January 2009
109 posts
Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto...
alexbalk:
The weakest argument made for excessive earnings is that only by offering a fortune do you attract the right person. It should always have been obvious that that’s a truism which proves its very opposite. If it’s only the fortune that makes the job suitable for the man then the man is by definition unsuitable for the job. Even banking – the one place where the rapacity criterion might...
Cochon Salami →
The Gurgling Cod is not here to cause any trouble →
Midge Pingleton's Bar treat throwdown →
A modest poposal -- from Zojirushi →
Thanks to Waters' influence, a generation of... →
Beaba Babycook →
John Updike, "A&P" →
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Hot links →
Add fucking bacon
So some folks were kind enough to point out that other websites had expressed sentiments of bacon fatigue. Sorry not to check the whole internet before I express my impatience with one part of the internet. But, unlike Salon, and PSI, I have a solution to the bacon problem. When you see the word “bacon,” substitute the phrase “cock and/or pussy.” The latter has appeal about...
What the fuck is the deal with bacon?
Seriously. And I’m too fucking tired to track down all the various examples, but “bacon” has emerged as some kind of weird, faux-ironic-but-not-ironic placefilling signfier for people who have nothing to say on the Internet, but want to say or do something, anyway. Don’t get me wrong. I like bacon. And people from Johnny Apple to Chris Onstad have written interesting things...
Two Proclamations
maura:
- Billy Joel is not that bad, although he does have a lot of awful songs. There’s definitely a “diminishing returns” thing going on. (And I’m gonna pull some hometown rank and declare that my opinion on this counts more than anyone else’s from Long Island, save maybe people who graduated from my high school the year before I did.)
- The word “hipster,” when used by white information...
An appeal →
Carbonara footprint →
A modest proposal -- from Jet Blue →
The future of mittens
I really hope that some enamored and hard-living couple has both of these:
Smoking mittens, for smokers:
And Smittens, for lovers:
Derek Dye, the "Abstinence Clown," is not some... →
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On Facebook Friendship
doree:
NYT Standards Editor Craig Whitney:
Can we write about someone who is a “friend?” The answer depends on whether a “friend” is really a friend. In general, being a “friend” of someone on Facebook is almost meaningless and does not signify the kind of relationship that could pose a conflict of interest for a reporter or editor writing about that person.
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This is an interesting...
Pat Bruno is full of shit →
In DC today live-Tweeting the proceedings. →
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Comedy gold.
Terrance Brennan: Food is Nourishing and... →
Putting the nog in inauguration →
Add hot dog marginal utility →
Present?
I really want to know what was in the box Michelle and Barack handed Laura and George.
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Back?
20 January 2009 →
An actual inauguration special. →
Openly Episcopal
WASHINGTON — Gene Robinson, the divisive figure who was the first openly Episcopal gay bishop, led the invocation at today’s inaugural kickoff.
Those damn openly Episcopal bishops, flaunting their disgusting Episcopal lifestyles, scattering Triscuits everywhere, drinking gin, and appreciating the prose of John Cheever! It’s a revolting spectacle no decent family should have to witness.*
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Hot Dog marginal utility →
Inauguration Special with Alice Waters →
alexanderbasek:
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What, no co-authored cookbook with the President?
I am not sure that “co-authoring” is a term that is in Alice’s vocabulary.
Happy Birthday! →
Inauguration Special with Alice Waters →
Deadspin Civil War →
Will and AJ definitely got the clicks for Uncle Nick, and kept us entertained in the process. That said, I could see some upside in Lietch offering to waive the tattoo part of the bet in exchange for a charitable donation. Is that lame?
Regarding the "at least he kept us safe" President
cajunboy:
I feel compelled to expound a bit on Peter Feld’s hilariously spot-on metaphorical skewering of the “at least he kept us safe” spin popular amongst defenders of the Bush Presidency that he posted on Sunday, because there’s just something so fundamentally flawed with this argument, and I’m endlessly baffled that a) they have the audacity to even make it in the first place, and b) that...
They come in colors everywhere →
Ahistoricity
To be honest, my sensitivity to this “historical” stuff is largely a result of listening to the Fox announcing crew fail to avoid describing Ron Cherry working the BCS title game as referee as if it were a civil rights milestone.
Say farewell to bush →
To that end, the litany of places offering free or discounted Brazillians (no more Bush, get it? Heh!) show a keener grasp of the present moment, than the many folks going on about the historic nature of Obama’s inauguration.
Inauguration burnout
I am tired of hearing the thing that happens on Tuesday referred to as “historic.” It is, but it is more important that it is awesome, in that we will be rid of the shittiest president ever. To emphasize the historicness of it, the Jackie Robinsonness of it, seems to collapse the whole deal into a question of identity politics, when, in fact, the real story is that we have a smart,...
maura:
brb, making some salsa to go with the chip on my shoulder
Traditionally, I believe the chip is a chip of wood, but I take the general point.
“Audrey and Buddy Wagner closed on their five bedroom, four-and-a-half bath,...”
– Cheaper homes in subdivision anger residents | ajc.com
I mean, I sympathize, but lady, you sound like a dirty elitist.
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Cry me a fucking river, lady. Having grown up in a house on a street with apartments, big and little houses, and an old folks home nearby, I have a hard time...
