2008

May

I got tagged three years ago to do a thing and never noticed until now. I figure better late, right?...
May 10th
English Russia » An Abandoned Tank Base
May 9th
Warch Watch
travors: “It insists upon itself”
May 8th
meghanagain: Yesterday Andrea and I had lunch in the park and decided that everything would be...
May 8th
Chaiten volcano More here and here and here. 
May 8th

Top X, 5/7/08

It’s kind of hard to see moments of grace lately. I try to catch up on Twitter and I see the...
May 7th
“Part of the joy of the mix (both making and receiving) was...”
— putting the j in jjosh »...
May 6th
May 6th

How To Play Slug Pumpkin

Slug Pumpkin is a pretty chill new game which I recently invented. What you do is log into your...
May 3rd
May 2nd
k. Who do you think is writing soupy sales on twitter?
j. I dunno, but it's gotta be Somebody -- it's too mega-sharp. The Larry King one, too (assuming it's not the same person).
j. Man who doesn't love a good Internet Mystery.
May 2nd
distorte: If you had 24 hours to live, a room with four walls, a chair and no door, and your choice...
May 1st
Related: think about how many people Facebook is prompting to be friends with you. They’re all...
May 1st

People Facebook Thinks I Should Be...

The girl a guy I knew in college recently dumped The wife of a coworker from a job I had 10 years...
May 1st
via The Plug: Food Issue
May 1st
Warch Watch
Van Halen - “Summer Nights” from Live Without A Net (New Haven, 1986) Look at these...
May 1st
Listen Listen
Handsome Boy Modeling School I know you better / than you think I do. / Don’t worry dear /...
May 1st

Apr

Apr 30th
Warch Watch
Kahimi Karie — I Am A Kitten
Apr 30th
Rocking, with bewildered children (via Supercraig and J)
Apr 29th
Listen Listen
Lotion — “Really Drunk”This was the b-side to “Tear.” Also note that...
Apr 29th

Other K. Fanning Update

Other K. Fanning went to see an advanced showing of The Secret and now they’re emailing us...
Apr 29th

Lifeblock Rules

I recently installed Leechblock on Firefox so that I may better stay Highly Focused at all times and...
Apr 28th
Sadly, that new videoyou uploaded todayonly served to underlinethat u r fukcin gay.
Apr 25th

A Poem About The Internet

Do not stop to think or editYou must be the first who said it.
Apr 25th
Long time coming. Those kids just might make it.
Apr 24th
A: Send in your write-ups for Things We're Denying Ourselves. Please don't make me beg. Please please.
X: We're not denying ourselves shit, we're young and in love and do not give a fuck about tomorrow.
Z: omg, amazing. HAHAHA. yay!
X: I mean this is the INTERNET we talking about, right? I'm denying myself guilt about looking at the new Hermione Granger upskirts.
Z: Seriously. I don't even understand what denial might possibly be. I LOOKED AT AMPUTEE PORN YESTERDAY just BECAUSE IT WAS THERE.
X: Hold up can you forward that link
Apr 24th
The Midwest by Anne Boyer
Apr 24th
I just deleted Scrabulous from my dang FB profile! I didn’t even think about it, I was just...
Apr 24th

Top X, 4/23/08

1. There are no bombs and destruction raining down around my house.2. Running water, internet...
Apr 23rd
Are there any Snackperts in the audience who can explain the difference between Fiddle-Faddle and...
Apr 23rd
“salt water, salty air, salted clothes, warm sun, sun block,...”
— What Shea’la is looking...
Apr 22nd
Warch Watch
Amen. (via michelle)
Apr 22nd
mightygodking via del/jga
Apr 22nd
Apr 21st

Top X, 4/18/08

1. EARTHQUAKE!!! I happened to be awake at the time, which was nice.2. Immediately afterwards, the...
Apr 18th

"The Writer" by Richard Wilbur

In her room at the prow of the houseWhere light breaks, and the windows are tossed with linden,My...
Apr 18th
I don’t have any strongly-hold opinions about whether it’s a good thing or the End of...
Apr 17th
Listen Listen
Sugababes - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor (2:42) Other songs on my computer that are 2:42 in...
Apr 16th
Listen Listen
D’Angelo — The Root
Apr 16th

The Recent Plagiarisms

Heather Champ Aaron Landry Miss Aniela Louise Art & Ghosts Mike Monteiro Interesting (to me)...
Apr 16th
And while I'm demanding that you pre-order...
Apr 15th

"From Blossoms" by Li-Young Lee

From blossoms comesthis brown paper bag of peacheswe bought from the boyat the bend in the road...
Apr 15th
At A Crossroads by Kate T. Williamson
Apr 14th

Top X, 4/14/08

1. Rushing to the ER, trying to find the room where they’re keeping Raimi. Pushing back the...
Apr 14th
quietstorm.muxtape.com
Apr 12th
YouTube Doubler - Bruce Springsteen & Robin...
Apr 10th

