December 2010
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“I’m typing this from the Heinz Field press box, where, unlike my miserable...”
– Here, some of my dispatches from the Winter Classic. They’ll let ANYONE into this thing.
"(Dogs don't perspire much, so Gore-Tex would be a...
Above and beyond merely having the parenthetical aside of the day, this is the Platonic ideal of a Slate Explainer column. The best part is the Bonus Explainer: “Is the salt that gets sprinkled on roads and sidewalks after a storm edible? No, it might have impurities.”
I'm liveblogging Monday Night Football for the... →
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My Christmas gift to you!
Here, rendered exactly as I received it in a series of text messages, is a recap of my mom’s kindergarten class’s Christmas play from last week that I’ve been meaning to share. Merry Christmas!
The play was a success. The parents loved it. Only a few minor snafoos (SP?) Right as they’re to process in, one kid pulls on his fake tie and its hangi
ng down the middle of his...
Boozing refs, black eyes, and bumbling franchises.... →
Here’s my “recap” of the second episode of HBO’s next-level NHL documiniseries. Includes lots of great video even if you’ve not seen the show! Your click is my Christmas present.
"My sister, an emergency pediatric doctor, can’t... →
Watchvicemag:
Vinegar Hill is a peacefully remote neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, just to the north of Dumbo, which is a mostly terrible area beneath the Manhattan Bridge with high-rises, a few projects, and some other things. Dumbo’s biggest virtue, actually, is that its streets lead straight to Vinegar Hill House, one of the finest restaurants in any NYC borough. We decided that featuring VHH’s...
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“(For those of you who arrived late, Smash Mouth was a band from the late...”
– Your parenthetical aside of the day.
Kicker of the day. →
“Tonight the UConn Huskies host Florida State with a chance to win game 89. When...”
– For Double X: Why are sports fans grumbling about UConn’s women’s basketball winning streak?
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CRAGGS! →
Here are four sentences from last week’s Tuesday Morning Quarterback column (or as I like to call it, יום שלישי הקוורטרבק בוקר). They are remarkable in that they pile stupidly on top of one another like a litter of puppies.
CRAGGS! Craggs. Never not Craggs.
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“I mean, I’m not some screen name hoarder out to make a buck, I’m just a...”
– From Matt Dodge to Matt Dodge.
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WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED IN 1820?!? →
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Sympathy for the Night Blogger →
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"(The Fair Isle knitting technique, though...
“For me, when I think of ski lodge, I think of ‘Dumb and Dumber,’ ” said Mr. Wainwright, referring to the 1994 Jim Carrey comedy. “Our overall theme for the season started with the conquest of Everest in the 1920s and George Mallory, who was the first person that attempted Everest and died in a tweed suit. They found his body in 1999, with all the clothing layers completely intact: sweaters,...
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“In an effort to stay warm AND bedazzled, de Taillac turned to friends Emanuela...”
– VOGUE: Marie-Hélène de Taillac Bejewels Winter Warmers for E + J
Oh my god, wacky description aside, I’m obsessed with these and want them for Christmas.