December 2008
49 posts
Diagram: How the Air Force Response to Blogs →
San Francisco skyline →
A year ago, Russia's natural gas monopoly,... →
MSNBC Host: It wouldn’t be ‘funny’ if someone... →
“They look as if they were in a Viagra commercial, which is to say that they look...”
– The New Yorker reviews the new Joy of Sex and, here specifically, its illustrations.
Longest Advertising Decline Since Great Depression... →
Dark Sky Park →
Peter from Peter, Paul and Mary was doing great in his rant against the “Barack the Magic Negro” song, up until the last line:
It is almost unimaginable to me that Chip Saltzman who sent the CD, would seriously be considered for the top post of the Republican National Committee. Puff, himself, if asked, would certainly agree.
Oh, old hippies.
Use a Prius as an Emergency Generator [Clever... →
Heather and Jacob →
Bidens name new puppy. They chose to call the new pup “Champ.”
Hell yes they did.
CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS →
The Bush Legacy →
Nice Touch →
Top Albums of 2008
I usually like making a big deal out of this sort of stuff, but this has been an increasingly terrible year in both music and life, so here’s your abbreviated deal:
1. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago LP / Blood Bank EP (look, it wasn’t out on a real live label until this year, so it counts as 2008)
2. Beck - Modern Guilt
3. The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
4. Kanye West -...
WatchNothing like a good “The Tubes” reference.
Man, Kenneth Starr is a real douchebag. →
Is This The Greatest Craigslist Car Ad Ever... →
The LA Times’ Kimi Yoshino offers a great inside view of one of the frustrations Baghdad journalists face: being jerked around by the military.
Me: WAZZAPPPPPPP
Patrick: Say that again, your window refused to render properly.
Me: And a very good evening to you, my friend
“Yeah, but my crimes were merely crimes of the heart. And drug crimes.”
– Fred Armisen as Gov. Patterson on last night’s Weekend Update.
How to Fail Marketing 101 →
Grandma Auctioned “Best Seat in the House” on eBay →
Battlestar Galactica to hit the web next week →
“I taught myself the only way to vaguely get along in love, Is to like the other...”
– “We are Beautiful We are Doomed” Los Campesinos. I’m apparently not very good at vaguely getting along in love.
“The president remained pinned to the wall for a period of 27 hours before help...”
– The Onion, “Bush’s Eyelid Accidentally Nailed To Wall”
PFF Says BU Helps Terrorists By Not Handing Over... →
Attention Disney: If you're truly serious ...... →
“Suffer pirates and the commerce of the world must cease”
– Dr. Henry Newton in 1696, quoted in Douglas R Burgess Jr’s Times op-ed “Piracy Is Terrorism
Quick Tip: How to Cool Soup Quickly with an Ice... →
“It seems so insane to me that they think the best policy for drug use is to...”
– Jillian dropping truth bombs. (via gregwhite)
“As I’m chatting with Obama, the moderator says, ‘Governor Richardson, what do...”
– Richardson Still Owes Obama a Favor — Political Wire (via joshgee)
Air Giulianis, NYC prison sneakers →