Everyone Has A Store

everydaygetsaname: Old ideas are revisited with a new clarity, Susan feels a bit maudlin, and Kevin...
Apr 10th

Our Hero Learns About Sports And Music...

coworker #1: HEY! Did you see my Jayhawks win last night?
me: Hmm?
coworker #1: Jayhawks, last night!
me: I have no idea what you're talking about.
coworker #1: ...
coworker #2: [yelling from the office next door] He's kidding!
coworker #1: I don't think he is.
me: [understanding] We're talking sports.
coworker #1: Yes. Lawrence, Kansas! My Jayhawks!
me: They won, like, the whole deal?
coworker #1: [patiently] Yes. They won the championship.
me: And this was for...?
coworker #1: [defeated] ...Basketball. The NCAA championship.
me: Well that's great.
coworker #2: [yelling] He's totally kidding!
coworker #1: It doesn't look like he's kidding. [points to my computer] Look them up so you can see what a Jayhawk looks like.
me: The Jayhawks, that's a band though, right? A spin-off of Uncle Tupelo or something. [goes to Wikipedia]
coworker #1: No, look up...just...OK.
me: Weird I don't see anything about Uncle Tupelo in this article. Am I thinking of Wilco?
coworker #1: [wanders off]
me: Hey, a list of what happened in 1986.
Apr 9th

Other Sarah Brown Update: Things Get...

sarahb: Lowell is happy to sit in with her at the studio, but he can’t seem to get the chord...
Apr 9th
Listen Listen
a woman is born to weep and fret / to stay at home / and drown her past regrets / in coffee and...
Apr 9th
death eater @ FAO Schwarz (via Ape Lad)
Apr 8th
Listen Listen
How come being a teenager and laying on my bedroom floor listening to music for hours on end was so...
Apr 8th
One thing I meant to mention during my effusion about Goodreads the other day: it uses the...
Apr 6th
Warch Watch
Theme from Looker I’ve had this song stuck in my head for ~27 years. Thanks, HBO.
Apr 5th
via www.kevindart.com
Apr 4th
Random Illegality.A new twist on an old favorite. You list your first 10 random songs that come up...
Apr 4th
Some things That I Like:1) Goodreads! Why is it suddenly so fun to write reviews of books that I...
Apr 3rd
Posting this for Pierce, who wanted it to be on the internet somewhere:> But I hate> that...
Apr 3rd
Warch Watch
The Universal Greeting works every time.
Apr 2nd
saladahoy gently reminds me that my last post was a retread of something I said 5 years ago, much...
Apr 1st
1) Say that you work really hard and create something original. Then you 2) Put it on the...
Apr 1st

Mar

“Logan: Sir Piz, what says Veronica to my suit? Piz: O, sir,...”
— Two Gentlemen of Veronica Mars...
Mar 31st
other kfanning update: One of her roommates found a couch on the NY craigslist. It’s a little...
Mar 31st

Songs That Would Be In The Karaoke...

perpetua: Wu-Tang Clan “C.R.E.A.M.” Wu-Tang Clan “Shame On A Nigga” Wu-Tang Clan “M.E.T.H.O.D....
Mar 30th
via www.loadanimage.com
Mar 30th
My Rejection Of Your Website Is My Rejection Of You As A Person
Mar 29th
I ate a whole box of Fat Free Fig Newman’s in a 12-hour period12 as I unpacked the groceries6...
Mar 28th
via englishrussia.com via del/distorte
Mar 28th
Warch Watch
Laverne & Shirley Show Opening This song is right up there with 1) Theme from Rocky 2) Mama...
Mar 27th
mikemonteiro: Dear Internet, Please join me in wishing...
Mar 27th
What’s so Funny? (via Tubes.)
Mar 26th
Listen Listen
Last one. I was going to write 5, but I need to work on other things. #5 was going to be Animal Girl...
Mar 26th

the important part is in bold.

maura: The Rodney Graham Bandfeaturing the amazingRotary Psycho-Opticon—- > Opening set...
Mar 25th
Listen Listen
Song #3 that I Only Half Like:Lamb - “Ear Parcel”I don’t have a lot to say about...
Mar 25th
via stereotypist
Mar 24th
squirrelier: 30 things my cat can be used as
Mar 24th
Listen Listen
Song #2 that I Only Half Like:Fefe Dobson - “Don’t Let It Go To Your Head” Fefe...
Mar 24th
Listen Listen
OK! The musical theme here in the coming days will be Songs I Only Half Like. This is a theme that...
Mar 22nd
"the lovely and talented paul ford" - Google...
Mar 22nd
I ate something that made me feel sick. Third-World Problems, you guys.
Mar 21st
The Perfume Ad (via Fireland) This one was always my...
Mar 20th

