June 2012
40 posts
“Most importantly, love your coupled-off, shacked-up, married friends. When they...”
– Don’t Be The Worst: How to Be Single: Men’s Lives: GQ
“I love how Mike doesn’t want to go to nursing school or law school or get...”
– Bubbles reviews Magic Mike (2012)
“You always think that a bolt of lightning is going to strike and your parents...”
– New Yorker
“Lowe: The biggest problem I always faced was: How am I going to give you a happy...”
– Funny People: Al Lowe, Leisure Suit Larry creator | Interview | The Gameological Society
“(Carr, whose book about living in hotels makes him one sort of travel expert,...”
– Paul Brady: Why We’ll All Soon Be Booking Our Hotels On The Go
“The other morning Mr. Winslow — who now divides his time between Solana Beach,...”
– Don Winslow on ‘Savages’ and ‘The Kings of Cool’ - NYTimes.com
“Word of “Up w/Chris Hayes” has spread beyond a few hundred punk fans. In less...”
– “Signifier” is a 25-cent word now?
Chris Hayes Has Arrived With ‘Up’ - NYTimes.com
“David Roth: Graffiti in various MLB visiting clubhouses. “Maddon’s...”
– Yakkin’ About Baseball: Fake To Third, Fake To First | The Classical
“It is a place where Occupy Wall Street protesters bang drums instead of looking...”
– WAIT WAIT WAIT… I’m a crackpot because I think the TSA is terrible?
‘Fox & Friends’ Finds Ratings and Controversy - NYTimes.com
“In the fall of 2007, Dylan Tichenor, who edited “Brokeback Mountain,” was hired...”
– Kenneth Lonergan’s Thwarted Masterpiece - NYTimes.com
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Today’s anthem.
“I love the people on the plane to and from Miami—half are tourists, and...”
– Choire Sicha On Miami Beauty, Brain Drain, Exclusionary Practices, And Fancy Parking Garages
“Though the color of those pants appears to be light blue, they’re actually Your...”
– Dad-Wear Fashion Faceoff: Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney | Blogs | Vanity Fair
“Greg Creed, the chief executive of Taco Bell, proclaimed the marriage of Doritos...”
– Looks Like a Taco, Tastes Like a Chip - NYTimes.com
“Cannabis is often described as the “cash crop” of Mexican cartels because it...”
– How a Mexican Drug Cartel Makes Its Billions - NYTimes.com
Watchvicemag:
Anthony Bourdain of No Reservations fame takes us on a brass-knuckled culinary tour of New York. He starts us off with amazing cured meats and cheese at Salumeria Rosi before heading to the distinguished Wakamba cocktail lounge. After a few beers to cleanse the palate, we end the night with one of the best pieces of meat we’ve ever had at Bourdain’s old base of operations, Brasserie...
“Subject-line-only emails would be like sending someone a blank piece of paper by...”
– How Long Is Too Long To Respond To A Facebook Message?
“My job is not to shock you that this is a twist in the story that Lane kills...”
– Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner talks Peggy, Joan, sci-fi and more about season 5
“David Raposa: What is this New Hampshire accent which you imagine? David Roth:...”
– Yakkin’ About Baseball: The Chuck LaMar Perfection Academy | The Classical
“Each time my heart is broken it makes me feel more adventurous (and how the same...”
– Meditations in an Emergency by Frank O’Hara : Poetry Magazine
“But while I was writing protest chants (“We like to eat/fried rice and such/but...”
– Hakkasan New York, in Midtown - NYTimes.com
“On a recent morning at Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos, a pilot for a leading...”
– Oh, and don’t check your bags, what with the people breaking into the cargo hold AS THE PLANE TAXIS ON THE RUNWAY.
Adventures Aboard Airlines in Nigeria - NYTimes.com
“I mean I met her like twice?” said Choire Sicha, editor at Gawker as Ms. Allison...”
– Guess Who’s Back: The Return of Julia Allison | Observer
“The very first chicken, Clarabelle, dated to the late 1950s, when the fair was...”
– Chinatown Fair Returns, but Without Chicken Playing Tick-Tack-Toe - NYTimes.com
“Ms. Fleiss, Ms. Roney and Ms. Gugnani all have husbands with high-powered jobs,...”
– Right, it’s really hard to balance the babysitter and a job and a big apartment. NYT needs to find real humans or put this in the style section.
Nurturing a Baby and a Start-Up Business - NYTimes.com
“No, definitely not a dustbuster. (Also, honestly, what’s a dustbuster?)...”
– I love everything about this. (The post, not vacuum hair)
Ask a Clean Person’s Gross Substitute | The Hairpin
“(Many disclosures here: Hsieh is an investor in PandoDaily, and Paul Carr’s...”
– Was hanging in downtown Vegas last night and the overall vibe from people on the Zappos undertaking was positive. At Downtown Cocktail Room, in fact, Zappos is their landlord. All very cool. This is a LOT of disclosure but it speaks to how tightly integrated the startup scene is Vegas is. I hope,...
“There are a lot of things to like about baseball, but frankly busty beardos...”
– Yakkin’ About Baseball: Travis Fryman Sees A Darkness | The Classical
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“I was in a car with him once, driving to the airport from a campaign event in...”
– John Edwards and the Shrimp - NYTimes.com 