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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Just Another Manic Monday

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 [...]

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 [...]

Facial Hair, Bruuudevold, Cool Dead Women, and Black Jews From Nebraska

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 [...]

Gangsta Shtick

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 [...]