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2050ad: Want to REALLY scare yourself this Halloween? Watch “Heat,” a PBS Frontline...
Oct 31st
Michael Duff of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal is doing a bit of lionizing today. He laments...
Oct 31st
marklisanti:alexbalk: “In a just world, bloggers like Balk and Sicha would be rock stars, but the...
Oct 31st
whatcriscilikes: Summer?  That is not a hot weather babe enjoying the season - that is a...
Oct 31st

dear person dressed up as the joker,

beff: nudawn: no not you, no.  the other one. that one.  yea you. 1. you fucking creep me out....
Oct 31st
It’s not summer anymore, but here’s where we...
Oct 31st
Jackson 5 To Reunite, Says Jermaine Jackson
Oct 31st

Today in Sur La Table: SHINY POTS

Also: it is really hard to take pictures like this and not see the camera/photographer reflection...
Oct 31st
whatcriscilikes:i-can-not:ecletticamente: Bacio tra Obama...
Oct 31st
Oct 31st
Oct 31st

Answers to Katiebakes

4. I left my phone on the roof of our rental car in Mississippi and then drove away. The phone was...
Oct 31st

On a lighter note

Tracy Morgan, at the Apollo, November 8th (tickets) Still tix available. Really want to go.
Oct 30th

Who am I imitating?

FRANGRY FRANGRY FRANGRY FRANGRY FRANGRY FRANGRY FRANGRY FRANGRY FRANGRY FRANGRY FRANGRY FRANGRY...
Oct 30th

My ironic nostalgia is more overreaching...

andrearosen: Who remembers Coach?! Yay! That show was hysterical. Luther and Dauber FTW. Two...
Oct 30th

Zing!

marco: “Tumblr’s lead developer Marco Arment is also something of an entrepreneur on the side. His...
Oct 30th

Enough about the stupid Phillies, let's...

katiebakes: This is a great interview with Ralph Vacchiano, the writer of Eli Manning: The Making...
Oct 30th
Welcome to The Bean Coffee & Tea
Oct 30th

Nerve and Hendrick's Gin Present You...

…so says the title of an email I received today from Nerve.com, which links to image galleries...
Oct 29th
Hmmmm. (Oh, and thank you!)
Oct 29th

Myspace.com community is in shock as...

antikris: Myspace.com officials and Federal agents were in shock this morning when Nudawn was...
Oct 29th
I bet David accidentally kicked out the power cord to the server while getting up from that photo...
Oct 29th
david: GPOYW HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! There’s not a pixel of...
Oct 29th
GPOYW in front of a Basquiat we’re selling
Oct 29th

Slow Your Roll

Today is officially “Not So Fast Day”. It seems two of my important tasks today were...
Oct 29th
Balk, I’m going to send $33 over immediately. I want to make this the new model of blogging -...
Oct 29th

Important information you need to know:...

Many surprises here! Apparently Planet Earth has good taste after all. Is ANYTHING from the Aughts...
Oct 29th
rach: “I think looking back to my own childhood, the fact that so many of the stories I read...
Oct 29th
brooklet14:krispayne:drned: IVE ABANDONED MY FASHION...
Oct 29th
seagull: Hay guyz, here’s a helpful tip: If you are not willing to load up an empty dishwasher with...
Oct 29th
Nickelback "Something In Your Mouth"
Oct 29th
tylercoates: I am starting a long-term temp job tomorrow, thank God. But: the Internet is blocked....
Oct 28th
“Was America ready for a black baseball player in the 40s?...”
— Chris Rock speaking on the...
Oct 28th

CLAWS (Classy Ladies Arm Wrestling...

Don’t ask me how I get involved in these things, but I seem to naturally gravitate to...
Oct 28th
goldenfiddle:olga I thought she was lovely, but then I...
Oct 28th
How much could you stand to see the polls turn at this point toward McCain for president? Yeah, I...
Oct 28th
arod:(via The Selby) Dishwasher or clothes washer? Hard to...
Oct 28th
Oct 28th
josephweisenthal: I wonder what will burst first, the...
Oct 28th
theruth:georgiahardstark: French Toast Cupcakes With...
Oct 28th
The anonymous drooling retards from AMI still haven’t taken Balk off the masthead. That means...
Oct 27th

Put aside the overwhelming pathos for a...

