February 2009
4 posts
Obama reading from the best part of “Dreams...
Nerd Pick-up Lines →
Following John Updike
It is still possible to walk 16 blocks north through Midtown Manhattan without using avenues? Yup.
January 2009
9 posts
“FAIRFIELD - Nobody was able to cross the road Monday afternoon in front of...”
– Video: Massive Buffalo wing sauce spill shuts down Fairfield street - NewsTimes.com
Sux. And to think that wing prices have already gone up! This’ll be a sad Super Bowl for Fairfield. (Thanks, Janie)
(via totesfawkward)
John Updike, 1932-2009
“Fisher threw the third time, Williams swung again, and there it was. The ball climbed on a diagonal line into the vast volume of air over center field. From my angle, behind third base, the ball seemed less an object in flight than the tip of a towering, motionless construct, like the Eiffel Tower or the Tappan Zee Bridge. It was in the books while it was still in the sky. Brandt ran back...
Lissy Trullie makes music. →
An Inauguration Mixtape →
L.A. bands cover patriotic songs.
One man’s year, in numbers.
The "Music Tax"
jakelevine:
There is a good deal of hubbub on the web from yesterday’s announcement of the so-called “music tax”. The TechCrunch article entitled The Price Of Going DRM-Free: Apple’s Hidden $1.8 Billion Music Tax seems to have stoked that fire. This is all well and good, and I for one am certainly upset that I have to pay 30 cents (!) a song for better quality and freedom from DRM (a feature...
“The IDF, for one, utilized a series of deception maneuvers to conceal the...”
– Rethinking Security
Tragic News
My co-worker points out that this New Year’s was the last time we’ll ever have an opportunity to wear those party glasses witht the double 00s for lenses. This blog mourns the end of an era.
December 2008
1 post
"Graceland"
Willie Nelson’s version of “Graceland” is like a cheeseburger with barbeque sauce, extremely familiar and yet tangy and different.
September 2008
6 posts
“Putting aside whether Paulson knows what he’s doing — I think...”
– Ezra Klein
McCain on "The View" →
I can’t embed a video, but click through to the Huffington Post for an example of why McCain won’t survive the debate season. If he can’t stand up to the women on “The View”…
“The dramatic drop in violence in Iraq is due in large part to a secret program...”
– http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/09/iraq.secret/index.html
Anniversary
I ordered some lunch from Pete’s Tavern on the corner of 17th St. today, but arrived to pick it up before my food was ready. The manager, an older man with fine white hair and fake tan, told me to take a seat at the bar.
The television at the end of the dining room was on Fox News, but the sound was muted. The picture was of some red and yellow hurricane approaching Texas. Names were...
What happened?
There hasn’t been serious talk on the campaign trail about any domestic issue: the economy, education, health care (remember health care?!) for what seems like forever. Aside from some bickering about Iraq, Afghanistan, and the surge, and a brief foray into Georgia and NATO there has been no serious foreign policy dialogue either.
I’m not talking about stump speeches, I’m...
On knees
Five minutes into the first game of the season, a Kansas City helmet twisted Tom Brady’s knee, snapping some tendons, and ending his season.
What’s amazing about ACLs is how delicate they are. Here are men who do nothing but train, diet, and train some more. They are the fastest, strongest, most physically disciplined people on the planet, and yet their knees buckle and break...
August 2008
5 posts
iTumble (or: metablogging)
I am proud to say that I am now tumbling from my very own MacBook. Do I seem different? Hipper? Current…er?
Orwell: Original Blogger →
My inspiration to start tumbling. If Orwell can do it, so can I.
Monty the Monster
No one else seems to care about the Montauk Monster anymore. Are we living in such a salty, tired age that it’s only a week before the shock of a monster washing onto our beaches wears off?
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