January 2009
OK, happy 2k9. The Linda's buffalo commands it. →
December 2008
Jake And Amir Dot Com - Happy Holidays →
“for the wolf”
impending nye →
I hadn’t seen these photobooth pictures from Buster & Kelliane’s wedding reception until they turned up in Samantha’s year-end photo review. But it’s so funny/good that I couldn’t resist reposting.
Speaking of the end of the year: (1) I still have listmaking to do, but feel that it’s inappropriate to do so until the year is actually over, and (2) am...
What (Internet) Time Is It? →
maura:
This page converts the current time (based on the Naval Observatory’s Atomic Clock, which, fun fact, is overseen in part by my uncle!) to Swatch beats.
oh no! the converter ends at 2008. how will we determine internet @time in the future?
“The blogging equivalent of the Justice League of America, MBV finds five stars...”
– Internet review: MBV | Technology | The Guardian (via catbird) Although I’m not especially keen on the aggregated aggregation, most of MBV is among my 2008 blog favorites.
“my mother’s new thing is giving everyone charging valets. No upper middle class...”
– Too Much Awesome. Until they appeared in multiple family gift exchanges, I wasn’t aware of the existence of ShamWow or Charging Valet.
“Come On! Let’s Boogie to the Elf...
weird airport trains →
This is the tram at the Minneapolis-St. Paul aeromall this morning. I hate being such a whiny baby about travel inconveniences (hovering around ghostship airports isn’t really so bad, it’s the anxiety-uncertainty bits that are more bothersome). Still, my favorite cause of travel-related delays yesterday was once we were finally aboard the giant old 747, we just sat next to the gate...
scheduling change →
Maybe I now have a rescheduled flight, but I’m unlikely to believe it until I’m on the plane. The NWA people were actually very nice, but it took several repeat calls until a magical new giant 747 appeared on the schedule to carry us, arklike, across the night to Minnesota.
But first there is the matter of getting to the airport. I’ve put my fate in the hands of an SUV car...
david:
MGMT — “Kids (Pet Shop Boys Synthpop...
linda-mas →
The gang trekked from near and far to make it to Linda’s for brunch this morning, where there were special guests and treats (thx maggie!), my favorite specials (tacocat! mextaca toddy), and a table in front of the heater. All the animal heads were still wearing their holiday bows and the greenery was still dehydrated, yet festive in its own Western-inspired divey way.
After a couple...
“This will be our greatest snowstorm since 1996”
– Cliff Mass. [seattletimes]
snow night on capitol hill →
I caved into cabin fever and the fairytale conditions, dug out my neglected snowpants and hiking boots, and ventured out into the night to check out the action Denny. People sledding on all sorts of contraptions. After a drink at the Redwood I was convinced to join the action for a few trips down the hill on Brian’s fancy saucers without injuring myself, others, or my camera.
“Today the division is no longer between slave and free states, or agrarian and...”
– Michael Lind, in a barn-burner against the Senators from the South who voted against a loan to Detroit automakers. Posted before today’s announcement by the White House that the loan could come out of the big pot of bailout money. (“How to end the South’s economic war on the...
in honor of today's snowglobe weather, how about...
This was the (most intentionally) funny scene in Doubt.
Can I propose something here?
cajunboy:
From now on, anytime someone on Tumblr openly solicits a new follower in a thinly veiled attempt to brag about the number of followers they already have (“Ok…so who’s gonna be the lucky person to be my (insert number here) follower?”), that person should be unfollowed by every person following them immediately.
I’m pretty sure that the results would cause the...
“the 2000s: Officially Over”
– maura, in response to the announcement that MillerCoors [bizjournals] agreed to stop selling Sparks, a caffeinated alcohol drink, as part of an agreement Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. Time to start stockpiling. Fill up your bomb shelter; that stuff will last forever and we all know that...
“the Fox in the Snow”
Belle &...
the view from my bed →
SNOMG. This came along with early-morning lightning.
“Conquering Kids”
Throw Me the...
“But of course non-symetrical comparisons are far more interesting and...”
– Malcolm Gladwell, defending his comparison of professional quarterbacks to professional teachers. [gladwell.com]. I don’t disagree with the premise that non-symmetrical comparisons can be illuminating, but in this case the thinking felt sloppy and the parallels too facile for the sake of...
president-elected →
And now we have a president-elect. Although the votes haven’t officially been counted, the Times seems pretty confident that the Electoral Collegians didn’t bolt and Obama was elected for real today. [nytimes]
“Why would you lie about something dumb like that?” is the year’s...”
– Andrew Gaerig, writing up “Oxford Comma” by Vampire Weekend as the 56th best song of 2008. [pitchfork] Srsly though, why would you lie about how much coal you have?
While we’re at it, how about we watch that Wes Anderson-ish video again?
tylercoates: Belle & Sebastian - “This Is Just...
thao with the get down stay down →
Last night, walking down to Neumo’s for night two of the KEXP Yule Benefit, the sky opened up and the weather delivered on the threat of snow. Couples kissed under spotlights on streetcorners, people streamed from bars to take pictures of themselves with snowy backdrops. And I, a Michigan transplant with enough years here, fell somewhere between acknowledging that yes, it really was...
I'm pretty sure Tumblr makes you stupid.
thegurglingcod:
I never entirely bought into the idea of blog years, but I’m not sure what else explains the nostalgia I feel for the pre-Tumblr era. At the risk of sounding as if I am pining for some discursive never-never land, like I was some Frankfurt School refugee who wound up beached on a Great Lake, the internets were smarter before Tumblr …
I imagine none of this is of much...
yule benefit 2008 →
Grand Archives headlined the KEXP Yule Ball Benefit last night along with Shearwater and the Dutchess and the Duke. Heading back to Neumo’s tonight for night two with Cancer Rising and Thao.
flickr meme →
friday is meme time; so in honor of flickr casualties of yahoo layoffs [guardinan] here’s the first photo I uploaded to my “shoebox” on the site on March 19 2004. I eventually denoised the…
Love letter jigsaw takes 15 years (bbc) →
Or, man spends his retirement disregarding his dead wife’s wishes, reassembles the loveletters she destroyed to prevent others from reading them, and publishes them.
