February 2010
35 posts
January 2010
51 posts
THE HUNGER - Trailer →
Best trailer ever??
J. D. Salinger Dies at 91 →
!!!
“While Elizabeth was on a book tour for “Saving Graces,” Hunter allegedly spent...”
– On John Edwards, from WSJ’s review of ‘The Politician’ By Andrew Young
WatchPot Psychology is ALWAYS fun. If you haven’t discovered it, please do. Right now.
New Joanna Newsom →
Drag City is streaming her first new single, “81”!!!
I’ve always enjoyed her, but when I saw this picture a couple years ago:
I knew it was love.
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Law & Order SVU is ahead of its TIME
New York has passed a new law allowing the use of partial DNA matches in criminal cases. They can then find relatives of the suspect who are in the system etc etc.
Stabler and Benson have been doing this for years.
Alpha Wives: The Trend and the Truth (NYT) →
Gender & Marriage is a subject that is dear to me. These short articles provide a pretty good discussion of where the “breadwinning wives” trend comes from and what its consequences will be.
A quote that I like (from Prof. Kathleen Gerson, NYU):
“In a world where families increasingly depend on the earnings of women, the best way to promote family cohesion and satisfying...
“I have a thing about Chinese folk music, OK?”
– David Bowie (in The Observer)
A Cheese that I hated →
Down with Fromageries Bel!
“When, one evening in 1976, Philip K. Dick invited Tim Powers to his Fullerton...”
– Scott Timberg in the LAT, via 3QuarksDaily (via portraitoftheartistasayoungman)
A thousand years old!
Today’s trip to the Asian market was a success (to say the least!). Cans of baby corn, a 25 pound sack of rice, emergency bags of frozen dumpling &c &c.
The most rewarding purchase, however, were 4 thousand year old eggs. Thousand year old eggs are one of my favorite treats. They have an amazingly savory taste that works well with rice congee. Especially on Sunday mornings.
Like...
Cheese post: Kara's latest →
Again from South Africa!
“But it now appears that the estimate about Himalayan glacial melt was based on a...”
– U.N. Panel’s Glacier Warning Is Criticized as Exaggerated, NYT
WHOOPS!!
Ericapolis phrase of the day: Bechdel rule
A movie, so as not to be unfair in its treatment of the female sex, should have:
1) At least two female characters
2) who talk to each other
3) about something other than men
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2008/09/the_bechdel_rule_1.html
Golden Gifs: Animated Stars At The Golden Globes →
The Golden Globes are lame and hilarious.
A Different Kind of Weekend →
Nat’s review of Vampire Weekend’s Contra
“The caveman lifestyle, in Mr. Durant’s interpretation, involves eating large...”
– The New Cavemen Lifestyle Has Found a Home in the City - NYTimes.com
WatchJimmy Fallon (as Neil Young) does “Pants On the Ground.”
(via illuminable)
“His voice was gentle and dry. ‘If a person is intelligent, then of course...”
– The Magus, John Fowles
The Clarion - Fancy That: Seven women you meet at... →
Disgusting article by a student at the University of Denver. Some gems:
For the “Where’s my medication” girl- “Should you be unlucky enough to find yourself in the presence of such a female do yourself a favor and run, unless, of course, she’s easy. Don’t worry, she will be. “
For “Girl seeking an MRS degree”- “These girls aren’t that bad. In...
Slo-mo
On “free” days, I find myself doing the same things I do on “work” days except at a slower pace. I’m either doing something terribly right or terribly wrong.
“I think I’ve ranted here before — more than once, and probably at...”
– Go Fug Yourself on Maxim
“I can’t remember the last time I watched a film as convinced of its own...”
– fourfour on Up in the Air
“It’s so fitting that a gay man made a movie that’s simultaneously obsessed with...”
– fourfour on A Single Man
South African Cheeses: The good and the bad →
New cheese post from our temporarily foreign correspondent— the dish on two South African cheeses!
Hot frost
It was 4 degrees Fahrenheit when I went running this morning. I prepared by layering fleece upon fleece and putting socks on my hands (A family tradition! We love symmetry). It wasn’t terrifyingly cold when I began, but as I started to warm up, I noticed that the world looked fuzzy, and especially so when I blinked. Sweat, apparently, was running down my face onto my eyelashes where it...
Bahamas Sean
Sean Connery is wearing a Louis Vuitton bag as a shoe.
Sean Connery, why are you in this ad? Do you actually even wear black turtlenecks? I picture you wearing undershirts and moth-bitten cardigans, but maybe that’s just the Mr. Rogers fan in me (although in a fight, I think you would beat him to a pulp). Is that a green screened beach scene behind you, or did you fly to the Bahamas for...
In Lorrie Moore's world
In Lorrie Moore’s world, everyone is clever. Everyone uses lots of puns and other types of word play in their daily conversations. Everyone is quirky, and if they have secrets, they are the kind that lead to quirkiness (and sadness, but a quirky sadness). Lorrie Moore is to books what Woody Allen is (was?) to film. They create worlds that I want to live in.
The Legend of Liederkranz →
Cheese post by me on the extinction of Liderkranz
WatchNew Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
Waking up to this song is like waking up in an 80s teen comedy.