Personal Amnesty Day

So I’ve been thinking about spring, and spring cleaning, and forgiveness, and I guess Easter...
Mar 20th
See there’s no one else who could drop it on the angle—acute at that—so doo-dat...
Mar 19th
Dear Lazyweb: Why isn’t there an app that automagically connects my Twitter page to Cafe...
Mar 18th

Other Sarah Brown Update

sarahb: She just registered for the KHITS Adult Easter Egg Hunt in St. Louis, MO via PayPal....
Mar 17th
Warch Watch
Boston Dynamics Big Dog I will definitely have nightmares tonight. 
Mar 17th
FYI I’m not wearing green today. This has never been a holiday I identify with. I’m part...
Mar 17th
Warch Watch
via keepinganotebook The internet is a bunch of sourpusses. I’m hereby pro-Julia.
Mar 17th
I started whygodwhy 9 years ago this month. I started building websites because a) I wanted to see...
Mar 16th
Fireland turned 14 this year. Well, I guess it’s only 9 in Actually Updated Years. 
Mar 14th
Warch Watch
I keep waiting for there to be a resurgence of interest in Prince Paul’s “Prince Among...
Mar 13th
Warch Watch
Black Star feat. Common: Respiration 10 years ago this summer, you guys. Still the best hip-hop song...
Mar 13th
1993/1994: Reva & Erin’s dorm room at JMU. Erin’s parents had recently gotten...
Mar 12th
Listen Listen
My Friend Told Me About ThisOK a new meme all the kids are completely doing. I guess the idea is you...
Mar 12th
Because I can't take you to court over...
Mar 12th

Rejected Twitter Post No. 18

fireland: You retards understand that you can type ANYTHING into this box, right? I just hope your...
Mar 11th
“It was a horror show of unmet needs, gluten-free baked goods...”
— From a greazy griddle: Trash...
Mar 10th
Sign Me Up for the League! (via expired appliances) If you...
Mar 9th
I know that even having this in my grocery cart is enough to...
Mar 9th
Things that I like: This one from Sarah This one from Alana This one from Meghan The new...
Mar 9th
s: so listen
s: I finally asked him out.
k: right.
s: he asked if he could bring anything, aside from his girlfriend.
k: omg.
s: right?
k: fuck.
k: so we're basically planning a murder, at this point.
s: ha.
s: waaaaay ahead of you.
k: ha.
s: just sent you an email with the files.
s: we're meeting at 10.
k: ?
s: wear black.
k: wait
s: g2g
k: wait
k: hello?
k: oh my god
Mar 9th
i licked merlin’s trackpad (via lia) A class act all...
Mar 8th
old times#2 (via HaoJan)
Mar 7th
Listen Listen
—Lois / Sorora There should be more songs that have the word ‘untenable’ in them....
Mar 7th
Fair Game: The McLaughlin Group
Mar 6th
Listen Listen
-Goldfrapp - Caravan Girl This is the song that will carry us to spring.
Mar 6th
via stereotypist
Mar 5th
“Yeah, the girl’s hair is gold, and then [Silas Marner]...”
— Freshman Term Paper Discovers...
Mar 5th
Mar 4th
My Media Diet Lately: I bought the new Goldfrapp today! I tried to buy the the new White Hinterland...
Mar 4th
(via mollusk)
Mar 3rd
Warch Watch
Jeff Healey - see the light (live) (via ) Sad, Jeff Healey died yesterday. I hadn’t followed...
Mar 3rd
Just referred to my kids as “work-shirkers.” How steampunk is that?
Mar 1st

Feb

And then if I went on to get ANOTHER advanced degree after I finished that thesis, my next one would...
Feb 29th
If I was in grad school right now, here is what the title of my half-finished thesis would be:Got...
Feb 29th
Listen Listen
—N*E*R*D - Everybody Nose I really like: Tell your friends / they can go / you’re OK /...
Feb 29th
Finally, something for the health-conscious donut addict.
Feb 29th
The Myth of the Passive Candidate
Feb 28th
I’m sorry to be crabby. It’s just weird that the blogosphere, which is so Done With That...
Feb 28th
Honestly, if I never heard about how much you like Helvetica again. Internet, how come you just...
Feb 28th
The Sympathy of Wolves, via artandghosts.typepad.com
Feb 28th
Listen Listen
—Shiina Ringo - Hatsukoi Shoujo One of my top 10 favorite songs of all time. This is exactly...
Feb 27th
via peer-see, via cardhouse
Feb 26th
Amerie (via Luuuc3000) The internet won me back with the...
Feb 26th
http://jakkeandamirdidthisworkhowdoihitsendist...
Feb 26th
Don’t you ever liveblog anything again.
Feb 25th
via www.sitcomsonline.com Thanks Pam. Thank you so much.
Feb 25th
No onions, caffeine, or blogs after 4 pm. That is the new rule.
Feb 25th