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"Howard Gordon wanted Saul to be Jewish, and I think with Mandy, there’s, like, a stereotype of..."

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:35:17 -0400

“Howard Gordon wanted Saul to be Jewish, and I think with Mandy, there’s, like, a stereotype of these intellectual Jews. But he is sexual, you know? He’s a man. Being a Jew from New York, married to a Jew, I can tell you that there aren’t a lot of those guys. He is just so virile.”

- Homeland Casting Directors on Finding Sexy Saul — Vulture

"An earlier version of this article and the picture caption with it included outdated information..."

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:37:29 -0400

“An earlier version of this article and the picture caption with it included outdated information about Ms. Kushner’s Galaxie 500. While it was out of service when Ms. Kushner was interviewed, it is now running again.”

- Rachel Kushner, Author of ‘The Flamethrowers’ - NYTimes.com

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Thu, 09 May 2013 12:26:47 -0400

"Dorsey’s last Instagram shot perhaps said the proverbial thousand words about it all: a picture of..."

Wed, 08 May 2013 13:04:26 -0400

“Dorsey’s last Instagram shot perhaps said the proverbial thousand words about it all: a picture of an empty Muni bus.”

- Mark Zuckerberg and Kevin Systrom on What Really Happened When Facebook Bought Instagram | Vanity Fair

Review: Birthday Cake Oreos

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:21:25 -0400

honesttoblr:

Yesterday I went to Ralph’s in Studio City by myself. I usually have one or both sons in tow; strolling through the aisles unencumbered felt both nostalgic and novel. It was a real Calgon moment for old Brookie.

I saw that they had Birthday Cake Oreos. I don’t buy that trans-fatty Mississippi shit for my kids, but I definitely eat it myself. I threw them in the cart next to all the lame organic fruit, salmon etc. that I impose on my family. Suckers!

“Birthday cake” is my favorite flavor of anything. As a descriptor, it makes me laugh because we all know a birthday cake can be anything from Fudgie the Whale to a Princess situation. And yet, if you see a snack food or frozen novelty that claims to “birthday cake”-flavored, you know what it means. Yellow cake with white frosting and perhaps a suggestion of Blue No. 1. You know. BIRTHDAY CAKE. I love that flavor. Adore it.

I told the cashier (Sandra, who had been partying the night before, and was just about to clock off) to keep my Oreos seperate from the rest of the haul because I intended to eat them in the car privately. She gave me a weird look, but complied.

I placed the Oreos on the front seat of my car and peeled away the convenient self-adhesive Diabetes Flap that Oreos come with now. I began driving and eating the Oreos. For a brief, emotional moment, the sun came out. I mean that figuratively. The moment I start “Private Car Eating,” my serotonin levels surge past baseline and go supernova. The roof of my mom SUV becomes the shade of the bodhi tree; my knees and other attachment points seem to sublimate, I am limbless, I become happiness.

The moment passed as I realized that the Oreos were not exceptional. They taste like regular Oreos with a faint, buttery, cake-like foretaste. Honestly, I thought it would be big. I thought it was going to be like being butt-fucked by Duncan Hines. I expected something like the Ann-Margret pudding scene from Tommy, except with birthday cake. Imagine someone inserted a series of tan, medical-grade rubber hoses into all your orifices, then used a flywheel-type launch system to quickly, brutally deliver cake/frosting sludge into the network of hoses, killing you but also flooding your entire carcass with the memory of your fourth birthday party. That’s what I wanted, Nabisco.

I’ll eat the rest of them, but I’m disappointed! 2.5 stars.

nyc-deli-cats: Menow - Love Thy Pet, Hicks and Union.

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:14:54 -0400

nyc-deli-cats:

Menow - Love Thy Pet, Hicks and Union.

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Mon, 06 May 2013 16:58:24 -0400

"We live in the era of President Barack Obama,” Ulaby adds. “Welcome to the new American..."

Mon, 06 May 2013 14:43:58 -0400

““We live in the era of President Barack Obama,” Ulaby adds. “Welcome to the new American nomenclature.””

- Why Do NPR Reporters Have Such Great Names? - Deirdre Mask - The Atlantic

"In fact, the companies ended up creating a proprietary seasoner in the process, not least because..."

