2008

“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you...”
— Neil Gaiman (via jeralyndwile)...

“Somebody’s got to say it. The man is Ted Baxter.”
— Rush Limbaugh on Bill...

A Bold Prediction About My Fourth Of...

At some point, I’m begrudgingly going to see Hancock, and on the way out of the theater, respond to...

A man with balls on men with balls

Chris Satullo is probably going to catch some shit for this article from the Bill O’Reillys of...

Congrats Osama!

From a NY Times article that ran a few weeks before 9/11…’ ‘If bin Laden takes...

How jealous am I that Mulberry Pizza on South Beverly has...

You know who I fucking hate?

People who walk up to the elevator at the same time that I do who see me press the button to summon...

THIS is the moment a man jumped into the sea to save a...

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The Shake Shack burger/fries conundrum

If you follow/read just about any blog or website that is New York City centric in its content, I...

Great minds

David Cho apparently wasn’t the first person to set that dancing bear video to music. A reader...

Something I'd really like to hear

I kinda wish that the next time a reporter asks anything about Bill Clinton’s schoolgirl-ish...

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Go right ahead and go dying on us

Best healthcare in the world my ass!

“A Democratic senator told me that, late last year, in an...”
— Seymour Hersh has a terrifying...

Rachel Sklar's French Fries

Richard Blakeley and I ate them last night. Voraciously. (Go ahead and let your imagination run wild...

Trend spotting

I’ve noticed lately that Ayn Rand quotes are beginning to outnumber pet pics on my Tumblr...

I think I'll go shopping for a boat this...

For the first time in human history, there is no ice on the North Pole.

I just figured that it’s about time I joined the cute...

I think there’s something wrong with my Internet, it keeps...

Is Lara Logan getting the Olbermann...

I’m too lazy to Google or LexisNexis this, but I’d almost be willing to bet that Lara...

I can hardly wait to register...

The internet grew up today. Web regulators Thursday voted to allow the creation of thousands of...

The roasting of Will Leitch

Is the funniest thing going on the Internet right now.

Poor guy

I’m just gonna go ahead and say it…I feel really sorry for Anne Hathaway’s next...

I got a text message yesterday morning from a good friend...

“I came in about four writers into the process. It’s kind of...”
— (The hilarious) Dan Harmon...

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"An enema is almost a symbol of our...

The Russians unveil a monument to the enema. No, this isn’t an Onion story. This is...

“Finally, I have the life I have always wanted; and now, when...”
— Marrying Mr Wrong I would say...

“Summer bachelors, like summer breezes, are never as cool as...”
— I love Nora Ephron. (via...

Locally, the “douchebag neck” style can be seen in action on...

Vulnerability, or on taking a dump

I was walking down the street earlier today when I ran across a dog taking a dump on the curb. This...

“To say that the movie is not funny is merely to affirm the...”
— To answer A.O. Scott’s...

Man Who Used Stick To Roll Ball Into Hole In...

So very LA.

He told the newspaper El Pais in May of last year that he...

Another amazing NYTimes pic, this one from Switzerland where...

End times y'all, end times

The Internet firestorm over the Associated Press’s heavy-handed attempt to bully bloggers over fair...

This is why he has to win.

“You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the...”
— Alan Alda

Just a thought

Ever notice how it’s usually the people who appear to have the least who invariably give most...

This picture defies explanation. via flubby

Ball placement

Um, Keith, I said that you could suck on my balls, I never said anything about sticking them in your...

“Writing is better than acting. You get to use your words,...”
— Playwright Tracy Letts in his...

“Whenever I’m asked why Southern writers particularly have a...

“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could...”
— Mark Twain

Shake Shack on 2008/06/14 at 20:35:54.The best time to get...

Tiger Woods and steroids

I know that there was some open speculation about steroid use a couple of years ago when Tiger first...

Regarding Keith Gessen and his "taking...

I’m trying really hard to keep from getting any shit slung on my nice, newly clean, white suit...

Entering the fray

An observation on the up close and personal on-air grieving over the death of Tim Russert.

“It isn’t possible to quantify the extent to which society...”
— “Last Call, Bohemia”...

On worship

Anything you worship will eat you alive. If you worship money and things, if they are where you tap...

R. Kelly free to administer more...

Not guilty.

“War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.”
— Ambrose Bierce in 1864.

Just run into my arms already young pixie. I will shelter...

Critical analysis of children's art

This is side-splitting fucking funny.

via karion: Yes We Can Cola, from the great folks at Jones...

A simple request

Will all you pussies please stop whining about the heat? Yeah, its fucking hot, get over it. At...

Last night for LSU baseball at Alex Box Stadium.

by Frank Paulin, New York City 1957 via eec

“So I shoved my arm up George’s ass all the way...