Lives - Facebook in a Crowd - NYTimes.com I would learn, when I asked some people who didn’t show...
Oct 27th
tylercoates: Oh wow! An email about an interview! Thanks,...
Oct 27th
“He scares me,” Mrs. Permon said. “The coloreds are excited,...”
—  In Pennsylvania’s Steel...
Oct 27th
marco: Anyone want this free laser printer? If you’re able...
Oct 26th
Landmark, Centre & Grand
Oct 26th
“I often divulged early on with women that my grandfather had...”
— An NYT Modern Love essay about...
Oct 26th

Did you know...

You can write DMX’s entire rap sheet on Elisabeth Moss’ forehead. You don’t even...
Oct 26th

The thing about those annoying paginated...

…is not that it’s a problem to view only one image+caption at a time, or even that we...
Oct 26th
“Were going lower east soimewhwhere can we get crif dogsd?”
— My beloved former housemate...
Oct 26th
via Rex, this is the most liberal pretentious food blog* you’ll ever read. And that’s...
Oct 26th
goldenfiddle: bonerparty: i think its great that Facebook,...
Oct 26th

News Analysis

I’ll go to hell for saying it, but Jennifer Hudson’s family looks like the Klumps from...
Oct 26th

Would like to write a novel containing...

magicmolly: “One thing leads to another and soon you’re waking him up with bacon sandwiches.” ...
Oct 26th
For a $51 donation to Ana Marie Cox’s Hotel Bar Tab, you can be like me and ask her inane...
Oct 26th
Oct 25th
youngmanhattanite: Katie Bakes: ‘I’m so happy I’m here!’ ...
Oct 24th
Wearing a nice tie and a stupid face. As usual.
Oct 24th

Your daily finest.

ninety9: See, Brian, this is why they arrested you; they didn’t want you appropriating their steez....
Oct 24th
Sarah Palin is Delirious
Oct 23rd

Ali, my mother is now planning our...

wellwhiskeyfriday: feistyred: wellwhiskeyfriday: feistyred: It’s not too late!!!! Just 10...
Oct 23rd
It might be boring but I’m eating it up. Second in UK M&A deals? Hot shit! In July 2003...
Oct 23rd
Nathan Mayer Rothschild started his London business, N. M. Rothschild and Sons in 1811 at New...
Oct 23rd
The family’s rise to international prominence began with Mayer Amschel Rothschild...
Oct 23rd
FTFY. adamiss: “Beginning in December, officials will install a computer screen at each end of the...
Oct 23rd
Randomly reading: The Rothschild family (often referred to simply as the Rothschilds), is an...
Oct 23rd
Warch Watch
skeetonmischa: itsbedtime: This video is the best. Watch the whole thing. I’m going to be in New...
Oct 23rd
Goldman Sachs to cut 10 percent of jobs: report - Yahoo! News Oh noes! Does a new driver’s...
Oct 23rd
GPOYW - Unnaturally tired + real stache
Oct 23rd
blakeley: This number could come in handy… (no comment)
Oct 23rd
ninety9: Maybe I just live in New York too much, but if I was going to be on national television...
Oct 22nd
Guest of a Guest: The Gawker Commenter Ball
Oct 22nd

Take your music festival and shove it up...

feistyred: Are you fucking kidding me??? I have known you for two years, your taste in music is...
Oct 22nd

Chocolate-covered camera

Oct 22nd

braggadocio

Oct 22nd

Take your music festival and shove it up...

not specifically to anyone who’s excited about CMJ, but I have a cooler full of Haterade to...
Oct 22nd

bvan sez: I have the opposite problem....

