December 2007
ate at The Spotted Pig last night, and it was AWESOME.
572 unread google reader items. that number’s just going to go up.
Lets just say i am glad i brought an umbrella.
Go skins!
Canadian Club: Your Mom Wasn’t Your Dad’s First →
“Damn right your dad drank it” is probably the best alcohol tag line I’ve ever seen.
Full-sized JPG [Dethroner] (Thanks, packphour!)
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Editing note articles… in new york city! My life is so glamorous.
off to NYC for NYE.
Netflix Offers Unlimited Online Viewing to... →
According to Hacking Netflix, select Netflix subscribers have been receiving emails over the past few weeks granting them access to unlimited Watch Instantly hours. They have also increased the number of titles available on the service to 6000 —presumably in anticipation of a full-scale rollout. Keep in mind that this is only a rumor at this point so we have to ask —did you happen to receive an...
The thing to do for on-strike Writers Guild... →
The thing to do for on-strike Writers Guild members is to grow a strike beard. Several of the beards are pictured in a related slideshow. (link)
I’m starting to think that the third season of Arrested Development may have been the best.
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WHO BROKE TWITTER? OH GOD, THE WORLD IS FALLING APART!!!!
finishing my paper so I can go to new york tomorrow.
Who Loves Butter? →
A child answers the question: Who loves butter? From Lazy Man and Health. Related, ‘Paula Deen is Trying Kill Us’: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
going to sleep. I’ll write the intro and conclusion tomorrow.
almost done with my crappy paper.
season 1 of west wing is actually better than I remembered. this was before sorkin was writing scripts 10 minutes before shooting, I guess.
#83 should be top five: http://www.tvland.com/originals/catchphrases/quotes.jhtml
Poker, a game of "constant pricing and repricing... →
Poker, a game of “constant pricing and repricing of risk”, is fast becoming a younger and more lucrative game. To wit: a 19-yo Norwegian woman won the most recent World Series of Poker and $2 million (to add to her $800,000 in internet poker winnings). Also of interest: John Wayne once won Lassie at a poker game. (??!) The article mentioned 3-time poker champ Stu “The Kid”...
The Ultimate Animated GIF Background →
The ultimate animated GIF background? Maybe even better than this one. [via]
looks like I probably won’t be down to NYC til Saturday.
Dubious exercises in capitalism →
Um, yeah. Good luck with that, CVS.
buckling down for one last push at productivity.
I don’t think this is my most attractive look. →
I’ve been growing a beard since October 2nd as part of a competition with Mike. Here’s how it turned out. Here’s the Cliffs Notes1 version:
1 First I thought it was “Clif’s Notes,” then I thought it was “Cliff’s Notes,” before I finally got it right.
Maybe I can’t get my work done, but at least I can accomplish something: http://calamityjake.livejournal.com/308669.html
The 2.5 Months of Living Biblically →
Well, it’s over. I have been growing my beard since the contest started on October 2nd. And, well, as you can see… I have dominated vengeance_is_me yet again.
Mike, don’t feel too bad. There’s no shame in losing to a beard this great. Having an enormous beard has been enjoyable, but I’m excited for tomorrow: moustache day!
The Indian letter writing industry (for those who... →
The Indian letter writing industry (for those who are unable to write themselves) is all but extinct because of near-ubiquitous mobile phones and text messaging. Mr. Sawant mourns the demise of the letter culture. After dropping a letter in the box, he used to imagine its winding journey. Someone far away would open what he had written on someone else’s behalf; the reader would savor its...
@candrews I have heard good things about atlantico, and I had a really good RW meal at Tosca (in 2004 or so…). does brasserie beck do it?
@candrews valencia is always awesome, and a good deal for restaurant week—what places are you thinking about?
okay, who has got a place for me to stay in NYC on friday?
sad: getting my butt kicked in scrabulous all over the place. happy: making progress on the Paper That Still Might Kill Me.
working some more.
Truck-Backflipping Rhys Millen Breaks a Bunch of... →
Bad news: Rhys Millen, the crazyperson who’s been prepping to do a backflip in a truck on New Year’s Eve all week, had a little accident. OK, so not that little of an accident, but that’s not going to keep him down! After successfully landing the 360-degree backflip three times into the cardboard boxes in training, I am disappointed that our last jump ended in an accident. As I...
http://tinyurl.com/27hgxj is just wonderful.
As usual, I got the most done between 1 and 4am. Time to get some sleep!
going off the grid for a while to get some work done.
Google Reader Ruins Christmas →
Seems like a bad idea to try to turn Google Reader into a sort of social site.
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Tomorrow a beard dies and a moustache is born.
enjoying a west wingaissance. and of course the birthday of an all-time classic beard.
okay, I admit it. sorkin is occasionally a bit on the nose.
guess what I've been watching! →
Andrew Jackson did once receive a 1,400 pound, four foot in diameter, two foot thick (635 kg, 1.2 m diameter, 60 cm thick) block of cheese as a gift. After two years of aging, he held a public “cheese tasting”. The event was heavily attended and the cheese was consumed in two hours.
Tom Brady's 2007 Season Is Great, But Peyton... →
Filed under: Colts, Patriots, Boston, Indianapolis
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is doing everything in his power to set the all-time single-season passing touchdowns record, and he might get it Saturday night against the Giants. But it’s important to note that even if he gets it, that doesn’t make his 2007 season as impressive as the 2004 season of the current record holder, Peyton...
I forgot how great West Wing was. Man. It was so good. NBC should re-air the whole series in prime time.
watching west wing dvd, writing a paper.
Christmas time for the Jews. →
Christmas Time for the Jews
It’s truly a holy day for everyone.
man, philip rivers’s arm motion is dubious. he looks wounded.
What is this feeling? Is this… hope? →
I’m still not sold on Gibbs as Head Honcho (can’t we get him out of the coaching box and into an office?), but there’s no arguing with the results of the last three games. He makes his mistakes, but the man is a great motivator and a diligent game-planner. The Redskins have dominated three teams known for their toughness on both sides of the ball, played smart football, and won the turnover...
happy christmas, gentiles!
Cartoon: Reissue - Little Nephew's Hip-Hop Pants →
Achewood strip for Monday, December 24, 2007
Future Stuff →
In 1989, a book called Future Stuff predicted consumer productions that “should be in your supermarket, hardware store, pharmacy, department store, or otherwise available by the year 2000.” They were pretty bad predictions.
Most Expensive Starbucks Drink →
The Most Expensive Drink at Starbucks. A 13 shot venti soy hazelnut vanilla cinnamon white mocha with extra white mocha and caramel = $13.76. [via]