Wed, 01 May 2013 13:42:07 -0400

“In fact, the companies ended up creating a proprietary seasoner in the process, not least because for workers on the manufacturing line, the plumes of Doritos seasoning would create an almost Nacho Cheese gas chamber. “We realized pretty quickly that we had to seal that all in, because in the facilities, we couldn’t have all that stuff in the air,” Creed says. “It would’ve been too much seasoning and flavor for our workers. We had to enclose it so the seasoning wouldn’t escape. It would’ve been overpowering.””

- Deep Inside Taco Bell’s Doritos Locos Taco | Fast Company | Business Innovation

princessemeurent: Monica Vitti Oof. What happens when I write...

Wed, 01 May 2013 11:58:16 -0400

princessemeurent:

Monica Vitti

Oof. What happens when I write about Italy.

Rap Genius, ladies and gentlemen.

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:46:51 -0400

Rap Genius, ladies and gentlemen.

"It’s just God-awful,” Kevin Cassem, a bookseller at McNally Jackson, said on Tuesday. “ ‘The Great..."

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:39:57 -0400

““It’s just God-awful,” Kevin Cassem, a bookseller at McNally Jackson, said on Tuesday. “ ‘The Great Gatsby’ is a pillar of American literature, and people don’t want it messed with. We’re selling the classic cover and have no intention of selling the new one.””

- New ‘Great Gatsby’ Book Carries a Hollywood Look - NYTimes.com

merlin: At a French press conference for Iron Man 3, Gwenyth...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:30:35 -0400

merlin:

At a French press conference for Iron Man 3, Gwenyth Paltrow responds in French and Robert Downey Jr. responds to her.

I love this guy so much.

livelymorgue: Feb. 14, 1940: Workers at La Guardia Airport...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:50:09 -0400

livelymorgue:

Feb. 14, 1940: Workers at La Guardia Airport fought the elements to hold down a plane as a large storm brought seven inches of snow and winds gusting at 60 miles per hour to New York, hammering the eastern part of the country. Bus services were suspended and a swath of the West Side Highway closed, but the city seemed to prevail in “what appeared to be a winning effort to keep essential services functioning.” Photo: The New York Times

"Like Mr. Lhota, Mr. Frangoulis said he had had to cut back. “I’m 52,” he explained. “I love my..."

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:53:09 -0400

“Like Mr. Lhota, Mr. Frangoulis said he had had to cut back. “I’m 52,” he explained. “I love my teeth.””

- With Fellow Cigar Enthusiasts, Lhota Raises Money in Smoky Haze - NYTimes.com

"We started with base pay. I wrote down the least I would work for and asked them to write down the..."

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:59:01 -0400

“We started with base pay. I wrote down the least I would work for and asked them to write down the most they would offer a perfect person, irrespective of whether I was that person or not. If when we exchanged papers, their number wasn’t higher than mine then we could stop there and save time. Their number was twice the best base pay I had ever received in past jobs, and my request was for $0. I explained that my goal is to live a debt-free life, and therefore I wanted to give value before receiving compensation.”

- Somewhere, an editor at Huffington Post gets an idea…

The secret to a higher salary is to ask for nothing at all – Quartz

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Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:36:27 -0400

Today in excellent contextual advertising.

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:07:54 -0400

Today in excellent contextual advertising.

Pre surgery dreams.

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:16:06 -0400

Pre surgery dreams.

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Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:29:57 -0400

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"Howard ­Gordon wanted Saul to be Jewish, and I think with Mandy, there’s, like, a stereotype of..."

"An earlier version of this article and the picture caption with it included outdated information..."

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"Dorsey’s last Instagram shot perhaps said the proverbial thousand words about it all: a picture of..."

Review: Birthday Cake Oreos

nyc-deli-cats: Menow - Love Thy Pet, Hicks and Union.

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"We live in the era of President Barack Obama,” Ulaby adds. “Welcome to the new American..."

"In fact, the companies ended up creating a proprietary seasoner in the process, not least because..."

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Rap Genius, ladies and gentlemen.

"It’s just God-awful,” Kevin Cassem, a bookseller at McNally Jackson, said on Tuesday. “ ‘The Great..."

merlin: At a French press conference for Iron Man 3, Gwenyth...

livelymorgue: Feb. 14, 1940: Workers at La Guardia Airport...

"Like Mr. Lhota, Mr. Frangoulis said he had had to cut back. “I’m 52,” he explained. “I love my..."

"We started with base pay. I wrote down the least I would work for and asked them to write down the..."

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Today in excellent contextual advertising.

Pre surgery dreams.

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"Howard Gordon wanted Saul to be Jewish, and I think with Mandy, there’s, like, a stereotype of..."