March 2008
This day does not even exist →
see also, “this party never happened” [lineout]
February 2008
Oh gosh oh golly oh wow. I love this season of LOST so hard.
Barstool Sports: New Jersey Freakshows →
omfj. not a note of irony to be found here; impossible to look away.
Enjoying the faux bourgeois opulence of University Village. Courtesy crackbook.
Frrvrr™ - start the conversation® →
lolcats: “a revolutionary tool for connecting and communicating with people that share your interests. Photos, politics, music, books, medical history, moviesâanything you can think of!”
“Oh jeez, not you too! If I wanted your tweets I’d subscribe to your...”
– evan, in response to a “My Daily Tweets (posted via Loud Twitter)” [brad]
Jeff Mangum, the Salinger of indie rock. [slate] →
“According to his record label, Mangum now lives in New York City. He recently married filmmaker Astra Taylor. Friends say he still creates art and that he seems `very happy.’”
Trivia money →
Cleaning up at the Hopvine after Hillku trivia.
Hitchcock Classics [vanityfair.com] →
Let’s play a game: it’s called “which new celebrities are prettier than old celebrities?”
Digg, Wikipedia, and the myth of Web 2.0... →
most of the work of social media sites is done by the relatively few. this should, of course, be completely unsurprising to anyone who has run a wiki or engaged in any sort of group work.
Overwhelmingly, Washington voters would prefer a... →
even with the low turnout — 38% — far more people participated in Washington’s almost meaningless primary than in the record-breaking caucus.
Taking the bus home from the gym feels like cheating.
Writer: the internet typewriter →
looks a lot like WriteRoom for the web.
“bitch is the new black”
– [youtube] - Tina Fey Supports Hillary Clinton on SNL
The problem with Whole Foods isn’t expense, it is giving into the temptation to trybuy lots if items.
The Bourne Ultimatum killed me in my Oscar Pool.
This is the sort of weather that makes me think I should take up an “outdoor” hobby.
second chances →
I was trying to explain to someone why I liked Zodiac. Mu best explanation is “Five Easy Pieces” [mp3], the last song on Some Loud Thunder (a.k.a., the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah album that no one ever listened to all the way through). To a lesser extent, this might also apply to There Will Be Blood.
Lights and radio towers →
After Sera Cahoone and before Grand Arvhives I climbed to the top ofthe parking garage at the Triple Door and tried to see the totaleclipse of the moonheart but a cloud was in the way.
Earlier (and again, later), Mat Brooke joined Jenn Ghetto to play an old Carissa’s Wierd song (“one night stand”) and I strugglednot to fall over from the thrill of it all.
How the co-creator of My So-Called Life launched... →
Marshall Herskovitz on the deficiencies of an internet created by boys and how his new series (and SNS) provides an antidote to it.
Where is the moon?
Silent, Spooky →
Jan Swafford on the There Will Be Blood soundtrack: “So all along the music has represented his madness, his hatred of humanity brooding unseen beneath his triumphs and his tender moments, turning everything to tragedy and dust.”
Welling Up →
Alex Ross’s profile of Johnny Greenwood and his score for There WIll Be Blood
They were playing Islands at Victrola; so I played the Unicorns when I got home. I’d forgotten how much I love that album.
Buster's Friend Book →
this is amazingly good. everyone should have/make one of these.
kwassa kwassa →
Just when you think it’s o.k. to hate Tim Russert, he goes and reunites the Capital Gang.
At brunch, I indulge an unexplained craving for a bloody mary, crowded with spicy pickled beans. Going to work and looking at the boats on the lake while the computers churn seems like a great idea for about an hour. Walking home through the park activated by dogs and people throwing objects and...
Going to work after brunch only works if you skip the bloody mary and mimosa.
All of a sudden it’s spring now?
Video Kanye West & Daft Punk - Stronger Live →
at the Grammys. Too much Kanye, not enough Daft Punk.
There Will Be Blood is worth seeing twice.
weather report →
It’s still vaguely light outside and it’s after 5:30. I’ve gotten used to working until [some amount of time] after dark; so this is throwing off my internal scheduling system. Yesterday this seasonal variation left me almost late for meeting at Joe Bar. A friend had recently returned from a winter Euro holiday; so we caught up over adult beverages and I had a nutella crepe....
In Which All in All You’re Just Another Bloggeur... →
commentary + page 6 magazine story about gawker romance, and passive-aggressive relationship blogging
scott conarroe →
nice ex-urban canadian photography
Amsterdam’s War on Sex | Turn Out the Red Light? →
Newsweek on Amsterdam’s plan to shut down der Wallen.
the internet's undersea world →
great map of the major global internet structural connections
hey political journalists: how about you stop drooling over the remote possibility of “super” delegates deciding the democratic nominee, ok?
“I do feel disheartened when people’s argument for a given candidate involves the...”
– Sean Nelson, on the dreaded “electability” argument. [slog]
OMG you guys. the new Grand Archives album is SO good.
Hell is other people singing karaoke between sets at a show sponsored by a radio station and hosted by Adam Corolla.
the mighty 1858 hearts obama, mostly →
About a hundred people showed up in my precinct. when all was said and done (and a whole lot was said), five delegates for Obama, two for Clinton. I’m one of those two, and frankly, was shocked that there were that many. I almost wonder if there was an accounting error.
Overall, it was an interesting process with plenty of good and open discussion, but deeply cumbersome and an inefficient...
On my way to rockus a caucus
I tried to see Barack Obama today, but 18,000... →
hillary clinton visited pier 30 tonight →
I guess I’m not the only Clinton fan in Seattle.
Walnuts!: IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND 'WALNUTS!', THIS... →
the beginning of wonkette’s mccain meme
concession speech →
I’m willing to concede that having a glass of scotch for every Clinton win and a glass of whiskey for every Obama win last night was neither feasible nor was applying even the first part of this pledge the best strategic plan for not waking up this morning with a headache. In unrelated news: now the Washington caucus matters. Sort of. I guess that’s something.
I admit that 6 hours of whiskey may have not been the best plan, but my candidate is doing o.k., and I ended my night with fries and a shake