My asshole tightened when I ran across this picture of Brian...

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Amen sister!

Peggy Noonan in today’s WSJ… We will hear a lot of tasteful tributes this weekend to...

“One thing I’ve learned in all these years is not to...”
— Norman Mailer

Surprise!

Note to all the ladies out there: If you’re going to abort your unborn fetus, avoid having the...

“Sweatin’ out a shit!”
— A text message that I received...

Love. (Not sure who to credit for taking this photo as it...

Coco Crisp, indeed. via lunchfood

Attention Hipsters!

Your “I never watch television…I don’t even have cable” cool cards are...

These two on the ticket together would make me just too...

Smile!

via kabby via reddit

“Being human is overrated.”
— Clinton campaign pollster and...

Lobster Man strikes again

From today’s WSJ… Among the party leaders Mr. Clinton alienated over time by his angry...

Just the way it goes.

Not that I didn't already know this, but...

He emailed me with the solution to this about 10 seconds after I posted it. And JooJooBee reblogged...

Interactive card tricks

I’m much too much of a dumbass to figure this trick out, but it’s majorly fucking cool....

Thanks Jory. via jdel

Irony.

Regardless of your political beliefs, I think you’ll...

via caro: via animalinsider:  Source: Craigslist

There’s a big piece of me that doesn’t want to...

“Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally...”
— Jonathan Swift

Slouching towards Idiocracy

The perils of the coffeeshop office: There’s a...

The Brooklyn Bridge’s new $15,000,000.00 waterfalls....

“When it’s mealtimes for other people I normally eat two or...”
— Keith Sorrell, who claims to...

Irrational guilt

Yeah, ok, I’ll say it…I really like the new Coldplay song. So fuck you!

alexbalk: (via milhouse)

Gee, I wonder what movie they’re seeing tonight?

“If you allow yourself to really feel and absorb the style of...”
— Luc Sante in an essay about...

“It’s written by guys, who happen to be gay, who are sluts.”
— Lauren Hutton, on Sex And The...

Dear Karion, Just stare really hard at this picture, then...

For CajunBoy

Ambivalence

Rebecca Traister’s piece on Emily Gould’s story in last week’s New York Times Magazine is great,...

“You know what would be nice? If you could make this room...”
— Iggy Pop’s tour rider (via...

Mr. Big not only buys her a penthouse apartment (“I got...

Advice For Girls

There’s going to be a huge dearth of women in bars tonight. A great many of your co-genderists will...

“We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are....”
— Choke, Chuck Palahniuk (via...

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The guy behind the burka/tablecloth, whatever the hell it...

Bonnie McKee by Amy V. Cooper

Public pants-shitting is never not...

Taking the phrase, “he got the shit beat out of him” to a whole new level. During a...

Looking completely past the hilarity of the poster behind...

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and...

“Clara Gomez, 45, told an outreach worker that she had just...

I’m generally more partial to Audrey Hepburn-esque...

The vast left-wing conspiracy strikes...

Bill Clinton insists that his wife is the victim of a media cover-up.

via lunchfood:

This, Michael Arnone’s Crawfish Festival, is by far...

Anja by Amy V. Cooper

So, about this Muxtape thing...

I finally made one.

The corner of Camp and Toledano in New Orleans has an...

Driving back into Louisiana's history

For the second time in three days, the Times published an interesting piece on my beloved home state...

"It's not 1692, it's 2008. Santa Fe...

A group in Santa Fe says the city is discriminating against them because they say that they’re...

Kobe doesn't play with snakes in a pool

Snakes in a pool: Kobe meets Jackass. via flubby

"Do you think I'm a narcissist?"

Emily Gould interviewed on NPR.

"Into the Louisiana bayou"

David Carr of The NY Times had a story in the “Escapes” section today about a little...

Just when you think she can't get any...

That’s right folks, Hillary stated today that she’s staying in the race just in case...

Don't do it Barack! Don't. Do. It.

What will Clinton’s terms of surrender turn out to be? Her husband, for one, seems to have a...

What is he hiding?

Is there a botched sex change operation in there or something?

Best Friend by Amy V. Cooper

A conversation with a girl I recently...

Her: You’re straight!? Me: Um, YEAH! Her: I thought you were gay! Me: Really? Why? Her:...

Is there really bravery in dying?

I’ve pondered this before, but with the inundation of Ted Kennedy/brain tumor news that...

via blakeley: There, that’s better… Blakeley, we just ate...

Bless you Metrocard

“We’re going to be hitting $12 and $15 per gallon,” Hirsch said. “And then, after that, when...

One way or another, this man will...

ABC News’ Ed O’Keefe Reports: Perhaps there will be a Madame President Clinton after...

“Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by...”
— Mark Twain