May 2008
Prayers Sometimes Get Answered →
'Just because they aren't talking about it,... →
hellonewworld: I really like making muxtapes. A dollar for the first person to spot a theme there.
For the record, Sam’s mixtape is pretty boss.
April 2008
“Conversely, as blogging professionalizes, and as more folks are paid to do it...”
– Ezra Klein
Bronx Banter: Ten Essential Baseball Books →
Buzz Bissinger Fails To Follow the KSK Style Guide →
"Obama is Essentially Right" →
New Radiohead video →
Wow.
Pulitzer Prize-winner curses blogger on Costas’... →
I analyze Buzz and his crazed antics. Bloggers are so fucking evil, man.
“But now John McCain is seeking the presidency as a Republican, and a healthy...”
– Why John McCain Wants You To Give Up Your Health Insurance | The American Prospect
Man Oh Man, Do I Love To F—k Horses →
Maturity
A lot of times I find myself romanticizing my childhood. Beyond the fact that my childhood was really nothing special — and was punctuated by some truly stupendous parental infighting — this is a fallacy.
Know why? Because every time I wanted a new video game when I was a kid, I had to beg for it. Literally: on the knees, almost-crying, begging. Now? I not only have the means to...
MICHAEL PHELPS IS A... MER-MAN! →
beekeepersclub. I saw Ryan make a spinach dip...
Art Imitates Life - Man Stabbed In GTA IV Queue →
Project Playlist sued by 9 record labels →
karmcity: God speed, Muxtape. Today in “that can’t possibly be legal” comeuppance.
“No, not every statistic has meaning which is exactly the point that...”
– Buddaley, BBTF
That pretty much sums that up.
Fightin' Words: Best. Sports Blog. Ever? →
Everyone likes sports blog inside jokes. And impressions. That’s why that Frank TV dude is so popular, right? Anyway, Ryan and I don’t care what you think. We’re not worried about people’s … impressions … of our work … OK FINE! PLEASE GO HYPE IT UP! MY SELF-ESTEEM IS RIDING ON IT! PLEASE! I BEG OF YOU!
Andy Rooney of 60 Minutes on nailing hookers →
Roses and Bosses →
“Grand Theft Auto IV is such a simultaneously adoring and insightful take on...”
– Grand Theft Auto IV: Dystopian Liberty City - New York Times
Primer: Elvis Costello | The A.V. Club →
Ranking the Rank: Clemens - McCready Affair →
“Things were looking bleak for Republicans in February, and it was clear that only a candidate with crossover appeal to war opponents stood any chance of going toe-to-toe with a Democrat. Thus, though it may have angered the conservative base, the Republicans got lucky as McCain emerged as the front-runner over Mitt Romney, the preferred choice of Bush-lovers. But there is a problem. Despite...
Cowardly Journal hacks enlist Times columnist to... →
Roger Clemens Partied With 1990's Finest →
“Where do people find the time?” →
Nike “Take it to the Next Level” →
Josh Howard Lies Less Than Other Pot Smokers →
Watchkylebunch: For those who just can’t wait, watch somebody playing Grand Theft Auto IV live here (via Ustream) now.
Farewell, friend
My fish, Amare, has passed on. He has ceased to be. He is a late fish. Bereft of life, he rests in peace. Farewell, Amare. You will be missed.
“That Harold and Kumar are typical pothead heroes ironically makes them more...”
– Mining Post-9/11 America for Laughs - New York Times
Summarizing journalism
So Roy Peter Clark at Poynter, who manages to switch off from informative and insightful to frivolous and self-indulgent as if it were a light switch, is holding a contest for the best six-word journalism motto. The ten finalists:
Doing more with less since 1690. Ken Fuson, Des Moines Register
We’ll always have Paris … or Britney — Jim McPherson, Whitworth University
...
George Oscar "G.O.B." Bluth II →
Best Wikipedia entry ever.
New Chemical Weapon 'Ennui Gas' Induces... →
My favorite is the terrorist reading from Camus.
“Just wait till Indiana, when Hillary starts comparing herself to Hoosiers and...”
– SportingNews.com - The Sporting Blog - This Democratic Race Is Straight Ballin’
johnness:
What Plants Crave: “Gatorade is Major League Baseball’s “official sports drink.” So instructions were sent that no player could be seen drinking anything but Gatorade in the dugout. Not even Aquafina, which is the “official water” of MLB. Not even bottles of water with the labels removed.”
“Prescriptive Marxism (what we should do): wrong.
Descriptive Marxism (the way...”
– Matthew Yglesias commenter Frankie
Wilting Over Waffles →
I used to think the Maureen Dowd hate was over the top, but upon further review … Yep. Deserved.
Information overlap: Almost as annoying as someone...
It is now official. Quantitatively speaking, The Penis Panic Congo Story About Penises has now reached me through more different sources — email forwards, chats, links, Tumblr, and Tumblr again, and Tumblr again — than any other link or story or meme since I began using the internet.
It’s too bad, not only because I can’t read the words “penis theft” used in...
tuneage: Koufax - Let Us Know
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are you willing to pay to use tumblr?
cajunboy: because you just might have to.