January 2009
148 posts
Hot to Tot
That’s it: I’m essaying tater tot nachos, or “totchos” for the game tomorrow. Besides, it’s a pretty good fusion of Pittsburgh and Arizona, right? French fry nachos would have been ideal, but I prefer the whimsy aspect of the humble tot.
Is there a gold standard tater tot nacho recipe, or should I adapt a nacho recipe for these purposes?
technical question
designage:
why does everything i google search this morning have a disclaimer after that says “this site may harm your computer”? am i in the wormhole?
Yup, it’s happening to everyone. Apparently the contractor that makes the malware detector is having problems. Or, you know, all the hamsters inside their servers died.
WatchFunky Tut, people.
Blog Platform Issues
lowlife:
Can someone tell me when the Tumblr platform turned into Livejournal? I signed up here for the whole get-a-post-up-in-30-seconds factor… and now?
It’s like the mafia. YOU CAN’T LEAVE, KID.
I’ve decided that what Tumblr needs, more than anything else, is the ability to block posts with certain keypeople—er, keywords. You know who you are.
Productivity.
alexbalk:
Of course, it’s difficult to define exactly what it is, but I’m pretty sure that it’s not staring at the Internet and saying, “Damn you, new Lily Allen, leak already.”
It’s probably also not updating your Tumblr.
Can’t wait for the song with the “Fuck you very much” chorus, can you?
“Like everyone else, my life now is simply a string of e-mails fueled by...”
– Adam Gopnik roams the internet. At least he isn’t commenting on a Central Park softball message board.
Also, the NY Times book blog is called “Paper Cuts”; maybe that was cutesy six months ago, but not it’s depressing as all get out.
Geek Out!
Sorry for this: it’s so cheap to buy tickets to Buenos Aires from New York right now. I just snagged a $570 RT nonstop on Delta in March; normally those fare are $800+. Act fast. End airfare nerd transmission.
Frat boys have feelings too, apparently
From a Yelp review of Lemming’s, a dive bar on North Damen Avenue in Chicago:
Then you have the snickering regulars at the end of the bar. They suck as bad as the bar. First of all, there was a guy named Hayo or Hale (or something) who kept giving me the eyeball after he and his friends would pop off a twisted joke. Then this Jackson guy introduced himself to me and was vomit drunk....
Sticker Shock
Sometimes, only Kraft macaroni and cheese will do. I reach for it when I am feeling self-destuctive, yet need an activity—otherwise, McNuggets and bourbon make a fine pairing. Perhaps it’s just been awhile since I last reached for the blue and white box, but the “recipe” in a family size container of the Kraft flagship calls for an entire stick of butter. Yup, eight...
Also considered: grub with a guido
Bar Martignetti is going to close and revamp; when it returns, there will be a host of improvements to the space including cheaper entrees and a 25-person communal table. One assumes that a “Dine with a Douchebag” program will also be hot on its heels.
Vulture just linked to a video because it was making the rounds on “influential tumblrs”. Oh? That’s a thing now?
Cause the Love Sac is a little old place where we...
katiebakes:
alexanderbasek:
A bean bag chair company is now following me on twitter. I have no idea what this means. Are they saying I’m now so fat normal furniture cannot hold my girth?
HA! I was just about to write about this myself. This is my fault (yes, Jolie: blame katiebakes!) for recommending the Love Sac to you in the first place. They just started following me as well.
Other...
A bean bag chair company is now following me on twitter. I have no idea what this means. Are they saying I’m now so fat normal furniture cannot hold my girth?
“How do restaurants survive in this economy? Who knows? I don’t. And nor does...”
– Keith McNally
Bassmaster
Did anyone else notice that Simmons’ Super Bowl Preview is an “ESPN Bassmaster Podcast”?
Go ahead, just pin your bra next to the emergency...
Flight attendants for Spirit Airlines are unhappy with a new uniform design that includes aprons displaying logos for alcoholic beverages.
The Association of Flight Attendants chapter at Spirit Airlines said Tuesday that the uniforms send the wrong signal to passengers and make it harder for flight attendants to enforce safety regulations.
