January 2010
Last word goes to The Onion
Bunch Of Phonies Mourn J.D. Salinger
CORNISH, NH—In this big dramatic production that didn’t do anyone any good (and was pretty embarrassing, really, if you think about it), thousands upon thousands of phonies across the country mourned the death of author J.D. Salinger, who was 91 years old for crying out loud. “He had a real impact on the literary world and on millions of...
“That’s what I liked about those nuns. You could tell, for one thing, that...”
– JD Salinger
“I swear to God, this guy’s one scotch away from being Ron Burgundy”
– Jon Stewart on Chris Matthews
The Day the Indies Died: Miramax Closes Its Doors →
School was crummy, Classmates mean, Holden Caulfield, Aged sixteen, Dropped out to the New York scene. There he wandered, Sorrow’s son, Overgrown, But underdone, Scorned by girls…it wasn’t fun. Broke, disheartened, Home he slid, Sister Phoebe, (Perky kid), Bouyed him up, she really did. Only for the Moment, though: Down the skids Alas, he’ll go Landing in...
“it’s friday, jerks!”
– Laura Swirk
It takes a few seconds to get past the fact that Mr. Knightly is played by the annoying Hackers kid
…but once you do, PBS’ new miniseries of Emma is just lovely.
The first part (of three) can be watched here and the second airs Sunday night on PBS.
"By humanizing corporations, you in turn... →
-Henry Rollins
"Have you ever seen all the House Republicans in... →
Lucinda Williams - Are You Alright?
The State of the Union speech Obama would give in... →
by Steven Pearlstein
“Our union has been torn asunder by a clash of ideologies and special interests and brigades of power-hungry partisans that has resulted in a paralyzing political stalemate. In response, our citizens have become angry, cynical, distrustful and dispirited.”
WatchChair of the Congressional Oversight Panel, Elizabeth Warren, on the Daily Show
HuffPo's SOTU Drinking Game →
"Obama Liquidates Himself" -Paul Krugman
A spending freeze? That’s the brilliant response of the Obama team to their first serious political setback?
It’s appalling on every level.
It’s bad economics, depressing demand when the economy is still suffering from mass unemployment. Jonathan Zasloff writes that Obama seems to have decided to fire Tim Geithner and replace him with “the rotting corpse of Andrew Mellon” (Mellon was Herbert...
Legend has it that when was caught in 1400, and... →
“If you want to know what “demoralized base” looks like, glance at my...”
– Matt Yglesias
The Conversation: Ezra Klein and Ta-Nahisi Coates... →
An Education
Loved this.
“Applied at Gold Bond yesterday and wrote “I’m a longtime user of...”
– Ben
“The night was clear and frosty, all ebony of shadow and silver of snowy slope;...”
– L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
Guys, Anne Shirley is the most emo little girl ever.
I gotta roll, Can’t stand still, Got a flaming heart, Can’t get my fill.
-Black Dog
“Maybe John Edwards was sniffing desperation in the air when, in the same week that he admitted that the campaign love child was indeed his daughter, he called the White House and said he was going to Haiti to help in the relief efforts.
The White House pretended it was a wrong number.
A spokeswoman said Edwards also had been doing charitable work in El Salvador. If this was the plan of...
David Plouffe is joining the White House team! →
On Preemptive Irritation →
“If I had to create a hybrid style category for myself it would be Lazy Prepster....”
– Kia is a girl after my own heart.
Indefinite Detention Of The Soul (A Play In One... →
True, she seemed to have the public persona of a... →
me: And I don't want you to think that I only gchat when I want cookies. just sometimes.
Andrew: lol...I want cookies all the time
me: yeah, me too
“The chief obstacle to marital contentment was this perpetual gulf between the...”
– Michael Chabon, ‘Wonder Boys’