January 2008
thinking about making super tuesday endorsements (hint: obama and mccain > hillary and romney)
just watched this a bunch of times: http://tinyurl.com/39rke2
And neither of them is half as good as You Got... →
vengeance_is_me is so excited about this one, but I don’t think it could possibly be as good as How She Move.
better know a district is my favorite colbert exploit.
just got an email from BU reminding me not to riot if the pats win on sunday.
Isabella Rossellini's bug porn →
Todd says: “Isabella Rossellini has made a series of short films in which she dresses up like insects (always the males, for some reason) and acts out bug sex. You’ll find a quartet of stills at the link.” Link
Chris Berman Is Somewhat Perturbed With The Help... →
We have no idea why it has taken eight years for this video to come out … but we think it was worth the wait. (UPDATE: Worry not, those who fear this will be taken down from YouTube. We’ve got it embedded for good.)
Hermit Crab In A Glass Shell →
This has to be one of the coolest photos I’ve seen in a while. Link [via]
20 Years Ago, Doug Williams Made History →
Filed under: Broncos, Redskins, AFC West, NFC East, NFL Video, Super Bowl, Washington, DC
This is simply the most amazing thing in Super Bowl history. Doug Williams and the Washington Redskins had one of the most electric, unheard of and stunning stretches that has ever been played in football … let alone the Super Bowl. Williams became the first QB to throw four TDs in a half and in a...
Dip Once or Dip Twice? →
A scientific report, inspired by an episode of “Seinfeld,” may cause football fans to take a second look at that communal bowl of dip.
Unclogged: Mario Batali's Super Bowl Menu →
For the Super Bowl, I love to serve what I call “team icon food”classics
from the hometowns of the playing teams. It’s especially exciting this year, as New York
and Beantown have great options. Here’s my menu and timing, from pre- to post-game. Feel free to use it yourself. If you are going to do this at home, remember to keep the portions smallit’s easy to have...
Dip Once or Dip Twice? →
A scientific report, inspired by an episode of “Seinfeld,” may cause football fans to take a second look at that communal bowl of dip.
Darrell Green Is Blogging →
Thought the RIN (Redskins Insider Nation) would want to know that all-time great Darrell Green is blogging on washingtonpost.com this week. In his most recent post, he talks about the Redskins’ coaching search: I’ve enjoyed watching them pull together their new coaching staff. It reminds me of how Lee Marvin picked his team in the 1967 movie, The Dirty Dozen. In the movie, each man was...
Giants: 'We Almost Beat The Patriots Once, ... →
Giants: ‘We Almost Beat The Patriots Once, We Can Almost Beat Them Again’ [The Onion]
The Curious Cook: Dip Once or Dip Twice? →
A scientific report, inspired by an episode of “Seinfeld,” may cause football fans to take a second look at that communal bowl of dip.
Comcast Fined $12,000 For Having Crappy Customer... →
Comcast has been fined $12,000 for having crappy customer service by Montgomery County, Maryland.. “Fining companies that fail to fulfill their contractual obligations is an important part of good government,” said Councilmember Duchy Trachtenberg.”Damages force violators of customer service standards to change or face further penalties. The Council holds Comcast to the same...
strip for January / 30 / 2008: Hitting It →
Hitting It
A Celebration Unto Itself →
Isn’t any night you go to a restaurant a special occasion?
Feed Me: A Celebration Unto Itself →
Isn’t any night you go to a restaurant a special occasion?
A Celebration Unto Itself →
Isn’t any night you go to a restaurant a special occasion?
feel better, wilbon http://tinyurl.com/yw7rtb
This is a very fine beard: http://tinyurl.com/2xxd3p
So I guess today’s the day Giuliani drops out of the race.
starting to think Obama might end up dominating super tuesday.
just ate an all-time top-10 grilled cheese sandwich.
Photo of the Day: Pear and Nutella for World... →
Sara Rosso made a beautiful tower of sliced pear smothered with hefty Nutella splodges in preparation for next Tuesday’s World Nutella Day. If you have a blog, you can participate too!
Photo of the Day: Pear and Nutella for World... →
Sara Rosso made a beautiful tower of sliced pear smothered with hefty Nutella splodges in preparation for next Tuesday’s World Nutella Day. If you have a blog, you can participate too!
I think my typing is getting worse. Slower, more typos. Senility?
Michael Wilbon Reportedly Suffers Heart Attack →
Filed under: Phoenix, Breaking News, ESPN
Michael Wilbon was absent from Pardon the Interruption on Monday afternoon (Tony Kornheiser mentioned on air that Wilbon was “under the weather” with “chest pains” and that he had called to say he was doing alright), but his presence was conspicuously lacking with the incessant media hype that is the week before the Super Bowl. It...
