December 2008
Okay, sports fans, I have a question.
saramcpherson:
After watching a sporting event, why is it acceptable for one to utter phrases such as “We played a great game tonight,” or “My team made it to the World Series”?
It’s common for die-hard fans of a team to speak of the team as if they were a part of it. It’s just a common mistake, shorthand for saying “The team I root for”. But you are correct, it sounds...
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (Torrent) →
poortaste:
Video Quality: 8.7/10 Sound Quality: 9/10
Everything you could want in a free movie and more.
You, sir, are a scholar and a gentleman.
A brief rundown of injury recovery times in the NFL:
Self-inflicted bullet wound: Approximately 2 weeks
Multiple third-party bullet wounds: Never
Bwoken widdle fingy: Four weeks
Severe case of pretty boy: Out for the season
Jeremy Shockey: (it’s easier to count non-injury weeks)
Transformation into Lich: Cleared to continue ownership duties
katiebakes:
“He met with Brafman for about an hour, after which Brafman characterized Burress’s emotional state as “clearly not pleased about these events.””
— Clearly not! This reads like a siege. In other news, the poor guy is bunkering down:
As of game time Sunday, Burress — who had been out of Sunday’s game with a hamstring strain in his now-wounded right leg —had still not contacted the...
"THAT MAY BE THE DAGGER!"
Watching the Jets play… it’s just miserable. Glad I don’t root for them.
If I wrote sports news: “Long Islanders witnessed their second trampling in three days as the Broncos ran down the Jets at the Meadowlands…” (too soon?)
November 2008
I thought this was special. NSFW.
foureleven:brianvan:justsayjolie:
Too much?
yeah.
No, it’s not. You can’t insult those who have worked in retail/food services until you’ve done it yourself. You have no idea what kind of verbal abuse I endured every day during my years of retail hell. And, shouldn’t this post be on Consumerist? Oh wait…
Well, it’s not so much that Sheila insulted a waiter; it’s that they left a...
Discuss: How Important are Megapixels?
katieschenk:
My iPhone camera has 2Mp and I’ve been using it contently for the last few months, granted those are just snapshots, but it has me thinking.
Does someone really need 12Mp or even 10Mp? If you aren’t enlarging prints to billboard size at what point does it not make a difference anymore?
Briefly put: megapixels are misleading.
A little more complex: higher pixel count is always...
M.I.A. just came on in the bar. Now we’re joking about Plaxico again.
Both Steve Sailer and John Carney addressed the tragedy in Mumbai by writing opinion pieces denouncing… the 10-year-old renaming of the city from Bombay.
Alex Balk, where are you?
Eat it, Wasser
So, I’m about a month and a half past my last haircut, and it’s starting to look bad. I usually go to Frank’s Chop Shop, which is usually a great place to get a nice haircut. They’ve always given me great service. It’s not entirely easy to score appointments there (no walk-ins), but you can usually find something over the next day or two. I highly recommend.
However,...
marco: (Responding to countercriticism against Marco relating to his sharp criticism of consumer culture by way of Wal Mart trampled man)
4. I’ve never killed anyone trying to get into a Wal-Mart at 5 AM.
THIS.
Being from Bergen County, NJ, Black Friday is both a huge running joke and a contact sport. It is a place of normally aggressive people who become rabid shoppers during the holidays....
I’m actually having a productive shopping day, but it does nothing to help my mood. Today’s news reports are terrible, and it’s difficult to set aside all the inhuman things happening in the world.
But at least there’s somewhat settling news for the rest of the world: I get the feeling that the Mumbai terrorists blew their wad on this one, so we won’t be hearing from...
Screens →
fimoculous:
The best part of Emily’s little collection Moments That Mattered in video this year was the accompanying video, another multi-screen creation from Small Mammal. [via]
I had this inital fury at reading this, ready to be unleashed via scathing commentary, because it was such a massive conflict of interest for the Times Magazine to be handing writing work to someone who was the subject...
December 5th
Stop scheduling things for this date. Please. Pick any other day. Thx.
(Really, it just seems sometimes like everyone wants your attention on the EXACT SAME DATE. Not just for happy hour, but for big events, important personal meetings, or for desperate volunteer services. And I have nothing scheduled from here until Xmas otherwise. grrrr grrrr grrrrr)
In no particular order:
* I am thankful for learning how to make shakshouka, if for no other reason than the fact that it’s the greatest leftovers dump ever. If you don’t want to throw it away before it goes bad, throw it in this.
* I am thankful for the second coffee today which I heavily spiked with Frangelico. (Instead of a cafe corretto, I just made usual drip coffee and used that instead.)
* I am...
A song called “Faithless”? I got...
(via FARK) Riot at Nerf factory: Thank God no one was hurt
You've already seen me half-naked
And you howled.
(My physique has not changed much since. It was only three months ago!)
Curry gets 0, Davidson routs Loyola (Md.) 78-48 -... →
In which, like every sports blogger, we wonder briefly how much better we’d do if we replaced some college or pro coaches for a day.
Thousands Gather For Stuffing Of Giant Rockefeller... →
iPhone camerabag app →
superdoofus-stratodrive:
nudawn:
decay of meaning.
simulacra.
there’s something inherently foul with the idea of using digital technology to simulate something analog. artists have been distressing photos and media to recreate a mood that lends itself to their piece, but for some reason this camerabag shit rubs me the wrong way. its false.
its like taking a pristine audio recording and...
juliakaganskiy:
brianvan:
Rushing back from LI
Wow. What a great picture! Did you take this with your iphone?
yup, using the camerabag app
This train smells like bacon.
This year is indeed momentous...
fatmanatee:
What won’t sound surprising to you: I’m cheap… financially, at least. I’m generally very patient about my purchases, waiting for the proper sale to buy every time.
What will sound surprising to you: I am a Black Friday shopper. Yes, although I have gradually become more anti-consumerism, I used to wake up at 5 am and go out with the crazies. It was mostly for computer accessories...
Times must be tough.
marco:
My Dashboard is slow on a Monday mid-morning. Did everyone lose their jobs? Or is everyone a slacker and taking the entire week off?
I’m working so hard that I’ll just have to catch up on Tumblr when I’m laid off.
Antidoping Agency Studying if Viagra Provides Athletes Competitive Edge - NYTimes.com
I wasn’t going to post this at first because I didn’t have anything more to say about it than HAHA, BONER!
But here’s an interesting twist: Viagra is a very very big sponsor of professional sporting events, throwing a ton of advertising money at the TV networks for (at least) MLB and NFL...
bagcoffee:
Going to be before 10pm on a Saturday night. Wow. I’m old and boring.
Incorrect. You are young and you have the wrong friends*. Someone in NYC (sorry, I’m not at the moment) should call you right now and bring you to the nearest bar with $3 beers. Sometimes the best drinking nights start at 11pm.
* I’m sure your friends are likable people. They just should do their jobs...
What, no one has anything interesting to say about... →
Citi (C) Watch: Check Clusterstock All Weekend →
(via clusterstock)
Arrogantly, I’ve already started telling people to watch the news at 6pm on Sunday.
47 hours left…