Or play wiffle ball… fatmanatee:Southern girls kill me. Even the married ones.  You want...
Oct 22nd
allisonweiss: (pic via peterwknox) Everyone told me I...
Oct 22nd
Oct 22nd
Yo mama’s so ugly, Obama said “You can put lipstick on a pig and it would look a lot...
Oct 22nd

I has a new football

I need people to help throw and catch passes. Of any gender. Though I’m a bit nervous about...
Oct 21st
mandalay: ferosh: deadshot
Oct 21st
noraleah:This is so disturbing I can barely type A bear cub with a bullet in its head and covered...
Oct 21st

Stop complaining about "boring" Tumblr

Are you not entertained enough by incarceration stories? Maybe I’ll post some of my love...
Oct 21st
Well, now that we’ve all had our fun with my happenings last week, the official and final...
Oct 20th
Warch Watch
Remember folks: she’s not only getting in anything she can before the baby comes out (that...
Oct 20th
Q: What makes a good chaser for a tall glass of Not Making The Playoffs? A: A double shot of You...
Oct 20th
Scuba shop. Note the bike (??)
Oct 19th
Light Brunch
Oct 19th
PA PA PA PA PANCAKES!
Oct 19th
Abducted Boy Found in Las Vegas
Oct 19th

Don't Get Me Wrong, I'm A Sucker And 2/3...

QFT. Word to insufferable authors who play the game and get paid, son! natashavc: ...
Oct 18th
East Hampton, October
Oct 18th
katiebakes:In my defense, they were out of aluminum. blamekatiebakes: KatieBakes gave BrianVan...
Oct 18th
Me: You know, I could never picture myself trying to make a living doing stand-up. Chaya: Yeah....
Oct 18th
(via nickmcglynn)
Oct 17th
Free at last. Walking home.
Oct 17th
Just got out of jail. Was in 36 hrs. Felony charges. More later.
Oct 17th
GPOYW - on hold
Oct 16th
Today at lunch one of our coworkers asked, “Is there anything going on tonight?” Someone...
Oct 15th
An omen? Fenway's famous Citgo sign catches...
Oct 15th
Radar Mag rips off a Bill Simmons mailbag....
Oct 15th

A Story

A young girl and a young boy met through a concentration camp fence in 1940’s Nazi Germany....
Oct 15th
ESPN - Giants’ Manning suffered bruised chest in loss to Browns - NFL Ugh. Coughlin said...
Oct 14th
creepykooky: Hope getting some pussy was worth becoming one. Whatever’s clever! There is...
Oct 14th
youngmanhattanite: OK, back to the new YM. To quote the great Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, “When I...
Oct 14th
katieschenk: peterwknox: You Should Probably Stop Having...
Oct 14th
Buckley’s Son Leaves National Review - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com Oh Jesus Christ. Maybe...
Oct 14th

From the Clarifications dept.

unfollowfriday: She also screws tumblr victims for a warm bed and nice meal. She is basically a...
Oct 14th
jdel: nicknoyes: Mean, but soooo funny.
Oct 14th
cathyerway: Cauliflower quick pickles for tonight: These...
Oct 14th
fatmanatee: At least two people crapped on the Sex on the...
Oct 14th
Oct 14th
Scenes from Montreal
Oct 12th
you know that feature in gmail where you make it ask you math questions if you try to use it late...
Oct 12th
katieschenk: I know my post about men being stupid is a broad generalization and I do know that...
Oct 12th
Tim Geithner is watching you tank your stocks while Paulson...
Oct 12th

TOE PICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

katiebakes: OMG, how did I miss this even FUNNER fact!? Lori Petty - Kit Keller (pitcher). Moira...
Oct 10th
via NYT Though this graph is interesting for all sorts of...
Oct 10th
A Simmons mailbag! Squeee! Q: Shouldn’t Elizabeth Perkins have faced statutory rape charges...
Oct 10th
“I’m with a man who’s evolved enough to look at my body and...”
— Angelina Jolie on how Brad...
Oct 10th
ninety9: Having one of those a ha moments waiting for the Dow to tank. So all the Mortgage backed...
Oct 10th
natashavc: I live in Washington D.C. and this picture is...
Oct 10th
So I get this weird spammy message in my inbox, and I almost deleted it without looking but I...
Oct 10th
Listen Listen
Yay stock market! 8,600 and dropping!
Oct 9th

I breaka you face

magicmolly: Nothing like a violent smoothie to release anger. I put multiple delights into the...
Oct 9th
via handwrittenblog Just a friendly reminder: I am not an...
Oct 9th
katieschenk: lfarm: katieschenk: If I knew more people that were on this kind of schedule (awake...
Oct 9th
magicmolly: This is a mystical “root-flavored” kombucha. It...
Oct 9th
katieschenk: If I knew more people that were on this kind of schedule (awake at 5:30am) I would be...
Oct 9th
pandarants: The Eight Phases of Dating hehehe. :-D
Oct 8th

Is anyone else having problems with the...