Direct-to-DVD Releases Shed Their Loser Label →
Once a dumping ground for movies considered virtually unwatchable, the direct-to-DVD pipeline is becoming increasingly important to mainstream film franchises.
Direct-to-DVD Releases Shed Their Loser Label →
Once a dumping ground for movies considered virtually unwatchable, the direct-to-DVD pipeline is becoming increasingly important to mainstream film franchises.
why don’t laptops have power plugs on both sides?
I bought 3 pairs of glasses from the internet. 2/3 are awesome, 1/3 are a little more… fey than I was expecting.
The 5 Whys: just keep asking "Why?" until you... →
The 5 Whys: just keep asking “Why?” until you get to the true cause of a particular situation or problem. The technique was originally developed by Sakichi Toyoda and was later used within Toyota Motor Corporation during the evolution of their manufacturing methodologies. It is a critical component of problem solving training delivered as part of the induction into the Toyota...
Law School Roommate Lunacy: In re Oneida... →
We were pretty lucky in the law school roommate department. During our 1L year, we lived with a high school friend who was in New Haven doing medical research. During our 2L year, we roomed with a friend from college: the brilliant Steve Engel, a former law clerk to Judge Kozinski and Justice Kennedy, who currently serves as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel (and...
The Answer Man: A Mistake on Wine →
What if a diner orders an ultraexpensive wine without realizing the price?
Wikipedia Entry for 'Running Gags on Pardon the... →
Filed under: ESPN
The phrase Wikigroaning is used to demonstrate the way Wikipedia is skewed toward recent, sometimes obscure, pop culture references, and away from the things you would ordinarily expect to find in an encyclopedia. Wikigroaning (which was popularized in a Wall Street Journal article) is described thusly: First, find a useful Wikipedia article that normal people might read. For...
these unfunny Rob Riggle ads for Budweiser really bug me.
Direct-to-DVD Releases Shed Their Loser Label →
Once a dumping ground for movies considered virtually unwatchable, the direct-to-DVD pipeline is becoming increasingly important to mainstream film franchises.
Direct-to-DVD Releases Shed Their Loser Label →
Once a dumping ground for movies considered virtually unwatchable, the direct-to-DVD pipeline is becoming increasingly important to mainstream film franchises.
Robocop 3 features Bradley Whitford AND Stephen Root. Also, terrible dialogue and dated special effects.
Where does Rick Rolling fit into this? →
I just wrote a bunch of stuff about internet drama over here. It seems particularly relevant in light of recent internet events and you may want to read it. Feel free to leave comments about it (or about Cloverfield—why haven’t more of you already weighed in?) here or there.
The Internet: SRS BIZ? →
I just read this article in Wired Magazine, and it is a great piece of journalism. It’s about “griefers,” who are basically internet dorks who spend all their time trying to piss off other internet dorks. Also known as “trolls,” these guys (and they’re just about all dudes) can be found in every forum thread, multiplayer game, and major blog’s comments, doing their best to ruin everyone else’s...
Redskins Head-Coaching Search Gets Weirder →
Filed under: Raiders, Rams, Redskins, NFL Fans, NFL Coaching
Remember, Vinny is watching. He’s not doing much … but he’s watching. Redskins owner Dan Snyder has his own ideas of how he wants the team’s head-coaching search to go. Everybody else is still wondering how he’ll manage to screw this thing up. Yesterday, assistant coach-defense Gregg Williams took himself...
They Said No, You Can't Do That, He's A... →
I can’t believe I forgot to include this in my post yesterday - this local news bit from Moble, Alabama captures just about everything that’s ridiculous and annoying about local news. I know, I know - local news is an easy target, so its almost unfair to make fun of them, but ‘reports’ like this one are the reason why. The artist’s rendition of the Leprechaun never...
All Aboard the Meat Ship, Matey →
Both a vegetarian’s nightmare and meat lover’s dream: bacon, sausages, ground pork, and hot dogs, all formed into a pirate ship.
got my courseload sorted out. looks like I’m going to become an expert in the principles of accounting.
Monday Philosopher Anecdote Blogging →
The subject of modern philosophers who lived interesting lives came up in conversation the other day, and it’s just really hard to beat this anecdote about A.J. Ayer: One of the last of the many legendary contests won by the British philosopher A. J. Ayer was his encounter with Mike Tyson in 1987. As related by Ben Rogers in ”A. J. Ayer: A Life,” Ayer — small, frail, slight...
Southern racists adopt "Canadian" as a euphemism... →
The Canadian National Post looks on with mild horror as American linguists report on the growing trend in the American south to use “Canadian” as a masking euphemism for black people, so that white racists can say socially inappropriate things without tipping listeners off about the cancer in their souls.
Last August, a blogger in Cincinnati going by the name CincyBlurg reported that...
"emos" are "emotional people" →
Local news doesn’t understand that the internet is srs biz. Courtesy of Common Sense Dancing.