved: here's my beloved family... →
“Obviously rejecting such an unreasoned position I simply went and solved the...”
– fiat luxemburg: Disturbing conclusions regarding food
I have ingested sour cream via spoon before. Hummus though … well, let’s just say that as I was trying to formulate a response the word “mouthfeel” entered my mind and leave it at that.
Why to eat fried worms. →
Hmph.
Darren Rovell has the best job EVER. I’m so jealous of him. Usually he covers sports news for CNBC but since there isn’t much going on right now he has been conducting an Infomercial Bracket.
The ShamWow just won the tournament. (Sorry Snuggie.) AND they tested it on the air and it WORKED!
“Was it set up like an S&M parlour? The bridge of the Starship Entrprise? A...”
– John Carney, in response to Nicholas Carlson’s question: “But what was Thain trying to say about the way Stan O’Neal kept his office?”
Was wondering this myself. What an odd interview that was! (Watch the video at the first link).
"NYT television critic Alessandra Stanley has... →
(via Jeff Bercovici)
Ramble on Rose parenthetical aside of the...
From our pals over at Can’t Stop The Bleeding:
(A side note: I’d planned for a bit to write something about [Rick] Reilly covering his own kids’ progress in a beer pong tournament, via his severely retarded ode to beer pong as “the next great American pastime,” but was prevented from doing so by flu-like symptoms and spiritual malaise-related issues that came over me every time I started...
Complaint #354
whitewhine:
“Where have you been, Billy Joel? Isn’t it about time you made a new album?”
-Whine by Martin
You’re stumbling into fraught territory this morning, White Whine.
Can I get some credit for this nugget of comedic... →
Public Service Announcement
conorgriff:
Cluck-U Chicken, the best restaurant in the universe, has opened a location in Hoboken, a short walk from the PATH.
BREAST BITES!!!!!!!!!!
“No, the governor just picked some guy he liked and thought was qualified, and...”
– Alex Pareene can’t believe it: Colorado managed to appoint a new Senator … “and they did it without any 24 news coverage, tabloid leaks, media wars, or Justice Department probes!”
This is (not initially, but upon further review) one of the many reasons I intend to move to...
HAAAAAAAA. →
(via Will Leitch)
Caveat emptor.
I hope none of you rushed to buy a Slanket on the heels of my earlier post. Amelia files a consumer report:
I used one for the first time yesterday. It should be called The Stanklet for a dual meaning of how much it sucks and how much stactic it creates. I had such high hopes for it too.
We all did, Amelia. We all did.
Passion is a Slanket, it's a soul's companion, you...
Everyone’s talking about the Snuggie, but as Richard Lawson points out, it’s really just a poor man’s Slanket.
I’m personally agnostic on the subject, but I do want to praise the Gawker commenter who linked to the Slanket’s website and observed that “the Shop Slanket section was obviously written by the J. Peterman of infomercials.” Being an Elaine Benes...
“I call my wife and tell her I’m going to sleep at the lab. She reminds me that...”
– Noah Baumbach is a hoot. (Don’t you think the only appropriate way to give praise to a Shouts and Murmurs piece is to call it “a hoot”?)
Should we just go back to calling them Bohemians?
maura:
- The word “hipster,” when used by white information professionals, means nothing more than “other white information professionals whose cultural tastes kind of intimidate me for [insert psyche-plumbing reason here].”
This seems as good a time as any to turn to our old friend JD:
“I’m sorry,” she said. “It isn’t just Wally Campbell. I’m just picking...
“Billy Joel represents an army of GenX kids who grew up listening to him in the...”
– If you haven’t seen it yet, you ought to check out the impassioned Billy Joel love-him-or-hate-him discussion that took place in Rex’s comments. If you didn’t know any better, you’d think that BJ was Canadian or something! Rick Ellis’ comparison of Billy Joel and Garth...