Deborah Crowley, president of Spirit’s flight...
Let's Ask Harry Anderson (But Not in HD)
To pick up on Katie’s mention that Billy Joel’s “You May Be Right” is the theme song to Dave’s world, what are everyone’s feelings about Dave Barry? I’ve gotten into some pretty heated arguements defending him; I think he was/is funny, certainly compared to Simmons, for example. Also, Dave Barry Does Japan is one of the best pieces of travel writing...
“Wall Street dreamed up increasingly complicated things, and they were allowed to...”
– Michael Lewis in the Atlantic
One Sentence Review: Char No. 4 →
Hmph.
katiebakes:
Darren Rovell has the best job EVER. I’m so jealous of him. Usually he covers sports news for CNBC but since there isn’t much going on right now he has been conducting an Infomercial Bracket.
The ShamWow just won the tournament. (Sorry Snuggie.) AND they tested it on the air and it WORKED!
How did the slap chop do?
I can't embed, but the video for Annie Lennox's... →
Will someone let me know when this is over? →
Bird is the Word →
Asia Recap: Hong Kong →
“You are a lion. Take what’s yours.”
– (via brianvan)
Back in the 90’s when it was cool to say these things, didn’t law firm partners who got all the money from their specific cases say they “eat what they kill”?
Watchbrooklynmutt:
Sham WOW! This Slap Chop is GREAT!
Whoah, Alexei Kovalev is 35! Remember when he was just a young surly kid on the 1994 Rangers squad?
Is there a button I can press to hide the Nick Denton painting reblogs?
Right This Way, Please →
My reputation precedes me
From an email this morning, suggesting a dinner venue:
“They are well known for their pork fat, which made me think you might be intrigued.”
And how!
The Magic Kingdom
Please, can we retire “poop chute”? It’s a bodily function, not a ride. And if we WERE going to name that part of the body after a ride, I hereby suggest log flume. That is all.
what to eat when it's cold and you're poor
designage:
$18: plain pie and pitcher (pizza gruppo, west village)
$12.50: pair of pork buns and two cookies (momofuku milk bar, east village)
$15: cheese plate for two and glass of wine for each (71 irving, gramercy)
< $5: eight fried dumplings (vanessa’s or prosperity, chinatown)
$5: hamburger for breakfast! (shopsin’s, lower east side)
$4.75: massive veggie sandwich on homemade...
Save Kristen Bell →
fimoculous:
Veronica Mars Movie Finally in the Works.
I am so happy about this. It makes up for the years of me extolling the virtues of the show whilst I was just mercilessly mocked by one and all for being a horndog.
Twin Peaks
This reminds me of a student in the first Gallatin class I ever took, a beardo with a double concentration in Marxism and Buddhism. Classic, I guess, but beware: when I took the SATs as a middle schooler and on a lark filled out the form suggesting I’d major in religion and advertising, I ended up on some very, very strange mailing lists.
Liver? You brought 'er! →
“I got up at 9 am, opened a bag of Cheetos and did nothing else but sit in front...”
– NYO
Say what you will about Rex, but the man is now being identified as an “Internet lothario”. I’m not sure if that even means anything, but it’s kinda awesome in a funny way. Even Klosterman can’t top it. For now.
Word on the Street
Man, it’s tough out there on those East Village streets. Today I saw flyers announcing the funeral service for a neighborhood character who passed away last week and for a lost cat with “huge fangs”. Yesterday, there was a van parked on the street marked “NYPD Bomb Squad”. At least that one was fake—it was being towed by a Bob’s House of Film Vehicles...
Man, what a slow day. Who wants to go listen to some Oasis B-Sides?
Not his first contrib photo in CN Traveler,... →
He has the fine coat of a Yale man!
One of my life’s greatest pleasures was, for many years, the Simpsons in syndication. (The pleasures were different at different ages, cough). Anyway, after following Eye on Springfield, I came to the realization that the Simpsons in syndication these days is terrible. The pool of good episodes was horribly diluted by everything since, oh, 2000. Maybe this is a scheme to drive DVD sales;...