January 2012
1 post
September 2011
1 post
What I've learned from twitter, episode 85
What I’ve learned about Chad Ochocinco from his twitter account (@ochocinco) since he joined the Pats:
drives a prius
eats dinner at starbucks
really likes modern dance
dislikes controversy (?)
loves Karate Kid
doesn’t drink
addresses EVERYONE as “kind sir”
June 2011
1 post
Am I an asshole today?
Does the following interaction in the break room at work make me a dick?
3:30 pm. My boss’s admin and I trade pleasant hellos as she cleans her lunchbox and I make myself a coffee.
My boss’s admin: (sighs loudly, twice. Getting no response…) Long day. Long weekend, really.
Me: oh, sorry to hear that.
Her: yeah, well, it got off to a bad start.
Me: …
I...
April 2011
1 post
WatchWe wandered into a bookstore on Sunday that specializes in romance novels. They had sections for sub-genres and sub-sub-genres….
February 2011
1 post
“For all the money we spent, we could have gone to Europe,” said one...”
– Wall Street Journal story on ticketholders denied seats at Super Bowl. Not the alternative destination I would have expected.
January 2011
17 posts
Jillian's needs to profile better.
So, Saturday at 9 o’clock I stop by Jillian’s near Fenway, which according to their website is “a 70,000 square foot Food Entertainment Universe,” and I haven’t been there before but a couple of friends are in there shooting pool so I stop by for a couple of games. I get to the door and show the doorman my ID, and a funny thing happens: he looks down at my feet...
literal New Yorker cartoon captions
themonkeysyouordered:
If you want to have sex, you’ll have to come down from the ceiling.
I would’ve gone with AAAHHHH WHAT THE FUCK AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
listening to "The Mars Volta - Goliath" →
She fumigated my mental hygiene I’m all out of pulse But I know you can resuscitate me
listening to "Pavement - No More Kings" →
@katost they really were American history buffs, no?
listening to "American Girls By: Homie (Weezer,... →
suddenly remembered this, haven’t heard since college and had to go to Weezerpedia to find it! anyone out there actually seen “Meet the Deedles”?!
listening to "Wish you were here - Pink Floyd" →
in my head this morning
listening to "Van Halen - Right Now" →
right now i want a beer and a taco http://beeradvocate.com/events/info/40573
“Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he...”
– Thomas Jefferson
“If a rabbit defined intelligence the way man does, then the most intelligent...”
– Robert Brault, writer (b. 1938)
listening to "Atlas Sound (ft. Panda Bear) -... →
what did you want to see?
listening to "Led Zeppelin Moby Dick - Earl →
the most tantric drum solo of all time
listening to "Led Zeppelin Moby Dick - Earl →
listening to "Led Zeppelin Moby Dick - Earl →
listening to "Sick of You - CAKE (Official Video)" →
whatwhatWHAT? Cake has a new album coming out next week?! i’ll be jiggered.
December 2010
3 posts
November 2010
1 post
“Adding to the conundrum, of course, are their linked brains, and the mysterious...”
– Macleans.ca » Blog Archive A piece of their mind «
September 2010
2 posts
listening to "Kid Cudi - Pursuit of Happiness... →
can’t help it SO STuCK IN MY HeAd
listening to "Kid Cudi - Cudi Zone - →
let’s see… who’s this cudi kid?
August 2010
8 posts
listening to "Cake - song #2 Ruby, Dont Take Your... →
@jennyleepenny Ruby encrusted cover coming right up
listening to "Rose Hill Drive - The Guru" →
this’ll wake you up…
listening to "Buddy Miles Express - All Along the... →
!?!??!?!!?!!! ladies and gents it’s beer o’clock
listening to "The Stories Brother Louie" →
best part about sitting through a couple mediocre episodes of louis ck’s show on fx was being reintroduced to this song.
listening to "The Phenomenal Handclap Band - I... →
listening to "Warren Zevon (and Stevie Nicks) -... →
didn’t know that was stevie on the backing vocals…
listening to "MGMT - Congratulations" →
MGMT’s new album is pretty mellow. Lots of high/falsetto vocals and other sonic elements make it sound a lot like Ween, actually.
listening to "Them Crooked Vultures - Bandoliers" →
TCV sounds *a lot* like QOTSA…
July 2010
5 posts
listening to "Arcade Fire - City With No Children" →
fav song from the new album so far, but i kept waiting for it to launch into full-force mode…
listening to "Sly →
@CargoCulte nice! pickitup
listening to "Passion Pit - Sleepyhead" →
listening to "Passion Pit - Dreams" →
Rarely does a cover tagged onto the end of an album fit so neatly with the sound and flow so well. (“Manners” is a $5 mp3 album: amzn.com/B003FF8EAU)
listening to "Fugazi - End Hits - 10 -... →
June 2010
6 posts
listening to "Talking Heads - 6 Take Me To the... →
listening to "TAKE ME TO THE RIVER - AL GREEN" →
Another original disCOVERy. I think knowing this is how it started out makes the Talking Heads version even better!
listening to "Passion Pit - Sleepyhead" →
#songsfromads
listening to "Radiohead - Palo Alto (with lyrics)" →
listening to "Radiohead - Palo Alto" →
May 2010
2 posts
listening to "Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin" →
this guitar has TWO NECKS! that’s 100% MORE NECKS!
April 2010
14 posts
listening to "Cake - →
hmmm… maybe i should watch Sin City again sometime?