I took a stack of old newspapers to my friend’s apartment so I could catch up on about a week of Style sections and Metro sections. Here are the fruits of my labor. Sorry it’s so old.
Ah, the Heat, the Crowd, the Park and the Booze (Times, Metro, July 16)
Around the City, a Shortage at [...]
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 [...]
The first ever Google, in 1934.
Continuing with what I guess are this week’s themes: Hasidic Jews and baseball in Brooklyn.
“Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people just don’t shoot their husbands, they just don’t.”
Maryland Elects First Black Woman to Congress!
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 [...]
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you, straight from Rutgers University in lovely downtown New Brunswick… Professor Frank Popper
If you think he’s good on the Internet, wait till you meet him in person! Our faculty is great.
In other, unrelated news:
Remainders of a Shopkeeping Heyday, but Now Simply Trying to Survive (Mom & Dad, you’ll especially [...]
From the Magazine…Did you know that Salon Selectives isn’t a brand anymore? Neither did I! But they’re bringing it back, so don’t worry: Can a Dead Brand Live Again? (Long, but very interesting)
From Saturday Night Live, the Japanese version of The Office. AWESOME.
A feline personality test. I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again: cat [...]
Not only was Saturday’s Times yoinked from my possession, but Sunday’s Times was stolen as well. Granted, this gave me more time to play Mario Kart, but still, can you people stop stealing my newspaper? Because I was not a thorough newspaper reader this weekend, I’ve compiled a list of articles from earlier [...]
Anyone else watch Obama’s concession speech tonight? Yeah, there are three kids standing behind him, proudly airing their allegiance to, um, beautiful white people and overpriced clothing? Being cool in high school 7 years ago? Or maybe Barack took a card from Stephen Colbert and instead of Doritos, picked A&F.
Photo Credit: [...]
Happy Passover!
I was away this weekend (Scholars in New York as well as Seders in both Queens and Long Island), so I am behind on my posting, but here are some good ones…
Bill Kristol on the different presidential candidates’ Passover messages in today’s Times. (thank you, Andrea)
I cannot get the italics off.
Matzo during the Holocaust [...]
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