January 2010
29 posts
“The Critical Shopper column on Jan. 14, about Lily et Cie in Los Angeles,...”
– The New York Times correction page, which clearly does not believe in ghosts.
Eight of the nine Supreme Court justices appear to...
Not that I blame them. But the incessant, meaningless clapping seems a strange sort of lullaby.
The 5 Stages of Grief: iPad Joke Edition
1. Denial that everyone else is making the same iPad-maxipad joke. (Surely it’s just a coincidence. Surely the entire Internet just got its period.)
2. Sadness that your beloved friends don’t care about your every passing thought. (Surely you’re not all porn bots!)
3. Bargaining with the notion that this meme, too, shall pass. (The State of the Union jokes will pick up speed...
“Ian McEwan rather surprised me when I asked him about “like,” telling me that...”
– Christopher Hitchens on “Like” | vanityfair.com
VINDICATION AT LAST.
(via meaghano via strutting)
I used to get the creeping shivvies anytime anyone said the word “like” more than twice in a conversation. Then a smart friend of mine said something almost exactly like what Ian McEwan...
Ah, Love.
Whoever said love goes sour the moment fancy jewelry gets involved obviously never met me and/or my future hubs.
He [re: mumblemouth Ozzy on Today show]: You fucking thief! ROBBERY
Me: What the hail are you talking about?
He: You stole from me. Word for word, too!
Me: I didn’t realize I was quoting you verbatim. I will give you credit.
He: I don’t want nor need credit. I was just ...
“Aaahhuhhh yaheeeugghhh aahhh.”
– Ozzy Osbourne, this morning on the Today Show (via jacknagel)
I felt so bad for the closed-captioners on the Today Show this morning…
Addendum: I was just informed by my other (and usually better) half that I am a “f***ing thief,” because it was him, not I, who originally said...
Say One Thing, Do Another
ohhleary:
Number of states that have banned texting while driving: 27
Number of these states whose DOTs offer traffic updates on Twitter: 25
It’s verging on entrapment.
WatchOh nuthin’, just sitting on a conference call, watching some ADORABLE PUPPIES and their mommy. Won’t you join me?
(via Ustream Shiba Inu Puppy Cam)
I’d give my eye teeth for a Tweetie that recognizes I’ve read direct messages and @ replies.
“Every hour, I’m inundated with articles, videos, and middling indie-rock albums,...”
– - My old pal Brian Raftery on why he’s going offline for 90 days.
I sort of understand the motivation behind this, but only moderately more than I understand people who give up coffee — which is to say, not very much at all.
“This is what happens when newsrooms get cut and replacements work in pajamas....”
– Cranky curmudgeonly columnist Michael Smirconish on why it took Game Change to break all that ‘08 campaign news. Also on why he probably won’t survive the next round of job cuts.
WatchThis is the most important video of our time.
(via Break.com)
“In leaving Idol, Cowell walks away from an unspeakably well-compensated job, one...”
– Why Simon is Quitting Idol by Richard Rushfield, on The Daily Beast
The mind reels. I suppose this just proves that money really - REALLY - can’t buy some people.
Either that or Simon Cowell values nursing a grudge at far more than $50 million.
I have a feeling it’s probably the latter.
(via...
My fiance’s SlapChop™ arrived in the mail.
I have never seen him so excited.
Is it too late to call off the wedding?
Where are all the Yemen/semen jokes?
First Day on the New Job: An Assessment
Free Lunch (with real vegetables) +3
Off-brand Gummi Bears -1
Awesome proprietary-information anecdote about Burger King in Australia +1
Delicious espresso GRATIS +3 A shortage of morning coffee -2
Work ID photo on a hideous hair day (though, to be fair, the fault therein lies with me) -1
Complimentary purple notepad +1
And…the plusses win by four!
What? You wanted to hear about the work...
Death List
Under duress, I composed the below celebrity death list. (My better half said he’d do some wedding-site research if I took part in this annual, morbid tradition of his. Seemed like a fair enough trade.)
So, here it is. Do with it what you will.
Rush Limbaugh: I don’t think he’ll make it the next time this shit happens.
Pamela Anderson: If the surgery don’t kill her, the debt will.
Courtney...
