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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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!
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