December 2008
2008 in Review, Part I →
On January 1, 2008, on the Blog That Was, I declared that the year would be the Year of Upgrades. The words no longer exist online but the plan came together, in some ways I did expect, and in…
Lesson #1 - The Hang Ups
Oh wow, I loved this...
Smart kids are more likely to be heavy drinkers -... →
Tell me something I don’t know.
(Q.E.D.)
December 20, 2008: Blog like a parody of yourself...
Hang on, let me find a YouTube video featuring a kitten singing an indie power pop song from the 80s or 90s. While you wait, please enjoy this smorgasbord of links, punctuated by non sequitorious streams of consciousness.
Today's iGoogle Horoscope
It may seem as if your workmates are being extra critical of your behavior today, but you don’t feel like you’re doing anything different. Maybe they are just being picky, but before you shut them out, consider what you can do to address their concerns. This may be an opportunity for you to improve your game instead of complaining that others don’t appreciate what you do.
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“Hot Rod,” we called him
Considering that I manage to miss LW every single damn time they come to NYC, I’m pretty damn psyched for this.
merlin:
The Long Winters Live at the Showbox DVD Preview
The Long Winters Live at the Showbox DVD Preview from Adam Pranica on Vimeo.
Gorgeous-looking new DVD of the El-Dubs, live in Seattle. I ordered mine. Get yours.
Related: Here’s Roderick on Twitter.
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“14th Street” - Rufus Wainwright
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Blagojevich: Dishonest hair →
Coffee in crisis: the next worldwide shortage? //... →
This is the worst news ever.
Watchmadeupmemories:
itsthereal:
Saved by the L: The New Class
The star of this show: Verena von Pfetten. Also, I’m wearing a medium-sized American Apparel hoodie which I bought yesterday and will be returning today.
Making fun of Williamsburg will never get old. Especially when they make it so easy.
Video: Cat and mouse game | Science |... →
Scientists genetically modified a mouse to have no fear of cats, and then put it in a room with an “exceptionally docile” cat.
The video is fun in an “Itchy and Scratchy: They love, they share, they share and love and share” way, but there seems to be one monumental flaw in this experiment. Can you spot it?
who do they think they're kidding?
So my intercom buzzer goes off. Dude downstairs claims to be from ConEd. “I don’t have access to the meter, though — sorry,” I tell them. “We’re not here to read the meter,” says a different dude (who, btw, sounds like he’s still in high school). “We just need to see a copy of your bill to find out if you qualify for … um … a...
WatchSo this popped up on my iPod this morning and it nearly knocked me over. It’d been a real long time since I’d listened to The White Stripes and this, the first song by them I remember hearing, brought me way back. Way way back, all the way to 2001 (how’s that for accelerated nostalgia).
But what I remember is how fresh this sounded, how joyous and raunchy and right, after what...
