January 2009
Things That Are Recession-Proof
11. The Puppy Bowl.
Tradition can be a beautiful thing; in the case of FSU athletics, not so much, since they can’t seem to go one full season without some kind of forehead-slapping arrest. The latest:
Florida State junior receiver Preston Parker was arrested Saturday morning and charged with DUI after police found him passed out behind the wheel of his car at a McDonald’s, according to the Tallahassee...
'Once' Couple's Oscar-Gilded Romance Ends In... →
karinalongworth:
They stole America’s hearts, an Oscar and no less than $9 million of box-office loot. Less than a year later, star-crossed Once songwriters/lovers Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová are done for.
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Say what to me now?…Bitch. You all know what the sequel’s going to sound like, right?
Achievements in Gustatory Design: OCD Brunch Set →
I take on a Dutch industrial designer. Alex, this one’s for you.
(1) OCD is linked to brain activity, (2) we get it—we have time for OCD because we’re not, say, a war-ravaged, starving, developing nation with survival needs, but once we “develop” those nations out of chaos, won’t they get OCD, too? Finally, (3), you could probably make a few bucks here selling these things. Go take the...
I’m trying to give this one a second chance; consider it my pro-smoking, anti-medication PSA.
youngmanhattanite:
I’ve been thinking about quitting smoking lately…I’ve never really had a problem with cravings unless I didn’t have a pack on me (funny how this works; it usually means I’m broke, and can’t afford a pack, and thus, NEED A CIGARETTE NOW). But I figured I’d investigate the...
Let’s takt it back about six years, shall we? The new Brittney Spears single, “If You Seek Amy” spells out a dirty word when little kids sing it. I haven’t actually listened to it—I’m not going to—but a long time ago, in a Foster far, far away, there was a band called Something Corporate (now see: Jack’s Mannequin) that pulled off a stunt like this with a song...
Not so much.
The Cornholio Problem: Coffee Gets More Expensive
Watch me as I put on my econ hat! It’s made out of scraps from a Bloomberg report!
Sorry, Beavis — your supply’s about to get pricey. You know when things get really bad, and you’re sitting there asking yourself how it could get any worse? And one of your friends is like, “Well, you could live in a third-world nation, starving, and fighting to live through each...
leitch:
youngmanhattanite:
Since this blog is written by some (if not: since this blog is OWNED by one, as in, it IS HIS BLOG) who view with glee the oncoming revolution…the second part of my interview with Steven Soderbergh, which takes a sincerely weird turn about four questions in. There’re people who think the world is going to shit, and then there’s this. You have no idea what I edited out...
I totally forgot about this—FlavorLeah (or should I go “LeahPill”? Get back to me on this, T-Bone) and I were in a bar with her pops when he put the mic in my face. I spit mad rhymes to CBS Radio in this piece on digital music (listen for the enthusiastic “oh, hell yeeeah” when asked about my petty theft habits). The best part of the piece isn’t so much my soundbite,...
I was so poor that at one point I was sleeping on the subway,” he says
Actors, keep acting. If it can happen for Riggins, it can happen for you.
Nikki Finke’s insanely negative coverage of the Golden Globes is really something.
The United States Of Tara
Is awesome. I’m not crazy about Diablo Cody, but this is a pitch-perfect package and an idea for a show that can go so many places, with a lead who’s gonna take it there. I’m calling it early: a year from now, Toni Collette accepts the Golden Globe for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy/Musical. Seriously.
You can watch the premiere of the show either On Demand or here. Check it out.
I don’t know how you could possibly miss it, but what’s going on over here has put me in the best mood today.
Shoe Fly: Meet the New Air Jordans →
I spent my morning at a press conference with Michael Jordan. This is how it turned out:
…Michael Jordan walked out with the shoe to kind applause. Mayden and Jordan spoke for a bit, and then they opened the floor to questions. Unfortunately, the shoe didn’t get to answer any, and the other reporters in the room were so occupied with asking questions Jordan’s probably heard thousands of...
That’s what you get, mothafucka.
Two notes:
1. The piece I snuck into The Observer about Anderson Cooper? It’s no longer about the Silver Fox. It’s about the soon-to-be surgeon general:
“No [medical maladies] that were unsuspecting,” noted Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN chief medical correspondent and one of Mr. Cooper’s co-hosts. “But I remember: I was with this infectious disease doctor; all of a...