Posts filed under 'Washington Post'
Animals Doing People Things = Always Entertaining
Aww: Baby duckling with a sandal to fix its foot.
In non-animal news:
Rush Limbaugh and Karl Rove to guest star on “Family Guy”
Everything in this is SO TRUE and I demand that you all follow these rules accordingly. (Thanks, Valerie!)
Hey Mom, I can build by bone strength with BEER!
The lives of the wives of the Nationals.
Stay tuned for my epic battle to count every t-shirt in my wardrobe. This might take a while.
2 comments August 17, 2009
Fated to be Mated with the One Man She Hated
First, the news (and things that purport to be news):
Kenyan Birth Certificate Generator
15 Billboards That Don’t Belong Next to Each Other
The New York Times loves statisticians, too!
Republicans Propagating Falsehoods in Attacks on Health-Care Reform
Now for some personal commentary:
I watched the movie 39 Steps the other night. I had seen the show on Broadway and wanted to see the movie it was based on. Not only does the movie, released in 1935 totally holdup, but I continued to be amazed by how closely the stage play followed the movie–even though the play is a comedy with only three cast members playing all of the roles. I would highly recommend watching the movie if you’ve seen the play (as I would recommend the play). Still, I looked up the movie on IMDB, for several entertaining factoids, like the fact that many of the actors were born in the 1800s…But my favorite part was the movie’s awesome (and extremely dated) taglines:
“It’s Great…It’s Grand…It’s Glorious!”
“Handcuffed to the girl who double-crossed him”
“The MAN who put the MAN in roMANce.”
“The Most Charming Brute Who Ever Scorned A Lady”
“Fated to be Mated with the One Man She Hated”
And the most misogynistic of the group:
“She Hated to be Mastered… But She Learned to Like it from the Man who put the MAN in roMANce”
2 comments August 7, 2009
Pennies, Peeing and Peter Gabriel
Guy goes to pick up his car at the impound lot and pays the $88 fee all in pennies. Obvi, the cops get involved. (Via Consumerist.)
Brazilians Urged to Pee in Shower to Save Rainforests. Watch the ad, too. (Thanks Michelle!)
Lesley’s new blog: falafel for the soul!
Heartbreaking photographs of a girl growing up in rural poverty. (Via Jezebel.)
Peter Gabriel covering a Vampire Weekend song. This will cheer you up after that last link. (Via The Fix.)
Add comment August 5, 2009
Nothing in This Post About Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett or Ed McMahon
Dina from RHONJ was on another reality show. We knew that, but Lauren found a clip! Yay!
Wallabies getting high off of poppies…(Via Jezebel)
A History of Political Sex Scandals. It’s interactive!
Speaking of political sex scandals, FOX News identifies a Republican in trouble as a Democrat. Again.
Speaking of FOX News, ew.
This article made my cry, natch.
One of you should enter this contest.
Famous people died yesterday. I am not going to blog about it, but share this from Phylan instead.
Add comment June 26, 2009
…And Now the Monday Times
Nothing on the internet really blew me away today, but there was plenty of good stuff in the newspaper…
Greenland is independent! And its new government will go by its Inuit name: Naalakkersuisut. Awesome.
Adopting Forebears’ Faith And Leaving Peru for Israel. A crazy story about Jews in rural Peru.
You know that woman on the ONN? She used to be on CNN!
In other news (networks)…I agree that Shepard Smith is a good egg.
“Cute cats are collateral damage when governments block sites.”
Via Jezebel:
Khadijah Williams, a homeless teen, is going to Harvard in the fall. She clearly rocks.
“Mad Men” marketing survey. It’s kind of like a crappy Choose Your Own Adventure.
Oh, and props to Dad for both of these hilarious videos: Long Island Wants to Secede and Triumph Visits Bonnaroo (via Aziz Ansari).
In major news, I am thrilled that my friend Tad missed this train!
1 comment June 22, 2009
LMNOP v. TMN Post-Off
Lauren posted like everything I wanted to post on Friday. We apparently run in the same, small internet circle, but I still wanted to post some of my more favorite things again. Sorry for the overlap.
Teen diagnoses her own disease in science class.
Lauren already posted this, but I found it first, so I’m posting it again: The Most Looked Up Words in the NYT.
Today in excellent Sesame Street Parodies: 30 Rocks and Law and Order: Special Letters Unit. (Props to Dad for the SVU parody.)
I want to do this, but not with the Yankees. It would take my whole life with my team…Who are playing the Yankees tonight. And will most likely lose worse than the Mets did on Sunday.
Tourists and New Yorkers Take a Rubber Seat in Times Square. I am obviously a fan of the tacky pink and blue chairs.
My mom found this, linked to it on Twitter, and Lauren already beat me to posting it. But it is so cool, I had to post again.
Eugene Robinson is right again: Feeding the Lone Wolves.
Finally, I’m going to beat Lauren in posting something that she sent me. HAHAHAHA. Fallen Princesses.
2 comments June 16, 2009
You’d Think Being Unemployed Would Mean I’d Have MORE Time To Blog…
No, actually I’ve been sitting outside everyday reading the newspaper and also applying to lots of jobs when I’m inside. Therefore, I’m neglecting my internet activities, which means I’m not blogging. Sorry.
Read about the Tuskegee Airmen in the last hour of Memorial Day.
