January 2009
13 posts
“Once, a man came in with his mistress, and his wife was already in the dining...”
– Now that’s service! In honor of Valentines Day, Gourmet Magazine outlines some reasons not to propose in a restaurant.
via Gothamist
hero ['heer oh] - n. (plural: heroes) →
A real or mythical person of great bravery who carries out extraordinary deeds.
A role model.
The main protagonist in a work of fiction.
A champion.
A large sandwich made from meats and cheeses.
“What I mean to say is beware of rhyming things: they are not always true. A...”
– Esquire magazine
Thoughts upon finishing Lord of the Rings: Return...
That was way too fucking long.
Know what I love about elvish chicks? I keep gettin’ older, and they stay the same age.
“Where does a man who needs his own offshore drilling platform just to keep the...”
– Matt Taibbi “reviews” Friedman’s most recent book Hot, Flat and Crowded
related: Splat.
via the New Shelton wet/dry
“Can we please get rid of the word Microcelebrity?
I’m not blaming Owen...”
– Valleywag commenter saythatscool makes a strong point there. “Microcelebrity”:Whore::”Sanitation Engineer”:Janitor?
via Make the Logo Bigger
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man...”
– Teddy Roosevelt, The Man In The Arena
Paris, April 23, 1910
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In the single most dramatic act of karmic... →
As a result of the accident, Dick Cheney will be confined to a wheelchair for today’s inauguration of Barack Obama. Staffers close to the Vice President deny that the incident was a stunt fabricated simply because the Vice President is “too fucking old” and “doesn’t feel like standing up.”
The armoire was unavailable for comment.
““I once had to pick up a mouse by the tail that Durbin refused to pick up,”...”
– Yeah. Four of the most powerful Democrats in Washington live in moderate squalor in a two-bedroom brownstone on Capitol Hill. This is one of the best articles I’ve read in a while.
Don't put kittens in the sea. Kittens on the land,...
Not that PETA’s known for being reasonable or sane, but this is pretty well fucked. They’ve dubbed fish “Sea Kittens” and made a cutesy yet horrifying book of “Sea Kitten Stories.”
A note to Jessica Simpson: It’s called a metaphor, sweetheart. They’re not really kittens.
Update: If you’re curious about the recipe, it says “Kitten...
“What do you do when your life doesn’t go as planned? Well, of course, you...”
– True Story. Dude owns a hedge fund that’s under investigation for securities fraud, so rather than face the music, gets behind the stick of his private plane, and stages the worst faked death ever.
via Dealbreaker
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Dear Congress,
We’ve come upon hard times. Like the rest of the country, we got pounded in the real estate market, our costs are bursting at the seams, we’re having trouble getting up our flagging retail sales, the unstable price of petroleum products threatens to leave us high and dry, and our employees are tearing their hair out. We’re no stranger to watching assets sag, but this is getting...