October 2009
alexbalk:
All things being equal, this is still my...
September 2009
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This reminds me of the wondrous trilogy of Oxfeld-era Gawker posts on MetroCard Math. Click and be nostalgic.
Act I Act II Act III
“This got me thinking. First of all, the name “Jersey Mayhem,”...”
– I dig Dave Bry. A fine example of JERSEY MAYHEM!!!(tm) here:
A man who spooked his friend by pulling out his own teeth with a pair of pliers was arrested Sunday after he allegedly broke several items in her apartment when she called police.
Caucasians can play this game too.
alexbalk: “Oh, man, are we gonna have to demilitarize The Awl?”
“I’m not saying that there are no bubbles anywhere not even in the neighborhood of this drink, senor pedanty pants. I’m informing the uninitiated NOT TO think of it like someone suspended bits of whey in a Fresca because it’s misleading and I’m trying to provide a service here. Also, why must we fight? Haven’t we suffered...
One person I like doesn't like another person I... →
I bet you think this song is about you.
People who are beyond perfection when I see them...
Leighton Meester
January Jones
… DEVELOPING …
Psst, Linda Wells of Allure Magazine is at least...
I’m watching Youth Knows No Pain, which is wonderful, and of course many of the women who are interviewed are weird about their ages. Some try to deflect the question via verbal trickery (one woman jokes she’s 23 and then hints “but I’m dyslexic!” as the number 32 flashes on the screen) and others seem genuinely ashamed to give their magic numbers — their voices...
breakupsong:
Too Little Too Late — Jojo
You say...
caryrandolph:
Fleetwood Mac: “Go Your Own Way”...
"If the Flash Foward happened right now we'd be...
I watched Flash Forward last night. It’s very rare that I watch a SERIES PREMIERE because I don’t want to become one of those snarling creepers who like, mail packages of nuts to global conglomerates because they can’t deal with a show being cancelled. What show was that even for?*
Flash Forward piqued my interest because the conceit sounded pretty sweet — everyone in the...
"Damn, if your clue-getter isn't able to do that,...
I like when Ann Althouse gets ranty toward the New York Times. Exhibit A.
And don’t think I haven’t immaturely chuckled at this myself:
You can read what the public editor, Clark Hoyt, has to say on the subject here. Note the URL. I love the way the URL generator coined the word “pubed” out of public editor. It’s not a new coinage though. Urban Dictionary has...
"Both of these teams are undefeated for a reason:... →
Also good:
“You throw your hands in the air like you just don’t care, like in that rap song.”
justsayjolie:
tylercoates:
Poe - “Angry...
"Hey, Bonita, I'm Joe. Not the plumber, Joe the... →
“Years later, Mr. Safire called Hillary Clinton a “congenital liar” in print....”
– Lovely obituary in the Times for the wonderful William Safire.
hunterwalker:
“Over The Hills And Far Away” - Led...
The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker.
Second, “Julian Edelman” might be the least likely name of a football player this decade. He sounds like he should be an acoustic singer, or an indie director, or a dentist, or the son of a famous rock star, or a Beverly Hills doctor who does breast implants, or someone that Carrie Bradshaw would have dated, or a renowned designer, or someone that James Spader would play in a weird...
justsayjolie:
Your Daily 90s, The Angry Womyn...
"He's just a littttle lion!" →
"Nobody knows how it will be, other than hard."
Kindly pardon the melancholy: it’s been just shy of seven years and I never cry any less. I miss you all and especially you.
Still, there’s plenty of this to be heartened by : )
"The fancy shoes, they cost too much! The talking... →
Oh, just a little Phil Mushnick nursery rhyme that I like to sing on the subway every Monday and Friday morning. Today I wrote about my love/hate for the grumpy old man, who recently wrote a fuddy-duddy (aren’t they all?) column in the Post complaining about CBS’s on-screen promos for their sports and fantasy websites during NFL games.
Phil Mushnick, you see, does not appreciate the...
tylercoates:
Fleetwood Mac - “Silver Springs”
...
Awl has been lost.
spiers:
Is theAwl doing automatic page reloading or is it just me? (I hope not, because it’s extremely annoying.) Cho!
I think it is … because earlier I lost a BEAUTIFUL comment to the reload and didn’t have the will or the memory to re-write it. Cho, put down your Capri Sun and FIX IT.
Men make bad choices on girls with high voices.
fek:
Lacey Chabert was my first crush. I’ve had a thing for girls with abnormally squeaky voices who play string instruments ever since.
Gah no no no no no. This summer I met the fiancee of a friend and she talked like Yeardley Smith so unfortunately I could not approve of that marriage. Don’t let such alienation happen to you.
"One customer asked him to draw lips on every... →
“Unsatisfied with the performance of standard toasters, [Bloomberg] asked the...”
– nicksummers:
This is exactly the type of thing I would do if I were a billionaire.
Love this article for the phrase “enters the mayoral mouth” alone. This is a great nugget:
When he does not like the food, he rarely holds back. After dining at Blue Smoke, Mr. Meyer’s barbecue...
Page Six: Chloe Sevigny & Jason Segel A Couple →
leilacohan:
I really, really, really hope this is true!!!!!!!!!!!
I KNOW. I got really excited this morning about thissssss.
Well I got down on my knees and I pretend to pray.
Not gonna lie, I’m kiiiinda obsessed with this Mackenzie Phillips thing. Mostly because it’s tangential to Mama Cass, and I loves me some Mama Cass.
I was trying to find some pictures of her first husband Jeff Sessler, who in all the articles is described as “a member of the Rolling Stones entourage”. I found one in the People Magazine archives. (In the accompanying...
“…but his face had the look of a lost boy on the body of a giant.”
– OH MY GOD I just might have shed a tear on that one. :( :( :( :(
Diablo Cody, meet Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield. →
"Your inconsiderate navigation of the thoroughfare...
“Your wrong!”: grammatical error made by the uneducated on the Internet OR “an indignant reversal of ‘my bad’ that might precede a duel”?
"(Smyrna burning, Detroit burning, penis... →
Your Parenthetical Aside of the Day. Can you guess what it describes?
