July 2008
51 posts
Gambit Weekly : Gambit Weekly's Top 50 Bars : June... →
A few notable omissions: The Milan Lounge, Snake & Jake’s, The R Bar.
June 2008
58 posts
Youre On Notice! - The Stephen Colbert "On Notice... →
Week in Review
2nd week of coffee-free living. (Going well, thanks for asking.)
Right knee seized immediately after I finished writing a byline article. Coincidence?
Dinner at overpriced sushi bar.
Tearful emergency room trip in which cups were peed in, I impressed the Russian radiation tech with my knowledge of soccer, and I was ultimately given a cane, a Motrin, and a useless referral.
Left Pearl Jam...
Priority Seating for Badass Dogs Chewing on Bricks →
“Due to the pounding
I’ve re-read that last sentence
Six or seven times”
– Studying With a Hangover — Beer Haiku Daily
“Nagin Will Reimburse City For 1 of 3 Lunches With Wife.
Says using his...”
– Rush Radio 99.5 WRNO - New Orleans
“Why is wine considered more sophisticated even though the production of beer is...”
– Grape vs. Grain - Cambridge University Press
Arsenal.com 2008/2009 - Draft Barclays Premier... →
WatchLike I Don’t Know Already on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Flickr video uploads 99% slower since the Butterfield-Fake coalition submitted resignation letters. COINCIDENCE?
“Guess you’ve never seen “The Umbrellas of Bloomberg”, a...”
– Steve Rosenbaum: When McCain Drops Out - Politics on The Huffington Post
And that’s why you don’t drink stout in the summertime.
Just subscribed to my 101st feed: http://www.rosalio.it Found it while searching around for pics of Stadio Renzo Barbera.
Marvanda
I had an amazing dream earlier this week, of which I only remember one word: Marvanda.
I have googled it several times (including a possible alternate spelling, ‘Marvinda’) and have turned up zero results in English.
All week I have left the results open in a tab on my browser. Marvanda. About half of them looked Spanish, the other half, Eastern-European.
I just looked at the page...
Pema Chödrön →
Copywriting gone bad: WQXR describes opera as a “high spirited fiesta punctuated by saucy wit.”
Wacky Uses for Heinz Vinegar →
“The Austrian nation has been gripped by a sense of foreboding. Can they keep their dignity?”
A Brief History of the Fist Bump - TIME →
“Dr. John wrote five of the album’s 13 songs with Bobby Charles, the elusive...”
– Dr. John Still Loves New Orleans, and Now He’s Mad - NYTimes.com Really? Last time I went home, nothing was smashed. That’s music journalism for you.
“I pretty much do whatever Merlin Mann tells me to do.” “I just enjoy his whimsical tweets.” “That’s going straight to Twitter.”
Oh, and did Tim tell you I solved his little Time Warner problem? No?
“In interviews (Jon Stewart springs to mind), McCain actually comes off as...”
– FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right
Dana Milbank - In Defeat, Clinton Graciously... →
When Onion headlines come to life.
