November 2009
“The sighting had served as a luxurious instance of the city’s ceaseless...”
– I finally got around to reading Joseph O’Neill’s Netherland. All I could think after I read this passage was
I don’t care where this book is going; it’s so beautifully written, it just doesn’t matter.
I wish somebody submitted a Gawker Stalker post of Monica Lewinsky...
Gawker hits a new low. Anglophiles take note. →
The best is going in and reading to see which comments Nick and Gabriel approved. Nick, naturally, went with this one:
Is this angry, disjointed rant, so short on wit and humour but long on adolescent insecurity and defensiveness, really representative of the allegedly coolest city on the planet? What a shame. Myself, I can’t quite imagine being proud of living on a grid, and can’t...
Gawker hits a new low. Anglophiles take note. →
(via colleennika)
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more on Eating Animals.
via meaghano.
duck is underrated. like, massively underrated.
that is all.
WatchToday’s one of those days I would like to answer every question like this. Or better yet, have Marky Mark answer every question for me like this. He would also say hello to your mother for me.
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“Matt tried to win the book in one fell swoop, and his accountant freaked the...”
– Seriously, this has been the best development of my week, and is completely true. My appeal for you to bid on The Sarah Palin SlamBook is here. Sneak in your parents’ wallet and make this year’s tax-deductable donation for them today. And steal another $50 for an eighth.
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The Gawker Sarah Palin Slam Book: Bid on This... →
Here it is, everyone. The moment I’ve been waiting for all week. James Franco, National Book Award winner Colum McCann, and a bunch of other literature/media people signed Sarah Palin’s book. It’s awesome. Seriously.
Now get your wallets out and let’s save some motherfucking children. This is the best book in the history of the universe. And it can now be yours.
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If you all think the story about the kid with Aspergers getting lost in the story is teary - and oh, it is - wait until you see Adam. I’ve never seen a movie so shamelessly punch viewers in the tearducts repeatedly until they cry uncle (and cry). Rose Byrne has sex with the Aspergers guy. It’s awesome.
Basically What I'm Saying Is: He Could Kick Glenn... →
Brian Stetler at the New York Times also talked to Beck before today. Stetler’s a sizable dude, not someone I imagine can be easily intimidated, nice as he is. Really, he could probably bounce a guy Glenn Beck’s size easily.
That said, I imagine he’ll be sleeping in the fetal position tonight.
Bet you didn’t see that one coming, did you?
The Weekend KB Got Gangsta
Here’s how this works: Altarcations gets sent to me and I have no idea what’s in it. None. I’ll give it the quick once-over in the backend system, write it up, and conjure up a top image and a lede, and the hed. And Katie gets surprised with things like this. This week, I got surprised. Very. And it. Was. Awesome.
katiebakes:
There was a dumb Weddings and Celebrations “Field...
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British Sunday Times Writer Who Thinks New York... →
skidder:
Foster, don’t ever stop.
I’m getting fired tomorrow. I’m sure of it. I know exactly how the call is going to go. “Between ‘fuckin’ stuff. Awesome stuff.’ and calling John Mayer a date rapist - his lawyer called, by the way, we’re being sued - uh, we’re going to have to let you go. Also, bad news: you’re functionally...
ohrohin:
When did this job devolve into receiving bitchy texts from publicists?
Oh, yes, sir. Welcome to the scrum.
My Favorite Gawker Item I've Ever Written Or Will... →
This is the best. The best. The comments on this thread will be fantastic.
Looks like this will be a more divisive issue than...
F: i hope he doesn’t try to rape me B: i hope he tries to rape me
Related.
Oprah’s quitting and some of her celebrity friends like Ellen are sad. But oh, hey look, MORE OF THESE GODDAMN SQUARES.
The sooner, the better, because this day will not end well.
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Deleted Poetry = Shots Fired
Tell me about the dream where we pull the bodies out of the lake and dress them in warm clothes again.
Okay, so it’s not exactly Richard Siken. But you know what? I may not have an MFA, but I fuckin’ tried! It by no means was bad enough to be deleted, Meaghan. Related:
It’s not like a tree where the roots have to end somewhere, it’s more like a song on a...
NICE.
meaghano:
guess who stole meaghans blog I am singing a fucking ace of bass song in my head hmm hmm hmmhmm hmm hmm hmmmm hmm hmm hmm hm hm hmm hmmm yeah that’s fucking right it’s “the sign” also get this THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TUMBLD instead it will be transmitted via tin cans and string. We are not afraid of you and we will beat your ass. You may not have our lunch. You may not have our...
Michael Barnett's Best Lines From Slim Pickings at...
michaelorell:
As a nation huddles amongst their families in their living rooms tonight, heads in their anxious hands, waiting for Walter Winchell or Ryan Seacrest’s twitter to notify us of the condition of recently hospitalized Nicole Richie, we take pause to reflect on the sobering fragility of … WAIT, WHAT? EGGO SHORTAGE?
You have the onslaught of increasingly subtle marketing that...
Today, In Hysterically Bad Mixups
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 3:27 PM, mo pitz wrote:
Do I have a picture of this guy?
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On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 3:22 PM, [Redacted], David <[david.redacted]@nypost.com> wrote:
Hi Mo This is Dave Boyle at the New York Post. We’d like to buy a picture of Vadim Ponorovsky you might have…could...
Book Deals I Can Get Behind: Regretsy
Founder: Outed.
Book Deal: Signed.
Nice:
Who is the veiled personality behind Regretsy.com, the funky crafting blog that trolls the online arts and crafts bazaar Etsy and lampoons the worst items with comments like, “[this] reminds me of the time I saw an $85 painting of a corndog and didn’t buy it.”
We’ll tell you who: April Winchell. That’s right, the minor Interwebs celeb, L.A.-radio...
It's the 2009 National Book Awards and These... →
2009’s National Book Awards went down last night. In delightful twists of irony, they were a) sponsored by Google, b) held on Wall Street, and c) James Franco was there. So were Party Crash Photog Mo Pitz and I. BOOKS!
Did you know:
The lead singer of The National’s wife writes for The New Yorker? I bet you did not!
That Alex Balk rapes kittens? Maybe!
That Dave Eggers and...
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Things that are slow.
ninety9:
1. Slow things. 2. Turtles. 3. Fireworks CS4 text tools.
Come on, now. I have BlackBook work to do first. Priorities! But if this is what you’re asking for, fine:
Pictured: Founding Gawker editor Elizabeth Spiers, with friend.
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