October 2010
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“Next time you read an article about how evil and irrelevant cool people are,...”
– Most usefully, the opposite is true for luxury hotel reviews. Never trust a hottie!
“Please let me know when you are home safe and sound. Hope all went well. Heard...”
– Thanks Mom!
“Yes, but starting tomorrow, we’re going to start searching your crotchal...”
– The Atlantic on the new opt-out procedures for the TSA nudiescopes. Had my first experience with them last week and if I had even know I was being put INTO the back-scatter device I would have liked to opt out. And, of course, the very fact that you are given the option to decline means a)...
Do not call me
chrismohney:
to “follow up on that email.”
Or in preparation to send an email (“Just checking your email address!”)
Paul Brady: A smart travel strategy →
travelhighlights:
One thing I can’t stand about traveling with others who are not on my schedule, is the insistence, far too often, to wake up in some ungodly hour of the morning to get an early start on the day. The way I figure, if you avoid any places with a long lineup (AS YOU SHOULD!)…
That’s a vacation! Sounds relaxing. Sounds like it’s a good way to see half the things...
“(Maybe it’s generational, but I always assumed being hardcore is something you...”
– Parenthetical aside of the week!
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Travel Bloggers!
Allow me to issue some corrections up in this here:
1. Ann Patchett’s title was tongue-in-cheek; Condé Nast killed Gourmet because Condé Nast knows how to spend money and that’s about it.
2. Ann Patchett did not steal proverbial travel writing bread from your mouth. You were not going to write for Gourmet. (Neither, for that matter, was I. Did you notice the part where she pitched...
“Here’s a list of sports that are bigger in Texas: Pro football, college...”
– WSJ
“You have always tried to be different or funny for the sake of funny, to cover...”
– Eddie Huang’s mom is considerably more entertaining than Eunice Park’s mom.
“I knew, going in, that I’d feel out of place. The glitz, the kitsch, the...”
– Moehringer on Vegas. You should also read the Agassi book. RIGHT NOW.
I was sick all yesterday
So I ended up watching a lot of football as I drifted in and out of consciousness. The highlight for me was Jim Nantz, commending what the NFL had done in “promoting awareness…of breast cancer awareness.” They sure did, Jimmy Boy!
Mary Pilon: Monopoly in Video →
marypilon:
Thanks to everyone who came out last night to Brooklyn for Nerd Nite! I had a great time! Some people requested I post the videos we didn’t have time for. Here goes!
At one point, there was a Monopoly game show. The internet tells me it was in the 1980s and not around for very long.
Mary’s presentation on the scandalous history of Monopoly was the best of the evening at...
doree:
Overheard at Ace Hotel: “Do you know Rex Sorgatz? He’s like, this really annoying, like fameball-y type guy…”
The Ace: Let us be your tent.
Hearst needs to “increase expectations” when it comes to digital pricing? They might first consider “increasing expectations” vis a vis content, which has been sliding towards that declined price the last ten years. No, another Tom Chiarella article about what it means to be a man (probably silence, shaving or some permutation thereof) does not count. Look at what GQ is...
“I’m an accidental business person. I just love the medium. I love the Internet....”
– Caterina Fake, the best thing on the Internet.
SOMEBODY ON MY TEAM GIVE ME A HUG!” →
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Why, it's almost as if Gadling has some inside... →
