I’ve Been Busy…

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 [...]

Articles By People I Know (But Don’t Work With, Because That Wouldn’t Be Fair)

Ok, I don’t know ALL the authors, but enough of them that it was worth bragging in the title.
From The Mayor, rich NYC parents and their anger over their kids not getting into Ivies.  And I thought Whitman was ridiculous…
No, we just have parents repping on the op-ed pages of the Sunday New York Times [...]

Bethesda Makes the International Press (and a Baseball Article Roundup)

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 [...]

I Get to Read Two Newspapers a Day!

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 [...]

All Sorts of Goodies

Barack Obama loves a beverage from Bethesda!
A rap mixtape all about Seinfeld. AWESOME. (”Soulja Boy features prominently, natch.” Mexico tourism: don’t paint our sacred temples on a naked lady.
Apparently our genes tell us how to vote.
Shakespeare was a schlub.
I love obnoxious bride stories. Thank you Michelle Singletary.
Just for you, Arielle: Bob Herbert writes a [...]

Assorted Things You Should Know

University of Maryland Team Wins First National Quiz Bowl Title! You have no idea how excited this makes me.
Stuff White People Like: Grammar.  Look for the hidden grammar errors!
Kids From My High School Caught in a Drug Bust.  Well done, Whitman, well done.
Good WNYC interview about Life as a Talking Head.  Now I want to [...]

Sexy Cars, Sexy Politics, Sexy Platypuses*

Sorry I haven’t posted in a few days, I’ve been traveling a lot and then WordPress was down last night when I wanted to post.
A Casting Call for Sexy cars (Hybrids Need Not Apply).  Why aren’t hybrid cars in movies more often?
Sex?  Yawn.  Politics?  That’s Hot! Tabloid magazines covering candidates like they’re Hollywood celebrities.
Looking [...]

Monday Awards

Best Internet Find: Alex NJ sent me this awesome collection of awkward signs from around the world AND America.
Scariest Story: Austrian Admits 24-Year Abuse of Daughter in Cell.  Ew ew ew ew ew (Reuters)
Story I Could Have Most Predicted: When Young Teachers Go Wild on the Web (Washington Post)

Most Inspirational Democratic Story of the Morning: [...]

A Little From the Sunday Post, a Little From the Sunday Times

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 [...]

Trying to Catch Up with the Newspaper

Here are some articles I found tonight trying to catching up with my Times subscription:
The New York Times has a link to Spitzer’s call girl’s My Space page. Sad story.
Facebook is doing something good; a volunteer network of people willing to contribute blood locally.
People are randomly dancing the “Thriller” dance everywhere, but it’s not [...]