September 2008
77 posts
A few weeks after its release, I’ve only just remembered the existence of Chrome. I wonder if anyone uses it.
planettampon:
Sugababes - Round Round.
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I missed the first hour of the US presidential debate cos I was wasting time in the Joiners Arms, but I got home in time to watch the last 30 minutes in a bit of a drunken haze. Nevertheless, I was not blown away by either candidate. They both seemed to handle themselves all right on the substance, and from commentary I’ve since read, the consensus seems to emerge that drawing equates to...
“The whole thing reads like something rendered from the Finnish by Google...”
– Hendrik Hertzberg on Couric v. Palin
“In other news, President Bush gave a nationally televised speech.”
– Hendrik Hertzberg
Popjustice Song of the Day: Sam Taylor-Wood and... →
Yes, I’ve heard of celebrity singles before, but I don’t quite know how to process this as real.
“I think that Clueless was very deep. I think it was deep in the way that it was...”
– Alicia. (via katiebakes)
Amazing.
The Clay Board reacts to the People magazine cover... →
Those Claymates are something else: the reactions run the gamut from ‘I’ve put Clay before God and my family for too long, and I can no longer continue to be his fan’ to ‘My brother committed suicide because he couldn’t find acceptance as a transsexual; have some compassion’.
It’s all too intense for me.
Hey, former emo kids!
tylercoates:
How many people on Tumblr were once on Make Out Club? Do you remember when Friendster was the new Make Out Club? (This was before MySpace was the new Friendster, making Friendster the new Make Out Club in a bad way.)
I would just like to say that my MOC name was ‘tofuttilicious’.
…I didn’t think you were ready for that jelly.
“The house is a quiet object,” [Anish Kapoor] says. “This is a family...”
– Through the looking-glass
He sounds like a nice guy. And one welcome to furnish the next home I buy in Chelsea.
“This is challenging — it’s hard to get a woman of substance like Michelle or...”
– Political Memo - With Elbows in Check, Making a Pitch to Women
I really like this voter’s dichotomy of ‘woman of substance’ vs. ‘woman of illusion’, but it also strikes me as ironic that the substantial ones get called by their first names, while the illusory one is...
Audio Slide Show: On the Street: The Thin Man →
Bill Cunningham should have never been given the chance to write more than a caption about his On The Street features. As for 2 minutes to speak about it? Complete disaster. This whole juxtaposition of ‘serious’ dressing (he says, as he shows a man with a gold lame scarf and gold shoes on) with economic turmoil…well, it’s a bit of a stretch.
Let’s just stick to the...
Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire (Calvin Harris Remix)
“75 percent said they thought Mr. McCain had picked Mrs. Palin more to help him...”
– NYT: Poll Finds McCain, in Tight Race, Is Still Tied to Bush
See, folks, Gail was right. Let’s just keep calm and carry on.
“Who’s Élite now, Bullwinkle?
Not Sarah.
She’s just Regular as heck.”
– SHOUTS & MURMURS: My Gal
Am I the only one that thinks the guy out of Kings of Leon sounds like Journey’s Steve Perry? Probably not.
“Somewhere beyond the mechanical roar of the internet:
* life continues.”
– K4T: Cherry Coke Zero
Every Knowledge For Thirst posting is a blessing. Count them one by one.
Daniel Cohen: Vinyl records satisfy fans and make... →
dayan:
dmx:
My apartment’s long-running notional contest to see who can get more internet famous just got so real.
Let’s bear in mind: the topic itself wasn’t my idea, and rather than write another “vinyl is back!” article I tried to do the best I could to explain how vinyl’s resurgence might be a bellwether of how music branding is changing (within a 600-word Guardian blog article, and all...
Girls Aloud - The Promise
Executive Careers - CNBC.com →
therichgirlsareweeping:
Yes, kids — your friend Cindy Hotpoint is a real person! And in the real world, I’ll be blogging on CNBC’s new Executive Careers blog on Mondays and Thursdays (or so they tell me). Today, however, I was trumped by a co-worker’s post about the fallout of the Merrill Lynch/Lehman Bros. catastrophe, but you can catch me there later next week if you’re so inclined.
Wow,...
“Due to a quirk of Brazilian law, candidates are allowed to run under the name of...”
– Now for Brazil’s Barack Obamas — All Six of Them
“I admit it may be a little bit controlling,” [Mariela Pérez] said, “but I do...”
– In Seersucker and in Health
Remember, people: brides’ rights aren’t special rights; they’re human rights.
After reading another story about how Palin’s rhetoric and her much-vaunted ‘executive experience’ are more or less at odds with one another*, I’ve come to realise that her campaign message must be that old time maxim she picked up either on the basketball courts of inner-city Wasilla or from her hunting buddies as they shot down wildlife from the air: Don’t hate the...
Destiny's Child - 'Say My Name' →
Don’t you hate ‘embedding disabled by request’?
Still, this song.
Where I spent last night. →
maura:
So much more rewarding than spending $35 on drinks. Being pummeled by water jets in a heated outdoor pool while it’s gently raining = A+++
After reading the article about this place in the Times, I SO WANT TO GO.
It is ON THE LIST for next time I’m in New York, yo.
What I realised this morning when I woke up — who knows why — is that as soon as the current US presidential election ends in 50-whatever days, people will start talking about the next one.
Forget the incompetent menace of Sarah Palin, how frightening is that?
Wikipedia: List of words having different meanings... →
After living here long enough, I’d like to think I’m reasonably fluent in British English. However, I’ve only just learned that a pint is not a pint, and now I’m resorting to Wikipedia to identify other things I didn’t even know I was confused about.
Accountable!
therealjanelle:
phillipckim:
Donate, here
Volunteer, here.
Phonebank, here.
Register to vote, here.
Unless you’re voting for McCain, then only the last one applies.
i was surprised to learn obama does not take paypal… i kinda thought he would!
I would imagine that’s cos PayPal doesn’t require quite the same identity checks that are necessary for a bank account or credit card....
You know me better than I know myself
O hai Appl… Just to say, based on my first test using The Good, The Bad & The Queen’s ‘Herculean’, I pretty much love the Genius Playlist.
(Ben likes it, too.)
“For the first time in American history, we have a “My Fair Lady” moment, as...”
– Maureen Dowd (My Fair Veep)
Similarly, for a former Miss Congeniality, it’s a bit like Michael Caine’s team of professionals descending on Sandra Bullock’s Gracie Lou Freebush and turning her into, well, Miss Congeniality.