July 2009
2 posts
June 2009
1 post
March 2009
25 posts
“On August 12, 1982, I took a 10 x 7 1/8 inch National Blank Book Company...”
– Design Observer
Pentagram’s lead designer is an obsessive notebooker. I’ve been hot and cold with grid-lined engineering notebooks, and wish I still had a few of the ones I’ve tossed.
Let's all get high!
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Wednesday outlined a shift in the enforcement of federal drug laws, saying the administration would effectively end the Bush administration’s frequent raids on distributors of medical marijuana. NYT
THE DAFT PUNk'S CONSOLE by NAJLE.com →
(Drumroll) The Top 10 Foreclosure States:
1. California 2. Florida 3. Arizona 4. Nevada 5. Illinois 6. Michigan 7. Ohio 8. Texas 9. Georgia 10. Virginia
Forbes
“Broke & Tan
Fall asleep in yard on weekday, wake up sun-burned and so...”
– Cocktail Recipes for the Recession Online Only: The New Yorker
“But in the last five years, unmarried childrearing has resumed its inexorable...”
– Maggie “harry wingnutz” Gallagher, National Review.
What’s a tastemaker?
Matthew Bloch - portfolio of web maps and graphics →
This guy is my hero.
"Above the Influence": People should not smoke... →
You almost feel sorry for them.
“Hamlet’s father is now a zombie.”
– McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Hamlet (Facebook News Feed Edition).
“In Burlington, Vt., Phish employed three dozen people in management and...”
– Phish’s Breakup? That Was Then. But Tough Times Demand a Reunion. - NYTimes.com
“I know that no one can really explain sexual attraction and why you are drawn to...”
– Meghan McCain (So, maybe not write a goofy blog that’s sort of about politics, maybe? Also, Meghan’s dad when he reads her blog: “HENGHHN?!?”)
February 2009
16 posts
Josh Freese's new album: Limited Edition
$75,000 (limited edition of 1)
-Signed CD/DVD and digital download -T-shirt -Go on tour with Josh for a few days. -Have Josh write, record and release a 5 song EP about you and your life story. -Take home any of his drumsets (only one but you can choose which one.) -Take shrooms and cruise Hollywood in Danny from TOOL’s Lamborgini OR play quarters and then hop on the Ouija board for a while....
“After spending nearly an entire decade toiling in well-liked but quickly...”
– Andy Richter to Rejoin Conan on Tonight Show, Hopefully Not Do Any More Sitcoms — Vulture — Entertainment & Culture Blog — New York Magazine
“Michael Cera, the last remaining holdout among the TV series’s original...”
– Huge Jerk Finally Signs On for Arrested Development Movie — Vulture — Entertainment & Culture Blog — New York Magazine
“The National Stadium, known as the Bird’s Nest, has only one event...”
– Beijing’s Olympic building boom becomes a bust - Los Angeles Times
“Now, many expatriates here talk about Dubai as though it were a con game all...”
– Laid-Off Foreigners Flee as Dubai Spirals Down - NYTimes.com
“On October 8, 2005, Garciaparra and his uncle Victor were alerted to the screams...”
– Nomar Garciaparra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
January 2009
3 posts
An Interview With Michael Lewis - The Atlantic... →
I had this book in my Amazon Cart for weeks, then picked it up in person at Borders and was *shocked* that it was just an anthology. This wasn’t slightly duplicitous, it was immensely duplicitous. For shame!
“But on the other hand I get letters from people who are very angry — who...”
– An Interview With Michael Lewis - The Atlantic Business Channel
“Ever since, VW has been the preferred ride of antiestablishment Everymen, from...”
– Behind the Wheel - 2009 Volkswagen Routan - German Engineers Fail the Paternity Test - Review - NYTimes.com
December 2008
26 posts
“We had a couple of meetings with the president, and there were detailed...”
– Richard Clarke, chief White House counterterrorism adviser. From Vanity Fair
“I think the Steinbrenners, coming off a miserable last season in Yankee Stadium,...”
– 38 Pitches » Blog Archive » With Teixeira signing comes a dose of reality