August 2011
2 posts
WatchEther. Chicago.
July 2011
4 posts
“As a service to my younger FB friends: Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch was not...”
– Ryan Hamilton
May 2010
1 post
April 2010
2 posts
NPR: NCAA Bracket Throwdown: A Sports Nut vs. A... →
Heh. Butler! Cassie McKinney was two years ahead of her time.
March 2010
1 post
WGN's Banned Words via "Wait, Wait" Blog
In Which I Try To Use All Of WGN’s Newly Banned Words In One Sentence
By Ian Chillag
Tribune Company CEO Randy Michaels has banned 119 “newsspeak” words and phrases from ever crossing the lips of anchors and reporters at WGN-AM. There’s a list here, but if you’d like them in a sentence, how about this:
In other news, stay tuned, because in our top story tonight,...
February 2010
2 posts
January 2010
9 posts
“NBC esta manejado por hijos de cabras imbeciles que comen dinero y evacuan...”
– Conan O’Brien on NBC. The Tonight Show, January 19, 2010.
“When you’re this dumb there’s a price that comes with that…you...”
– David Letterman on NBC executives. (And on life in general.)
“Poor monkeys can’t even get warm.”
– My Mother, commenting on news reports about how the cold weather is affecting zoos.
December 2009
3 posts
February 2009
3 posts
My Friend Eric Kills Me With a Phone
It’s 5:47 am. I just woke up from a dream that disgusted me so badly—I had to get up and take notes.
This dream was centered around an act of kindness: killing my friend Matt.
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January 2009
12 posts
The Things I Saved, Part 3: Autorretrato
Me, age 17, circa 1993. In Marija Potkonjak’s yellow VW Bug, passenger seat.
Recessionomics: Manhattan's Real Estate... →
From Gawker:
Well, the L’Occitane-scented waters of the gentrification wave are already rolling back, as predicted: megarealtor Corcoran is closing its Harlem office. Is anyone thinking of the white people?
The Corcoran office on 120th street opened in 2005 (right on time for the housing boom, yea!) and is closing next month (right on time to regret your 800k condo on 145th St., yea!). You...
December 2008
9 posts
NEW YORK (AP) - Looking to beef up your mojo this holiday season?
Burger King Corp. may have just the thing. The home of the Whopper has launched a new men’s body spray called “Flame.” The company describes the spray as “the scent of seduction with a hint of flame-broiled meat.”
The fragrance is on sale at New York City retailer Ricky’s NYC in stores and...
I don't care if there's powder on my nose. I don't...
“These people — it’s all so awful. It just hurts physically,...”
– Jane Craig, played by Holly Hunter, in Broadcast News.
“Everything that’s at Target.”
– A child’s answer to Santa’s question, “What do you want for Christmas?” Recorded by CNN.
November 2008
17 posts
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