December 2009
MIKE LEACH SENDS ANGRY GORILLAS TO HIS ENEMIES →
“Palin’s general economic theory, so snugly adapted to Twitter’s 140-...”
– Sarah and Her Tribe
“But this moderate tone gains Obama the leverage that Bush lacked. As long as the...”
– Afghanistan: What Could Work, by Rory Stewart
Freddy Adu, Global Superstar, Is Over →
“I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of...”
– Vince Lombardi, via my friend Chase, who just emailed this to our entire fantasy league as he accepted his championship honors. (He will receive his engraved edition of our traveling league trophy in a day or two.) I laughed, and I also wanted to punch him in the face. Stupid effing fantasy...
Should The Bulls Pursue Tracy McGrady? →
Help Wanted: College Basketball Blogger For Yahoo!... →
After health-care reform, Senate reform →
The End of the 00s: Noted, Without Noteworthiness,... →
“There is a perception that this odd colony of bloggers and journalists and...”
– Will Leitch
Ghost Of Christmas Future Taunts Children With... →
The Things That Carried Him →
givemesomethingtoread:
As it wins the National Magazine Award for Feature Writing, revisit the true story behind one soldier’s last trip home
We won the war on loud commercials →
America!
“Schoolhouse Rock really undersold the insanity in how a bill becomes a law.”
– Ezra Klein
“I drink coffee. Without coffee, I probably couldn’t write. And you need time....”
– Q&A with Jonathan Ames (via peterwknox)
Where's The Great Interview With David Simon,... →
Hello. How are you? Nice to see you. Good day. →
“Well, I listen to Bob Dylan now, so there’s that.”
– savingpaper: A student of mine, when I asked my introduction to creative writing class what they liked about the semester. I’m proud of ya, kiddo.
Thing In Which You May Be Interested: I'm Moving...
Astute Internet observers may have noticed* that I’ve quieted down in the past week or so; I haven’t been writing on The Dagger or at SB Nation, and I haven’t been tweeting or sharing on Google Reader or Tumbling (I laid off the Tumbling a while ago, moreso than usual) or doing any of the normal things that indicate health in an Internet user in the year 2009. *Just kidding. Of...
Revolutionary →
The elephant in the testing room →
#2391 →
Brilliant frequent flyer miles scheme →
Paying Off Pirates →
Incredible Underground Residence in Switzerland →
“Somewhere down in the Flatiron, out in Brooklyn, over in Queens or up in Harlem,...”
– David Carr
Another Day, Another Palin Gaffe →