September 2009
44 posts
Florence and the Machine — You’ve Got...
“It is therefore with a heavy heart that I report that no fewer than 39 percent...”
– Timothy Noah
Given the American public’s apparent failing to grasp even its rudiments, is it any wonder the health care ‘debate’ is what it is?
“It was truly madness to move to the middle of nowhere, to write fiction –...”
– Douglas Coupland, on writing Generation X
Charlie Brooker's screen burn: Live From Studio... →
I couldn’t imagine this ‘news’ programme was quite as bad as Charlie said, until I watched the first two and a half minutes of its premier. At which point I realised it was actually worse. The completely unnecessary reference to Philip, the love interest Kate ‘I’d vote Conservative’ Walsh met on The Apprentice, within minute one just sums it all up. I wanted to...
Hiving Out: Camera Crazy →
My friend (whom I guess I’m not meant to name) writing about my mother’s blog. She’s done it so I don’t have to.
WatchMadame Tussaud’s POTUS, part deux. (via me3dia)
“She stares straight ahead with a smile.”
– Obama on the Red Carpet
First Lady Finishing School, part deux.
WatchThe Telegraph Culture Minute on the Chicago Symphony’s visit to London
I bought the ticket in February. That seems like an eternity ago, but I’ll be seeing them Thursday night.
“In short, there was no single “traditional” way to conduct same-sex...”
– Emily Wilson, reviewing ‘Greek Love’ by James Davidson
WatchAlphabeat - The Spell
It troubles me that Anders SG has been reduced to the role of Spastic, Anorexic Hype Man. But at least this is a better mix than the one I first heard on an iPod in the pub a couple months ago.
“Zappos may not be a cult, but working there seems akin to sitting in a sports...”
– The New Yorker: Happy Feet
I finally finished reading the Zappos profile in TNY; this sentence pretty much sums it up.
“Waiting for the pettifogging small-state potentates of both parties in the...”
– Frank Rich: Obama’s Squandered Summer
Ouch.
“Girls Aloud have won the prize five times in the last seven years.”
– BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Girls Aloud star takes £20 prize
In other words, they’re not Speech Debelle.
“I don’t know how to cook. I wouldn’t even know how to boil an egg...”
– Rod ‘It’s a fucking valuable thing’ Blagojevich (via Slate)
"A twenty seven year engagement may seem cautious... →
maura:
Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt got married!
So sweet. As is their public teasing of each other on Twitter.
YouTube - Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love NEW... →
omg arhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! i LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CHERYL COLE!!!!! NUMBER ONE ALL THE WAY!!!!! that is just incrediable!! her voice is AMAZING!!!! omg i am going to be singing this at school all day now whooo!! love you cheryl we are all 100000% behind you!!! <3<3<3 jade <3<3<3 x x x
Thank you, holpin95.
“Mr. Fuentes Esperon was shot in the neck, local news media reported, while his...”
– Mexican Candidate and His Family Killed - NYTimes.com
Unreal.
August 2009
52 posts
