Sorry I haven’t been up here in the blogosphere recently. I went to the beach with some fabulous people last week and had a great time. I also went to Central Park to hear the NY Philharmonic play a free concert AND a fireworks show. My life is pretty fantastic, but it [...]
First, from Alex MD and the NYT, Passive aggressiveness in the office (these tend to be about dirty dishes, on which you eat food…). The article links to one of my favorite websites (that I forgot about): passiveagressivenotes.com.
Frozen yogurt ala Pinkberry finally makes it to D.C.!!
For more from today’s WaPo on food, the battle [...]
A MUST see from Phylan: Where the Hell is Matt? (seriously, everyone will enjoy this, unless you’re heartless)
Speaking of Matt, Matt Brown has a good nod to George Carlin today, with my Dad’s favorite comedy bit.
And also about baseball (and still continuing this now two-week theme), an 89 year old organist is still hitting those [...]
From The Economist… The Big Sort: Americans are increasingly choosing to live among like-minded neighbours. This makes the culture war more bitter and politics harder.
“At a bookshop in Bethesda (one of those posh American suburbs), Steven Balis, a retired lawyer with wild grey hair and a scruffy T-shirt, looks up from his New York [...]
Baseball, fund raising and silly facial hair. Sweet.
Voter turnout in North Dakota town is a big whopping zero. Mayor Darrel Brudevold wins (without even voting for himself)!
“Brudevold said he intended to vote, but that he had crops to tend.”
The title of the obituary already makes it a winner: “Dorothy King, 99; Proud Passenger [...]
If you’re a loyal Nerd reader, you already know that I love it when The New York Times reviews rap albums. They’ve outdone themselves this week though, with a review of Lil Wayne’s new album/mixtape, Tha Carter III:
“The mixtapes are inconsistent, of course, and the songs fall back more often on the standard gangsta shtick [...]
And I share the fruits of my labor with you.
On the way to work, I read The New York Times:
Underdog Taps YouTube to make Election Close. The video is great (and below), but the best part is that his campaign “put out a press release in pirate-speak.” I’m not even kidding.
College Alumni Magazines Struggle to [...]
A little from (almost) every section…
First, The Washington Post:
Magazine Section: Date Lab readers claimed that a monkey could do a better job setting up couples than the Post. Guess what? The monkey did a better job.
Style: A fashion review of the polygamist women’s garb
Metro: “Schoolyard face-offs” at my high school because of facebook [...]
West Point Cadets visit Jersey City, this time from WNYC instead of The Times.
The state map from the 1964-65 World’s Fair in Queens is being renovated. (Good news for Dad!)
Another one for Dad: Shea Stadium chutzpah (check out the multimedia too: the scoreboard from opening day in 1964).
Project Runway try-outs in the city! [...]
I find it really hard to get any work done on Sundays.
An article in Week in Review about Presidential sports
This just in: Mark Penn fired from the Clinton campaign.
Nicholas Kristof on race and sex
Book Review essay on discussion questions in books
A guy travels the country looking for grammar and spelling errors!
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