Catching Up

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 [...]

Gay-Hating-Comic-Books, Feist, a More Popular Congress and Jews With Tattoos

There’s this guy who’s running for reelection to his position as Oklahoma City Commissioner. He decided that the best campaign material would obviously be a comic book. And not just any comic book, but a violently homophobic comic book that purports that there is a conspiracy of toga-wearing-homosexuals, “liberal do gooders,” and “good [...]

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 [...]

All About Food

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 [...]

McCain Vows to Eliminate Those Pesky E-Mail Taxes

Short today, even though I promise you I read both the WaPo and the NYT. The funniest thing I read though, was from John McCain’s economic plan, from his “Pro-Innovation Tax Cuts” section:
“Ban New Cell Phone Taxes: John McCain understands that the same people that would tax e-mail will tax every text message – and [...]

Science, Weddings, Flip-Flops and Flipping the Bird. Sounds Like the 2008 Presidential Campaign.

Photos of hilarious science fair experiments; make sure to scroll down at least to “Crystal Meth: Friend or Foe?”
Wedding Guests Behaving Badly.  Almost as good as Tanno’s story about the hunting themed wedding she attended…If you’re friends with her, ask her to tell the story, it’s fantastic.
Flip-flop podcast from the New York Times.
A glimpse of [...]

Now We Don Our Homosexual Apparel

I already decided not to post most of these stories because either friends already blogged them, gstatus-ed them, or e-mailed them, but my dad wanted to see them in my own little corner of cyberspace, so here goes…
The Boys and the Subway (fast, good, and will make you happy)
Now to my headline, this story is [...]

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 [...]

A News Quiz

Back to my old format for a day…(this might be because I’m listening to NPR’s Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me! now.)
1. What is the Presidential Memorial Commission in San Francisco naming after George Bush?
a. A new government building
b. A highway
c. A park
d. A sewage plant
Answer here from The New York Times.
2. What is interesting about this [...]

Championing the Cause For Grammar Geeks

I have lots of things to post today, but I just had two ridiculous experiences that I would like to share:
- I went to my campus bookstore because I needed a new planner, and I saw a sign that read “Athletic Jersey’s.” This being a university and all, I asked to speak to a [...]