February 2010
1 post
December 2009
3 posts
“A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a...”
– The Washington Post has the best corrections. Here’s another.
November 2009
6 posts
WatchDana Carvey Show, apropos of Maine vote on gay marraige.
“And so once again we find Gladwell muckraking in the trenches of banal cliché...”
– Maureen Tkacik on Malcolm Gladwell
There are more public libraries than McDonalds in...
redpajamas:
pterodactyls:
Reference librarians in the nation’s public and academic libraries answer more than 7 million questions weekly. Standing single file, the line of questioners would stretch from Boston to San Francisco.
October 2009
10 posts
September 2009
46 posts
WatchI just found a reason to subscribe to questlove’s twitter: Video of the dirty projectors performing in the dressing room.
Dan Brown Plot Generator
Try it! You choose the city and cult.
A long-forgotten cipher whose key is somewhere in Chicago. A ruthless cult determined to protect it. A frantic race to uncover the Daughters of the American Revolution’s darkest secret.
When celebrated Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to Wrigley Field to analyze a mysterious rune—drawn on a calling card next to the mangled body of the...
Jazz Butcher Conspiracy - Whaddya
“They spent a few minutes puzzling over the archetypal role of the kindergarten...”
– Jungians in the NYTMag.
John Maus - Do Your Best
“Where’s it at, Monistat?”
– Line from the new Diablo Cody movie. Get ready for more Juno-speak!!!!!!!!
“Vendors have long been willing to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to push...”
– Via Slate.
Kristen Schall on moving to New York
I was so broke I’d have a slice of pizza for lunch, and I would drink 40s for dinner to fill me up. My roommate and I experimented with all different kinds of 40s. There was this terrible one called Green Lightning that was almost hallucinogenic. I still keep one unopened can of Crazy Horse on a shelf in my apartment, just to represent that time. I said, I’m going to drink this Crazy Horse when...
thedailywhat:
President Obama Calling Kanye West...
“And then, like magic, at some point in the middle of week two, I stopped...”
– A Daily Beast writer tried to follow all the advice on Gwyneth Paltrow’s website. This would make a good Julie & Julia-type movie.