R.I.P. Del. Pauline Menes. She was a great lady.
New Ghostbusters III movie with original cast!!
Ironic t-shirt sales.
This month’s New Yorker cover was painted with an iPhone!
I went to Iceland. Here are my photos.
A new JEWISH American Girl Doll! (Mom, will you buy me it for me??) Thanks, Valerie!
How did Lauren beat me to this link about beers in New Jersey from NPR?
In other beer related news, Dad sent me this link to an article about craft beers.
Thursday’s NYT obits: the top of the page was about a leading expert in yoga and the bottom covered a pioneer of yogurt. Yoga! Yogurt!
Tim Gunn in a comic book!!
2 comments May 25, 2009
News Flash: I’m Not Married at 25. Mark Regnerus Thinks I am WRONG.
Mark Regnerus, do you really think I should be married now? Eff you.
“So while many young Americans mark their days in the usual ways — by hitting the clubs, incessantly checking Facebook, Twittering their latest love interest and obsessing about their poor job prospects or how to get into graduate school — my applause goes out to those among them who’ve figured out that the proverb was right. One of those is Jennifer, a 23-year-old former student of mine. She’s getting married this fall. It wasn’t religion that made her do it. It wasn’t fear of being alone. It was simply affection. She met Jake while still in college and decided that there was no point in barhopping through her 20s. Her friends balked. She stood firm. Now they’re bridesmaids”
Oh wow, it’s SO HORRIBLE that I’m not married at 25.
Seinfeld finds out about his people coming through Ellis Island.
A signing bus driver is leading the way toward my dream of strangers breaking out in dance and song randomly in public.
Obvi the counter protest at Whitman was far better than the protest itself.
6 comments April 26, 2009
Emibly Krumlov for WNYC
Great bad review courtesy of Valerie! (There’s a great fight, too!)
What is your NPR name? I’m Emibly Krumlov.
I saw this great digital photography art yesterday somewhere, forgot where, and then Matt sent it to me again, so he earns props.
Someone give this girl a scholarship to study violin in college!
How long until the Duggar family is more populous than Vermont?
Monday’s NYT crossword puzzle had the clue “Widespread Internet prank involving a bait-and0switch link to a music video”
Yes folks, that would be RICKROLLING. Well done, Natan Last. Well done.
Kosher for Passover Chinese food! I love the name of the restaurant: Cho-Sen.
All those tea parties yesterday reminded me of this.
Glow-in-the-dark cat. (Thanks, Phylan!)
There’s a new way to boil eggs. I tried it, and the yolks actually turn out yellow.
This lady should be remembered for all of her great work.
Ugh, guns. Bob Herbert = great.
2 comments April 16, 2009
Cute Things, Snarky Things and Other Things
Cute Things:
tweenbots (thanks, Doug!)
Peeps show year three
Snarky Things:
Awesome Times review of Hannah Montana: The Movie. Because anything in the NYT that starts with “omg ashley,” is worth reading.
I read this review of new miniseries “Harper’s Island” to the girl sitting next to me on the train and, later, to my parents on the phone. It’s just that good.
“Seven years earlier, six people were murdered on the island by some rampaging nut case who may or may not be dead. I’m not positive, but I’m pretty sure that the fall 2003 issue of Martha Stewart Weddings specifically stipulates: ‘When choosing the ideal destination for your dream day, be sure to avoid any place that might have been the sight of an infamous serial killing. You don’t want a downer buzz.’ But whatever; that issue is probably out of print.”
(There are other excellent parts, so please click the link for far more entertainment than the television program will provide.)
Need to buy me a present? I love these and would enjoy making one. (Thanks, Carroll Kim!)
I’ve been meaning to post this for a while, but the WaPo wrote an article about how ridiculously wrong the DC scenes are in “24.” (Thanks, Dad!)
Other Things:
Watch this lady sing. It’s all over the internets now, so I’m probably too late.
Semitrailer of beer crashes near where the hot dogs spilled last week. Couldn’t they have timed things a little better so we can have a barbecue? (Thanks to John for both links.) And when you think of beer and hot dogs, what goes with both? BASEBALL!
Books about baseball from Flashlight Worthy Books. Dad, I think I’ve bought you most of those for assorted Hanukkahs and birthdays. Except for George Will’s, natch.
More on baseball: The Toilet Ratio.
More on toilets: Where to Pee in NYC. (Thanks, Dad!)
Crimes caught by Google Street View. (Including people who couldn’t find toilets…)
Use Facebook a lot? You’d probably have a lower GPA if you were still in school. (There is a lot wrong with this study but it’s also brought to you by Captain Obvious.)
Darwin winner of the day: Woman calls 911 to say “Help! I’m locked in my car.“
Hey, Dick Cheney, we’re so over you.
All Is Not Lost For the Class of 2009. Interesting quote from the article:
“Write: ‘I’m looking for a job in D.C. in public policy. Anyone got any ideas? Leads? Advice?’
This girl! Right here! That’s me!
Krugman’s op-ed doesn’t even have to mention the real meaning of “tea bagging” to prove that Republicans should be embarrassed. (Special note to parental units and others who are unaware of the true meaning: Don’t Google it or ask me, please.)
Disney’s research into the minds of boys. Please share your knowledge (on those a bit older)!
It’s hard to write romantic stories because people have cell phones.
Twitter: Not useless.
2 comments April 14, 2009
