“Some of the comments on YouTube make you weep for the future of humanity just for the spelling alone, never mind the obscenity and the naked hatred.”
Lev Grossman
July32009
1AM
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Walt Whitman’s Niece (Lyrics) (via gruszk4)
This song is ridiculously awesome.
July22009
Lamb chops at bar americain.
Lamb chops at bar americain.
July12009
The bacon pizza at Bar Americain in NYC.
The bacon pizza at Bar Americain in NYC.
June272009
We had a 10 minute violent storm last night around 7:00 pm that left a path of destricution. Lots of damage to trees in my neighborhood. Attached is picture of a car that was taken out by a tree.
We had a 10 minute violent storm last night around 7:00 pm that left a path of destricution. Lots of damage to trees in my neighborhood. Attached is picture of a car that was taken out by a tree.
June262009
Has everyone forgotten that Michael Jackson was almost certainly a child molestor?
June232009
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” is a horrible experience of unbearable length, briefly punctuated by three or four amusing moments. One of these involves a dog-like robot humping the leg of the heroine. Such are the meager joys. If you want to save yourself the ticket price, go into the kitchen, cue up a male choir singing the music of hell, and get a kid to start banging pots and pans together. Then close your eyes and use your imagination.”
Roger Ebert Transformers Review
June192009
One of Ray’s Hell Burgers, as made famous by Barack Obama. Very good.
One of Ray’s Hell Burgers, as made famous by Barack Obama. Very good.
June182009
Origin of Company Names
Some highlights from the full Wikipedia article.
7-Eleven – Convenience stores; renamed from “U-Tote’m” in 1946 to reflect their newly extended hours, 7:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m.
eBay – Pierre Omidyar, who had created the Auction Web trading website, had formed a web consulting concern called Echo Bay Technology Group. “Echo Bay” didn’t refer to the town in Nevada, “It just sounded cool”, Omidyar reportedly said. Echo Bay Mines Limited, a gold mining company, had already taken EchoBay.com, so Omidyar registered what (at the time) he thought was the second best name: eBay.com.
Hotmail – Founder Jack Smith got the idea of accessing e-mail via the web from a computer anywhere in the world. When Sabeer Bhatia came up with the business plan for the mail service he tried all kinds of names ending in ‘mail’ and finally settled for Hotmail as it included the letters “HTML” – the markup language used to write web pages. It was initially referred to as HoTMaiL with selective upper casing. (If you click on Hotmail’s ‘mail’ tab, you will still find “HoTMaiL” in the URL.)
Nike – named for the Greek goddess of victory.
June152009
Ashton Kusher’s super nuanced take on the Iran Election crisis. Look at these photos or read this article to see how different the situation is.
Ashton Kusher’s super nuanced take on the Iran Election crisis. Look at these photos or read this article to see how different the situation is.
June112009
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Waitress in the Sky - The Replacements
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