September 2011
1 post
Double dip
I feel like I’m stuck in that neverending (and odd) rasta song stuck in the middle of Pre-Milennium Tension. Literally and figuratively. The guy next to me on the subway had the exact same intonation and lilt and drawl, everything, from the song. And even post-2000, we have not reached the fin de siecle. Or are the cycles just becoming shorter?
July 2011
1 post
June 2011
1 post
Not the Top 25 Articles from the Journal of...
Well, well, well… another list of stuff that you don’t care about. And to think, I was just going to give you the Top 25 Articles from the Journal of Chromatography A…
Instead, I can give you the ScienceDirect Top 25 Articles across ALL subject areas, January to March 2011. Awesome!(?) 1. Encapsulation of polyphenols - a review • Review article Trends in Food Science &...
May 2011
1 post
March 2011
1 post
December 2010
2 posts
November 2010
1 post
Happy thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving usually brings football and maybe The Godfather trilogy and turkey and apple pie. We’re gonna rock the turkey and apple pie. Our movie selection for the weekend, however: A Zed and Two Naughts The Killing Fields Badlands Velvet Goldmine Neighbors The Fountain Broken Contempt Grey Gardens Marina Abramovic documentaries
September 2010
2 posts
Banned Books Week - September 25−October 2, 2010
Lax as I may be, I would be remiss to not mention this.
Banned Books Week - September 25−October 2, 2010
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According to the Office for Intellectual Freedom, at least 46 of the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century have been the target of ban attempts.
Number 19:
August 2010
2 posts
Golden Corral now has a Facebook Fan Page and Twitter page. (Golden Corral’s Noblesville, Indiana location has their OWN Facebook page.)
Company branding has now gone too far.
Both of these services are officially dead.
(Note: please do not construe the above comment in any way denigrating toward Golden Corral, however, this company has no reason whatsoever to have a Facebook page or a...
permeate special like
Oh! Nothing like the overwhelming scent of goulash cooking at 8am at the senior center around the block!
I learned from Bobby D that “they say the darkest hour starts right before the dawn.”
Is the darkest hour now?
This is not what “Meet me in the morning” is about.
But maybe the goulash is good and just takes time to simmer and bake and the flavors are infused in a...
July 2010
4 posts
A faint whiff of fresh-cut watermelon (and not some weird watermelon-scented perfume or body lotion or spritz - or so I believe) on the subway platform (for a couple of very fleeting seconds) this morning was odd, but not unwelcome.
June 2010
9 posts
1 tag
bbldldllrlrrrggghh
(((note: 5.2 stars on IMDB. Please!)))
[Earl is on the phone with Chic, the locksmith, and Vic is listening on the other line]
Earl Keese: Hello, Chic? It's Earl.
Chic: Earl! Earl who?
Earl Keese: Hey, no jokes, will ya? I need the name of that locksmith you used that time. I broke a key off. I got two lunatics locked in my basement.
Vic: [makes unintelligible noises]
Chic: What? What did you say?
Vic: [disguising voice] I said blow it out your ass, wimp.
Chic: Is somebody on this line?
Vic: Just you and me, asshole.
Earl Keese: [to Enid] That bastard's on the phone!
Chic: Well you called me, didn't ya?
Earl Keese: Not you!
Vic: Me!
Earl Keese: Get off the line, Vic!
Chic: Who's Vic?
Earl Keese: He lives next door.
Vic: Nobody lives next door, Earl!
Chic: That's right!
Earl Keese: Christ.
Vic: Earl, have you been drinking?
Chic: What the hell is going on?
Earl Keese: Never mind, forget it!
Vic: And don't ever call here again!
[click]
(((note: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082801/)))
type slowly
I know you ALL want a USB Typewriter!
via: The USB Typewriter Makes Typing On iPad Even Slower on Gizmodo (bonus Pavement points for the song title reference as the subject.)
Countdown... Twist Of Cain →
late night intensity →
October 2009
1 post
my new favorite weather site →
August 2009
1 post
Probably on the wrong mailing list, yet again.
(Although I might take that robot, that thing with the arrows, and the Chinese Michael Jackson release.)
July 2009
2 posts
Reuters - Handbook of Journalism →
The Reuters Handbook of Journalism is now online.
Weather forecasters are often wrong.
May 2009
7 posts
re: New York Public Library budget cuts
NYPL budget cuts, you can help!
I know “reblogging” stuff kinda sucks, but this is near and dear to my own profession — so this is reposted from kotte.org:
The New York Public Library is facing budget cuts that will close libraries on some days, cut programs for children, and place other services (like job search resources) at risk. The possible cuts come at a time when library...
deep thought
I thought marriage was supposed to be a “states rights” issue. But now that “out of control legislatures” and wild justices are legalizing all marriages - in their respective states - we now have to do something federally. Geez.
Update: I should clarify. I really really need to get off these stupid “Human Events” and “Redstate.com” email lists. I...
I also get scary emails
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I get emails from Alibris...
Personally, I do not want any of these specially recommended books for me. This list begs the inquiry: what kind of a profile do they have on me?
Wow! 100 million books & 4 just for youRely on Alibris to help you find your next favorite book. We’ve searched our independent sellers’ 100 million books and picked the following recommendations just for you. Find endless entertainment,...
April 2009
2 posts
saw my first person wearing a swine flu mask on the subway this morning.
I honestly don’t get the tea bag thing. I mean, I GET the tea bagging thing in that OTHER way, I just don’t get it in the weird alternate conservative universe way. The “gone Galt” way. http://www.millionteabags.org/
March 2009
6 posts
Someone really needs to make me stop reading my rss feeds of horrible right wing and/or libertarian websites. I just can’t *not* read them if there are updates, but man, they’re really getting to me these days. They were relatively funny back during election season, but now, the inanity is just too much for me to handle. Also: listserves. Like “Expose Obama” and RedState...
gaffe
just to note: I hate this word.
stories missed and questions not asked
“What political stories aren’t being covered because of newsroom cuts?” (via Poynter, LA Times)
I've been out of commission
But maybe not for much longer?
October 2008
1 post
“Tongue jut. Rolling eyes. Pshaw! Ugh. Ropadope. Tongue jut! LOL!” Wait, huh? This is our political discourse?
September 2008
2 posts
Barack Obama is taking your picture
Obama Tax Cut
Don’t believe the lies. Obama will lower your taxes. Unless you make over, say, $500,000. Then you’ll get taxed. Suckers. But if I made over $500,000, well, I think there’d be a little to go around. http://alchemytoday.com/obamataxcut/
August 2008
6 posts
Orwell diaries
George Orwell’s diaries as a blog. Will publish at least until 2010. Cool. http://orwelldiaries.wordpress.com/ [via NYT ]>
donkey talk
glbropqxitan!