(via verenasays) Gawker hasn’t updated since 2pm for me. (I noticed this because, as much as...
Oct 8th
PWIGAOYOAW
Oct 8th
Oct 23 ARI GOLD LIVE IN NYC for CMJ ...
Oct 8th
Too stunned for a joke
Oct 8th
Chicagoist is this City's Worst Blog (A...
Oct 7th
whatcriscilikes: antikris: I have no problem not being on...
Oct 7th
asie: (via siddman)
Oct 7th
A project I’m working on today prominently features the prominent word: ...
Oct 7th
Um, so Brett Farve sounds like kind of a...
Oct 7th

Tonight's Town Hall Debate

josephweisenthal: From TheStalwart: We plan to liveblog tonight’s “town hall” debate, cause we had...
Oct 7th

My barely concealed emo side. (I WILL be...

alexbalk: I reckon most of us know someone who has committed suicide. I reckon a good number of us...
Oct 7th
Oct 7th
Oct 7th
Katiebakes, composition book
Oct 7th

Second Debate Viewing tomorrow

At my place. Interested? Facebook or Twitter to RSVP and get more info/directions.
Oct 6th
antikris: The future Red hair, going bald? I knew...
Oct 6th
twentysomethingtales: ED WESTWICK LOVES ME...
Oct 6th
OM NOM NOM
Oct 6th

Blaze of glory.

alexbalk: Maureen Tkacik goes out in one. Yeah, it’s long, and yeah, you actually have to read...
Oct 6th

Proposed New Tumblr Feature:

asie: Post to Dashboard only. New Post, Advanced Options, “This can be seen by” ->...
Oct 6th
Remy Martin. Because cognac goes hand-in-hand with...
Oct 6th
I keep getting emails from party promoters about Michael Phelps appearances in local clubs....
Oct 6th
natface: jgh: onefootinthegrave: peterwknox: (via...
Oct 6th
Chaya and I snuck off to Madison Square Park the other day...
Oct 6th
Guess who this is?
Oct 6th
saramcpherson: This is so my favorite Post Secret card from...
Oct 5th
Hah, more like earlynightliz! (I kill me)
Oct 5th
superdoofus-stratodrive: brianvan: Say hi to your mother for me. (this was actually great) ...
Oct 5th
Say hi to your mother for me. (this was actually great)
Oct 5th
Orville Willis Forte IV. (indeed.)
Oct 5th

I love that SNL called us out for having...

So I just watched Tina Fey imitate Sarah Palin again, and watched Sarah Palin earlier in the week. ...
Oct 5th
caitlinmarie: A very handy, applicable scale for this day in age.  To what degree is your...
Oct 5th
The sad thing is that, given the punch line, we...
Oct 4th
caro: Something kickass at Whole Foods. This reminds me of...
Oct 4th
Grape Juice Colored Cashmere Sweater. In case you are a classy broad with grape juice issues.
Oct 4th
Oct 4th
Denton Shuffles Deck: Hires Snyder as M.E. of...
Oct 3rd
It’s a pen with an embedded Connect Four game
Oct 3rd

Today in Sur La Table: THE SHINY RED...

Oct 3rd
Noelle Hancock: How You Know When the...
Oct 3rd

GLOBULAR

Oct 2nd
Enjoying freedom. Temporarily.
Oct 1st

Karp is hurt. He's going to drown his...

cajunboy: I hate to say this because I really like Karp and Blakeley (though he was pictured but...
Oct 1st
GPOY+FW: my new bacon mustache
Oct 1st